Potomac Valley Athletic Conference
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The Potomac Valley Athletic Conference is a group of independent schools in the Washington Metropolitan area
for interscholastic athletics. It was formed in 1979.
Washington, D.C.
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for interscholastic athletics. It was formed in 1979.
Member schools
The current member schools are:- Barrie SchoolThe Barrie SchoolBarrie School, formerly the Peter Pan School, is an independent school for all grades of pre-collegiate education located in Silver Spring, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, DC....
- Covenant Life School
- Edmund Burke SchoolEdmund Burke SchoolThe Edmund Burke School is a private college preparatory school in Washington, D.C. Located on Connecticut Avenue, NW, near the Van Ness metro station, it covers 6th through 12th grades, and it currently enrolls about 320 students. Founded in 1968 by Jean Mooskin and Dick Roth, the school practices...
- The Field SchoolThe Field SchoolThe Field School is an elite and selective preparatory school in Washington, D.C., located in the old Cafritz mansion on Foxhall Rd. The school teaches 7th-12th grade, with about 310 students attending.-History:...
- Grace Brethren Christian School
- Hebrew AcademyMelvin J. Berman Hebrew AcademyThe Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy or MJBHA is a coed Modern Orthodox Jewish day school serving the greater Washington area. The school has grades from Pre-K to 12. Originally founded in 1944, the school moved to its current location in Rockville, MD in 1999, changing its name from the Hebrew...
- Jewish Day SchoolCharles E. Smith Jewish Day SchoolThe Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, often referred to as CESJDS or JDS, is a private, pluralistic Jewish K-12 school in Rockville, Maryland....
- McLean School of MarylandMcLean School of MarylandMcLean School of Maryland is an independent, non-denominational, co-educational college preparatory day school located in Potomac, Maryland for grades K through 12. It was primarily grades K through 8 until the early 2000's when it created the high school portion of the school...
- Montrose Christian SchoolMontrose Christian SchoolMontrose Christian School is a K-12 private school in Rockville, Maryland, operated by the Montrose Baptist Church, Maryland's second largest Southern Baptist church. It educates around 370 students...
- Queen Anne School
- Sandy Spring Friends SchoolSandy Spring Friends SchoolSandy Spring Friends School is a Quaker pre-Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade co-educational college preparatory day school with optional five and seven day boarding programs in the Upper School. SSFS is located on a wooded campus in the historic Quaker community of Sandy Spring in the heart of...
- St. Anselm's Abbey SchoolSt. Anselm's Abbey SchoolSt. Anselm's Abbey School is an all boys's preparatory school for grades six through twelve in Washington D.C.. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington...
- Washington International SchoolWashington International SchoolWashington International School is a coeducational international school for day students in grades pre-Kindergarten through 12...
- Washington Waldorf SchoolWashington Waldorf SchoolThe Washington Waldorf School is located in Bethesda, Maryland, just north of Washington, DC. The school is a Waldorf school, based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner...