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Opening Day in 1909
Join us in celebrating 114 years of St. Albans School
On October 7, 1909, a main provision of Harriet Lane-Johnston’s will came to fruition: the opening day of what was then called The National Cathedral School for Boys. Many more details of the events that led up to and culminated on that day can be read in the two articles from May and October of 1909. Thirty-four boys, 12 faculty, and at least as many staff members grew into a student body of 58 by the end of that first year (according to the 1910-11 school catalog). Winter Break ran from December 16 to January 12, Field Day was on Monday, June 6, and 10 boys graduated in the Commencement Service at St. Alban’s Parish at noon on Wednesday, June 8, 1910—a service marked by “its reverent, dignified simplicity” as reported in the June 1910 Albanian. May we continue to strive for the ideals and live out the traditions imbibed in the school that first year.
The Evening Star, May 1909
The Washington Herald, October 1909
Photo and articles are from the STA Archives.
Located in Washington D.C., St. Albans School is a private, all boys day and boarding school. For more than a century, St. Albans has offered a distinctive educational experience for young men in grades 4 through 12. While our students reach exceptional academic goals and exhibit first-rate athletic and artistic achievements, as an Episcopal school we place equal emphasis upon moral and spiritual education.