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Scholars Program: History The Cathedral Scholars Program was envisioned by the former Cathedral Dean Nathan D. Baxter as a way for the Cathedral, using its many resources, especially those of its schools, to serve D.C. Public School students. The specific program, shaped by St. Albans School Headmaster Emeritus Jack McCune, provides academically gifted D.C. Public School students of high character and leadership potential with special academic work and cultural opportunities. With a small start-up budget, the Cathedral recruited retired D.C. Public Schools administrator Dr. Marilyn Tyler Brown to begin the program. In 1997, under her leadership and the hard work of others in the Cathedral community, the program selected its first group of 15 students. This first class of Cathedral Scholars graduated from high school in 2000. Since then, seven classes of 15 each have completed three years in the program. The Cathedral Scholars Program takes pride in the fact that every graduate, save one, has gone on to higher education, and that one is currently serving our country proudly in the Armed Services. |