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— Courtney Ulmer, Assistant Head of School for Academics
“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.”
— Anne Burridge, English Department
“I want the girls to be critical thinkers. I want them to be able to look at a text or speech and interpret it well. Critical thinking will help them all their lives.”
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 76 courses, including 16 APs — 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
Foxcroft strives to make the most effective use of educational technology in all disciplines. The Director of Educational Technology works with faculty to integrate appropriate and innovative technologies in support of student learning. -
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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Students Explore and Apply Course Work through Museum Visits
Read more >>By Sally E. ’20The Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Classes recently took a trip to Washington, DC, to visit Smithsonian museums tying into courses that we are taking. Our morning included visiting either the National Museum of Natural History or Air and Space Museum for STEAM-based courses. -
Seniors Kenzie G. and Mimi S. Named National Merit Commended Scholars
On Friday, October 25 during Morning Meeting, Head of School Cathy McGehee announced our students who qualified in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program. Roughly 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are recognized for their exceptional academic promise. They place among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who took the PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. This year, Foxcroft is pleased to recognize seniors Kenzie G. and Mimi S. as National Merit Commended Scholars.Read more >> -
The Intersection of Art, Technology, and Science: Guest Speaker David Flood
On Wednesday, Foxcroft welcomed David Flood, a senior creative strategist for Interface Media Group (IMG), who creates design-driven stories through brand identity, motion graphic design, character animation, video production, and user experience.Read more >> -
Researching the Cheetah in Animal Science
by Mackenzie W. ’21 and Tina L. ’22Read more >>
Animal Science, a class here at Foxcroft, allows students to study the behaviors and characteristics of different organisms. Recently, one project we completed was to create a model of a specific animal’s skin, skeleton, and digestive organs in order to study the adaptations and digestion system of the animal. My group chose the cheetah, a spectacular animal known for its speed. With research, we were able to connect why the cheetah could run so fast, looking at traits such as hind leg elasticity and increased lung capacity. It was a bit hard doing the research because we could not find too much exact information about the cheetah online, and needed to process scientific articles which took a lot of time to pull out the information we wanted. -
27 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 27 girls who earned 2019 AP Scholar Awards from the College Board for outstanding achievement on Advanced Placement Exams taken last spring.
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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.
