The Potomac School announced the recipient of its annual Award for Exemplary Service, which recognizes individuals in the wider community who are making an important difference through service to others. Ransom Miller III, founder of Project GiveBack, received the award during a school-wide assembly honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  

Potomac seniors have been named Top 300 Scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2025, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and mathematics competition for high school seniors. 

Kasim Khapra, a senior at The Potomac School in McLean, Va., will join another Virginia high schooler to represent their state as a delegate to the United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP). 

Potomac’s Generosity of Spirit Award is given annually at the Thanksgiving Assembly to a faculty or staff member who exemplifies Potomac’s core values, demonstrates “generosity of spirit,” and inspires others through their actions. This year, the award was presented to two highly respected and tenured members of our community.

Thanks to COO Ross Davis, a retired Air Force Lt. Col., for joining our Middle and Intermediate Schools Veterans Day Assemblies. Read remarks that he shared with our seventh and eighth grade students. 

The Potomac School honored Ms. Sharyn Stein, Intermediate School math teacher, with the 2024 Bill Cook Award for Excellent Teaching during the school’s Opening Assembly on September 6.

Seniors Audrey Rentzepis and Max Zeldes were among the winners in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Both have been awarded a $2,500 National Merit Scholarship supported by National Merit Scholarship Corporation’s own funds.

TCEI has awarded Potomac a $1.8 million multi-year grant that will make a Potomac education accessible to more families and enhance socioeconomic diversity within our school community.

Emirati astronauts Hazzaa AlMansoori and Sultan Al Neyadi visited The Potomac School ahead of meetings in Washington, D.C. Students in grades K-8 heard firsthand accounts of their space missions.