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— Courtney Ulmer, Assistant Head of School
“Foxcroft’s focus on the individual learner enables us to create an academic program that fits her interests, challenges her appropriately, and helps her find her voice.”
Foxcroft’s academic program challenges you to develop the analytical, critical thinking, and communications skills you need and your own creative, confident, and independent voice as well. Terrific teachers, who want you to succeed, design hands-on, interdisciplinary lessons and group projects with real-world value. And, in response to our rapidly changing world, the all-girls prep school in the Southeast faculty continually examines course offerings and teaching methods to prepare you for college, career, and anything else the 21st century may bring!
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Foxcroft’s comprehensive program also offers 79 courses, including 18+ AP offerings and 5+ Advanced offerings — in six disciplines as well as opportunities for independent study, additional courses online through One Schoolhouse, and a distinct humanities track for non-native English speakers. The multi-faceted STEM initiative, which informs all math and science curricula, gives you an advantage in crucial fields typically underrepresented by women and required seminars in Digital Literacy, Wellness, and Financial Literacy address essential personal skills.
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AP Courses
Many girls get a leg-up on college by taking Advanced Placement courses, which have a college-level curriculum taught at the high school level. To take these exceptionally challenging courses, which the College Board oversees, you must get permission from the department, do well in the prerequisite courses, and complete significant summer assignments first. In May, students take the AP Exams that match the courses they took; top scores may help you earn college credit. -
Digital Literacy
Required for freshmen, the Digital Literacy class focuses on three crucial aspects of life in the digital age:- your ability to find, evaluate, utilize, and share information;
- new ways for you to create content using information, technology, and the Internet;
- perhaps most importantly, digital safety so that you better understand the risks associated with putting information online and how to protect what you put there.
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Educational Technology
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One Schoolhouse
Foxcroft is a charter affiliate member of the Online School for Girls, which expanded in 2016 to become One Schoolhouse. It presents courses that might not be offered at individual schools. With the approval of the Assistant Head of School for Academics and appropriate Department Chair, a student may take a course for credit during the school year or the summer. One Schoolhouse offers a variety of courses. -
Wellness
Wellness is a four-year, research-based program targeted to the aspects of wellness that most affect our students. Freshmen attend a class that meets regularly during the fall to study topics ranging from nutrition and the female body to the principles of mindfulness, stress, and public speaking, among other things. The program continues with a variety of age-appropriate seminars through the subsequent three years. -
Wintermission
Wintermission is a week-long term in February during which you take one or two intensive courses, generally on a topic very different from your usual classes. These courses encourage students and teachers to examine a subject in great depth and provide opportunities for off-campus travel and service. Students must successfully complete Wintermission each year they are at Foxcroft. Courses and grades will appear on students’ transcripts.
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Wellness
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Wellness Program
Foxcroft's motto is mens sana in corpore sano (a healthy mind in a healthy body), and we help our girls live that through a robust Wellness program. Tailored to their needs and interests, topics change for each grade level and build upon one another, instilling in girls a strong foundation for all-encompassing well-being.
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Experiential Learning
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Learning is Everywhere
At Foxcroft, everything we do is curriculum — and that means learning occurs in many places and many ways. Foxcroft boasts a variety of unique programs focused on experiences outside the classroom and even beyond the front gate. Explore Experiential Learning at Foxcroft.
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STEM Initiative
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Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
At Foxcroft, these critical fields for the 21st century are compelling, engaging, and fun. Our landmark STEM Initiative emphasizes inquiry-based labs, using technology with confidence and ease, and hands-on problem-solving — and extends well beyond the classroom. Investigate STEM, one of Foxcroft’s signature programs.
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Schoolhouse News
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Empowering Female Voices Program Inspires Students to Make Change in the World
This fall, several Foxcroft students have been participating in a six-part online workshop titled "Empowering Female Voices" offered to girls in grades 9-12 nationwide and hosted by Close Up and the Hockaday Institute for Social Impact. Focused on civic engagement and the issues shaping the 2020 presidential election, the program sessions ran every Thursday beginning October 1, through last Thursday, November 5. Through hearing from our students about their experiences, it is evident that the program had an impact on their global perspectives and has empowered them to delve into current issues with confidence and determination.Read more >> -
Empowering Female Voices Program Update
By Madison G. ’22Read more >>
Two weeks ago nine Foxcroft students took the opportunity to enter into an Empowering Female Voices program hosted by the Close Up Foundation. Based in Washington, DC, the Close Up Foundation started back in 1971 and has since had more than 900,000 students, teachers, and parents participate in their programs. Their goal is to inspire students to find their voice and to help them develop the skills and awareness they need to be engaged citizens for a lifetime. -
Senior Jennifer C. Named National Merit Commended Scholar
Last Thursday during Morning Meeting, Jennifer C. ’21 was recognized as a National Merit Commended Scholar by Head of School Cathy McGehee. Of the 1.5 million students throughout the nation who took the 2019 PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, roughly 34,000 were recognized as Commended Students for their exceptional academic promise.Read more >> -
25 Foxcroft Girls Earn AP Scholar Awards
Two achieve select National AP Scholar designationRead more >>
Two Foxcroft School students achieved the rare status of National Scholar to lead a group of 25 girls who earned 2020 AP Scholar Awards from the College Board for outstanding achievement on Advanced Placement Exams taken last spring.
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Patty Boswell
Registrar and Administrative Assistant to the Assistant Head of School, Lead Dorm Parent540.687.4332Read Bio
An all-girls boarding and day school in Northern Virginia, Foxcroft prepares young women in grades 9-12 for success in college and in life. Our outstanding academic program offers challenging courses, including Advanced Placement classes and an innovative STEM program. Our premiere equestrian program is nationally recognized, and our athletic teams have won conference and state championships. Experience the best in girls' boarding schools: visit Foxcroft.
