Collegiate School (Richmond, Virginia)

This article is about the Richmond, Virginia school founded in 1915. For other uses, see Collegiate School.

Collegiate School
Address
103 North Mooreland Road Richmond , Virginia 23229 United States
Coordinates	37°34′41.8″N77°35′13.6″W / 37.578278°N 77.587111°W / 37.578278; -77.587111
Information
Type	Private, day, college prep
Motto	Parat. Ditat. Durat. (Prepare, Enrich, Endure)
Religious affiliation(s)	Nonsectarian
Established	1915;110 years ago (1915)
Head of school	Jeff Mancabelli
Faculty	218
Grades	JK–12
Gender	Co-educational
Enrollment	1,600
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Green and Gold
Slogan	Minds that Seek, Hearts that Serve
Song	Hail Collegiate
Mascot	Cougar
Nickname	Cougars
Team name	Collegiate Cougars
Accreditations	Southern Association of Independent Schools Virginia Association of Independent Schools
Publication	The Spark, The Magazine for Collegiate School
Newspaper	The Match (Student Newspaper) and The Flame (Creative Arts)
Yearbook	The Torch
Endowment	$84,605,000 (as of June 30, 2022)
School fees	Books & Supplies: $80–$650 Laptops: $900 [1]
Tuition	$19,560–$32,820 (2024–25) [2]
Website	www.collegiate-va.org

Collegiate School is a private, day, preparatory school for boys and girls located in Richmond, Virginia, United States. The student body of Collegiate comprises about 1,600 total students from Junior Kindergarten through Grade 12. The Lower School and Upper School are coeducational, while the Middle School is coordinated with boys and girls in separate classes.

History

Collegiate was founded in 1915, by Helen Baker as the Collegiate School for Girls, a college preparatory school located in downtown Richmond. In addition to this campus in town, Collegiate opened the Collegiate Country Day School, off Mooreland and River roads, in 1953 Collegiate's Town School and the Country Day School merged on Mooreland Road in 1960. Today, Collegiate still remains on the Mooreland Road campus and has purchased over 155 acres (0.63 km²) in Goochland County. Collegiate had already developed 60 of these acres for athletic purposes.

Notable alumni

• Ann Cottrell Free (1934), journalist and author
• Ray Easterling (1968), former safety for Atlanta Falcons
• Eugene Welch Hickok (1968), former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education
• Stanley Druckenmiller (1971), ^[3] investment manager
• Steve Kelley (1977), syndicated cartoonist
• Robert Wrenn (1977), professional golfer
• Eric Cantor (1981), House Majority Leader (2011–2014), Member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia's 7th district (2001–2014) ^{[4] [5]}
• David Allen Schools (1983), Widespread Panic bassist
• Mike Henry (1984), actor, producer, and screenwriter for Family Guy , voice of Cleveland Brown, Herbert, Consuela, Bruce and various other characters
• Robert Ukrop (1988), former professional soccer player for the Davidson Wildcats, Richmond Kickers, and New England Revolution
• Thomas T. Cullen (1996), United States District Judge and former United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia
• Matt Reid (1996), baseball coach for the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles ^[6]
• Bret Myers (1998), soccer player and professor ^[7]
• Scottie Thompson (2000), actress (NCIS, Trauma)
• Russell Wilson (2007), ^[8] quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Super Bowl XLVIII champion, businessman, and a minority owner of the Seattle Sounders FC
• Jake McGee (2010), professional football tight end ^[9]
• Wilton Speight (2014), starting quarterback at University of California, Los Angeles (2018) and University of Michigan (2016–2017)
• Evan Justice (2017), pitcher for the Colorado Rockies

External links

• Official website

Footnotes

1. "Tuition & Financial Assistance". collegiate-va.org. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
2. "Tuition & Financial Assistance". collegiate-va.org. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
3. Prine, Carl; Dudurich, Mike. "'Low key' billionaire eyes Steelers". TribLIVE.com. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
4. "Eric Cantor - Politics | Laws.com". politics.laws.com. April 6, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
5. Fuller, Jaime (June 11, 2014). "The rise and fall of Eric Cantor: A timeline". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved October 15, 2017.
6. "Matt Reid - Baseball Stats - The Baseball Cube". TheBaseballCube.com.
7. "Kickers Re-Sign Two, Release One/Fox, Myers Return, Munthali Released". Richmond: Richmond Kickers. February 19, 2003. Archived from the original on September 4, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2024– via OurSports Central.
8. "HARRIS: Russell Wilson had special presence long before reaching Super Bowl". The Washington Times. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
9. McConnell, Jim (November 22, 2009). "McGee the man for Collegiate". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Retrieved June 3, 2024.