School History

Visionaries from the Metropolitan and Emmanuel-Brinklow Seventh-day Adventist Churches, along with the Allegheny East Conference of Seventh-day Adventists saw the need for a Christ-centered school which would be sensitive and responsive to the uniqueness of black students, in particular, and diversity-minded families. The school is conveniently located in the northern section of the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Under the sponsorship of those two churches, (later joined by the First Seventh-day Adventist Church of Washington, DC), the doors of George E. Peters Seventh-day Adventist School opened in September of 1987. This accomplishment was the result of years of dreaming, praying, talking and deciding; and two intense years of fundraising, strategizing, meeting and working.

The school’s first location was the Metropolitan Adventist Church building. Four teachers – one serving as principal, staffed 68 students in grades 1–8.

In one year, the enrollment doubled! At the end of just six years, the overcrowded school, with its bulging waiting list, made it necessary to move into a newly constructed school building which could house a maximum of 250 students. The new building had ten classrooms, a fully equipped science lab, library, computer lab, multi-purpose room for lunch and assemblies, music studio for private music lessons, teachers’ work room/lounge, and an administrative office complex. There is ample playground and parking space.

The staff of certified teachers, individual students, and the school as a whole, have several awards for achievements in academics and the arts.

The history of the school is still unfolding. You are invited to be a part of the legacy and promise of George E. Peters Adventist School.