Chatham Hall

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Location
Chatham Hall
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Chatham, VA, USA
Information
Religion	Episcopal Affiliated
Head of School	Dr. Gary Fountain
Enrollment	130
Faculty	22 academic 25% with PhDs 12 arts and physical education
Average class size	8 students
Student:teacher ratio	6:1
Type	Private, Boarding
Campus	365 acres
Athletics	8 Interscholastic Sports
Mascot	Turtle
Color(s)	Purple & Gold
Homepage	www.chathamhall.org

Chatham Hall is an all-girls college-preparatory boarding school located in Chatham, Virginia, United States. With graduating classes of less than thirty students each year, the School and alumnae community is exceedingly close-knit. Founded as Chatham Episcopal Institute in 1894, Chatham Hall remains steeped in traditions such as the Honor Code, lantern ceremonies, and senior privileges, while offering rigorous academics (15 AP courses) and a caring environment. The girls that attend Chatham Hall are extraordinary and well rounded individuals, and many hail from extremely wealthy families. Sports at Chatham Hall are incomparable, and many girls make "All Conference" teams during their season. Many Chatham Hall girls go on to fantastic and extremely selective colleges. Recent acceptances from universities such as Cornell, William and Mary, Duke, Davidson, and Washington and Lee reveal a Chatham Hall girl is intelligent, driven, and loyal.

World leaders visit Chatham Hall each year as part of the Leaders-in-Residence program, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, former U.N. Human Rights Commissioner and former Irish President Mary Robinson, primatologist Jane Goodall, and Nancy Brinker, founder of Race for the Cure. The School hosted former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, who was recently assassinated in her native country, and PEN/Faulkner Award-winner Tobias Wolff in the 2006-2007 school year. For the 2007-2008 school year, they hostedEllen Johnson-Sirleaf, current president of Liberia, and poet, Carolyn Forche.

[edit] Notable Alumnae

Georgia O'Keeffe (1905) - Artist
Claudia Emerson (1975) - Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet
Ann Taylor (1954) - NPR Broadcaster
Margaret Sullavan (1927) - Film Star and Oscar Nominee
Josephine Ford (1942) - Philanthropist, only granddaughter of Henry Ford.
Jacqueline Mars - Member of Mars family, Candy Billionaires
Natalia Rose (1993) - Top Manhattan Nutritionist, and author of the Raw Food Detox Diet
Members of the McIlhenny family - Tabasco Sauce Billionaires