History
In 1901, 19 years before women won the right to vote, Jessie Moon Holton and Carolyn Hough Arms founded Holton-Arms School.
The Harris & Ewing photo studio photographed several aspects of student life while Holton was located at the 2125 S Street location, such as Miss Carter Mullikin and her dog in Red Cross uniforms, the school's basketball team, the school's playground, and the graduation class of 1927.
Holton-Arms moved to Bethesda in 1963. Located on 57 acres (230,000 m2) of rolling woodlands just off River Road, the campus has seven buildings. Its facilities include a science wing and lecture hall, two libraries, a performing arts center with a 400-seat theater and new black box theater, art and ceramic studios (with a kiln) and photo lab, three dance studios, a double gymnasium, an indoor competition-size pool, and a weight and training room. Outdoor facilities include seven tennis courts, an eight-lane all-weather track, and three athletic fields, including a new synthetic turf field.
The School's mission is to cultivate the unique potential of young women through the “education not only of the mind, but of the soul and spirit.” (Jessie Moon Holton, 1866–1951).They also strive to create young women who are independent and can go out and work in the field. The School’s motto is Inveniam viam aut faciam, or I will find a way or make one.
Holton's mascot was originally an armadillo, but it was eventually changed to a panther. They also used the traditional Holton crest, until 2008, when their logo was changed to an "H" with a bay leaf.
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