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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.”
— Maeve M. ’22
“Here at Foxcroft, grades are important — don’t get me wrong — but more than that, the teachers here allow us to personalize our learning and support us to think outside the box, which allows a great deal of flexibility in the learning process.”
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 boarding school 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 72-76 courses, including 16+ 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
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.
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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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End of Year Biology Projects Designed to Give Back to Community
From STEM Teacher Dr. Meghen TuttleRead more >>
The goal of this class project was to give back to our community in some way, either through service on campus, to our larger community, or beyond. Each class spent time brainstorming ideas in small groups and then discussing and modifying those ideas until arriving at one concept (or, in the case of period 5, the largest class, two concepts).
It took about two weeks to move from brainstorming to a solidified project. Two class projects involved collecting data (period products and food waste), one involved incubating, caring for, and donating chicks, and two involved writing a proposal for work to be completed in the fall (period products and pollinator garden). All four groups presented information to the community as part of their service component. All in all, students were engaged throughout the process and learned a lot! -
Academic Concentration Projects Culminate in Final Presentations to the Community
Last Wednesday, May 25, the Academic Concentration program’s eight graduating seniors made their final presentations to family and community members during the culminating event for the program. Presentations took place between 9am and 2:30pm in 30-minute time slots, with options for friends and family to attend in person or via Zoom. These students also received special recognition at Commencement on Friday, May 27, when their Concentration designations were shared as they received their diplomas.Read more >> -
Fluids, Cardboard Boats, and Buoyancy
With a reminder that points would be awarded for “time, style, team spirit, and if the need arises, spectacular sinking,” Dr. Kristine Varney launched the cardboard boat race for her Advanced Physics students.Read more >> -
The Great Perhaps
Foxcroft Celebrated the 43 members of the Class of 2022 at the School’s 108th Commencement on Friday, May 27Read more >>
For the first time in many years, weather conditions forced graduation into the Engelhard Gymnasium of the Athletic/Student Center. Yet the Class of 2022, with all of the perseverance, steadfastness, and determination for which they have come to be known, pushed through their disappointment at not being in Miss Charlotte’s Garden to graduate with all of the cheers, laughter, and tears of a typical Foxcroft Commencement. Not even the National Weather Service’s Tornado Watch could dampen their spirits. -
Engineered to Serve
By Fine Arts Department Chair Julie FisherRead more >>
Engineering students closed out the school year with one final design review to share details about the projects they delivered to their respective community partners. A total of four EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) teams designed solutions to unique problems that were identified both on and off-campus.
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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.
