1960 — 1992
The La Reine story.
Three decades of educating young women. A Science Center ahead of its time. A community that never stopped believing in what girls could become.
In 1960, La Reine High School opened its doors in Suitland, Maryland — a Catholic all-girls school with an uncommon conviction: that young women deserved rigorous, state-of-the-art education in every discipline, especially the sciences.
For thirty-two years, La Reine delivered exactly that. Generations of students passed through its classrooms, and the school became particularly known for its state-of-the-art Science Center — a facility rare for any high school at the time, and remarkable for one serving girls.
La Reine closed its doors in 1992. But legacies don't end when buildings do.
The alumni refused to let the mission fade. They founded STEAMBlue Girls — to carry the La Reine legacy of continuous learning and the empowerment of young women into a new generation.
Today, every scholarship we award, every girl we fund, and every microscope we place in small hands is a continuation of what began in Suitland more than sixty years ago.
1960
La Reine opens in Suitland, MD
32
Years of educating young women
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Girls still being empowered