Dominican Order
Fenwick is the only high school in the United States owned and operated by the Dominican Order. Fenwick's school mottoes are the same as those of the Dominican Order: "Laudare, Benedicere, Praedicare" (praise, bless, preach); "Veritas" (truth); "Contemplare et Contemplata Aliis Tradere" (to study and hand on the fruits of study). Fenwick often uses the Blackfriar as a mascot over a generic friar mascot since the Blackfriar is specifically associated with the Dominican Order.