Educating Mind & Heart
As part of a 200-year tradition of Sacred Heart education
and a global network in 41 countries and 150 schools,
Stone Ridge makes a consistent commitment to educating
the mind and the heart of our students so that they may
grow in wisdom, faith, and grace and with purpose and integrity.
“Times change, and we must change with them.”
— St. Madeleine Sophie Barat, Foundress of the Society of the Sacred Heart (1800)
Explore what makes Stone Ridge unique.
Lower School
Co-ed, Pre-K and Kindergarten
All girls, Grades 1-4
Inspiring a lifelong love of learning and giving.
Middle School
All girls, Grades 5-8
Discovering talents and building confidence.
Upper School
All girls, Grades 9-12
Cultivating an empowered leader.
Uniquely Stone Ridge
News & Events
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Drs. James and Weinstein aim to help adults understand adolescents’ relationships with technology and give them tools to nurture a teen’s digital agency.
![Photo of magazine article with teacher Lesley Sheldon]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1693933143/stoneridge/xratl1ruoap5gx026nhl/LesleySheldonExtraordinaryEducator.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1693933143/stoneridge/xratl1ruoap5gx026nhl/LesleySheldonExtraordinaryEducator.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1693933143/stoneridge/xratl1ruoap5gx026nhl/LesleySheldonExtraordinaryEducator.jpg","width":768}])
Congratulations to Lesley Sheldon for her recognition in the September/October issue of Bethesda Magazine article on Extraordinary Educators!!
![Students standing on rocks near a creek.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1692901184/stoneridge/ohqvxufchzcaaiolhhxu/DollySods.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1692901184/stoneridge/ohqvxufchzcaaiolhhxu/DollySods.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1692901184/stoneridge/ohqvxufchzcaaiolhhxu/DollySods.jpg","width":768}])
This summer, two groups of Upper School students went on adventures in experiential outdoor learning in West Virginia’s Dolly Sods Wilderness with Upper School Science Teacher, Sky Lesnick and Upper School English Teacher, Holly Zindulis. On these six-day, five-night trips, they backpacked the myriad ecosystems of the Dolly Sods, from the spruce forests and mountain laurel thickets of Red Creek to the blueberry fields of the North Sods and the breathtaking views at Rohrbaugh Cliffs and Bear Rocks.
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On Stone Ridge’s seventh annual service trip with Appalachia Service Project (ASP), seventeen Upper School students and six members of the faculty and staff spent the first week of summer volunteering in Clay County, West Virginia. ASP’s mission is to make homes warmer, safer, and drier throughout Central Appalachia.
![Girls making a model from marshmellows and toothpicks.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1688042265/stoneridge/kxl84nto7hnbuzg1p4ut/8-PrototypingEQResistantStructures05copy2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1688042265/stoneridge/kxl84nto7hnbuzg1p4ut/8-PrototypingEQResistantStructures05copy2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1688042265/stoneridge/kxl84nto7hnbuzg1p4ut/8-PrototypingEQResistantStructures05copy2.jpg","width":768}])
Middle School Science Day in May was an engaging event that sparked curiosity and scientific exploration across the division.
