Foxcroft School

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Foxcroft School, founded in 1914, is an independent boarding and day school for girls in grades 9-12 located nearby Middleburg, Virginia.

Academics

The central components of a Foxcroft education are intellectual; the academic curriculum is designed to challenge each student to develop analytical ability, critical thinking and communication skills, and rigorous independent thought.Foxcroft educates each student to seek the confidence and character to meet her future with integrity, high purpose, and a sense of accomplishment.

Athletics

There are variety of sports at Foxcroft including Basketball, Volleyball,Horse Riding, Field Hockey, Cross Country and Soccer in the fall.In the spring Lacrosse, Golf, Yoga, Softball,Tennis and Track and the winter teams are Basketball, PE Shape Up!, Dance, Kickboxing, Yoga and Riding.

Campus

Foxcroft is located on 500 acres of land just north of Middleburg, Virginia. In addition to its natural beauty, the campus provides a wonderful setting for environmental studies, hiking, cross country, riding, and sledding when it snows.

The Schoolhouse

The Schoolhouse has classrooms, a studio art wing, three music labs, an auditorium, photography darkrooms, and the Learning Center, along with the Math and Writing Labs. The Science Wing has three laboratory classrooms, lab preparation rooms, a plant and animal room, a science library, a computer-based laboratory, and facilities for permanent specimen collections.

Currier Library

The Currier Library, one of the largest independent school libraries in the country, offers nearly 50,000 print volumes as well as information in fourteen other formats, including electronic online access. The library serves as the academic and information hub for the campus. It is the location of Morning Meetings and houses two computer laboratories where students gain access to the internet and email, classrooms, seminar rooms, a language lab, 85 study carrels, microfilm and audiovisual rooms, and the School archives.

Dorms

Students at Foxcroft live in five dormitories. Usually, two students share a room and a private bath, but there are also singles and quads. Each dormitory has a living room, sleeping areas, a kitchen, and free laundry facilities.