Episcopal High School (Alexandria, Virginia)
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Episcopal High School founded in 1839, is a private boarding school
located in Alexandria, Virginia
. The Holy Hill's 130 acre (0.5260918 km²) campus houses 435 students from 30 states, the District of Columbia and 17 different countries. It takes no day-students and has claimed to be the only all boarding school in the United States located in a metropolitan area.
Initially founded as an all-boys school, Episcopal enrolled its first 48 female students in 1991, a group commonly referred to as “The First 48.” The first girls graduated in 1993, and currently 45 percent of the student body is female.
Around 1805, Martha Washington
's eldest granddaughter, Elizabeth Parke Custis Law
, built the structure that now serves as the school's central administration building, Hoxton House. During the American Civil War
, the Union Army
used the school hospital
. The poet Walt Whitman
served as a nurse in the hospital.
Episcopal High School was founded in 1839, on an 80-acre tract of land just west of the colonial port of Alexandria, Virginia. School doors opened with 35 boys under the leadership of The Rev. William N. Pendleton and three assistant heads.
Just one year later, Episcopal's student body tripled in size to accommodate more than 100 boys, and continued to grow until the Civil War. Immediately following the Federal occupation of Alexandria in 1861, the School was closed. Some 500 students served as soldiers in the war. For the next five years, the EHS buildings were part of a large hospital for Federal troops.
The School reopened in 1866. Under the direction of Launcelot Minor Blackford (Principal, 1870-1913), the School initiated a modern academic curriculum and pioneered interscholastic team sports in the South, including football, baseball, and track. Recognizing the need to improve its facilities, the School also undertook an aggressive building program that formed the foundation for the present-day campus.
During the same time, Episcopal instituted its Honor Code, one of the oldest among secondary schools. A committee of students and faculty members promotes understanding of the code and handles violations. The Honor Code has served as a foundation of the EHS community since its inception.
In 1991, Episcopal began a transition to coeducation by enrolling its first 48 girls. In 1993, the first coeducational class graduated. Today, the School has an enrollment of 425 students, 45 percent of whom are girls.
Episcopal has many accomplished alumni among its ranks, including Rhodes Scholars, Pulitzer Prize winners, Wall Street financiers, college presidents, actors, musicians, clergymen, and statesmen, including congressmen, governors, and ambassadors.
EHS competes in one of the oldest consecutive high-school football rivalries in the United States. Beginning in 1900, every fall the Maroon and the Woodberry Forest Tigers have competed on the football field. The location of the game alternates each year; it is either in Orange or Alexandria.
For those students seeking additional academic challenges, EHS offers more than forty honors or Advanced Placement courses. AP courses are offered to students who have met specific departmental criteria for excellence, including test scores and grades in prior courses. Honors and AP classes are available in required courses such as English, math, social studies, science, and foreign languages, as well as in many electives. Last year, approximately eighty-five percent of students taking AP exams achieved a score of three or better.
The boys’ teams compete in the Interstate Athletic Conference (IAC)
. The school has won 32 IAC Championships since 1979 and seven Virginia Independent School State Championships since 1996. Episcopal’s girls’ teams compete in the Independent School League (ISL)
. They have won 21 ISL Championships since 1993.
In the fall of 2008 the boys' varsity soccer team completed a perfect IAC season with a 23-0-0 record. It went on to become the number one team in the state of Virginia by defeating NSCAA-nationally-ranked #3 Norfolk Academy
4-0 in the VISAA Championship final. The team finished the season ranked as the #13 team in the country. In the 2009 fall season the boys' varsity soccer team finished the year with a double overtime win over Collegiate School(Richmond, VA) which brought two consecutive state championship trophies back to Alexandria. Episcopal was also the 2009 IAC champion and was ranked as the number 3 team in the country.
There are varsity, junior varsity, and, for some sports, junior-level teams. Students are expected to complete three seasons of sports as freshmen, at least two as sophomores and juniors, and at least one as seniors. However, these requirements may be met by participation in non-interscholastic sports or by serving as managers for the scholastic sports teams.
Arts courses take place in the Ainslie Arts Center, named for former headmaster Lee S. Ainslie ’56. The building opened in 2003 and includes a black box theater and a recording studio.
The school regularly offers student and professional art shows, concerts and workshops. The National Chamber Players perform at the school several times each year, and student musicians often perform with the Youth Symphony Orchestra.
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Each student is also required to purchase a laptop from a designated vendor before entering the school as part of the school’s laptop program. The computers are frequently used in the classroom.
The school offers financial aid in the form of grants, based on financial need and the individual student’s merit. About 30 percent of the student body received aid for 2010-1, with a total of over $4.3 million awarded.
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
located in Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2009, the city had a total population of 139,966. Located along the Western bank of the Potomac River, Alexandria is approximately six miles south of downtown Washington, D.C.Like the rest of northern Virginia, as well as...
. The Holy Hill's 130 acre (0.5260918 km²) campus houses 435 students from 30 states, the District of Columbia and 17 different countries. It takes no day-students and has claimed to be the only all boarding school in the United States located in a metropolitan area.
History
Episcopal High School was founded in 1839 as the first high school in Virginia. It was originally known as The Howard School, from its location at the site of an earlier school. It became known affectionately as "The High School".Initially founded as an all-boys school, Episcopal enrolled its first 48 female students in 1991, a group commonly referred to as “The First 48.” The first girls graduated in 1993, and currently 45 percent of the student body is female.
Around 1805, Martha Washington
Martha Washington
Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Although the title was not coined until after her death, Martha Washington is considered to be the first First Lady of the United States...
's eldest granddaughter, Elizabeth Parke Custis Law
Elizabeth Parke Custis Law
Elizabeth Parke Custis Law was a granddaughter of Martha Dandridge Washington and the step-granddaughter of George Washington. She was a social leader of the District of Columbia and a preserver of the Washington family heritage.-Early life:Elizabeth Parke Custis was born on 21 August 1776...
, built the structure that now serves as the school's central administration building, Hoxton House. During the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
, the Union Army
Union Army
The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
used the school hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
. The poet Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse...
served as a nurse in the hospital.
Episcopal High School was founded in 1839, on an 80-acre tract of land just west of the colonial port of Alexandria, Virginia. School doors opened with 35 boys under the leadership of The Rev. William N. Pendleton and three assistant heads.
Just one year later, Episcopal's student body tripled in size to accommodate more than 100 boys, and continued to grow until the Civil War. Immediately following the Federal occupation of Alexandria in 1861, the School was closed. Some 500 students served as soldiers in the war. For the next five years, the EHS buildings were part of a large hospital for Federal troops.
The School reopened in 1866. Under the direction of Launcelot Minor Blackford (Principal, 1870-1913), the School initiated a modern academic curriculum and pioneered interscholastic team sports in the South, including football, baseball, and track. Recognizing the need to improve its facilities, the School also undertook an aggressive building program that formed the foundation for the present-day campus.
During the same time, Episcopal instituted its Honor Code, one of the oldest among secondary schools. A committee of students and faculty members promotes understanding of the code and handles violations. The Honor Code has served as a foundation of the EHS community since its inception.
In 1991, Episcopal began a transition to coeducation by enrolling its first 48 girls. In 1993, the first coeducational class graduated. Today, the School has an enrollment of 425 students, 45 percent of whom are girls.
Episcopal has many accomplished alumni among its ranks, including Rhodes Scholars, Pulitzer Prize winners, Wall Street financiers, college presidents, actors, musicians, clergymen, and statesmen, including congressmen, governors, and ambassadors.
EHS competes in one of the oldest consecutive high-school football rivalries in the United States. Beginning in 1900, every fall the Maroon and the Woodberry Forest Tigers have competed on the football field. The location of the game alternates each year; it is either in Orange or Alexandria.
Academics
The School’s college preparatory curriculum requires that students take courses in English, foreign languages, mathematics, science, social studies, the arts, computer studies, and theology. To graduate, students must earn a minimum total of twenty-three credits in four years, including credits received for afternoon program activities.For those students seeking additional academic challenges, EHS offers more than forty honors or Advanced Placement courses. AP courses are offered to students who have met specific departmental criteria for excellence, including test scores and grades in prior courses. Honors and AP classes are available in required courses such as English, math, social studies, science, and foreign languages, as well as in many electives. Last year, approximately eighty-five percent of students taking AP exams achieved a score of three or better.
Athletics
Episcopal fields 43 boys’ and girls’ interscholastic teams in 15 different sports: football, field hockey, soccer, tennis, cross county, volleyball, basketball, squash, track and field, wrestling, baseball, crew, golf, lacrosse, and softball. Non-interscholastic sports, such as kayaking, rock climbing, dance, cross training, and strength training, are also available.The boys’ teams compete in the Interstate Athletic Conference (IAC)
Interstate Athletic Conference
The Interstate Athletic Conference is an all-boys high school sports league made up of six private high schools in the Washington, D.C., area, competing in twelve varsity sports: baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track...
. The school has won 32 IAC Championships since 1979 and seven Virginia Independent School State Championships since 1996. Episcopal’s girls’ teams compete in the Independent School League (ISL)
Independent School League (Washington, D.C. area)
The Independent School League or ISL is a group of seventeen United States, , preparatory schools that compete with each other athletically. Schools are noted for their academic rigor and traditional rivalries...
. They have won 21 ISL Championships since 1993.
In the fall of 2008 the boys' varsity soccer team completed a perfect IAC season with a 23-0-0 record. It went on to become the number one team in the state of Virginia by defeating NSCAA-nationally-ranked #3 Norfolk Academy
Norfolk Academy
Norfolk Academy is an independent co-educational day school in Norfolk, Virginia. Chartered in 1728, it is the oldest secondary school in Virginia and the eighth oldest in the United States...
4-0 in the VISAA Championship final. The team finished the season ranked as the #13 team in the country. In the 2009 fall season the boys' varsity soccer team finished the year with a double overtime win over Collegiate School(Richmond, VA) which brought two consecutive state championship trophies back to Alexandria. Episcopal was also the 2009 IAC champion and was ranked as the number 3 team in the country.
There are varsity, junior varsity, and, for some sports, junior-level teams. Students are expected to complete three seasons of sports as freshmen, at least two as sophomores and juniors, and at least one as seniors. However, these requirements may be met by participation in non-interscholastic sports or by serving as managers for the scholastic sports teams.
Arts Programs
Episcopal offers arts courses in instrumental music, vocal music, acting, dance, ceramics, photography, drawing, painting, music theory, and music recording. All students entering as freshmen are required complete one credit in the arts, and older students must complete one-half credit in order to graduate.Arts courses take place in the Ainslie Arts Center, named for former headmaster Lee S. Ainslie ’56. The building opened in 2003 and includes a black box theater and a recording studio.
The school regularly offers student and professional art shows, concerts and workshops. The National Chamber Players perform at the school several times each year, and student musicians often perform with the Youth Symphony Orchestra.
Religion
Students are required to go to a 15–20 minute chapel service three times a week. There is a voluntary church service each Sunday, and once a month there is a mandatory vespers service at night. The Friday chapel service is always student-led. Students of all religions are accepted to the school and allowed to lead Friday Services should they wish to do so. The school is informally affiliated with the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, yet all are welcome. Often there will be a guest speaker in the chapel services. Among these speakers are former student Tim Hightower and Archbishop Desmond TutuDesmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu is a South African activist and retired Anglican bishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid...
.
Clubs
There are several student run clubs and organizations at EHS. Among the most active are The Young Republicans and Young Democrats, The Environmental Club, Spectrum (a club dedicated to student diversity), and The Students' Association of Performing Artists (known as S.A.P.A. throughout campus). Spectrum is one of the most influential clubs on campus, sponsoring several activities such as "In The World This Week" during Community Meeting, cultural meals, Halloween Dance, Valentine's Day carnation fundraiser, dress-down days, school-wide movie and discussion nights, Breast Cancer Awareness, Africa Outreach, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Assembly. Members of the club also participate in the Alexandria Diversity Forum. S.A.P.A. is another very active club, hosting a variety of weekend activities. Past events include musical open mic nights (known as coffee houses), charity concerts, air guitar competitions, a Faculty-Student poker tournament, and video game tournaments. However, with the membership of a wide majority of The High School, The Young Republicans continues to stand as the most popular club on campus.Expenses
The comprehensive tuition fee for the 2011-12 school year is $45,300, in addition to the technology fee ($250), cost of books (about $700), and spending money. Student activities are included in the tuition, although there are some exceptions.Each student is also required to purchase a laptop from a designated vendor before entering the school as part of the school’s laptop program. The computers are frequently used in the classroom.
The school offers financial aid in the form of grants, based on financial need and the individual student’s merit. About 30 percent of the student body received aid for 2010-1, with a total of over $4.3 million awarded.
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