| Miller School of Albemarle | |
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Mind, Hands and Heart
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| 1000 Samuel Miller Loop Charlottesville, Virginia, 22903 USA |
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| School type | co-ed day & boarding |
| Founded | 1878 |
| Founder | Samuel Miller |
| Head of school | Board of Trustees |
| Headmaster | Rick France |
| Grades | 8-PG |
| Enrolment | 150 |
| Average class size | 10 |
| Color(s) | Teal and Green |
| Athletics | Baseball, Basketball, Conditioning, Cross Country, Equestrian, Golf, Lacrosse, Tennis, Soccer, Volleyball, Wrestling, Endurance Team |
| Mascot | Mavericks |
| Affiliation | VAIS |
| Boarding | 60% of Student Body |
| Day Students | 40% of student body |
| Co-Ed. Ratio | Boys: 65% Girls: 35% |
| Curriculum | College Preparatory |
| Website | http://www.millerschool.org |
The Miller School of Albemarle is a coeducational day and boarding college preparatory school outside Charlottesville, Virginia for students in grades 8 - PG. It first opened its doors in 1878 with 33 students. One of the nation's oldest coeducational boarding schools, girls first enrolled in Miller in 1884. In 2006-2007, Miller School entered its 129th year with 145 boys and girls from around Virginia, around the nation, and around the world. The School is situated 12 miles (19 km) west of Charlottesville and the University of Virginia, on a gently rolling campus of 1,600 acres (6 km2).
Proud of being a small school with small classes, Miller boasts a vigorous academic college preparatory program and a unique “mind, hands, and heart” curriculum. There is an emphasis on character, honor, and individual responsibility; arts education; community service; and athletics for both boys and girls.
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Miller School was founded in 1878 with a bequest of $1.1 million from Samuel Miller, who, as a boy, romped with his brother on the very area on which the school bearing his name is now situated. Near the village of Batesville, Virginia Samuel Miller was raised in abject poverty by a mother who realized the value of education and who used as much of her resources as possible to ensure that Samuel was tutored by a teacher who lived nearby. Samuel Miller learned well and, as an adult, used his education and his keen intelligence to earn a very handsome living as a merchant and market-oriented business person. Along the way, his charity became legendary in his adopted hometown of Lynchburg, Virginia.
The Last Will and Testament of Samuel Miller provided for the majority of his estate to be used for the establishment of a boarding school for orphaned children, a school to be located very near his birthplace in Albemarle County. By 1874, following Mr. Miller’s 1869 death and the resolution of several legal disputes that arose as children of Mr. Miller’s sought to challenge his bequest, architects and builders were ready to begin work in designing and constructing The Miller Manual Labor School, as it was then known. This work culminated in August, 1878, with a grand opening and dedication of the central portion of “Old Main”, an august and impressive structure of [Victorian architecture], around which much of Miller School life still revolves. "Old Main" is now on the Virginia Historic Landmarks Registry
2006: Miller's boys varsity baseball team won its first state championship title.
The Honor Code at Miller School is direct and to the point: "I will not lie, steal, or cheat, nor will I tolerate any violation of the honor code by any other student."
The Honor Code is administered in large part by an Honor Committee of student and faculty members. These individuals sacrifice their time and energies to serve the School in this vitally important capacity. It is the Honor Committee, which conducts hearings with respect to allegations of Honor Code violations. These hearings are conducted in private as an educational and dispositive exercise, with many basic due process principles being a fundamental part of each proceeding.
English Literature, English Language, U.S. History, Modern European History, Environmental Science, United States Government, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, French Literature, Spanish Literature, Spanish Language, Economics
Visual Arts, Photography, Performance Arts, Woodworking, Guitar Making, Music, and Drama
Miller School students do a service project from 13:00 to 15:00 (EDT/EST) every other Wednesday. Students assimilate into different organizations such as Habitat for Humanity or the local surrounding Hospitals and other need based organizations. Miller School also awards 35% of the student body with need based financial aid.
The Miller School of Albemarle has a National Honor Society Chapter. Membership in the National Honor Society is based on a combination of factors, including overall GPA, leadership within the school community and service to the wider community. Students who are inducted into the NHS serve as peer tutors during their time at Miller. In addition, the Society performs some sort of community service each year, whether by volunteering with a local organization or raising money to support a local charity.
The student run Miller School Publications distributes The Devil's Advocate, the school newspaper which includes student activities, world news, movie reviews, and interviews. Light upon the Hill, the art literary magazine showcases student prose, poetry, photography and art work. "The hill" is the nickname that students call the campus.
The Miller School of Albemarle has a student government which consists of a student body President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Each student grade also has two class representatives which represent their respective classes during student government meetings. The student government works directly with the school's administration to represent the views of the students in decisions made which affect the student body as a whole, or in part. The student government also works with the school's administration and board of directors to raise money and orchestrate student activities such as dances and balls with other boarding and day schools, and student requested dress down days, which are days where the school's dress code does not apply.