St. Anne's-Belfield School

Infobox Private School
name = St. Anne's-Belfield School


motto = "A Tradition of Excellence"
established = 1910
type = Private, boarding
religious affiliation = Judeo-Christian
head_name = Head of School
head = David S. Lourie
city = Charlottesville
state = VA
country = USA
campus = City, 49 acres
4 buildings
enrollment = 831 total
faculty = 108
class = 15
ratio = 8:1
year = 2006
SAT = 1290
athletics = Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Football, Golf, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Squash, Swimming,Tennis, Track and Field
colors = Maroon and White
homepage = [http://www.stab.org/ 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.

The school is located on 49 acres [http://www.stab.org/about_us/ataglance.aspx St. Anne's - Belfield School : About STAB] ] in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, near the campus of the University of Virginia.

History

The Albemarle female institute was founded in 1856. This school was purchased from the Baptist Institute in 1910 by the vestry of the Christ Episcopal Church, and re-opened as St. Anne's School . In 1975, St. Anne's merged with Belfield Elementary School, a co-educational school founded in 1955.

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

Campus

St. Anne's-Belfield School is a college preparatory school located on two campuses totaling 49 acres of land. The Upper Campus, located on Ivy Road, is home to the Middle School (grades five to eight) and Upper School (grades nine to 12), as well as the Administrative, Arts, and Alumni buildings. The Lower Campus is home to the Lower School (pre-kindergaretn to fourth grade), Conway Convocation Center, 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. Recent additions include a 32,000-square-foot Athletic and Convocation Center, a Student Activities Center, a baseball field, a softball field, six 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 its 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 school has two libraries. The Mary Welham Knopf Library serves grades five through twelve. The Mary Jane Simpson Library serves grades PreK through four. The Alumni Cottage, formerly a residence for faculty, now houses the Alumni and Development offices. The Mary Welham Knopf Library has an on-line public access catalogue, an eclectic collection of printed historical material, a virtual library on-line resource, and 16 workstations connected to the World Wide Web and to subscribed on-line resources. Both campuses are connected by a Wide Area Network.

Notable alumni

* Chris Long (American Football player for the St. Louis Rams)cite web | url = http://www.virginiasports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=88799&SPID=10606&DB_OEM_ID=17800&ATCLID=1133501&Q_SEASON=2007 | title = Chris Long Biography | date = 2007-07-19 | accessdate = 2008-09-20 | work = VirginiaSports | publisher = University of Virginia]

Notes

Anne Marie Slaughter, Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Studies, Princeton University

External links

* [http://www.stab.org St. Anne's-Belfield School]