Gonzaga College High School

Submitted by Karen Roberts on Sun, 08/22/2010 - 5:16pm

9-12
Single Sex--Boys

School Leadership:

President: Rev. Stephen W. Planning, S.J.

Headmaster: Rev. Vincent G. Conti, S.J.

Mothers Club: Maureen McCarty

Fathers Club: Gerry Nolan

Fathers Club: Jerry O'Neill

PCW Representative(s):

Dori Mitchell

School Website:

http://www.gonzaga.org/

Contact:

19 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 336-7100

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One of the greatest challenges for a head of school is to anticipate which of the advances in neuroscience, technology, psychology and cognitive sciences will transform the way we structure our schools, train our teachers, and educate our students. Embedded in a society that is absorbing the impact of tremendous advances in these fields, we are constantly reassessing our beliefs about learning. In the last few years, two closely related principles have dominated my thinking about how to create schools that truly foster our students’ potential for learning: our brain