Collegiate School (Richmond, Virginia)
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Collegiate School is a preparatory school
for boys and girls located in Richmond, Virginia
. The student body of Collegiate comprises about 1,500 total students from Kindergarten
through 12th Grade. The Lower School and Upper School are coeducational and the Middle School
is coordinated with boys and girls in separate classes.
in town
, Collegiate opened the Collegiate Country Day School, off Mooreland and River Roads, in 1953. Collegiate's Town School and the Country Day School merged on Mooreland Road in 1960. Today Collegiate still remains on the Mooreland Road campus and has purchased over 155 acre (0.6272633 km²) in Goochland County. Collegiate had already developed 60 of these acre
s for athletic purposes.
Total Faculty -
191
Faculty holding advanced degrees -
145
Total Students - 1,574
Active Alumni - 5,526
Richmond, Virginia 23229
'Upper, Middle, and Lower Schools' - classrooms and computer labs for appropriate grade levels. Lower - K-4, Middle - 5-8, Upper - 9-12.
Hershey Center for the Arts - includes the 620-seat Oates Theater, as well as art, music, and drama studios, a photography darkroom, and soundproof music studios.
Two Libraries - one is for Lower School students (Mary Morris Watt Library) and the other is shared by Upper and Middle School students (Reed-Gumenick Library).
North and South Science Buildings with ten science labs for grades 5-12.
Seal Athletic Center with dance studio, indoor gym space, and weight-training room, as well as a training room.
Student Activities Center for journalism, tutoring, and personal counseling.
Jacobs and West Gymnasiums for interscholastic sports, play area.
Two Athletic Fields on Mooreland Road Campus, one of which is a synthetic turf stadium (Grover Jones Field and Jim Hickey Track).
Robins Campus Ten minutes from main campus, with twelve playing fields including one synthetic field, a 5K cross-country course, and a new state of the art softball-baseball complex and athletics building. A new tennis facility, containing thirteen courts, including a championship court and a tennis house (Williams-Bollettieri Tennis Center).
and St. Christopher's School, Richmond
.
Fall offerings for boys are cross country (2 teams), football (4 teams), and soccer (4 teams); for girls, they are cross country (2 teams), field hockey (6 teams), tennis (2 teams), and volleyball (6 teams). In the Winter, boys are offered basketball (8 teams), swimming and diving (2 teams), indoor soccer (1 team), indoor track (2 teams), and wrestling (2 teams), while girls are offered basketball (8 teams), swimming and diving (2 teams), and indoor track (2 teams). Spring offerings for boys are baseball (4 teams), golf (2 teams), lacrosse (4 teams), tennis (2 teams), and track (2 teams); for girls, they are lacrosse (6 teams), soccer (3 teams), softball (2 teams), and track (2 teams).
All members of competitive teams at Collegiate must sign a Training Rules agreement, which prohibits the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages in any form, the possession or consumption of drugs (other than those prescribed by the athlete’s physician for the athlete’s use), and the possession or use of tobacco in any form. Training Rules are in effect beginning the first day of practice/try-outs of each athletic season through the end of the season, including all intervening breaks and holidays during the season.
Nineteen ’11 Collegiate Cougars are now competing in soccer, lacrosse, swimming, tennis, football, basketball, and field hockey for their colleges and universities, including Richmond, Pennsylvania, High Point, Wofford, Villanova, Rhodes, William & Mary, Delaware, Columbia, Georgetown, Virginia, Stanford, Virginia Tech, Harvard, Franklin & Marshall, Christopher Newport, Tufts, Catawba, and Vermont.
University-preparatory school
A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school is a secondary school, usually private, designed to prepare students for a college or university education...
for boys and girls located in Richmond, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...
. The student body of Collegiate comprises about 1,500 total students from Kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
through 12th Grade. The Lower School and Upper School are coeducational and the Middle School
Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
is coordinated with boys and girls in separate classes.
History
Collegiate was founded in 1915 as the Collegiate School for Girls, a college preparatory school located in downtown Richmond. In addition to this campusCampus
A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings...
in town
Town
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, Collegiate opened the Collegiate Country Day School, off Mooreland and River Roads, in 1953. Collegiate's Town School and the Country Day School merged on Mooreland Road in 1960. Today Collegiate still remains on the Mooreland Road campus and has purchased over 155 acre (0.6272633 km²) in Goochland County. Collegiate had already developed 60 of these acre
Acre
The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.The acre is related...
s for athletic purposes.
Administration
- Head of School: Keith A. Evans
- Vice President, Development: Alex Smith
- Vice President, Finance: Phyllis Palmiero
- Associate Head of School: Lindy M. Williams
- Head of Upper School: Ben Rein
- Head of Middle School: Charles L. Blair, Jr.
- Assistant Head of Middle School - Curriculum, Instruction, Technology: Dr. Fletcher Collins
- Assistant Head of Middle School - Student Progress: Debbie Miller
- Head of Lower School: Dr. Jill S. Hunter
- Assistant Head of Lower School: Laura Fields
- Academic Dean: David Colon
- Director of Admission: Amanda L. Surgner
- Co-Directors of Athletics: Karen S. Doxey; Charles L. McFall, Jr.
Faculty
2011-2012Total Faculty -
191
Faculty holding advanced degrees -
145
Enrollment
2011-2012Total Students - 1,574
- Lower School (K-4) - 580
- Middle School (5-8) - 496
- Upper School (9-12) - 498
Active Alumni - 5,526
Campus
103 North Mooreland RoadRichmond, Virginia 23229
'Upper, Middle, and Lower Schools' - classrooms and computer labs for appropriate grade levels. Lower - K-4, Middle - 5-8, Upper - 9-12.
Hershey Center for the Arts - includes the 620-seat Oates Theater, as well as art, music, and drama studios, a photography darkroom, and soundproof music studios.
Two Libraries - one is for Lower School students (Mary Morris Watt Library) and the other is shared by Upper and Middle School students (Reed-Gumenick Library).
North and South Science Buildings with ten science labs for grades 5-12.
Seal Athletic Center with dance studio, indoor gym space, and weight-training room, as well as a training room.
Student Activities Center for journalism, tutoring, and personal counseling.
Jacobs and West Gymnasiums for interscholastic sports, play area.
Two Athletic Fields on Mooreland Road Campus, one of which is a synthetic turf stadium (Grover Jones Field and Jim Hickey Track).
Robins Campus Ten minutes from main campus, with twelve playing fields including one synthetic field, a 5K cross-country course, and a new state of the art softball-baseball complex and athletics building. A new tennis facility, containing thirteen courts, including a championship court and a tennis house (Williams-Bollettieri Tennis Center).
Athletics
Collegiate fields a total of 79 teams on “cub”, junior varsity, and varsity levels in 24 sports. Participation in athletics may begin in the 7th grade. “Cub” teams are designated only for 7th and 8th graders. At this level there are no “cuts” and all team members are given a chance to play in each game. Varsity girl teams compete in the League of Independent Schools (LIS) conference. Varsity boy teams compete in the Virginia Preparatory League (VPL) conference. Qualified varsity teams compete for state championships overseen by the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association (VISAA). Collegiate’s teams have a long-standing rivalry with St. Catherine's School, Richmond, VirginiaSt. Catherine's School, Richmond, Virginia
St. Catherine's School is an independent Episcopal diocesan school for girls in grades junior kindergarten through 12th grade. It is the oldest private, all-girls school in Richmond, Va. and the only independent all-girls school in Virginia for junior kindergarten - 12th grade. St. Catherine's is...
and St. Christopher's School, Richmond
St. Christopher's School, Richmond
St. Christopher’s School, founded in 1911, is a college preparatory school for boys located in Richmond, Virginia. A program of coordination with nearby St. Catherine's School allows a broader selection of courses at the Upper School level, taught in coeducational classes on both campuses...
.
Fall offerings for boys are cross country (2 teams), football (4 teams), and soccer (4 teams); for girls, they are cross country (2 teams), field hockey (6 teams), tennis (2 teams), and volleyball (6 teams). In the Winter, boys are offered basketball (8 teams), swimming and diving (2 teams), indoor soccer (1 team), indoor track (2 teams), and wrestling (2 teams), while girls are offered basketball (8 teams), swimming and diving (2 teams), and indoor track (2 teams). Spring offerings for boys are baseball (4 teams), golf (2 teams), lacrosse (4 teams), tennis (2 teams), and track (2 teams); for girls, they are lacrosse (6 teams), soccer (3 teams), softball (2 teams), and track (2 teams).
All members of competitive teams at Collegiate must sign a Training Rules agreement, which prohibits the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages in any form, the possession or consumption of drugs (other than those prescribed by the athlete’s physician for the athlete’s use), and the possession or use of tobacco in any form. Training Rules are in effect beginning the first day of practice/try-outs of each athletic season through the end of the season, including all intervening breaks and holidays during the season.
Nineteen ’11 Collegiate Cougars are now competing in soccer, lacrosse, swimming, tennis, football, basketball, and field hockey for their colleges and universities, including Richmond, Pennsylvania, High Point, Wofford, Villanova, Rhodes, William & Mary, Delaware, Columbia, Georgetown, Virginia, Stanford, Virginia Tech, Harvard, Franklin & Marshall, Christopher Newport, Tufts, Catawba, and Vermont.
Notable alumni
- Ann Cottrell FreeAnn Cottrell FreeAnn Cottrell Free was an American journalist who wrote extensively on animal protection issues.Free was born in Richmond, Virginia on June 4, 1916...
’34, journalist and author - Edward Angus Powell, Jr. '66, former president of the United Service Organizations (USO) and former United States Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- Eugene Welch HickokEugene W. HickokDr. Eugene W. Hickok is a leading advocate for public education reform and an expert in constitutional law....
’68, former United States Deputy Secretary of Education - Ray EasterlingRay EasterlingRay Easterling was a safety for the Atlanta Falcons ....
‘68, after graduation from the University of Richmond, entered the NFL in the current day Atlanta Falcons organization - Stanley DruckenmillerStanley DruckenmillerStanley Freeman Druckenmiller is an American hedge fund manager, he is the former Chairman and President of Duquesne Capital, which he founded in 1981. He closed the fund in August 2010 because he felt unable to deliver high returns to his clients...
, ’71 investment manager http://www.collegiate-va.org/podium/default.aspx?t=25055 - Steve KelleySteve Kelley (cartoonist)Steve Kelley is a syndicated political cartoonist. Born in Virginia, he was an honors graduate of Dartmouth College in 1981, where he drew cartoons for both the Daily Dartmouth and The Dartmouth Review...
’77, syndicated cartoonist - Robert WrennRobert Wrenn (golfer)Robert Brenaman Wrenn, Jr. is an American sportscaster and golf course design consultant; he is a former professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Wrenn was born in Richmond, Virginia...
‘77, professional golfer - Eric CantorEric CantorEric Ivan Cantor is the U.S. Representative for Virginia's 7th congressional district, serving since 2001. A member of the Republican Party, he became House Majority Leader when the 112th Congress convened on January 3, 2011...
’81, United States Congressman (Republican) and current House Majority Leader - David Allen SchoolsDave SchoolsDave Schools aka "Dave Smalls", is the bassist for the band Widespread Panic , and hails from Richmond, Virginia. In addition to playing with Panic, he has had numerous side projects with Jerry Joseph, The Stockholm Syndrome, J Mascis and the Fog, Slang, and Acetate...
’83, Widespread PanicWidespread PanicWidespread Panic is an American rock band from Athens, Georgia. The current lineup includes guitarist/singer John Bell, bassist Dave Schools, drummer Todd Nance, percussionist Domingo "Sunny" Ortiz, keyboardist John "JoJo" Hermann, and guitarist Jimmy Herring...
bassist - Mike Henry ’84, television writer and voice actor, Family GuyFamily GuyFamily Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...
, The Cleveland ShowThe Cleveland ShowThe Cleveland Show is an American animated television series that premiered on September 27, 2009, as a part of the "Animation Domination" lineup on Fox in the United States... - Scottie ThompsonScottie ThompsonSusan Scott "Scottie" Thompson is an American film, television and stage actress.-Early life:Thompson grew up in Richmond, Virginia, where she attended Collegiate School. From an early age she began learning ballet, jazz and modern dance...
'00, actress (NCIS, Trauma) - Russell WilsonRussell WilsonRussell Wilson is a quarterback for the Wisconsin Badgers football team. Wilson formerly played for the NC State Wolfpack football and baseball teams before transferring for his final season of eligibility in 2011...
'07, North Carolina State football and baseball player (quarterback), (infielder); University of Wisconsin-Madison football player (quarterback)