Campus
In September 1998, the community dedicated the 19.2-acre (78,000 m2) campus in Potomac, Maryland and cut the ribbons on a 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m2) brand-new main building. St. Andrew’s Upper, Middle, and Intermediate Schools are located on a 20-acre campus in the suburban residential community of Potomac, approximately 15 miles from the District of Columbia
The land, once historic Clagett Farm and later the campus of Harker Preparatory School, occupies one of the highest points in Potomac. The original farmhouse was preserved and is used for administrative offices. No evidence has ever been found to substantiate stories that the farm was a stop on the Underground Railroad. Next to this house is scenic Bruder Garden (at right).
Classrooms include three state-of-the-art Upper School laboratories and prep rooms, plus rooms outfitted for Middle School science.
MacDonald Hall, a multi-purpose theater/assembly/lunch space, features a stage and light/sound booth. There are two studios for the visual arts, including ceramics wheels and a kiln, and a darkroom.
The gymnasium, inherited from Harker Prep, serves as the basketball court and the location for all-school chapel. Facilities in a second athletic building, also inherited from Harker Prep, include a weight room and a dance studio that doubles as a wrestling room.
There are two full fields, Hope Field and Brumbaugh Field, used for softball, baseball, lacrosse and soccer, as well as four tennis courts. In summer 2008, these fields were covered with synthetic FieldTurf, which allow more use in all weather and lowered maintenance costs.
A two-story library houses 14,000 volumes, an audio-visual classroom and several computer research stations, and is staffed by three librarians.
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