Collegiate School 3rd Graders presented the annual Concert of Carols for their families at River Road Presbyterian Church on Dec. 18 to conclude the School’s annual series of holiday performances.

Collegiate School 6th Grade students explore their identity, share their own story and learn about the stories of others in a new Leadership Lab activity spearheaded by John Dau, Collegiate’s Global Scholar-in-Residence, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, and a Human Rights Activist, and Middle School teacher Carolyn Villanueva who frequently designs curriculum that fosters deep thinking through a global lens.

Collegiate alum Murray Fisher '93 is in a Discovery Channel story called "Take Back the Harbor," which details how he started a public high school in New York City 15 years ago to give students opportunities to help save the harbor while learning, and also how he launched The Billion Oyster Project as a special initiative of the school.

The varsity boys' basketball team will play in the Times-Dispatch Invitational Tournament being held this week, Dec. 19-21. Collegiate School will play Freeman High School at Freeman High School on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 7:30 p.m. Please see tournament schedule (scrolling above) for further information on times, locations and opponents after the first night of play.

If you would like to buy tickets in advance, please click here.

Collegiate School announced today the appointment of the next Head of Middle School, Mr. Tung Trinh. He will begin his new responsibilities on July 1, 2019.

Collegiate School will open at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday (Dec. 12), due to anticipated icy roads early in the morning. 
Early drop off for Lower School will begin at 8:50 a.m. and for Middle School at 9 a.m. 
Cougar Quest and Kinder Quest will open and dismiss as usual.
The safety of our students and families is paramount. Please use your best judgment on traveling to campus.

The Middle School FIRST Lego League robotics team, Blazing Torch, received a 1st place award for teamwork and core values at a two-day state robotics competition at JMU, which featured a total of 109 teams. In addition to being tested on their team values, Blazing Torch drew attention for their innovative project - coding a mental health/mindfulness-based virtual reality escape for astronauts confined in small quarters over long-term space flight.

The Collegiate School Development Office will host a book signing on Monday, Dec. 10, to celebrate a publication penned by Alex Smith ‘65, who spent 47 years as a Collegiate faculty member and development staff member, securing major gifts for the School.

Contine reading to see the full winter schedule for games at Collegiate with concessions available.

Continue reading for the awards distributed at the Fall Varsity Awards Ceremony on Sunday Nov. 18, 2018.

The fifth annual TEDxYouth@RVA will take place on Saturday, Nov. 17, in Collegiate School’s Hershey Center for the Arts. The general public is invited to hear a wide range of local speakers reflect on the theme Elevate.

Our 4th Graders kicked off their Envision Collegiate Capstone experience by meeting leaders from various departments of the School who honor Collegiate's mission and traditions while helping implement innovative initiatives.

Continue reading for season finishes for the fall.

Today our Upper School leaders offered their classmates an opportunity to unite against hate and promote a community of love and respect for all identities, by voluntarily wearing a blue ribbon. Buckets of blue ribbons were placed in the Upper School hallway and students were invited to take one and pin it on for the day.

National STEAM Day is devoted to inspiring kids to pursue their interests in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math. It's a great time for Collegiate to reflect on the many ways that the principles of STEAM infuse our JK-12 curriculum and extracurricular opportunities at Collegiate. Our students are learning while having fun.

Collegiate School’s Homecoming today was graced with nice weather, a campus full of returning alums and a varsity football win.

Collegiate School’s Homecoming Pep Rally today was the usual mix of fun, community spirit and school pride, with each varsity team performing and inviting peers to celebrate being Cougars.

Nigel Williams '20 has been highlighted in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article for his success on the football field thus far this season. Click here to read the full article.

Collegiate was delighted to host jazz pianist Justin Kauflin today for a performance and short question-and-answer session with Upper Schoolers. The visit was a unique opportunity for students to engage up close with a well-known musician. Mr. Kauflin, blind since age 11, began performing jazz professionally by age 15. He worked with Quincy Jones on his second full-length CD, "Dedication," which was released in January 2015. The CD debuted at No. 6 on CMJ Jazz chart, No. 10 on Billboard's Traditional Jazz chart, hit No. 1 on JazzWeek's chart and remained in the Top 10 spot for nine straight weeks. His latest project, "Coming Home," also produced by Quincy Jones, was released last month.

11th Grader Katie Dunn offers an inside glimpse of the October International Emerging Leaders Conference (IELC) when Collegiate hosted 43 international students from ten different countries. During the weeklong conference, seniors from Collegiate’s IELC Senior Capstone class and the international schools came together to develop solutions to environmental problems plaguing students’ home countries. Read more of Katie's article on in The Match, Collegiate School’s student-run online news site dedicated to sharing the latest and greatest from the Collegiate community.

Collegiate School celebrated over the weekend the opening of the newest addition to its North Mooreland Road campus - the Stephen P. Adamson, Jr. ’92 Ropes Course.

The course is named in memory of Adamson, who was known for his love of the outdoors. The ceremony and Open House on Saturday brought together family and friends to celebrate not only Mr. Adamson’s legacy, but also an exciting addition to the School’s curriculum and main campus.

Collegiate Upper School English teacher Dr. Leah Angell Sievers recently presented Service Learning? Service Writing! at the Virginia Association of Independent Schools 2018 Leading Learning Conference: Better Together.

During a special presentation last week, five Collegiate students shared how student endowments made possible by the generosity of Collegiate School families enabled them to travel and explore their individual areas of interest. One of those students, senior Azzuri Fleming, received the Mary Parker Moncure Vaden Endowment Award and used her funding to create a community-wide music festival for youth called Beats, Rhymes and Life.

“I did this because I feel like there is a lack of resources and outlets in Richmond for youth who want to pursue music seriously,” Azzuri said.

Retired Collegiate School science teacher Ann Griffin was on hand today to participate in the naming of her former Upper School biology classroom in her honor. While making a recent gift to the School, Collegiate alum Jeff Congdon ‘78, and his wife, Jackie, decided to offer it in honor of Mrs. Griffin, who taught at Collegiate for 39 years before retiring in 2011.

"I often think about how she said I was worth saving,” said Mr. Congdon, who attended Collegiate from Kindergarten through 12th Grade and also sent his sons, Whit ‘02 and Mark ‘05, to the School. “She was a constantly positive influence in my life at that time."

Today, Collegiate School 8th Grade students capped a week of thinking outside the box -- and outside the classroom -- by presenting to their peers, teachers and community leaders creative solutions to challenges impacting the Greater Richmond community. The presentations marked the culmination of this year's Envision Richmond program, the sixth iteration of the entire 8th Grade’s weeklong immersion into local nonprofits, coupled with hands-on lessons that helped the students strengthen their leadership and problem-solving skills and learn how to make a lasting, positive change.

John Dau, Collegiate School’s Global Scholar-in-Residence, recently visited 9th Graders in Leigh Thompson’s and Susan Fourness-Ewell's chemistry classes to share first-hand experience with the misuse of important mineral resources and the negative impact the mining industry has on young people, the working class and communities in multiple regions in Africa.

Mohini Johri '19 is Lexus of Richmond's Week 3 winner of the Leadership Award. Mohini will now be in the running to win a $10,000 scholarship. The weekly winners represent top notch athletes and scholars in the Richmond area.

Click here to be taken to her interview. Way to go, Mohini!

Five Collegiate School students shared during a special presentation today how student endowments made possible by the generosity of Collegiate families enabled them to travel and explore their individual areas of interest.

How do you act when you’re exceeding expectations and everybody’s patting you on the back?

Using a digitized topographical map on iPads, 2nd Graders in Mr. Becker’s Engineering class traced the path of water when it rains at Collegiate discovering that some of the traveling water runs into a creek called George’s Branch that crisscrosses through Collegiate’s campus and eventually reaches the Chesapeake Bay.

This week, Collegiate School’s entire 8th Grade will take part in Envision Richmond, an annual grade-level Capstone program that takes students out of the classroom Monday through Friday and immerses them in the local community to hone their leadership and civic engagement skills.

Continue reading to see the full fall schedule for games at Collegiate with concessions available.

A lithe young man stood center stage inside of Collegiate School’s Estes Multipurpose Room this afternoon, beaming as he shared a tale in the traditional South African storytelling style, his words animated with wide sweeps of his arms. A trio of his peers sat rapt at his feet, and dozens more watched from the audience. “We’re going to teach you guys a dance,” he said and suddenly, Collegiate students, parents and teachers flocked to the front, their heads bobbing and feet pounding to the pulsing beat of a pop song by the Distruction Boyz.

The presentation, by four South African students, was part of Friday afternoon’s Cultural Fair, an exciting end to a week of global learning and creative problem solving.

At Collegiate School’s 8th Annual International Emerging Leaders Conference (IELC) this week, 43 international high school students and 18 Collegiate seniors collaborated in groups to design solutions to real-world environmental issues facing their countries.  

Collegiate 3rd Graders hosted their first Market Day of the school year this morning. They successfully pitched their wares and special finds to classmates while learning about buying, selling and budgeting.

Publisher Linda Cortright and filmmaker Stanzi Dorjai shared their experiences about building community, creating economic opportunity and relaying the stories of the people of Ladakh with Collegiate School 7th and 8th Graders involved in the ChangeMaker Club in October.

Collegiate School will be hosting University of Richmond's Spider Tennis Invitational starting this Friday, Oct. 5. The schedule is as follows for all of those interested in attending:
Friday Oct. 5 - 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at Collegiate Robins Campus (1:30-5 p.m. at U of R)
Saturday Oct. 6 - 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at Collegiate Robins Campus
Sunday Oct. 7 - 9 a.m-5 p.m. at Collegiate Robins Campus

As part of Collegiate School 4th Graders' study of immigration, parents of our students are invited to visit and share their immigration stories. Today, the students heard from Dr. Bushra Mubashshir Shah, who immigrated from Kashmir in 2007 in search of a better life for her family. As 4th Graders have in previous years, this year's group also heard from John Dau, Collegiate's Global Scholar-in-Residence and a former Lost Boy of Sudan. Other parents are scheduled to visit soon.

Continue reading for the full listing of fall 2018 live streaming events.

Students in some of Collegiate School’s Upper School biology and Spanish classes participated in a co-curricular activity today that allowed them to study themes across two academic specialties and learn how African music, song and dance have influenced Latin American culture.

Collegiate Middle School P.E. teacher Mark Newlen spent six weeks in China this past summer serving as a volunteer basketball camp and clinic director for Chinese coaches and athletes, and running practices for two elite championship teams. Recently, he had the honor of hosting Peter Lui, the organizer of the camp in Beijing, during Mr. Lui's 12-day visit to the United States. Coach Newlen escorted Mr. Lui to various Collegiate Middle School Chinese language classes, where students chatted with him in Mandarin, and to a Middle School history class. 

Three days a week throughout the school year, Collegiate Upper School students can be found tutoring and mentoring immigrant and refugee students at Quioccasin Middle School through the Tuckahoe YMCA’s Strengthening Teens Academically and Recreationally (STAR) program. Our 2018-19 volunteers participated in their first tutoring session of the school year earlier this week, helping Middle Schoolers with their homework and engaging them in physical activity and in an arts and craft project. All involved are looking forward to a great year ahead!

Collegiate seniors in the CreateAthon Capstone class took part in a marketing workshop facilitated by Brand Innovation and Marketing Consultant Dave Clemans. Students experienced a hands-on, real-world marketing challenge to promote NHL.tv, the National Hockey League's streaming service. The seniors learned about Mr. Clemans' creative process in developing taglines and media tactics. These skills will prove invaluable as the students begin their own creative marketing work for local nonprofit companies in Richmond.

When Upper and Middle School students visit McFall Hall for lunch, they'll be greeted by a mural that depicts messages from Syrian refugees. The mural was created by members of this year's 7th Grade class who last year founded the Syrian Youth Refugee Association (SYRA), a club aimed at aiding those affected by the ongoing war in that country.

Collegiate Upper Schoolers took part in an annual assembly this morning during which they signed the Honor Code in front of their peers and advisors, vowing their commitment to one of the School’s core values.

All across Collegiate School’s campus this morning, excited JK-12th Grade students greeted old and new friends and favorite teachers, shared stories of summer adventures and compared class schedules as they began a new school year filled with opportunities to learn, grow and serve.

A newly renovated Oates Theater served as the setting for the annual All School Opening Meeting today for Collegiate School faculty and staff, led by Head of School Steve Hickman.

About this time nine months ago, Collegiate School’s Oates Theater was a shell of its former self, with construction underway for a transformation that would someday allow more students, faculty, parents and Richmond-area guests to enjoy the space and its offerings.

That day has come, and nearly 200 Collegiate community members and supporters visited campus this afternoon to be among the first to tour the expansive venue (located inside Collegiate’s Hershey Center for the Arts) to see firsthand how worthwhile the renovation has been.

The first USA Basketball Boys Camp to be hosted in the mid-Atlantic region will take place at Collegiate School on Saturday and Sunday, with the School’s athletics staff leading the program.

For the past two weeks, 35 teachers have converged on Collegiate School’s campus to learn music education techniques through a unique collaboration with VCU that has given them a broader network of peers and an understanding of how to incorporate Orff into their curriculum.

Seven teams comprised of high school students from throughout Richmond stood before a roomful of executives, community leaders and others this morning and shared with poise and enthusiasm solutions for complex issues that could change how some local organizations serve their audiences. The 28 rising high school seniors were participants in the 41st Annual Cochrane Summer Economic Institute (CSEI), a four-week immersion program administered by Collegiate School and funded by the Powell Economic Education Foundation, with contributions from corporate sponsors and private donors.

Erica Coffey, Director of Global Engagement and Inclusion, worked with the participants of the New Teachers Institute (NTI) on the topic of multiple perspectives sharing insights into student choices and curriculum design.

A group of Collegiate Upper Schoolers visited Wise, Virginia with two faculty members to serve as volunteers for the temporary medical program, RAM (Remote Area Medical). RAM provides free health care to uninsured Virginians in remote areas of the state, and during our students' time there helping register and provide snacks to patients, more than 1,300 residents of that region received medical care.

This summer rising 8th Grade students planned, organized and implemented JUMP (Join Us Making Progress), a week-long summer camp involving outdoor education, cooperative games, athletics, reading buddies and making healthy snacks. Middle School students mentored and worked directly with 3rd Grade students from from Peter Paul Development Center over the course of four days at Collegiate and one day at Maymont.

Spring Varsity Athletic Results

Richmond-Times Dispatch announces Spring 2018 All-Metro picks. These selections also include two sports that as an independent school we play in the fall, Girls' Tennis and Boys' Soccer.

Young writers from across Richmond had a great time at the Akolkol Storytelling Festival, led by John Dau, Collegiate's Global Scholar-In-Residence, in partnership with Richmond Young Writers.

Liberation Veterans Services (LVS) believes that two words that should never go together are "homeless" and "veteran" and is dedicated to providing a safe haven exclusively for veterans in crisis. As part of a service learning pilot project, Collegiate student volunteers listened to LVS clients share their stories. Based on their interview work, the students then created a video and art work inspired by the veterans they met.

School is not in session, but many Collegiate students are continuing their studies with international travel trips this month.

Del Harris will serve as Lead Coach and Organizer

Collegiate School 6th Graders this year founded Syrian Youth Refugee Association (SYRA), an club aimed at aiding those affected by the ongoing war in that country. The students were inspired to create the club after studying immigration and refugees in 4th Grade. Their studies spurred them on to learn more about Syrian refugees and how they might better serve them.

Collegiate School has selected a lifelong educator and independent school graduate to serve as its next Head of School beginning in July 2019, upon the retirement of current Head of School Stephen D. Hickman. Penny B. Evins will come to Collegiate after a six-year tenure as Head of St. Paul’s School for Girls in Baltimore, where under her leadership the school launched numerous innovative programs, incorporated inquiry-based electives into the curriculum, and experienced a healthy growth in enrollment.

Emily Disler '14 helped the Bates Bobcats win their second straight national championship on Saturday, May 26, in Sarasota, Florida. Click here to read more on the exciting win!

For four days in May 2017, under the supervision of Collegiate School Chief Academic Officer Susan Droke, Director of the Institute for Responsible Citizenship Clare Sisisky and Capstone Coordinator and 4th Grade teacher Carolyn Villanueva, 4th Graders immersed themselves in the design thinking process to address the challenge “How might we design a learning garden for our school community?” as part of Envision Collegiate, the Lower School Capstone.

Congratulations to everyone on their hard work, dedication and success this spring season! The following athletes were recognized on Tuesday, May 22, during the spring Varsity Athletics Awards Ceremony.

Two Collegiate athletic teams came out on top in their respective state championships this spring.

Boys' tennis beat Potomac School, 5-2, on Sunday, May 20, to be crowned the champions. Click here to read more. Richmond Tennis Association also wrote an article about the boys' tennis team win, click here to read it.

Girls' soccer beat St.Catherine's School, 1-0, on Sunday, May 20. With this win, the girls' soccer team won its first state title since 2010. Click here to read more.

We are so proud of all of the hard work, dedication and perseverance from our Cougars!

By the end of the school year every year, the Richmond Times-Dispatch has a pool of 20 scholar-athlete finalists, 10 male and 10 female. This year's finalists were selected from a vast pool of 92 seniors who were nominated by their school or were Scholar-Athlete of the Month winners. They are in the running for a scholarship, $70,000 total being awarded. Scott Phillips, a Collegiate senior, is in the running to receive scholarship money for his hard work in the classroom and on the tennis court. We wish him the best of luck! For more and to see other scholar-athletes from schools in the area, please click here.

Over the course of the spring semester, Collegiate students in Upper School science teacher Sandra Marr’s ecology classes delved into sustainability issues using inquiry-based projects.

Collegiate 4th Graders this week finalized projects that incorporated the engineering, technology and science skills they have learned. Lower School science teacher Kim Smythe and Lower School STEAM coordinator and engineering teacher Frank Becker spearheaded the work. Among the projects students created were a miniature golf course with an automated ball release, a surfboard that makes a sound when the rider falls off and a variety of instruments including a drum, a piano and a guitar.

Over the spring semester, the newly formed ChangeMakers Club, spearheaded by Middle School English teacher Meg Dalrymple, worked collaboratively to uncover and understand challenges on the Collegiate campus and in the Richmond community with the intent of designing solutions.

Our ​3rd Graders hosted a culminating Market Day for the school year yesterday and invited parents to shop. All products were made with upcycled materials such as plastic water bottles, toilet paper tubes, Crystal Lite containers, old tin cans, juice can lids, bottle caps, shoeboxes, etc. 

Second Grade teacher Samantha Huber recently shared details about her class's visit to the Chesapeake Bay in a Brock Environmental Center blog post. Read here about the students' efforts to plant the grass they personally nurtured all winter.

In the River City Capstone, Collegiate seniors explored how the economic, political and cultural landscape — historically and presently — is inextricably linked with the environmental landscape and health of the James, the city and the citizenry.

During the month of April, Collegiate School worked with several community partners to construct and donate nearly a dozen piñatas to the 17th annual Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s ¿Qué Pasa? Festival.

Helena Huff, freshman, and Collegiate tennis teammate Sophie Mitchell, junior, received awards from the Richmond Tennis Association recognizing their commitment and dedication to the sport. In total, there were six athletes in the area who were given awards.

Huff was one of two athletes in the Richmond Metro area to receive the Most Improved Player Honors. 

Mitchell received The Sue Cain award for girls, a sportsmanship award.

We are very proud of these Cougar athletes in their hard work on and off the tennis court! Click here to be taken to the full article.

For the second time in three years, Collegiate School’s Upper School robotics team competed at the FIRST Robotics World Championship over the past weekend. The team, Torch 5804, earned the opportunity after finishing as District Runner-Up in the Chesapeake District Championship in April, with a record of 31-19-0 and a ranking of 11 out of 126 teams.

Lexus of Richmond has just announced its week 28 Leadership Award nomination to Ellie Angle. Ellie is now in the running to win a $10,000 scholarship. The nominees represent top notch athletes and scholars in the Richmond area. Congratulations, Ellie! Click here to see the full article and an interview

Members of the Upper School Prism student resource group observed today's national Day of Silence by distributing pins with rainbow colored ribbons and sharing information with their classmates on why some Upper School students have voluntarily participated for more than five years.

Collegiate was honored to host the Virginia Diversity Network’s spring conference. During the all-day session, which focused on the theme of Interfaith Dialogue, four community leaders and scholars, including Collegiate Upper School English teacher Dr. Leah Angell Sievers, served on a panel. They tackled difficult questions, modeled interfaith dialogue and sparked conversation among the 30 participants from various Virginia-based independent schools, including The Steward School, St. Catherine’s School, St. Christopher’s School, Flint Hill School, St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School, St. Michael’s Episcopal School and St. Anne’s-Belfield School.

In fall 2017, Sheppard Adamson, a Collegiate School 5th Grader, met with Middle School Assistant Head Lindsey Melvin to propose that food waste recycling be part of Village Green Fair, a spring tradition that serves as the School’s largest fundraiser as well as a fun community-building event. Sheppard was assisted by 5th Graders Cate Taylor, Kana Sakagami, Mary Mason Ingold, Georgia Eastep, and Adriana King as well as 7th Graders Emily Kantner, Ava Messer, Zoe Mintz, and Katie Adamson.

Members of our Upper School Earth Society took an all-girls camping trip to Powhatan State Park with Upper School science teacher Sandra Marr last weekend. Nestled on the James River, this state park offered the perfect way to spend Friday the 13th - around a campfire - and Saturday hiking the riparian forests, said Mrs. Marr.

Artistic endeavors of all kinds shone today on Collegiate School's campus as high school dancers, musicians, artists and thespians from around the region gathered for master classes of sorts to hone their skills. Seventy-five students from area public and private schools took part in artsPOWER, an annual daylong event during which the students learn from local professionals and collaborate with like-minded peers in the visual arts, music, dance and theater.

For their second spring production, Collegiate School’s Upper School thespians, the Collegiate Players, will present The Fantasticks by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt next week.

As an extension of Envision Richmond, the 8th Grade capstone experience which immerses the entire grade level in the local community with an intensive leadership and civic engagement curriculum, students in the "first responders" group wanted to find a way to thank some local first responders.

​Dr. Corey Walker, Vice President and Dean of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University, visited Collegiate School today to discuss the issues of race, place and space with Upper Schoolers who are studying human rights, the statues on Monument Avenue and the culture of the City of Richmond.

Four 6th Graders presented information about Sikhism at the fourth and final religion Middle School assembly of the year. This year's focus has been on sacred spaces in world religions.

Lexus of Richmond has just announced its week 26 Leadership Award nomination to Collegiate School senior Emily Mendelson. Emily is now in the running to win a $10,000 scholarship. The nominees represent top-notch athletes and scholars in the Richmond area. Congratulations, Emily! Click here to see the full article and an interview.

Collegiate School students spent three days this week learning from well-regarded artist Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., whose work has been featured in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Stamperia del Tevere in Rome, and in numerous other museums and university settings around the nation and globe.

Collegiate School hosted six local alums for a Women in STEM panel this afternoon in McFall Hall to share with Upper School girls their experiences, challenges and opportunities in science-, technology- and math-related careers.

A group of high school students from New York visited the Richmond area last weekend as guests of Collegiate School lacrosse players and their families. It was the third time Harlem Lacrosse & Leadership (HLL) has come to the area to participate in clinics and play pickup games with athletes on lacrosse teams at Collegiate and Highland Springs High School.

As part of Phase II of Envision Richmond, Collegiate School's 8th Grade Capstone experience that immerses students in the local community with an intensive leadership and civic engagement focus, eight students traveled to Oakgrove-Bellemeade Community Center over the weekend. The students assisted in the beautification and grand opening of the neighborhood bike shop and lawn maintenance business being developed to help youth in the community. 

A group of Collegiate School students enrolled in the senior Capstone class, CreateAthon: Working with Nonprofits, learned recently that the strategies and ideas they shared with two Richmond-area nonprofits have yielded meaningful results.

For the second time in three years, Collegiate School's Upper School robotics team is heading to the FIRST Robotics World Championship. The team, TORCH 5804, won the opportunity after finishing as District Runner-Up in the Chesapeake District Championship last weekend, with a ranking of 11 out of 126 teams.

Collegiate Alum Kemp Gouldin '98 met with two groups of students interested in social entrepreneurship and social change today - the Middle School Changemakers Club and the International Emerging Leaders: Asia Capstone class for seniors - to share his vision for a charitable organization he established in Egypt several years ago.

Collegiate School’s Lower School Academic Services will hold three Afternoon Answers sessions in the coming weeks for parents and teachers on topics related to academic progress.

Collegiate School 2nd Graders spent time in class pondering the responsible use of money including needs, wants, spending, saving and sharing in partnership with TowneBank's Making Money Count program. 

Jamie Whitten Montgomery '03 was named University of Richmond's head field hockey coach. She will begin her position upon completion of the season at Wake Forest University, where she currently serves as an assistant coach. 

As part of the Middle School Model UN, William Espinosa, author, international lawyer and executive director of Youth Advocate Program International recently shared the history of climate change with a group of students and also explained how he weaves it into his fiction.

Collegiate School's "African Market" opened for 2nd Graders today and also will offer exclusive shopping to that grade level tomorrow. Next week the market will be open to the entire school.

• Indoor Track state championship (Saturday, Feb. 17)
• Wrestling (Friday/Saturday Feb. 16 and 17)
• Boys' Basketball First Round (Feb. 27) and Quarterfinals (Feb. 28)
• Girls' Basketball First Round (Feb. 27), Quarterfinals (Feb. 28) and Final Four (March 2, 3 once brackets are set)

Collegiate School senior Tierra Morris is one of 16 girls nationwide vying for a chance to earn a trip to the NCAA Final Four and compete in the National High School Slam Dunk and 3-Point Championships Fan Vote Competition. 

The National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) released yesterday the names of student-athletes from 344 high schools to the 2017 Keith Waldman - Optimal Performance Associates / NFHCA High School National Academic Squad. The High School National Academic Squad program recognizes high school seniors and juniors who have achieved a minimum cumulative, unweighted GPA of 3.50 through the first quarter of the 2017-18 school year. Students who achieved a minimum cumulative unweighted GPA of 3.9 or higher are recognized as Scholars of Distinction.

Collegiate is proud to announce 15 field hockey players recognized for their hard work in the classroom. They are Ellie Angle*, Riley Bowling, Carson Coulbourn*, Annie Edwards, Kate Ferrell, Katie Fleming, Eliza Goggins*, Grace Hanson, Rachel Lifson, Wescott Lowe*, Paige Murphy, Carter Norfleet, Anika Prakash*, A.C. Quindoza, and Emily Smith*.

Way to go, Cougars!

*Student-athletes who have earned Scholar of Distinction honors.

Collegiate School 8th Graders are proud to present Disney's The Lion King Kids as this year’s annual grade-level play this weekend in McFall Hall.

Students from Saint-Denis International School arrived for a three-week visit to Collegiate School, where they will immerse themselves in classes, extracurricular activities and life with their host families. Martin Chatagnon, assistant head of Saint-Denis, and 10th Grader Leeloo Van Cauberg spoke with Val Siff's AP French class.

Collegiate School students enrolled in the Senior Capstone Class International Emerging Leaders ‒ Asia visited the Virginia International Gateway (VIG), the largest privately owned container terminal in the United States located along the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth, Virginia

Seniors Tierra Morris and Jack Wyatt recently etched their names in Collegiate School history by scoring their 1,000th career basketball point.

Tierra has been a member of the varsity girls' team since the 2014-15 season and joins history with Dominique Meeks '09, Annie Hawthorne '14 and Anna Wilson (who completed her senior year in Washington state).

Jack has been a member of the varsity boys' team since the 2015-16 season and has added his name alongside Rick Wiltshire '64, Sanford Boisseau '68, Gus Collier '70 and Jake McGee '10.

Tierra and Jack will both continue their basketball careers as freshman at Gettysburg College and Hampden-Sydney College, respectively. We look forward to seeing what your future in basketball holds for you!

Collegiate School juniors met with 15 college deans and directors of admission from across the country today for the yearly workshop that offers guidance when navigating the college search and application process.

In the swim and dive world of the Virginia Prep League and the League of Independent Schools, this weekend was a big deal. Swimmers from numerous schools descended upon the pool at St. Catherine's School to claim their stake in the championship meet.

Collegiate School Chinese language students in 2nd-12th Grades recently visited the special exhibit Terracotta Army: Legacy of the First Emperor of China at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Due to icy road conditions in the Richmond area this morning (Monday, Feb. 5), Collegiate School will open on a 2-hour delay.

Members of Collegiate School's Interact Club and other student volunteers were joined recently by members of the West Richmond Rotary Club and the Richmond-area Duke University Alumni chapter to pack 20,088 meals for Rise Against Hunger. The efforts of all involved helped prepare enough food to feed 80,000 people.

Program Day is a fun-filled girls' basketball tradition initiated by Coach Rives Fleming 21 years ago when he first started coaching the girls' varsity team. 

Last Friday night, Collegiate's boys' varsity basketball coach Del Harris wanted to honor a special basketball team as part of the School's athletic history. Members of the 1994-95 boys' varsity basketball team attended the game and were honored for their historic and fantastic season more than 20 years ago. The team, Prep League Champions that year, brought hard work, honor and distinction to the School.

Eleven Upper School students from United Sisters and Brothers, one of Collegiate School’s student resource groups, visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., in February.

Congratulations to the 2017 girls' lacrosse team that was just named the Sportsmanship Award winner in the private schools sector. This is awarded by United States Lacrosse - Richmond Chapter. The award is voted on by the officials for great sportsmanship by players, coaches and fans. Thank you to our program leader Annie Richards and her coaching staff, our players and all of the fans for helping to achieve this award.

On Saturday, Jan. 27, the boys' and girls' varsity basketball teams hosted the Jacob's Chance organization for a fun-filled basketball clinic from 10 a.m.-noon in the Seal Athletic Center.

Please use the following links provided for viewing varsity meets, matches, and games at Collegiate.

Livestreaming for tonight's swim meet against Maggie Walker Governer's School and Norfolk Academy. The meet begins at 6 p.m. at the Collegiate School Aquatic Center. Click here to view the livestream!

Livestreaming for wrestling's tri-match against Hargrave Military Academy and Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School. The match is on Tuesday, Jan. 30 at 4:30 p.m. in Jacobs Gym. Click here to view the livestream!

Live streaming for girls' basketball against Trinity Episcopal School on Friday Feb. 9 at 5:30 p.m. in Seal Athletic Center. Click here to view the livestream!

Livestreaming for boys' basketball against Trinity Episcopal School on Friday Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. in Seal Athletic Center. Click here to view the livestream!

Collegiate School Global-Scholar-in Residence John Dau spoke to 11th and 12th Grade students in Upper School English teacher Mil Norman-Risch’s course, Nomads, Pilgrims and Exiles. Through readings and images of wanderers, travelers, seekers and alienated people around the world, the class explores themes of journey, home, displacement, spirituality and identity.

Collegiate School Chinese language students will usher in the Year of the Dog tonight with the Fifth Annual Chinese New Year Celebration in the Estes Multipurpose Room on the Lower School campus from 6:30-7:30 p.m.  

Collegiate School will open with a 2-hour delay on Thursday, Jan. 18. Of course, given the uncertainty of road conditions overnight, we will continue to monitor circumstances tomorrow morning and update you if necessary. As always, use your best judgment on whether it is safe to travel to school from your area.

Collegiate School will be closed today (Wed., Jan. 17), due to inclement weather.

Collegiate School’s Senior Capstone class, International Emerging Leaders - Americas, takes place during the spring semester and focuses on the United States and Central America.

Collegiate School hosted the annual Virginia Diversity Network Upper School Student Diversity Conference with seven independent schools from across the state in attendance.

A few members of Collegiate's varsity wrestling team headed to Virginia Beach on Dec. 21 to wrestle in the 9th Annual Mike Duman Toys for Tots Invitational at Ocean Lakes High School.

Collegiate School seniors enrolled in the Senior Capstone course, The River City, met a James River Park System biologist at the vertical slot fishway on the river’s Bosher's Dam this week to see firsthand the intricate "fish ladder" that enables native species such as the American shad to return upriver to spawn, despite the presence of the dam.

Paige Murphy '19 wrapped up a successful field hockey season having been named by Richmond Times-Dispatch to the 2017 first team All-Metro field hockey team. She also was named All-LIS as well as VISAA All-State during a fantastic season. Congratulations, Paige! Click here to read the full article by Richmond Times-Dispatch reporters.

Due to continued icy roads and icy conditions on campus, Collegiate School will open with a 2-hour delay today (Jan. 9).
Cougar Quest, Kinder Quest and Activity Quest will open and dismiss as usual.

The Capstone Program at Collegiate School brings to life students’ classroom learning in a real-world context. The program is guided by our School’s commitment to Responsible Citizenship, which empowers engaged, contributing citizens by nurturing students’ compassion, creativity and purpose.

Ayinde Budd '19, has just completed another successful football season at Collegiate School. He has received various awards during his time on the football team at Collegiate, including two All-Prep awards, an All-Metro honorable mention and second team All-State and first team All-State awards. Ayinde has received second team All-Metro on the offensive team for the most recent football season. He has also received an All-Prep award in track. Way to go, Ayinde! Click here to view the article on the Richmond Times-Dispatch site.

Collegiate School Kindergarten students in Beth Anne Shelly and Elizabeth Andrews' classes recently toured Saxon Shoes, a Richmond-based family business founded in 1953 that is known for understanding their customers.

Martine Tchitchihe, a girls' education and human rights advocate, is visiting Collegiate School to speak with students across all divisions about her experience growing up in Cameroon and her pursuit of an education despite persecution from the militant Islamist group Boko Haram.

Collegiate School’s robotics team gathered on campus this morning for the official start to the 2018 FIRST Robotics competition. Nearly 30 members of the team viewed a livestream broadcast of the unveiling of this year’s design plans and rules.

Collegiate School's 2018 winter play, Impulse, features a collection of eight, short one-act plays by John Cariani, Christopher Durang, Oliver Hailey, John Patrick Shanley and Steve Yockey. Performances will be held in the Sharp Academic Commons Octagon on Thursday, Jan. 11 and Friday, Jan. 12 at 7:30 p.m.  

Collegiate School will be closed today (Thursday, Jan. 4) due to inclement weather. Cougar Quest and all of the Quest after-school programs are also  closed. Stay safe and warm.