St. Anne's-Belfield School

St. Anne's-Belfield School
Body. Mind. Heart. Soul.
Address
2132 Ivy Road
Charlottesville, VA, 22903
United States
Information
Type Private, boarding
Established 1910
Head of School David S. Lourie
Faculty 16
Grades Pre-K - 12
Enrollment 965
Average class size 13
Student to teacher ratio 18:1
Campus City, 49 acres (200,000 m2)
4 buildings
Athletics Football, Lacrosse, Cross Country, Soccer, Tennis, Field Hockey, Squash, Baseball, Softball, Basketball

colors =           Maroon and White

Average SAT scores 1290  (2006)
Website

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.

The school is located on 49 acres (200,000 m2)[1] in Charlottesville, VA, USA, near the campus of the University of Virginia.

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History

The goal of its founders was to provide for their daughters the academic opportunities offered to their sons by the University of Virginia. In 1910 the Reverend Henry B. Lee, Rector of Christ Episcopal Church, persuaded his vestry to purchase the Institute. Reopened as St. Anne's School, it became part of the Episcopal diocese system and continued at its downtown location until 1939, when it was moved to the present Upper and Middle School campus. In 1985 the School became independent of the Diocese.

Like St. Anne's, the coeducational elementary school's origins were downtown, where in 1911 Miss Nancy Gordon opened a primary school known first as Miss Nancy's and then as Stonefield. After her death, it was merged with University Country Day School (the Bellair School)and renamed The Belfield School in 1957.

In 1975, after a five-year trial period, St. Anne's and Belfield officially merged. The school has an honor system and weekly Chapel services. Service to the local community promotes the same awareness for social and global issues as did rolling bandages for the war effort in the 40's.

Accreditation and affiliations

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Campus

St. Anne's-Belfield School is a college preparatory school located on two campuses totaling 49 acres (200,000 m2) of land. The Greenway Rise Campus, located on Ivy Road, is home to the Upper School (grades nine to 12), as well as the Administrative, Arts, and Alumni/Development buildings. The Belfield Campus is home to the Lower School (pre-kindergarten to fourth grade), Middle School (grades five to eight), the Conway Convocation Center, the Tarring Gym, and the athletic fields. St. Anne's-Belfield has six buildings housing its 97 classrooms (including three computer labs and eight science labs), two libraries, and three gymnasiums on two campuses which total 49 acres (200,000 m2). Recent additions include a 105,000-square-foot (9,800 m2) Learning Village, a Squash Court Complex, and a state-of-the-art turf athletic field.

Notable alumni

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