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The Academy of the Holy Cross is a
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sponsored by the
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and founded in 1868. The academy is located on a campus in
North Bethesda, Maryland North Bethesda is an unincorporated, census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, located just north-west of the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C. It had a population of 50,094 as of the 2020 census. Among its neighb ...
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Kensington Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the West End of London, West of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...
postal address),2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: North Bethesda CDP, MD

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Notable alumnae

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Helen Hayes Helen Hayes MacArthur ( Brown; October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American actress whose career spanned 80 years. She eventually received the nickname "First Lady of American Theatre" and was the second person and first woman to have w ...
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Rhamat Alhassan Rhamat Alhassan (born September 7, 1996) is a volleyball player who played collegiately for Florida. Early life Alhassan grew up in Glenarden, Maryland. She started playing basketball in seventh grade, and did not play volleyball until her sop ...
, volleyball player for
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and winner of the
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for volleyball


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* {{authority control Holy Cross secondary schools Educational institutions established in 1868 Catholic secondary schools in Maryland Girls' schools in Maryland Schools in Montgomery County, Maryland 1868 establishments in Maryland Kensington, Maryland