Spiritual Life
The school day begins and ends with prayer. Regular Mass and prayer services are offered to celebrate holy days and special events throughout the school year. Campus Ministry and clubs that engage in community service encourage students to become active members of the faith community and take ownership of their own spiritual development. Regular retreats for each grade offer time for reflection with peers. Four years of religious study enables students to study and explore their Catholic heritage but also integrate its teachings into the complexities and needs of the world to which they will become adults.

Seton Keough strives to enable its students to become active, reflective, and committed to their own development as compassionate women of honor.

History and Traditions
Seton Keough High school was founded in 1988 with the merger of Archbishop Keough and Seton High Schools. The original mission of both schools continues at Seton Keough through the shared philosophy and vision of our founding orders: the School Sisters of Notre Dame and the Daughters of Charity.

In 1865, the Daughters of Charity opened St. Joseph School of Industry in Baltimore City. This first school trained needy girls for work in the trades. Archbishop Curley asked the Daughters of Charity to expand the school and in 1926 Seton High School opened its doors on Charles Street. In 1965, the School Sisters of Notre Dame opened Archbishop Keough.

Both Seton and Archbishop Keough High School had a strong foundation of traditions, which have been combined and integrated to form a new synergy at Seton Keough. Both Seton’s and Archbishop Keough’s style of rings are available to the juniors for the ring ceremony. Big sister, little sister pairings combine freshmen students with juniors, who introduce them to the school community. Colored name bars, which were a Keough tradition, are worn by all students and signify their graduation year. Both schools had field day and class competition activities, which have been combined into Spirit Week and Year Day. Year Day is the culmination of class competition, and includes field day activities, skits, class songs and dances, and a competition over theme-decorated hallways.