St. Anne's-Belfield School


St. Anne's-Belfield School is a co-educational, independent boarding and day school for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.
The school is located on in Charlottesville, Virginia, US, near the campus of the University of Virginia.

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 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.

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St. Anne's-Belfield School is a college preparatory school located on two campuses totaling of land. The Greenway Rise Campus, located on Ivy Road, is home to the Upper School, as well as the Administrative, Arts, and Alumni/Development buildings. These buildings, located on the Upper School campus, include the James F. Scott Center For Arts & Science, Randolph Hall & Annex and the Lee-DuVal Hall. The Belfield Campus is home to the Lower School, Middle School, the Conway Convocation Center, the Tarring Gym, and the athletic fields. St. Anne's-Belfield has six buildings housing its 97 classrooms, two libraries, and three gymnasiums on two campuses which total. Recent additions include a Learning Village, a squash court complex, and a state-of-the-art turf athletic field.

Notable alumni