Choosing a school is an act of hope.
It’s about more than transcripts or test scores. It’s about choosing who you trust to help shape your daughter’s sense of purpose—her confidence, her voice, and the values that will anchor her as she navigates an increasingly complex world.
As a Marymount alumna, I can tell you:
this school changes lives. It changed mine.
Marymount is a place where girls are seen, heard, and known.
Where academic excellence is the foundation—rigorous, intentional, and designed to prepare students not just for college, but for lives of meaning and impact. It’s a place where girls are encouraged to take intellectual risks, ask bold questions, think critically, and engage fully—with intellect, empathy, and a grounded sense of self. Marymount girls graduate not just prepared for what lies ahead, but ready to lead with clarity, creativity, and adaptability that a changing world calls for.
It is also a school shaped by faith. As a Catholic-Independent school, we offer something rare: the freedom to innovate and the commitment to educate students not only as scholars, but as ethical individuals, with a moral compass that guides them like a North Star. Students of all backgrounds and beliefs are welcomed into a community rooted in reflection, compassion, and love in action. Here, faith is not something memorized—it is something to wrestle with, to return to, and ultimately to live. And just as we prepare girls for academic success, we also help them grow into young women of conscience, character, and conviction—because who they become matters just as much as they achieve.
I returned to Marymount because I believe in what this school makes possible. It made me who I am. In a world that so urgently needs courageous, thoughtful, and ethical leaders, Marymount equips young women not only to meet the moment—but to move it forward.
I am blessed to lead this extraordinary community—one built on more than a century of bold, visionary education and an unshakable commitment to innovation. At Marymount, we don’t just stand still. We keep moving, evolving, and pushing the boundaries of what girls’ education can be.
Warm Regards,
Fadia Hefni Desmond ’90, Ph.D.