Classes will be all virtual this week for students at Georgetown Prep, a private Catholic boys school located in North Bethesda, after 30 students tested positive for the coronavirus.
According to WTOP, no teachers tested positive and “students were given the day off on Friday so teachers could prepare for the coming week of virtual learning.”
School officials contributed the outbreak to Thanksgiving break.
About Georgetown Prep, per its website:
“Founded in 1789, Georgetown Preparatory School is America’s oldest Catholic high school in the United States. It is also the only Jesuit boarding school in the country. Prep’s mission is to form men of competence, conscience, courage and compassion; men of faith and men for others.”
Georgetown Prep’s 2021-2022 Tuition:
- Day Student Tuition: $39,385
- Resident Tuition: $63,800 (US)
- English as a Second Language Program: $8,255 (US) additional
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