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“The Commons,” the principal gathering space
of the Potomac Intermediate School.
Potomac Place: All photos © Chris Ambridge, cox graae + spack
Independent School Continues
Revamp of its Campus
by G. Martin Moeller, Jr., Assoc. AIA
Most adults remember that age: that awkward, exciting, terrible Of course, everyone matures at his or her own rate, but most
age when they were no longer little kids but still far from maturity. students probably hit that particularly difficult age around the 7th
An age when their bodies were changing in sometimes alarming and 8th grades. With that in mind, in 1951, the Potomac School, a
ways, and their social lives were becoming increasingly complex, and venerable independent K-12 school in McLean, Virginia, created a
often fraught with insecurity. It was a time filled with countless special division comprising just those two grades. Now known as
distractions that could easily derail the academic pursuits of even the Intermediate School, it is one of four divisions at Potomac, the
very dedicated students. others being the Lower School for kindergarten through 3rd grade,
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