Georgetown Visitation Academy

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Catholic girls' school all-girls school college-preparatory school historic educational institution private school secondary school

Georgetown Visitation Academy is a historic Catholic all-girls college-preparatory school in Washington, D.C., known for educating prominent American women.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School	6
Georgetown Visitation Academy canonical	5
Academy of the Visitation, Georgetown	1
Georgetown Visitation Academy campus	1
Sacred Heart Academy (Washington, D.C.)	1
Visitation Academy (Georgetown, Washington, D.C.)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T423664 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Georgetown Visitation Academy
Context triple: [Emily Warren Roebling, educatedAt, Georgetown Visitation Academy]

A. Regis High School
Regis High School is a prestigious, tuition-free Jesuit college preparatory school for boys in New York City.
B. Sidwell Friends School
Sidwell Friends School is an elite private Quaker day school in Washington, D.C., known for educating the children of U.S. presidents and other prominent figures.
C. Joel Barlow High School
Joel Barlow High School is a public secondary school serving students from the towns of Redding and Easton in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
D. Marymount School of New York
Marymount School of New York is an independent Catholic all-girls college-preparatory school in Manhattan known for its rigorous academics and emphasis on global and spiritual education.
E. St. Joseph Military Academy
St. Joseph Military Academy was a military-style preparatory school in Kansas known for its disciplined environment and for having briefly educated the future author Truman Capote.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Georgetown Visitation Academy
Target entity description: Georgetown Visitation Academy is a historic Catholic all-girls college-preparatory school in Washington, D.C., known for educating prominent American women.

A. Regis High School
Regis High School is a prestigious, tuition-free Jesuit college preparatory school for boys in New York City.
B. Sidwell Friends School
Sidwell Friends School is an elite private Quaker day school in Washington, D.C., known for educating the children of U.S. presidents and other prominent figures.
C. Joel Barlow High School
Joel Barlow High School is a public secondary school serving students from the towns of Redding and Easton in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
D. Marymount School of New York
Marymount School of New York is an independent Catholic all-girls college-preparatory school in Manhattan known for its rigorous academics and emphasis on global and spiritual education.
E. St. Joseph Military Academy
St. Joseph Military Academy was a military-style preparatory school in Kansas known for its disciplined environment and for having briefly educated the future author Truman Capote.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic girls' school ⓘ all-girls school ⓘ college-preparatory school ⓘ historic educational institution ⓘ private school ⓘ secondary school ⓘ
accreditation	regional independent-school accrediting bodies (United States) ⓘ
campusFeatures	academic classroom buildings ⓘ athletic facilities ⓘ chapel ⓘ historic convent buildings ⓘ
campusType	urban campus ⓘ
city	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
coeducationStatus	single-sex ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
curriculumFocus	college preparatory ⓘ
denomination	Catholic ⓘ
educationLevel	secondary education ⓘ
extracurriculars	athletics ⓘ performing arts ⓘ student clubs ⓘ
founded	1799 ⓘ
founders	Alice Lalor ⓘ Rev. Leonard Neale ⓘ Society of the Visitation ⓘ
genderAdmissionPolicy	girls only ⓘ
governance	independent Catholic school ⓘ
grades	9–12 ⓘ
hasReligiousLife	Visitation Sisters community on campus ⓘ
historicStatus	one of the oldest Catholic schools for girls in the United States ⓘ
knownFor	educating prominent American women ⓘ historic campus ⓘ longstanding Catholic educational tradition ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Georgetown, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mission	to provide Catholic, college-preparatory education for young women ⓘ
notableAlumniCharacteristic	prominent American women in public life ⓘ
originalName	Visitation Convent and Academy ⓘ
ownership	Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary (sponsoring religious community) ⓘ
region	Mid-Atlantic United States ⓘ linked to: Mid-Atlantic states
religiousAffiliation	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousEducationComponent	required theology courses ⓘ
religiousOrderAffiliation	Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary ⓘ
schoolType	boarding school (historically) ⓘ day school ⓘ
spiritualLifePrograms	retreats and liturgical celebrations ⓘ
studentBody	female high school students ⓘ

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