Living at Foxcroft

This all girls boarding school in Virginia is truly a community of understanding hearts, where each girl is known and valued. Our key values of respect, integrity, kindness, and service are at the center of all that we do. Girls thrive intellectually, socially, and emotionally because our nurturing community and strong values foster growth in each of these realms.

Residential Life

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Five Dorms with Dedicated Faculty

Foxcroft has five dormitories that each house between 20-45 girls. Dorm Teams are comprised of four dedicated faculty members and several student leaders managing residential life and daily happenings.
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Sleeping Porches

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Nurturing Healthy Minds & Bodies

Sleeping porches are a distinctive part of our School culture and are instrumental in our mission to nurture healthy minds and healthy bodies. Our sleeping porches:
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Faculty Advisors

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A Source of Support Away from Home

Each girl at Foxcroft establishes a special, unique relationship with her faculty advisor. Through weekly meetings, shared meals in the Dining Hall or in the advisor’s home, and other activities, girls find their advisors to be a source of support away from home.
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Contact

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Emily Johns

Assistant Head of School for Student Life

540.687.4351

emily.johns@foxcroft.org
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Emily grew up in Idaho Falls, ID, not far from the Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. She graduated with a B.A. in American Studies from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College and earned a master’s from Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English. After college, Emily spent seven years at her undergraduate alma mater, working in admissions and then as coordinator of the American Cultures Program, while also coaching volleyball and serving as a dorm head at Virginia Episcopal School.

In 2005, Emily became Director of Summer Academic Adventures and Assistant Director of Admission at the Asheville (NC) School, and two years later she began her career in girls’ boarding schools. She taught English, coached volleyball and served as Director of Residential Life at Saint Mary’s School in Raleigh, NC, for five years, during which time she restructured the orientation and prefect programs, energized weekend activity offerings and raised the boarding student retention significantly.

For the past four years, Emily has served as Dean of Students at Chatham Hall, a small girls boarding school in Chatham, VA. During her tenure, she designed and implemented a student life/wellness curriculum, developed formal prefect and leadership programs, and collaborated with colleagues, counselors and the school’s chaplain to create a more holistic approach to supporting and mentoring girls, among many other accomplishments. Emily also taught Senior Ethics and served on the school's Strategic Plan Steering Committee.

A guest blogger for The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS), Emily has presented at national conferences on effective discipline for girls, wellness, and integrating residential and spiritual life.

Emily and her husband, Chet, are proud parents of Maddie. Their family pets include a dog named Higgins, a cat named Mouse, and a turtle named Strawberry. In her spare time, Emily likes to read, garden, travel, cook (and eat) and explore the outdoors, often on family walks and picnics.
Josie Ross

Assistant Dean of Residential Life, Lead Dorm Parent

540.687.4348

josie.ross@foxcroft.org
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In 2016, Josie Ross joined the Foxcroft family as the Assistant to the Dean of Student Life and as a Lead Dorm Parent in Dillon. As Assistant to the Office of Student Life, Josie closely advises the student-led Activities Committee, which plans on and off campus activities for the student body. She coordinates the weekend duty team, handles weekend and weekday permissions for students, and assists the Student Life team in leadership development and wellness programming. Josie also manages the on-campus low ropes course and, during the winter months, dedicates her after-school hours as head coach to the Foxcroft competitive climbing team.

Josie earned a Bachelor of Social Work from Western Michigan University with minors in political science, holistic health, and interdisciplinary health. Since graduation, she has worked in a variety of roles involving outdoor leadership, and experiential and service learning. These include serving as a Team Leader for AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps, a role in which she trained and led diverse teams of young adults doing service learning projects in communities across the United States. As an experiential educator for Adventure Centre at Pretty Lake in Michigan, Josie managed overnight multi-day programs for student and adult groups, including low and high ropes challenge courses and rock climbing walls.

Josie and her husband, Ronnie, an English teacher at Highland School, live on campus in Dillon with their son.
Ellie Meyer

Student Life and Learning Center Assistant, Lead Dorm Parent

540.687.4352

ellie.meyer@foxcroft.org
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No stranger to Foxcroft, Ellie Meyer, Foxcroft Class of 2011, served as our Residential Life and Athletic Intern during the 2017-18 school year. In this role, she was on the Reynolds Dorm team, coached three sports, and assisted in the Office of Student Life. After taking on the Appalachian Trail this summer and fall, she will return to oversee our nascent school garden/farm and teach in the Learning Center in addition to her Student Life, coaching, and dorm duties.

Ellie’s work for Foxcroft’s Admission Office during several summers and as Head of Girls Counselor at Camp Birch Hill was excellent preparation for her role at Foxcroft supporting our students in the dorm and on the field. An avid hiker and erstwhile basketball, soccer, and Ultimate Frisbee athlete, Ellie earned a B.A. in Geography from the University of Mary Washington.