St. Anne's-Belfield School

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St. Anne's-Belfield School
A Tradition of Excellence
Established	1896
School type	Private, boarding
Head of School	David S. Lourie
Location	Charlottesville, VA, USA
Campus	City, 46 acres 4 buildings
Enrollment	831 total
Faculty	108, ~75% hold adv. degrees
Average class size	13
Student:teacher ratio	8:1
Average SAT scores (2006)	1290
Athletics	Fall: Cross Country, Soccer; M Baseball, Football; W Field Hockey, Tennis, Volleyball Winter: Basketball, Squash, Swimming Spring: Golf, Lacrosse; M Baseball, Tennis; W Softball
Color(s)	Maroon and White
Homepage	www.stab.org

St. Anne's-Belfield School (also called St. Anne's or STAB) is a co-educational independent boarding and day school for Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade, located on 49 acres in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, near the campus of the University of Virginia, and is considered one of the best and most prestigious private, college preparatory schools in Virginia.

1 History
2 Accreditation and affiliations
3 Campus
4 External links

[edit] History

St. Anne's-Belfield School was founded in 1856 as The Albemarle Female Institute. The school was purchased from the Baptist Institute in 1910 by the vestry of the Christ Episcopal Church, and reopened as St. Anne's School. St. Anne's merged with Belfield, a co-educational elementary school, in 1975.

[edit] Accreditation and affiliations

Accreditation:

The Virginia Association of Independent Schools

Affiliations:

The Association of Boarding Schools
Cum Laude Society
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education
Independent School Management
Duke Talented/Gifted Program
The Educational Records Bureau
The National Association of College Admission Counselors
The National Association of Episcopal Schools
The National Association of Independent Schools
The Secondary School Admission Test Board

[edit] Campus

St. Anne's-Belfield School is located on two campuses totaling 49 acres of land. The Upper Campus, located on Ivy Road, is home the the Middle School (grades 5-8) and Upper School (grades 9-12), as well as the Administrative, Arts, and Alumni buildings. The Lower Campus is home to the Lower School (grades PreK-4), Conway Convocation Center, Gym, and the athletic fields. St. Anne's-Belfield has 6 buildings housing our 97 classrooms (including 3 computer labs and 8 science labs), 2 libraries, and 3 gymnasiums on 2 campuses which total 49 acres. Recent additions include a 32,000 sq. ft. Athletic and Convocation Center, a Student Activities Center, a baseball field, a softball field,6 tennis courts and a state of the art FieldTurf football field (the same used in many college and NFL stadiums). In September 2000, the school opened with major renovations completed on our Upper School building, Randolph Hall, which included expansion of the library and construction of a 12,000 square foot annex. Extensive renovations were also completed on the dormitory, including central air conditioning, new dining facilities, and new furnishings for each dormitory room. The Alumni Cottage, formerly a residence for faculty, now houses the Alumni and Development offices. The Mary Welham Knopf Library has on-line public access catalogue, eclectic collection of printed historical material, virtual library on-line resource, 16 workstations to the World Wide Web and to subscribed on-line resources. Both campuses are connected by a Wide Area Network.