Intensive Study Week (ISW)

Students enjoy a week of exploration outside of regular classes during Intensive Study Week (ISW) in February. Groups of students and faculty embark on a variety of fascinating projects and trips that challenge the mind and certainly rejuvenate the spirit.

Lower School

Middle School

Upper School

Last year upper schoolers enjoyed:

Adirondack Chairs
Around the World in Four Days
Bohemian Paradise
Concert Choir Trip to Nashville
Digging Deeper into Hunger and
Poverty in DC
Eat, Cook, and Be Merry
Engineering and the Wide World of Science
Funny Films, Fun-tastic Food
Habitat for Humanity, Rocky Mount, N.C.
Helping in the Lower School
Helping in the Middle School
Lending a Hand in DC
Maret Goes to Wall Street

Moviemaking 101
On the Town: Grab A Seat!
Shades of Brown: An Experience in Black Herstory
Sketching Your Vision
Solutions to Violence
Summit!
The Power of Printmaking
Upper School Band Rocks NYC
Woodley
A Wider Circle
Black Hills Regional Park
Camp Arrowhead, DE
Londontown, MD
National Museum of Natural History
Walters Art Gallery
Mixed Grades
GALA Hispanic Theatre: Plat ero y Yo
Old Port of Bladensbur