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  • Summer Camps
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  • Summer Mini Camp Season Closes
    News • 7/24/2016
    ... camps came to a close on July 24, 2016. Young athletes have been on campus to hone skills in football, basketball, squash, and lacrosse under the guidance of Woodberry Forest School's varsity coaches and other top coaches. Enjoy blogs and photos of all the camps, linked to the Summer Programs pa ...
  • Summer Camp Season Closes
    News • 7/17/2015
    Woodberry Forest School's six summer camps have seen campers young and old enjoying the school's facilities, making friends, learning the fundamentals of sports, and perfecting old and new favorites. Beginning with Father-Son Weekend, proceeding through Sports Camp and Football Camp, and ending with ...
  • Woodberry in Scotland Clan Returns
    News • 7/24/2014
    ... om three weeks in Scotland. Woodberry's only coed summer study abroad program, now in its eighteenth year under the leadership of Woodberry Forest history teacher Steve Stancill and his wife, Tanita, the art and music coordinator, provides both a history course and a comprehensive tour of the co ...
  • LaVoie Earns Mountain Biking Credential
    News • 8/9/2013
    ... Columbia, Canada, this summer to earn his Professional Mountain Bike Instructor certification. He spent three days learning cross country styles of riding and all the best techniques in teaching and risk management for mountain biking. Read more about Nolan's summer on the Outdoor Education Blog ...
  • All-School Summer Reading Announced
    News • 5/23/2013
    ... ion for Woodberry Forest School's 2013 all-school summer reading book. Students and faculty will read Charles Fishman's The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water , an entertaining and educational non-fiction study of our planet's most basic resource. Students will also be req ...
  • Faculty Member Earns Graduate Degree
    News • 8/21/2012
    ... ounseling, graduated from Middlebury College this summer with an MA in Spanish. With generous support from the Craigie Scholars program, she completed four summers of coursework in Vermont. Selected by her professors, Indira delivered a speech -- in Spanish -- to her classmates at the school's f ...
  • English Teacher Studies Yeats in Ireland
    News • 8/1/2012
    ... is attending the 53rd Annual Yeats International Summer School in Sligo, Ireland. The two-week academic program features lectures, seminars, and readings of the poetry and drama of William Butler Yeats. Headlining the list of distinguished writers and speakers is the Irish poet and Nobel laurea ...
  • Woodberry Teachers Become the Students
    News • 7/12/2012
    ... embers are back in the classroom as students this summer as they participate in the Summer Classics Program at St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, through Woodberry's professional development program. Fred and Karen Jordan are enrolled this week, with Richard Barnhardt and John Amos foll ...
  • Summer Solstice Brings Sunshine to Forest
    News • 6/20/2012
    Woodberry Forest's summer denizens are beating the heat at the Outdoor Pool on the first day of summer, June 20, 2012. Rains earlier in the week rendered the pool's water especially refreshing. With the temperatures expected to soar into the upper 90s, the hottest day of the year so far, campus resi ...
  • Sports Campers Arrive
    News • 6/18/2012
    .... After unloading the gear they'd need for three weeks of football, basketball, swimming, tennis, golf, lacrosse, soccer, and other activities, the campers met with their teams and then headed out to the fields to get started on a summer's worth of athletics. Follow the fun on the Sports Camp Blo ...
  • Junior Wins Home Run Derby
    News • 5/17/2012
    Summer-like weather brought out the boys (and men) of summer for an old-fashioned home run derby on May 16, 2012. Woodberry Forest varsity baseball players William Dossett '13 and Jackson Taylor '12, each of whom had two homers during the season, were favorites, but they were edged out by McKenzie F ...
  • Summer Calendar
    News • 5/28/2004
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  • Students Bring Cuba to Woodberry in Photo Show
    News • 4/28/2016
    The landscapes and details of Cuba provide the subject matter for a photography show currently hanging in Woodberry Forest School’s Upper Walker Gallery. Created by students and faculty, the photos document two Woodberry trips to the island nation. 
  • Grills Fellowships for Summer Internships Awarded
    News • 3/30/2016
    Five Woodberry Forest School students have been awarded Grills Fellowships for the summer of 2016. The fellowships are awarded as the result of generous gifts from Mr. and Mrs. Joe Grills of Rapidan, Virginia, and support internships in government and public history venues.
  • Headmaster Shares Summer Reading Thoughts on Blog
    News • 9/4/2015
    ... y Forest School's headmaster, recently shared his summer reading journey on his blog, What Matters Most . His stack of books included Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite by William Deresiewicz. The Woodberry Forest faculty read this book over the summer, and the school will w ...
  • Tigers Cross Paths at Scout Ranch
    News • 9/5/2014
    ... Jacobs ’17 crossed paths unexpectedly this summer while hiking on the remote trails of Philmont Scout Ranch in the Sangre de Cristo mountains of northern New Mexico this summer. The Woodberry classmates were participating in separate eleven-day boy-led backpacking treks through the 214-sq ...
  • Junior Interns in US Senator's Office
    News • 8/11/2014
    ... leb is completing two government internships this summer, one at the Virginia Supreme Court and the other with Senator Kaine's staff members. "I am working directly with the senator's staff, doing any jobs they need me to do," Caleb reports. The Joe &; Marge Grills Fellowship supports student su ...
  • Summer Reading List Announced
    News • 5/26/2014
    Woodberry Forest School's 2014 all-school summer reading selection has been announced. Students and faculty will read Mitchell Zuckoff's Lost in Shangri-La , the true story of the rescue of three plane crash survivors, all US Army soldiers, from a remote New Guinea island during World War II. Studen ...
  • Fellowship Recipients Selected
    News • 3/29/2014
    ... history teachers to receive financial support for summer internships with state government officials. Caleb will serve internships with Justice Elizabeth McClanahan of the Virginia Supreme Court and Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, and Davis will work as an intern for Governor Steve Beshear in his ho ...
  • Blog Encourages Summer Learning
    News • 7/30/2013
    Though students are deep into their summer activities and the campus is quiet, Woodberry Forest School's Academic Development Blog is still being updated with helpful tips and ideas. "We want to give students some tried and true study strategies," says Jean Davenport, Woodberry's director of academi ...
  • Summer Reading Goes Into OverDrive
    News • 6/12/2013
    ... 't be completely free of school requirements this summer, but the William H. White Library has made it easier than ever to read the three required summer reading books. Introduced this spring, the OverDrive service is provided, in part, from the following endowed funds: Class of '54 William H. W ...
  • Medick '09 Earns Recognition in the FL Collegiate League by Baseball America
    News • 10/4/2010
    ... t prospects in the Florida Collegiate League this summer by Baseball America, the nation's foremost publication on amatuer baseball. A pitcher for the Sanford River Rats, Specer played for legendary manager Davey Johnson, striking out 28 hitters in 27 and 2/3 innings pitched and finishing with a ...
  • Woodberry Outfielder Commits to Georgia Tech
    News • 9/18/2009
    ... Is during his two seasons at Woodberry. This past summer, he participated in the East Coast Professional Showcase in Lakeland, FL, as a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks team, and in the Area Code Games in Long Beach, CA, as a member of the Oakland Athletics team. He has been invited to partici ...
  • Summer Reading Program, 2009
    News • 7/13/2009
    ... tudents are required to read three books over the summer. One of those must be the book selected for an all-school reading assignment by the headmaster. The headmaster’s selection is The Blue Star by Tony Earley. The other two required books should come from the following list. If you see that a ...
  • Woodberry Summer Study in Central America Begins *Follow the CASA Blog*
    News • 6/1/2009
    ... ry students participating in the Central American Summer Abroad embarked yesterday on a twenty-five-day, total-immersion study program in Central America. To see what the students are doing on a daily basis during the trip, follow the CASA blog. http://www.woodberry.org/podium/default.aspx?t=101 ...
  • Summer in Scotland Program a Success
    News • 7/28/2008
    The Woodberry Forest Summer in Scotland group has returned after another fun and successful trip led, as always, by veteran Woodberry history teacher Steve Stancill '74 and his wife, Tanita. The group of Woodberry boys and girls from private girls' schools in the region stayed in a variety of bed-an ...
  • Woodberry Summer Organ Course Concludes with Class and Concert by Todd Wilson
    News • 7/25/2008
    ... rt was scheduled at the conclusion of Woodberry’s Summer Organ Course for young organists, for which Wilson served as master teacher and recitalist. After offering a master class for Organ Course students earlier in the day, he performed works by Dietrich Buxtehude, Thomas Tallis, John Stanley, ...
  • Woodberry Gears Up for Summer Sports Camp
    News • 6/10/2008
    ...ement. The camp covers most summer sports, and small-group instruction ensures individual attention for each boy. This camp is for the boy who wants to play sports all day long! Keen interest in sports is the key to enjoying the lively atmosphere of Woodberry Forest Sports Camp. Starts June 22, 2 ...
  • Woodberry Forest discusses literature as a community
    News • 9/30/2004
    To prepare for the visit, on Thursday, October 21, of author Tobias Wolff, Woodberry Forest held an all-school assembly to discuss Wolff's newest novel.
  • Woodberry Studying in the Galapagos Islands
    News • 6/22/2015
    ...ce teacher Jim Reid and Leighton Reid '02, who earned a PhD in restoration ecology. Among the highlights of the summer program will be visiting Mindo Cloud Forest, the Baltra Islands and the Ecuadorian Amazon Basin. View the itinerary and follow the students' learning experiences on the blog . ...
  • CASA Adventure Begins
    News • 6/3/2015
    ... 2015, launching their three-week Central American Summer Abroad adventure. Already the boys have experienced a rain forest canopy ziplining tour, visited Masaya Volcano, and joined their host families. Over the course of the coming weeks, they'll have even more adventures as they perform communi ...
  • Students Uncover Unwritten History
    News • 8/14/2014
    ... ended the Montpelier Archeology Field School this summer. They assisted with excavations around the Orange County, Virginia, mansion of President James Madison with the goal of discovering changes in the landscape during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. William von Hassell discovered a 1 ...
  • Woodberry at Oxford Arrives in UK
    News • 7/8/2014
    ...at Brasenose College on June 6, 2014. As one of five study abroad programs sponsored by Woodberry Forest School this summer, Woodberry at Oxford focuses on World War II codebreaking through visits to historic and cultural sites around England. Follow their activities on the Woodberry at Oxford Bl ...
  • Woodberry Spanish Teacher Earns Degree
    News • 5/27/2014
    ...graduate degree at Wofford College and co-directs the Woodberry in Spain summer program. His graduate education was funded through the generosity of the Walter Williams Craigie Teaching Endowment. Drew is shown here with Professor David Gies from UVa's Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portugue ...
  • Science Building Construction Continues at Woodberry Forest
    News • 7/24/2012
    With our summer camps behind us, you might think that Woodberry is quiet. Nothing could be further from the truth, as the Forest is filled with construction crews hard at work on our new science building. Check out the webcam to watch this exciting new facility take shape!
  • James Crabb '11 Qualifies for Olympic Swimming Trials
    News • 8/10/2011
    ...diving team as a sixth-form student, has qualified for the 2012 Olympic Trials, placing first at the Eastern Zone Regional last weekend in the 200-meter butterfly with a time of 2:02.77. The Olympic Trials will be held early next summer in Omaha. Congratulations to James on this well-deserved hon ...
  • Former Woodberry Golf Captain Thomas Walter '10 Represents USA
    News • 9/3/2010
    ...for the US squad on the Blair-Wellington Golf Exchange this past summer. Thomas spent three weeks in June and July traveling throughout England and Scotland, where he played several matches against local juniors. Find out more by visiting the Woodberry Forest Golf Blog . Courtesy of Coach Marc Ho ...
  • Lake Robertson Creation in Progress
    News • 8/3/2010
    Mounds of earth have been moved throughout the summer to make way for Robertson Lake. The 13-acre lake is named in memory of A. Stuart Robertson, Jr. ’35, thanks to a gift by his wife, Anne Russell Gwyn Robertson of Orange, Virginia. Situated southwest of the outdoor pool, the lake is being de ...
  • Woodberry Celebrates Dedication of Hayworth Lobby
    News • 9/18/2019
    ... earliest days it doubled as a dining room, and in summers gone by guests of the Woodberry Inn would have checked in there and passed hours on the comfortable couches reading or listening to the piano.  Last weekend the lobby, which received a complete redesign and revitalization this summer ...
  • Summer Reading Author Jay Bilas Shares Thoughts on Toughness
    News • 9/18/2019
    ... h On and Off the Court, as the headmaster’s summer reading selection. Mr. Bilas immediately won the hearts of his audience by opening his talk with a video he had recorded before a previous version of The Game against rival Episcopal High School, urging the Tigers to victory. He went on to ...
  • A Summer on Campus Filled with Tiger Spirit
    News • 8/14/2019
    ... ed the Woodberry Forest Sports Camp in the 1960s, summers at the Forest have always been filled with adventure.  This year brought an extra dose of excitement as Woodberry Compass got off to a successful start.  Compass was designed as a way for prospective students to better understan ...
  • Woodberry Campus Bustling with Summer Construction
    News • 7/22/2019
    ... us is always quieter when students are away, this summer the ongoing work in the Walker Building has meant that part of campus is full of activity. The Admission and College Counseling teams moved into their new offices in the former A Dorm space earlier this month. The headmaster, dean of stude ...
  • Dr. Ansel Sanders ’00 to Join Woodberry Faculty
    News • 9/18/2019
    ... ill join the Woodberry Forest School faculty this summer. Ansel is currently president and CEO of Public Education Partners, a foundation that works to strengthen and advance public education and student achievement in Greenville County, South Carolina. He joined PEP in 2015 after receiving his ...
  • Grills Fellowship Recipients Plan Summer Government and Public History Experiences
    News • 4/18/2019
    ... est students have won a Grills Fellowship for the summer of 2019. John Meeks '21 will intern at the Oatlands Plantation in Leesburg, Virginia, for eight weeks. Sam Stelter '21 will tackle a variety of work for five weeks at Montpelier, the historic home of James Madison located near Woodberry. B ...
  • Projects Improve Energy Efficiency
    News • 6/23/2017
    ... ir of energy efficiency projects under way during summer 2017 are helping Woodberry Forest lower its electricity usage and power bills. Supported by a grant from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, Woodberry is for the first time installing individual power meters on dormitories and academic buildings. ...
  • Students Awarded Fellowships in Government and History
    News • 5/2/2017
    Five Woodberry Forest students have been awarded Grills Fellowship grants for the summer of 2017. The Grills Fellowship supports student summer work in government, public policy organizations, and public history sites.  
  • Michael Deng ’18 Wins Gold Medal for Photography
    News • 3/28/2017
    Junior Michael Deng recently won a national gold medal in the 2017 Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards.  His award-winning photograph, Home Sweet Home , will be on display at the national ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York City on June 8, 2017.  His photograph Dustless earned a silver meda ...
  • Renovation Projects Keep Campus Busy
    News • 8/3/2016
    Summer construction and renovation projects at Woodberry Forest School have been keeping scores of contractors and staff members busy this summer. Students will return to find welcome changes to roads, walkways,and buildings; and many faculty members and their families will move into new or updated ...
  • Woodberry Forest School Appoints Andrew “Ace” Ellis Chief Financial Officer
    News • 2/23/2016
    Andrew “Ace” Ellis will return to Virginia this summer to become the chief financial officer of Woodberry Forest School. Ace is currently the chief financial officer at Emma Willard School, an all-girls boarding and day school in Troy, New York.
  • Noland Fellowship Recipient Shares Journey to Cuba
    News • 12/8/2015
    ... le, Virginia, shared images and thoughts from his summer excursion to Havana, Cuba. During his month in the island nation, Caleb studied Spanish, performed community service at the Episcopal Church of Cuba, researched private entrepreneurship, donated MadiDrop water purification devices, searche ...
  • Woodberry Alums Bring Technology to Tanzanian Hospital
    News • 8/27/2015
    ... s Stöter ’16 traveled to Tanzania this summer to set up a computer network and electronic medical record system at St. Thomas Medical Centre in Arusha. Ross gained experience during the summer of 2014 when Woodberry’s Noland Fellowship funded his service trip to Ghana where he e ...
  • Summer Fellowship Recipients Announced
    News • 3/6/2015
    ... selected to receive the Grills Fellowship for the summer of 2015. Andrew Holmes ’16 will travel to the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana to work with the tribal council for two weeks. Richard Madden ’16 will intern in the office of Congressman Charles Rangel, who represents New ...
  • Summer Reading Author Converses with Students
    News • 12/4/2014
    ... that served as Woodberry’s 2014 all-school summer reading selection.  He answered questions posed by English department chair, Ted Blain, and other members of the community in a town-hall-style discussion of his work, his methods, and his journalistic perspective on current events. & ...
  • History Teachers Attend Cambridge Summer School
    News • 7/22/2014
    ... ool history teachers attended the Ancient Empires Summer School at England's University of Cambridge on July 6-12, 2014. They took courses including Athens and Sparta: Rivals for Greek Domination, heard lectures by prominent professors, and spent time in conversation. The participating instructo ...
  • 2014 Noland Fellowship Awarded
    News • 2/6/2014
    ... een awarded Woodberry Forest School's 2014 Noland Summer Fellowship, enabling him to spend five weeks in Ghana where he will set up a computer lab at a rural school of 250 students. Ross plans to bring along fifteen to twenty donated computers and other hardware to install at the Church of Chris ...
  • Summer Reading Author Speaks to Students
    News • 9/17/2013
    ... e of his speech. But the author of the all-school summer reading selection, The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water , garnered just that reaction when he confessed, "My name is Charles Fishman, and I am the guy who ruined your summer." The best-selling author and award-winn ...
  • Will Figg '13 Shares Sierra Leone Experience
    News • 11/14/2012
    ... e 2012 winner of Woodberry Forest School's Noland Summer Fellowship program, spent a month in the city of Kenema. Among his accomplishments: Will donated hundreds of pounds of school supplies, medical supplies, and clothing; taught in Swawou Primary School; worked in the Kenema Government Hospit ...
  • Will Figg '13 Selected as 2012 Noland Fellow
    News • 2/7/2012
    ... igg '13 of Fairfax, Virginia, for the 2012 Noland Summer Fellowship. Will plans to spend a month in the west African country of Sierra Leone carrying out a multi-faceted project that combines service with cultural and scientific learning. The service aspect of Will's project will include teachin ...
  • 2011 Noland Fellow Presents Concert
    News • 11/16/2011
    ...spend the summer in Dusseldorf, Germany, studying German at the Goethe-Institut and learning to play a Brahms concerto from a master pianist in the composer's hometown. For Wilson, choosing a destination and focus was easy: “Anyone who knows me knows I love languages, and I love music.&rdqu ...
  • Mark Duerksen '08 Receives Grant to Study in Uganda
    News • 4/22/2011
    ... sist them in conducting independent research this summer. Mark Duerksen ’08 of Richmond, a third-year political and social thought major in the College of Arts & Sciences with a minor in studio art, will travel to Kampala, Uganda, to research contemporary Ugandan artists. The research awar ...
  • Duke Pickett Earns All-American Wrestling Honors in Fargo
    News • 8/16/2010
    ... inety-six wrestlers competing at 145 lbs. in this summer's Cadet and Junior Nationals freestyle wrestling tournament in Fargo, ND. He is the only wrestler from Virginia to place in his age group this year, and the only Woodberry wrestler ever to place in the toughest high school wrestling compet ...
  • Outfielder Paul Kronenfeld Formally Commits to Georgia Tech
    News • 11/19/2009
    ... Is during his two seasons at Woodberry. This past summer, he participated in the East Coast Professional Showcase in Lakeland, FL, as a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks team, and in the Area Code Games in Long Beach, CA, as a member of the Oakland Athletics team. He was also invited to partici ...
  • Woodberry Performing Arts Presents The Fall of the House of Usher and Exiles from the Sun in DC and NYC this Summer
    News • 6/12/2009
    ... colors in Washington, DC, and New York City this summer. Theater program director Brent Cirves and Woodberry alumnus Mike Johnson '05 co-wrote a musical that will make its debut at the Washington, DC, Fringe Festival in July, and will also be performed at the NY Fringe Festival in August. Cirve ...
  • Regional Chapters: Summertime Fun Around the Tiger Nation
    News • 9/2/2022
    The Tiger nation enjoyed a summer of events including minor and major league baseball and young alumni networking.   In the Triad Chapter, alumni from six different decades, parents, families, students, and prospective students enjoyed an evening of Dash versus Grasshopper minor league bas ...
  • Volunteer of the Month: Ware Smith '99
    News • 4/16/2019
    Twenty years after his graduation, Ware Smith is finding lots of ways to support his alma mater. 
  • Carson Becker '19 Pursues Book Project
    News • 9/18/2019
    The sixth-former from Lynchburg is interviewing World War Two veterans around the world to understand how the war shaped their lives.
  • Michael Deng ’18 Uses Film to Serve
    News • 5/12/2017
    Michael Deng ’18 spent August 2016 in the mountainous region of Liangshan in Sichuan province, creating a beautiful documentary film called Under the Windhorse .  In it, he records the story of a college student who returns from studying in Beijing to her home region to teach Chinese in a ...
  • Young Alum’s Asian Odyssey Has Roots at the Forest
    News • 8/26/2016
    ... and to appreciate the travel opportunities that expanded his boundaries far beyond the Lone Star State. That's why he spent his first summer as a Woodberry graduate interning alongside Chinese and international college students at global real estate firm DTZ Cushman &; Wakefield in Shanghai.  ...
  • Phil Hooper Appointed as Director of College Counseling
    News • 6/7/2016
    Woodberry Forest School has hired Phil Hooper as its new director of college counseling. Mr. Hooper is a distinguished college counselor, serving as the director of college counseling at Episcopal Collegiate School in Little Rock, Arkansas, since 2002. He was previously director of college counselin ...
  • Frazier Stowers ’04 Named Director of Admissions
    News • 2/23/2016
    Frazier Stowers ’04 has been named Woodberry Forest School's next director of admissions.
  • Student Spotlight: Summer Jobs Inspire Success
    News • 11/30/2015
    ... te with bluish-colored bottoms.” During the summer after his third-form year, Ben worked for Monsanto inoculating corn plant hybrids. “We placed latex bags over the corn cob shoots and paper bags over the tassels on the corn plants,” he explains. “When the tassels had pro ...
  • READ REVIEW: Plays from Woodberry Playwright and Composer to Open in DC and NYC
    News • 7/6/2009
    ... vals in Washington, D.C., and New York later this summer. The Fall of the House of Usher, a dramatic musical based on Edgar Allan Poe's famous short story, and Exiles from the Sun, a family drama, will be staged at the D.C. Capital Fringe July 11-24 and at the New York International Fringe Festi ...
  • Virginia Law Professor Paul B. Stephan Speaks at Woodberry
    News • 12/3/2008
    ... guest professor at the University of Vienna, the summers of 2000 and 2005 as a guest professor at Münster University, the fall of 2001 as a guest professor at Lausanne University, the summers of 2002, 2004, and 2006 as a visiting lecturer at Melbourne University, and the fall of 2004 as a guest ...
  • Woodberry Student to Study Bagpipes in Scotland as Noland Fellow
    News • 3/13/2008
    ... his passion for the bagpipes in Scotland over the summer, thanks to a fellowship program established by a Woodberry alumnus to make life-changing experiences possible for the school’s students. Carlos, who has been playing bagpipes for two-and-one-half years in Woodberry’s pipe band, will hone h ...
  • Regional Chapters - A Year of Community and Service
    News • 6/19/2023
    Last summer’s intern socials and baseball games (hint: it’s baseball season again!) were merely a start to a dynamic year of community gatherings and service opportunities.   Chapter members also returned to the Forest for Volunteer Weekend, kicking off planning on The Game wat ...
  • Warmack Named to Library Association Board
    News • 4/12/2018
    ... he American Association of School Librarians this summer. Phoebe will serve on the executive committee and as the independent schools section representative, highlighting the strengths and interests of the more than 800 independent schools that are members of the AASL, an organization of more th ...
  • Student Shows Photos of Catalonia
    News • 10/17/2017
    ... llery. Jang Woo took the photos over the past two summers when he studied Spanish at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the Catalan capital. "The city filled with Modermisme architecture and culture was not only a cheerful Spanish tutor," Jang Woo says, "but also a warm host for a sixteen-y ...
  • CASA Celebrates Ten Years of Service and Language Immersion
    News • 6/8/2016
    ...ragua on June 5, 2016, to participate in the tenth annual Woodberry Forest School Central American Summer Abroad (CASA.) Spanish teachers Raphael Sydnor ’97 and Jairo Rivera lead the program, which combines adventure tourism, Spanish language immersion, homestays, and service in local schoo ...
  • Woodberry in Britain Immerses Boys in British Culture
    News • 7/14/2015
    ... are immersing themselves in British culture this summer as part of Woodberry Forest in Britain 2015. The boys and their teachers, Woodberry English instructor Ben Hale and Collier Connell ’12, arrived on July 6, 2015, and are in the midst of a three-week stay at Brasenose College in the h ...
  • Reynolds Family Dining Room Celebrated
    News • 5/18/2015
    ... e kitchen's longest-serving staff members. In the summer of 2015, the new Math, Computer Science, and Dining Facility, featuring the much larger and more modern Randall B. Terry Jr. ’53 Dining Hall, will open. The space currently occupied by the dining room will be reimagined so that futur ...
  • Women Educators' Group Visits CASA Participants
    News • 4/14/2015
    ... ily Dining Room with Woodberry's Central American Summer Abroad (CASA) participants on April 14, 2015. Students created and presented a program to inform the visitors about the service and Spanish language immersion program. Alpha Delta Kappa is an international honorary organization of women ed ...
  • Preparations for New Faculty Enhancement Program Begin
    News • 4/6/2015
    ...tt Boesen, who will serve as Woodberry's dean of faculty beginning in the summer of 2015. "The system will promote faculty growth and support the school's mission of providing students with an outstanding classroom experience." Learn more about Folio in an Independent School magazine article.  ...
  • Moubray Wear Icon Served Woodberry Forest for Fifty-Three Years
    News • 9/25/2014
    ... wis, Bobby's daughter and Woodberry's director of summer programs, "the athletic director, Leonard Dick, had a process of stamping white t-shirts with permanent ink." At first, Bobby would stamp WFS on the shirts by hand. After a few years, gray shirts were adopted, and then, when Red Caughron b ...
  • Residence Roof Repair Uncovers Historic Materials
    News • 8/18/2014
    ... es Madison, is receiving significant repairs this summer. Workers replacing its metal roof were intrigued to discover that the original roof sheathing boards, in place and in use since the building’s construction in 1793, are feathered on the top and bottom horizontal edges. This unique fe ...
  • Lacrosse Camp Finishes Woodberry's Summer Camp Season
    News • 7/18/2014
    Beautiful weather greeted sixty-nine lacrosse players, ages ten to fifteen, on July 17, 2014, for four days of intensive instruction in the game. Directed by Brian Hemming, Woodberry Forest School's head varsity lacrosse coach and athletic director, the Woodberry Forest Lacrosse Camp gives players t ...
  • Noland Fellowship Recipient Arrives in Ghana
    News • 7/10/2014
    ... for their first computing experiences. The Noland Summer Fellowship program is funded by Lloyd “Bud” Noland III ’62, who established it with members of his family through the Noland Memorial Foundation in honor of his father. The program provides financial support to students w ...
  • Campus Hums with Construction Activity
    News • 6/18/2014
    Summer means several construction projects are keeping the Woodberry Forest School campus growing and improving. Crews at The Residence, Woodberry Forest's historic home, have erected scaffolding to replace its metal roof with a low-maintenance zinc/tin-coated copper material. Dozens of workers at t ...
  • Teacher Makes Bluebird Home Improvements
    News • 8/8/2013
    Math teacher Peter Aleksiewicz has taken on a summer project to help the Forest's feathered residents. He's been rehabilitating and installing bluebird houses all over the Woodberry Forest campus. "I got excited about this project when my wife, Marcia, showed me a group of fledgling bluebirds outsid ...
  • William H. White Library Gets New Cork Flooring
    News • 8/6/2013
    ... William H. White Library is being refloored this summer with environmentally friendly natural cork planks. Cork flooring has been popular in libraries, churches, and courthouses for over a century because of its durability, comfort, sound absorbency, and beauty. The Library of Congress and the ...
  • Senior Volunteers in Japan
    News • 7/22/2013
    ... esville, Virginia, spent five weeks in Japan this summer, dividing his time between Tokyo, where he visited the family of his Woodberry roommate, Keita Yagi '14, and Takayama, where he volunteered on an organic farm. Under the auspices of WWOOF (Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms), Luke li ...
  • Photo Show Features Irish Landscapes
    News • 4/2/2013
    ... . She photographed the Irish landscape during her summer, 2012, trip to Ireland when she accompanied her husband, English teacher and varsity golf coach Marc Hogan, on his sabbatical. Of her experience traveling in Ireland with her camera, Linda remarked, "I looked for places where humans sculpt ...
  • 2013 Noland Fellowship Awarded to Perry Hammond '14
    News • 1/30/2013
    ... ridled passion." Woodberry Forest School's Noland Summer Fellowship program is funded by Lloyd “Bud” Noland III ’62, who established it with members of his family through the Noland Memorial Foundation in honor of his father. The program provides financial support to students w ...
  • Brian Hemming Appointed Athletic Director
    News • 1/17/2013
    ... communication skills have inspired significant affirmation,” said Headmaster Dennis Campbell. "We will be best served by the leadership we have seen since I announced his appointment last summer.” Brian and his wife, Erin, joined the Woodberry faculty in 2007. The Hemmings have one s ...
  • Fourth Former to Join Thanksgiving Parade
    News • 11/21/2012
    ... h more than 100 students from the Stagedoor Manor summer camp for performing arts who will travel the entire parade route. The students will also introduce Santa Claus at Herald Square by performing the number “Santa By The Book” from the new musical Yes, Virginia The Musical . The M ...
  • Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Tracy Kidder Visits Woodberry
    News • 10/8/2012
    ... r, author of Woodberry Forest School's all-school summer reading selection Strength in What Remains , addressed students and faculty on Monday, October 8, 2012. Mr. Kidder, whose long and prolific career has produced several works of literary journalism, retold the story of the subject of the bo ...
  • Thyme for Homegrown Food
    News • 6/28/2012
    ... long been limited to raising beef cattle. But the summer of 2012 has seen an expansion of the tiny herb garden outside the Reynolds Family Dining Room. Food services supervisor Craig Heath has taken on the task of growing not only a large crop of herbs, but also some squash and swiss chard for u ...
  • Where in the World are Woodberry Students?
    News • 6/14/2012
    School isn't out for summer for select Tigers and their teachers who are using the world as their classroom. Three of Woodberry Forest's four study abroad trips are underway right now. Central American Study Abroad has been busily donating athletic equipment, teaching elementary school classes, tou ...
  • Fourth Former Competes in Jump Rope Trials
    News • 2/22/2012
    ... as a member of many teams all over the U.S. Last summer, he placed third at the World Championships in the Power event in which he performed "triples," requiring the rope to go under the foot three times per jump. Since coming to Woodberry Forest School, Andrew has trained on his own, practicin ...
  • Woodberry’s Hornady Studies Harpsichord Maintenance
    News • 9/20/2011
    Wallace Hornady, music department chair, traveled to France last summer to learn to maintain the school’s eleven-year-old harpsichord. Supported by a faculty incentive grant, he traveled to the Paris studio of the harpsichord’s original maker, Reinhard von Nagel.
  • Woodberry Student Earns Kudos for Helping Chicago Homeless
    News • 8/18/2011
    ... llinois, is getting some well-deserved press this summer for organizing a drive to collect toiletries for the homeless in Chicago. Henry leads the Chicago Community Connections, a group of teenagers affiliated with the Glencoe Union Church. The group has adopted the Night Ministry, a nonprofit t ...
  • Jack Pidgeon '11 to Swim for University of Pittsburgh
    News • 6/13/2011
    ...t tradition," Knoles said. "His passion and drive will be important to his progress, and those qualities are already showing in his decision to step up his training over the summer." Congratulations, Jack! Read the full article: http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/c-swim/spec-rel/060811aac.h ...
  • Varsity Golf Coach Appointed to State Junior Golf Council
    News • 5/6/2011
    ... atives like the Robins Junior Programs, held each summer at the Independence Golf Course in Midlothian. Coach Hogan was recognized for "his passion and commitment to junior golf." A member of the English department since 1987, he has been associated with Woodberry Forest's golf program since 198 ...
  • Interview with Woodberry Playwrights to Air on WVTF
    News • 7/15/2010
    ...pm on RadioIQ. Listeners can hear the interview live at www.wvtf.org . It will be posted to the station's Web site at a later date. Cirves wrote the play and Johnson composed its music. Usher premiered last summer at fringe festivals in New York and Washington, D.C., where it was voted Best Music ...
  • Sprucing Up the Forest
    News • 7/12/2010
    ... 's not quiet at Woodberry Forest, even during the summer. A crew is currently on campus to replace a number of windows in the Walker Building. C-Dorm is the first to get the new panes. The pool room on Community Street is also up for renovation, thanks to the generosity of the parents of the Cla ...
  • Sports Campers Keep Cool in Summer Heat
    News • 7/6/2010
    With temperatures predicted to reach triple digits this week, boys participating in Woodberry's 43rd annual Sports Camp are finding ways to stay cool. Campers and their counselors balance time on the playing fields with indoor activities in the Barbee Center, a mandatory early-afternoon rest period ...
  • Sports Campers Keep Cool in Summer Heat
    News • 7/6/2010
    With temperatures predicted to reach triple digits this week, boys participating in Woodberry's annual Sports Camp are finding many ways to stay cool. Boys and their counselors are balancing time on the school's playing fields with indoor activities in the Barbee Center, a mandatory rest period earl ...
  • Class of 1985 Dedicates Gillespie Family Field
    News • 5/11/2010
    ... d. The second of two turf fields installed during summer 2008, the field was named to honor the entire family of the late Robert F. Gillespie, Jr. whose combined service to Woodberry spanned more than forty years. Recognizing the unique contributions of this dedicated family to campus life&mdash ...
  • Vas Gnanadoss Tours and Studies in India
    News • 12/23/2009
    ... ’12 is no exception. Vas spent part of his summer earning college credits in humanities by participating in Germanna Community College’s 2009 India Abroad Program along with faculty and students from Germanna, Roanoke College, and James Madison University. The two-week adventure gav ...
  • Varsity Baseball's Paul Kronenfeld '10 in Area Code Games and East Coast Professional Showcase
    News • 8/28/2009
    ... in two major high school baseball events over the summer. First was the East Coast Professional Showcase, held in Lakeland Florida at the Detroit Tigers complex. He competed for the Arizona Diamondbacks team and performed well against top notch competition. The second event was the famed Area Co ...
  • McCullough Roach to Participate in Sorensen Institute’s High School Leaders Program
    News • 4/18/2008
    ... f applicants to participate in the two-week U.Va. summer program, which offers concentrated study in Virginia politics and government. It aims to prepare future leaders for public service in Virginia, connects students with each other and with current government and nonprofit leaders, and promot ...
  • A Great Q&A with Lacrosse Coach David Evans
    News • 10/22/2002
    ... Boston Cannons of the MLL in the summer. The league is in its second year and has five other teams. Evans was named the 2002 Team MVP, despite missing several games with an ACL tear, and he is recovering well. Coach Evans graduated from Brown, where he was a four-time All-Ivy selection. David Ev ...
  • Turner Hall Renovation
    News • 11/5/2024
    ... op-to-bottom refresh. Turner was built during the summer of 1937 and was first occupied by Woodberry students in 1938. The dorm is named in honor of Mortimer A. Turner, who was a member of the Woodberry faculty from 1897 to 1919, teaching French and German, and was a resident of the school commu ...
  • Three Questions with Scott Braswell
    News • 9/18/2019
    In his first two seasons leading the Tigers, Head Football Coach Scott Braswell has led the team to a pair of Prep League Titles. Last year the team also won the sportsmanship award and Coach Braswell was named the league's coach of the year by his peers. The coach took some time out of preparations ...
  • A Q&A with Will Straughan '92 of FCD
    News • 9/18/2019
    Will Straughan ’92 is a prevention specialist with Freedom from Chemical Dependency (FCD), a unit of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation and the largest provider of substance use education to independent schools. Will visits Woodberry Forest twice a year for meetings with students and faculty. ...
  • Tigers Tour the Silk Road
    News • 9/17/2018
    This summer Dr. Tony Watson launched Woodberry's newest summer study abrod program, Woodberry on the Silk Road. We sat down with Tony and Parker Watt '19, one of the trip's participants, to learn about their experience.
  • Woodberry Forest Sports Camp Directors Named
    News • 10/21/2016
    Woodberry Forest School is pleased to announce the appointment of three co-directors to lead Woodberry Forest Sports Camp in 2017. Frazier Stowers ’04, Matt Blundin, and Amy Blundin will lead the program and continue to nurture the camp’s commitment to good sportsmanship, character devel ...
  • Cinematic Storytelling: Michael Deng ’18 Uses Videography to Serve Others
    News • 3/14/2016
    When Michael Deng ’18 heard teacher John Reimers tell his fourth-form English class, “Religion matters unconditionally,” he thought of “Roadkill,” the beloved hot sauce that sits on every table in Terry Dining Hall. “Roadkill is almost a religion to Woodberry boys ...
  • Fathers and Sons Enjoy Weekend at Woodberry
    News • 6/13/2024
    ... ntroduced a squash clinic for the first time this summer, which was well received, and a number of guests took advantage of an informal pickleball session after dinner on Friday. We continuously try to improve the weekend by listening to the feedback we receive from our guests and through our ow ...
  • Athletics - Tigers Taking it to the Next Level
    News • 12/13/2022
    ... who graduated from Princeton University this past summer and was a four-year member of the basketball team there, has appeared in several early season games. DeQuece Carter ’19 is in the NCAA transfer portal as a graduate student after an outstanding undergraduate career at Fordham Univers ...
  • Summer Fellowships Awarded for 2021
    News • 4/29/2021
    ... ts are able to pursue unique experiences over the summer thanks to the generosity of alumni and parents who have established fellowships. Though each fellowship has different criteria, all are designed to help boys do something they cannot pursue during the school year. We’re excited to an ...
  • Woodberry Mourns the Death of Betty Wright
    News • 9/18/2019
    ... arted in 1970 for New Orleans and returned in the summer of 1974 when Mr. Wright became the school’s sixth headmaster. Mrs. Wright was deeply devoted to the Woodberry community during her time on campus. She loved hosting students at The Residence for dessert and was a constant presence in ...
  • Woodberry Celebrates Fifty Years of Integration
    News • 2/12/2019
    ... irst African American student when he enrolled in summer school in the summer of 1969. He returned a year later as a new boy and graduated in 1974. “I was going from a segregated school to an integrated school — of one,” Wayne says of his summer experience. “But I got her ...
  • Woodberry Mourns Loss of Jack Glascock ‘43
    News • 3/6/2018
    ...rom Hampden-Sydney College in 1949. At Woodberry, he was both a fine scholar and an excellent athlete; Jack scored five touchdowns during a single game against rival Episcopal High School. During college and in his early years teaching at Woodberry, he spent summers playing semi-pro baseball.  ...
  • Woodberry Brothers Lead Community Service Effort
    News • 7/18/2017
    Avery and Jackson Warmack ’19 delivered over 200 pounds of food, clothing, and school supplies to Madison Emergency Services Association (MESA) on July 14, 2017. The boys applied for and were awarded funds through a Class of 2008 Community Service Grant to buy donation bins and other supplies ...
  • Woodberry Forest Sports Camp Celebrates Fiftieth Anniversary
    News • 6/26/2017
    Woodberry Forest Sports Camp paid tribute to its founders, Red and Cathy Caughron, in a celebration held outside St. Andrew’s Chapel on June 25, 2017.  Current sports campers, counselors, and directors were joined by several returning former staff members and friends for a reunion recogni ...
  • Woodberry Forest Announces Appointment in Dean of Students' Office
    News • 5/8/2017
    Woodberry Forest School announces the appointment of Ryan Alexander to serve as the school's assistant dean of students and director of residential life beginning in the summer of 2017.  
  • Basil Boyd ’17 Leads Trout in the Classroom Project at Orange County High School
    News • 4/19/2017
    Basil Boyd ’17 has spent his senior year at Woodberry Forest School sharing his love of wildlife with students at Orange County High School by leading them in Trout in the Classroom .  The program is designed to teach about ecosystems and conservation by providing students with eggs to ra ...
  • Rapp Boyd Faculty Residence Dedicated
    News • 9/12/2016
    The Rapp Boyd Faculty Residence was dedicated on September 9, 2016. Located beyond the water tower, the new home carries the name of two families whose generosity to Woodberry Forest School has focused on the school’s need for faculty housing.
  • Dave Mabe Welcomed to College Counseling Office
    News • 7/1/2016
    ... so be providing overall leadership of Woodberry's summer programming as the school works through the strategic plan to add academic and arts offerings to complement the well-established and very successful sports camps. "I'm delighted to welcome Dave to Woodberry," said Headmaster Byron Hulsey ' ...
  • Technology Brings Students Together
    News • 4/20/2016
    Fourth formers in Karen Jordan's Honors Modern European History course have been in contact with students at Viaró, a kindergarten through secondary school in Barcelona, Spain, through a series of Skype conversations.Discussions between students at the two all-boys schools range from common rea ...
  • Curtis Phillips Named Academic Dean
    News • 3/31/2016
    Curtis Phillips will become Woodberry Forest School’s next dean of academic affairs this summer. Curtis, who came to Woodberry in 2010 and teaches physics, was appointed to the position by Headmaster Byron Hulsey ’86.
  • Fitzpatrick Lecturer William Deresiewicz Speaks on Purpose of Education
    News • 11/3/2015
    ... ay to a Meaningful Life was the Woodberry faculty summer reading selection. Students read his well-known "Solitude and Leadership," a 2009 address to the plebe class at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and many had the opportunity to discuss the piece with him during classroom v ...
  • Fifth and Sixth Formers Inducted into Cum Laude Society
    News • 4/14/2015
    ... r, director of college counseling,and director of summer programs; he was awarded the George R. O'Connor Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 1989. "I deeply appreciate the time I spent on the Woodberry campus," Dennis told the assembled student body. "Since leaving Woodberry, I draw all lines ba ...
  • Noland Fellowship Awarded
    News • 2/4/2015
    ... artment faculty. Woodberry Forest School's Noland Summer Fellowship program is funded by Lloyd “Bud” Noland III ’62, who established it with members of his family through the Noland Memorial Foundation in honor of his father. The program provides financial support to students w ...
  • Families, Cars, Fans, and Cyclists Fill Woodberry Weekend
    News • 10/21/2014
    ... tunity to learn more about college admissions and summer study opportunities. The highlight of the weekend was the tie-cutting ceremony when new boys earn the right to shed their black ties and don orange-and-black school ties Saturday's varsity football game against the state's top-ranked team, ...
  • Noland Fellow Opens Doors with Recycled Computers
    News • 10/10/2014
    ... pported by Woodberry Forest School’s Noland Summer Fellowship, a program funded by Lloyd “Bud” Noland III ’62, who established it with members of his family through the Noland Memorial Foundation in honor of his father. The program provides financial support to students w ...
  • Woodberry Forest School Opens 126th Session
    News • 9/9/2014
    ... ’86, who took leadership of the school this summer. He told new students they would always remember the day they joined the Woodberry Forest community, just as he remembers the day thirty-one years ago that he moved onto Taylor Hall. And he shared with them the school's expectation that th ...
  • CASA Program Underway
    News • 6/9/2014
    ... ry Forest School's eighth annual Central American Summer Abroad, a Spanish learning and service trip to Nicaragua. Under the guidance of Woodberry Spanish teachers Raphael Sydnor and Jairo Rivera, the boys arrived on June 1, 2014, for a three-week cultural immersion, language study, and communit ...
  • Students Recognized and Rewarded for Service
    News • 5/6/2013
    ...em very close to their goal of raising $8,500, which will, through the international charity Free the Children, build a school in the developing African nation. The boys hope the video, when it goes public this summer, will help encourage other Tigers to undertake similar community service projec ...
  • "Giving Tuesday" Spirit Spans the Year for Class of 2000
    News • 11/27/2012
    ... ss of 2000 have been working on a gift since this summer. In May one of their classmates, US Army Captain Ben Harrow '00, was injured during his second tour in Afghanistan. Ben's injuries, sustained when he stepped on a mine, resulted in the loss of both legs and serious damage to one arm. Sever ...
  • Teacher Richard Robinson Awarded VMFA Fellowship
    News • 2/2/2012
    ...he Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The award, based on three of Richard's experimental films, offers him the opportunity to pursue a new film project when he visits Barcelona, Spain, this summer. Richard has taught elective photography and filmmaking courses at Woodberry Forest School since the 199 ...
  • International Forum Members Taste a Bit of Home
    News • 12/8/2011
    Submitted by JaeWon Yoon ’13 On a crisp Saturday evening, December 2, 2011, a group of fifteen members of Woodberry Forest School’s international forum set out for Northern Virginia to enjoy dinner at an authentic Korean restaurant.
  • Ruffin Memorial Natatorium Upgraded
    News • 11/28/2011
    ...he record board mounted on the wall. It is with pleasure that I report on several upgrades made to the natatorium this summer as a direct result of the gracious support of generous alumni, hard-working staff, and a supportive school community. Visit the WFS Swimming and Diving blog for more photo ...
  • Unbroken Hero Visits Forest
    News • 10/18/2011
    On October 17, 2011, students had the privilege of meeting Louis Zamperini, subject of the headmaster's all-school summer reading selection, Unbroken , by Laura Hillenbrand.
  • 2011 Noland Fellow Named
    News • 1/27/2011
    ... s undertaking is made possible through the Noland Summer Fellowship program, funded by Lloyd “Bud” Noland III ’62, who established it with members of his family through the Noland Memorial Foundation in honor of his father. The program provides financial support to students who ...
  • Best-Selling Author John Hart '84 Visits Woodberry
    News • 9/21/2010
    ... d , a novel the entire community was assigned for summer reading, Hart returned to campus for the first time since his graduation, bringing stories of his own life and inspiration for theirs, to an all-school assembly and to numerous English classrooms. “I spent my twenties looking for my ...
  • Ned Hardison Named Robertson Scholar at UNC-Chapel Hill
    News • 5/26/2010
    ... to immerse themselves in the academic and social life at two world-renowned universities. Scholars are given access to courses, research opportunities, and cultural events at UNC and Duke. The scholarship provides full tuition, room, board, and fees, as well as funding for three summer experienc ...
  • Deb Caughron Elected Board Chair of North Carolina Outward Bound School
    News • 12/16/2009
    ... e, Rapidan and cycling programs, Outing Club, and summer expedition scholarships. “Deb is an outstanding educator and leader who has had years of in-depth experience with our organization,” said Whitney H. Montgomery, executive director of NCOBS and a 1983 Woodberry graduate. “ ...
  • Author of The Blue Star to Have Extended Visit on Woodberry Campus
    News • 10/26/2009
    ... the author, among other works, of our all-school summer reading book, The Blue Star . Tony Earley is the author of four books: Here We Are in Paradise , a collection of stories; the novel Jim the Boy ; the personal essay collection Somehow Form a Family ; and The Blue Star , a novel released in ...
  • Cross Country Earns All State
    News • 11/7/2008
    ... much his hard work of running 450 miles over the summer led to a wonderful sophomore season. Josh Trudgeon and captain Arthur Bryant ran great races to finish in 12th and 13th spot for the Tigers. In only his second race of the season Max Anderson came up big with a 16th place finish. A team sc ...
  • Third and fourth form parents to visit campus for Parents' Weekend
    News • 10/27/2005
    ...TINGS 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. PARENT SEMINAR: College Counseling 10:00 a.m.-12:00 a.m. PARENT SEMINAR: Summer Abroad 11:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. BUFFET LUNCHEON in the Reynolds Family Dining Room 12:00-1:00 p.m. TIE CUTTING CEREMONY on the steps of the L.W. Dick Gym 12:30 p.m. VARSITY FOOTBALL GAME 2:00 p ...
  • Community Service at Woodberry
    News • 12/9/2003
    ... community service requirement at home during the summers or during vacations. But, there are also many opportunities to serve others while at school. Jay Gnanadoss coordinates the community service program and organizes student involvement in local activities. This fall Mr. Gnanadoss helped stu ...
  • New Faculty
    News • 10/8/2003
    ... Second Language in Mendoza, Argentina. During the summer he has managed a llama packing business in the San Juan and Uncompaghre mountains of Southern Colorado. He coaches basketball and football. Mr. Ebel lives on A Dorm of the Walker Building. Colin Gay ’93 B.A., M.Ed., University of Virginia ...
  • An open letter from the Headmaster to the parents of current students
    News • 9/15/2004
    ... ble work in Turner Hall and Dowd Finch dorms this summer. There is all new carpeting, new painting and new lighting. The old boys returning look at Turner Hall and comment to me that we are "getting soft." Of course the completion of Terry House is very satisfying. It is all sixth formers, and t ...
  • Zander Interviews Reilly Enos '03
    News • 4/24/2003
    ... . When Reilly headed out to California during the summer after his junior year, he joined a team in the American Legion Baseball League, which is a nationwide association where the best high school players go to show their skills. Reilly used to live in California, so he stayed with his old frie ...
  • Makerspace Enhances Engineering Classes
    News • 11/15/2024
    ... s designed specifically for engineering. Over the summer, the new room was constructed in Kenan Hall to make up for a lack of space for students to effectively practice modern computational engineering designs with physical prototyping. This new makerspace offers “a level of local computin ...
  • Stephen Jackson Named Director of College Counseling
    News • 2/12/2024
    ... ckson will be moving to the Woodberry campus this summer with his wife, Barbara. The couple have three children: Lucia, who is a junior at Montana State University; Eli, who is a freshman at Wofford College; and Garrit, who is a junior at Baylor School.  “I’ve spent most of my c ...
  • Michael Leahy to Become New Lacrosse Coach
    News • 1/3/2019
    ... as head lacrosse coach at Woodberry Forest in the summer of 2019. Leahy will join the Woodberry community this winter and serve as an assistant to current head coach Spotty Robins ‘04 this spring. Leahy will also serve as assistant director in the Office of Admission. Headmaster Byron Huls ...
  • Reverend Tyler Montgomery Named to Woodberry Chaplaincy
    News • 2/23/2018
    Woodberry Forest School is pleased to announce the appointment of the Rev. Tyler Montgomery as chaplain and assistant to the head for student wholeness. Headmaster Byron Hulsey noted that he is “delighted with the outcome of this very competitive search and very eager to welcome the Montgomery ...
  • Colin Gay '93 Completes 1,000-day Cycling Streak
    News • 8/10/2017
    Here at Woodberry Forest, many people take advantage of the beautiful landscape and surrounding area by fishing, hiking, or hanging out by the river. Colin Gay ’93, who serves as a math teacher and Bengal football and varsity lacrosse coach, likes to spend his time outdoors in a different way ...
  • Student Volunteers Help Take the Sting Out of a Hospital Visit
    News • 2/8/2016
    With a “Bye, Patrick!” and a high five, another smiling young patient heads back for his appointment, having made a new friend in the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital waiting room. Woodberry Forest student Patrick Burke ’16 and other student volunteers regularly hel ...
  • Junior Works to Feed Hungry Schoolchildren
    News • 3/14/2012
    Woodberry Forest School's McKenzie Folan '13 has been raising money for the past two years to provide children in his hometown of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with much needed food on the weekends. Working with Second Harvest Food Bank (a member of Feeding America), on whose board his mother, Rag ...
  • Fine Arts Department Chair, Kelly Lonergan, Studies in Italy
    News • 10/18/2010
    Courtesy of Kelly Lonergan This summer, I was able to travel in Italy for three weeks, an opportunity made possible through a Professional Development Grant. My agenda was based upon a number of sites that figure prominently in the study of Western art, sites which allowed me to experience a wide ra ...
  • Josh Hackler: Bringing Spain to the U.S. By Eliza Broaddus
    News • 9/15/2008
    ...erved as an intern in Woodberry’s Development Office during the summer of 2008. She is a senior at Hollins University in Roanoke, where she is pursuing an English degree with a creative writing concentration as well as a double minor in Spanish and political science. Photo courtesy of Business We ...
  • Woodberry students settle in at Oxford for summer program
    News • 7/10/2006
    By FRED JORDAN The students have settled into a routine of a "cooked breakfast" in college at 8:30 am and then gathering in a classroom to read the morning papers. At some point in the morning, they write a journal entry, watch part of the Simon Schama video series of the "History of Britain" and th ...
  • Calendar 2004-05 School Year
    News • 2/4/2004
    ...13 AP Exams 13-14 Fri & Sat Board of Trustees Meeting 19-21 Thu-Sat Spring Musical 25 Wed End of Sixth Marking Period 27 Fri Amici Night 28 Sat Graduation 30 Mon Final Exams Begin JUN 2005 3 Fri Final Exams End & Underformers Depart @ 10:15 a.m. 19 Sun Sports Camp Begins 25 Sat Summer School Begi ...
  • 2003-04 School Calendar
    News • 8/18/2003
    ...- Spring Play & Athletic Tournaments 19 Wed - End of Sixth Marking Period 21 Fri - Amici Night 22 Sat - Graduation 24 Mon - Final Exams Begin 28 Fri - Final Exams End & Underformers Depart @ 10:15 a.m. June 2004 4-6 Fri-Sun - Reunion Weekend 13 Sun - Sports Camp Begins 19 Sat - Summer School Begi ...
  • 2003-04 School Calendar
    News • 3/17/2003
    ...- Spring Play & Athletic Tournaments 19 Wed - End of Sixth Marking Period 21 Fri - Amici Night 22 Sat - Graduation 24 Mon - Final Exams Begin 28 Fri - Final Exams End & Underformers Depart @ 10:15 a.m. June 2004 4-6 Fri-Sun - Reunion Weekend 13 Sun - Sports Camp Begins 19 Sat - Summer School Begi ...
  • Alumni Spotlight: John Hollis ’85
    News • 12/13/2022
    ... he Potomac News in Woodbridge he covered the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, filing stories from Centennial Park after the bombing there and going on several months later to a role at CNN. He was a late applicant to the opening in Gainesville, but Woodberry provided a crucial boost. “I ha ...
  • Woodberry Welcomes New Faculty
    News • 8/29/2017
    Nine new teachers and administrators joined Woodberry’s faculty this month ahead of the school’s 129th year.    
  • Student Coaches Help Lead Bengal Football Team
    News • 10/16/2016
    Bengal football at Woodberry Forest is quite different this year due to the help of student coaches. “Student coaches have been a big change to our program,” said Bengal Head Coach Colin Gay ’93. “I have been a Bengal coach for twelve years, and only in recent years have we h ...
  • New Faculty Members Welcomed
    News • 8/22/2016
    A dozen new members of the Woodberry Forest School faculty gathered on August 22, 2016, for orientation sessions. Woodberry warmly welcomes each of the new teachers, teaching fellows, and administrators.  
  • Sixth Formers Present Senior Distinction Projects
    News • 5/27/2016
    “My goal was to see sixth formers excited and engaged in activities that are both intellectual and creative,” says Ted Blain, faculty leader of Woodberry Forest School’s new Senior Distinction program.  The program’s inaugural year culminated on May 24-25, 2016, as thirt ...
  • Long-Distance Hiker and Adventurer Shares Insights
    News • 2/16/2016
    In the mountains of Vermont, long-distance hiker Jennifer Pharr Davis was beset by shin splints, hypothermia, and an illness so severe it left her able to hike only a mile per hour. She described her experience to Woodberry Forest School students in an assembly on February 15, 2016, telling them her ...
  • Terry House opens doors to sixth formers
    News • 9/28/2004
    With their arrival for their final year at Woodberry Forest, a number of seniors, in inhabiting the school’s newest dormitory for its first year, brought a new section of campus to life, and by doing so, extended the residential life of the school in both scope and nature.
  • Woodberry's Armel Mukam ’23 in National Championship Game
    News • 1/17/2025
    ... ty challenging because I was coming in during the summer at a disadvantage compared to those who enrolled early,” said Armel. “I was getting whooped by some of these guys. It was basically an all-star game every practice because most of the new guys were All-Americans in high school. ...
  • Varsity Baseball Holds Senior Day
    News • 5/9/2007
    ... work extremely hard through his junior year, the summer after his junior year, and the fall and winter of his senior year to become one of the best players in the Prep League. Ability is certainly helpful, but Blake has proven that hard work counts for a lot on the baseball field. There are ver ...
  • Opening Letter from the Headmaster
    News • 9/12/2003
    From Dr. Dennis Campbell
  • Gentil Named Central Virginia Wrestler of the Year
    News • 5/8/2003
    ... y.” As Gentil graduates from Woodberry later this summer, he indicated that he will not only take the memories that he made on the playing fields, but the opportunity that being a three-sport captain allowed him to take advantage of. “As any sport does, being a captain teaches you how to work wi ...
  • Catching Up With David Williams '02
    News • 3/28/2003
    Williams Plays Football at Wofford
  • Community Service at Woodberry
    ... o plan to perform service work at home during the summer break and/or breaks during the school year. Most students seem to derive more satisfaction from making one or two major contributions rather than attempting numerous smaller projects. Documenting Community Service To facilitate record-keep ...
  • Library
    ... H. White, Jr. Library moved to a new home in the summer of 2017. The library's new space, the Reynolds Family Learning Commons, was the top-rated prep school's dining hall for more than a century. Moving the library allowed Woodberry to create a modern learning commons that contains the resourc ...
  • Red Caughron Elected to VA Sports Hall of Fame
    News • 12/1/2008
    ... the track team for 10 years, founded the school’s Summer Sports Camp and served as Athletic Director. Caughron is a 1983 inductee into the William & Mary Hall of Fame. Bill Cochran, a lifetime resident of Roanoke, is this year’s media inductee. Cochran began writing about the outdoors while at W ...
  • International Students
    ... musical performances, and an all-school assembly. Summer programming opportunities to travel to experience international cultures, history, and service work. International cuisine (Bulgogi, pho, chicken curry, etc.) served at the dining hall. Dim Sum Nights attended by domestic and international ...
  • Endowed Giving
    ... of Andrew M. Collier '03 to support international summer abroad student opportunities. Art Endowment Established in 1990 by Carolyn Frazier Sanders to support visual arts. Thomas and Karen Bond Instrumental Music Fund Established in 1999 by Tom and Karen Bond, former Woodberry master and his wif ...
  • Alumni and Development Team
    ...es, Database and Planned Gifts 540-672-6035 Summer Sonner Assistant Director of Advance Services - Special Projects (540) 661-4238 Sarah Sydnor Director of Events and Hospitality (540)672-6040 Sweet Briar College - BA Brandi Vasquez Assistant Director of Advancement Services - Events (540) 672-61 ...
  • Spiritual Life
    ... ol, provides funds for students to participate in summer programs at the FOCUS Study Center in Massachusetts. Every student at Woodberry is welcome at WCF.  Reverence for Things Sacred Fellowship Group meets on Sunday evenings for food and fellowship. The group discusses its understanding o ...
  • Giving Impact on the Boys
    ... of the school’s eighteen prefects, and this summer his peers voted him as the senior prefect. His growth at Woodberry has been remarkable.  “The first word that comes to mind when thinking of Solomon is kind,” said his advisor, Dr. David McRae. “He is one of the kind ...
  • Music
    ... Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival, and the Chamber Orchestra of Charlottesville. She lives in Harrisonburg. . Tim Stakem List of 2 items. Education Frostburg State University - BS University of Southwestern Louisiana - MM Biography Tim Stakem, who holds the ...
  • Study Abroad Programs
    ... ol —  allow students to pursue special summer activities that might not otherwise be possible. Locations List of 7 items. Woodberry in Zambia – Spring Break Trip Student eligibility: Current fifth and sixth formers Overview and itinerary: Woodberry Serves in Zambia is a cultural excha ...
  • Tigers in College Athletics
    ... University Smith, Charles - Lacrosse, Ohio State Summers, Puff - Basketball, Davidson Thach, John - Lacrosse, Trinity 2000 Anselmi, Don - Swimming, Middlebury O'Bannon, III, J. - Lacrosse, Gettysburg College Williams, Neel - Golf, Yale University 1998 Blackwell, Nick - Swimming, Davidson (Team ...
  • Baker Gallery
    ... ography and short films documenting the 2010 Mojo Summer Tour helped earn TomPetty.com a Webby Award nomination. Andy’s photos are featured on several Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers official releases, including Kiss My Amps (2011), Kiss My Amps, Vol. 2 (2013), Hypnotic Eye (2014) and th ...

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Woodberry Forest School is an exceptional private school community for high school boys in grades nine through twelve. It is one of the top boarding schools in the United States and one of the only all-boys, all-boarding schools in the country.
Woodberry Forest, VA 22989
Phone: 540-672-3900

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Woodberry Forest admits students of any race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religious belief, and national or ethnic origin to all of the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religious belief, or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic or other school-administered programs. The school is authorized under federal law to enroll nonimmigrant students.