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This fall, Visitation welcomed eight new faculty and staff members. Meet them here!

When Hope Dickson ‘25 was in third grade, she helped to build and launch a “CubeSat,” a small satellite; she traveled to Cape Canaveral for its launch, and she became set on her career of choice: aerospace engineer. At Visitation, she has pursued this dream with a passion, becoming president of Cubs Who Code, participating in BEDA (Building, Engineering, Design & Architecture), and taking advanced math courses and AP Computer Science - and this summer, she participated in the NASA SEES program at UT Austin’s Center for Space Research.

As Visitation marks the 225^th anniversary of its founding in 1799 as the first Catholic girls’ school in the original 13 states, the 133 young women in its class of 2024 were addressed at their June 4 graduation ceremony by a woman who has witnessed and made history in her nearly eight decades at the school – Visitation Sister Mary Berchmans Hannan.

On Friday, May 24, Visitation celebrated its final all-community gathering for prayer and academic awards.

After winning a share of the Independent School League championship, Visitation's varsity lacrosse team won a second straight DCSAA title with a 9-6 victory of St. John's.

Thirty-five students who have excelled in their study of the French language were inducted into the Société Honoraire de Français this spring. New members were selected by merit-based criteria established by the national organization.

Over 40 students who have excelled in their study of the Spanish language were inducted into Visitation’s Spanish Honor Society this spring.

Visitation’s BEDA club (Building, Engineering, Design & Architecture) earned first prize in a presentation night this month, hosted by the DC branch of the Architecture, Construction, & Engineering (ACE) Mentor Program. In the Smith Group office located in Foggy Bottom, four groups from area high schools presented their plans to design a building or space - and Visitation came out on top.

Sophomore Johanna Fernando was chosen as the winner of the Congressional Art Competition for D.C. Her artwork, a self-portrait called "Lost in Thought," will be on display in the Capitol for the next year.

Three Visitation student-led clubs - Morgan's Message, One Love, and Visi Minds Matter - together planned an assembly in honor of Mental Health Awareness month, which began on May 1. 

Nine students were named in the All-Mets announcements from The Washington Post for the winter season, including basketball, ice hockey, swimming, and track. Senior Lucy Thiessen was named Player of the Year for girls' ice hockey.

The Washington Post notes that Georgetown Visitation is a top producer of local alums playing in the NCAA DI tournaments as March Madness kick off, highlighting "defensive whiz" Ellie Mitchell '19 (Princeton), Fadima Tall '23 (Princeton), and Simone Lewis '23 (Holy Cross). Meanwhile, Maria Alvarado '23 at NYU helped the Violets become DIII champions this year! 

The junior class celebrated its ring ceremony in mid-March, gathering as a class in the Quadrangle while family, friends, and faculty lined the porches to watch.