Collegiate School (Richmond, Virginia)

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Collegiate School
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Collegiate School (Richmond, Virginia)
103 North Mooreland Road

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23229

Coordinates 37°34′41.8″N77°35′13.6″W / 37.578278°N 77.587111°W / 37.578278; -77.587111
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Type Private, day, college prep
MottoParat. Ditat. Durat.
(Prepare, Enrich, Endure)
Religious affiliation(s) Nonsectarian
Established1915;110 years ago (1915)
Head of schoolJeff Mancabelli
Faculty218
GradesJK–12
Gender Co-educational
Enrollment1,600
Campus type Suburban
Color(s)Green and Gold
  
SloganMinds that Seek, Hearts that Serve
SongHail Collegiate
Mascot Cougar
Nickname Cougars
Team nameCollegiate Cougars
Accreditations Southern Association of Independent Schools
Virginia Association of Independent Schools
PublicationThe Spark, The Magazine for Collegiate School
NewspaperThe Match (Student Newspaper) and The Flame (Creative Arts)
YearbookThe Torch
Endowment$84,605,000 (as of June 30, 2022)
School feesBooks & 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.

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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

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. 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.
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  7. "HARRIS: Russell Wilson had special presence long before reaching Super Bowl". The Washington Times. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  8. McConnell, Jim (November 22, 2009). "McGee the man for Collegiate". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Retrieved June 3, 2024.

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