Past Headmistresses and Heads of School
Mother Clara Sands, RSCJ
1923 – 1931
First Headmistress at school founding
1719 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, DC
Mother Margaret Mary Downing, RSCJ
1931 – 1934
Mother Emilie Hickey, RSCJ
1934 – 1939
Mother Eleanor Kenny, RSCJ
1939 – 1940
Mother Elizabeth White, RSCJ
1940 – 1949
Moved the school to Stone Ridge, Bethesda, MD
Mother Mary Elizabeth Tobin, RSCJ
1949 – 1957
Mother Marie Odeide Mouton, RSCJ
1957 – 1968
Sister Catherine Collins, RSCJ
1968 – 1971
Sister Clare McGowan, RSCJ
1971 – 1980
Sister Margaret Brown, RSCJ
1980 – 1984
Sister Anne Dyer ’55, RSCJ
1984 – 2006
Longest tenure as Head of School; Last Religious of the Sacred Heart to head Stone Ridge; first alumna to head the school
Dr. Richard Barbieri, Ph. D.
2006 – 2008
Head of School pro term; the only male Head of School
Catherine Ronan Karrels ‘86
2008 – present
First lay Head of School; second alumna