2022 - 23 Upper School At A Glance

2022-23 UPPER SCHOOL AT A GLANCE

LEADERSHIP

Dr. Autumn A. Graves

Head of School

Beth Miller, M.Ed. Head of the Upper School

PEOPLE TO KNOW

Jimmy Zunka, J.D. Dean of Students

Sandra Sohne-Johnston, M.A.L.D Director of College Counseling

Meg Van Liew, M.T.

Upper School Registrar

Seth Kushkin Director of Athletics

Phil Stinnie

Upper School Director of Community Partnerships & PS-12 DEIB Director

Sophie Speidel, M.Ed. Upper School Counselor

WHOM TO CONTACT

Tristan Kishonis, M.Ed

Associate Director of Upper School

Admission and Outreach tkishonis@stab.org

Morgan Rakes Financial Aid Specialist mrakes@stab.org

Office of Admission admission@stab.org (434) 296-5106

ABOUT US

• Founded in 1910: A co-educational Pre-School — Grade 12 independent school located in the heart of Charlottesville, VA. Accredited by the Virginia Association of Independent Schools (VAIS), and the Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS)

• The School’s memberships include NAIS, VAIS, SAIS, Cum Laude Society, CASE, Duke Talented and Gifted Program, ERB, ISM, NACAC, PCACAC, SSATB, and TABS.

VISION AND VALUES

"We wish our students to be strong of body, broad of mind, tender of heart, and responsive in soul." — Mary Hyde DuVal, Founding Headmistress

Core Values:

• Integrity — Cultivating responsible, honorable, ethical behavior

• Curiosity — Fulfilling our desire to question, to know, and to learn for a lifetime

• Diversity — Seeking to know, learn from, and value one another

• Creativity — Expecting imaginative, critical, and divergent thinking

• Agency — Empowering students to own their learning

• Impact — Accomplishing meaningful, significant work for the greater good

DISTINCTIVE ACADEMICS

Students in the Environmental Studies Advanced Senior Seminar study, analyze, and gather data on the federally endangered James Spinymussel. We are the only high school in the nation with a federal license to work in consultation with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.

Student researchers enrolled in our Biotechnology and Ethics Advanced Senior Seminar are developing an environmental DNA sequence to find new populations of endangered species in our ecosystem. Integrating techniques from the fields of biology, biotechnology, and computer science, students work hand-in-hand with academic experts and faculty to answer novel questions about Zebrafish, a model organism for scientific research. Learn more and apply

The School admits qualified students of any race, color, national origin, place of birth, ancestry, sex, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, or any status protected by applicable law, and extends to them all the privilege to participate in the educational programs generally accorded or made available to students at the School. The School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, sex, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, or any status protected by applicable law in the administration of its admission or its educational programs.

ACADEMIC CULTURE

Research

To promote intellectual rigor, students at St. Anne’s-Belfield engage in research at some point over the course of their high school career. Each year, approximately 45% of our student body is involved in an intensive research project. All Grade 11 students undertake a major research paper. Students in good academic standing in Grades 10-12 who either exhaust the course offerings within a given department or wish to pursue a particular idea or topic in significant depth may undertake an Independent Study, or a Capstone Thesis. In addition, all students enrolled in the Environmental Studies Advanced Senior Seminar participate in an ongoing research project with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.

Teaching Assistant Program

Each year, a select number of students are invited by faculty to serve as Teaching Assistants (TA’s). They are treated by faculty as collaborators and play an active role in researching, planning, and teaching one or more mini-lessons. They curate, create, and help customize support materials for the course. They also help to steer their affiliated program having previously excelled in the course content.

Humanities Curriculum

Students explore a rich cultural canon of words and images and develop an appreciation for how the humanities can enrich and deepen their sense of themselves, their community, and their world. This readingand writing-intensive program integrates English, history, and religion into courses across the humanities disciplines that emphasize inquiry in these disciplines as well as in arts, architecture, and philosophy.

Computer Science

Curriculum: Using source material typical of undergraduate university courses, students in the CS program spend three years creating web applications, diving into artificial intelligence, conducting algorithmic analysis, and learning Agile engineering methods.

Senior Seminars

Each senior is required to enroll in and pass one Senior Seminar. Many seniors elect to take two seminars. Students collaborate with faculty and experts in the field in a yearlong experience that emphasizes the exploration of multiple perspectives, research, and critical thinking. The outcome is the creation of one or more works that contribute to the betterment of the field of study and the St. Anne’s-Belfield community.

AP Senior Seminars: All students enrolled in a senior seminar may elect to pursue Advanced Placement Seminar credit. Students electing to follow this pathway will complete differentiated assessments including both individual and team presentations and two major written papers. Students are expected to submit a portfolio of their work to the College Board.

Social Science: AP Seminar: 21st Century Citizenship

Social Science: AP Seminar: Entrepreneurship Senior Seminar

• Social Science: AP Seminar: Comparative Religion: Philosophies of the East & West

• Social Science: AP Seminar: State-Building & Post-Colonial Societies

• Lab Science: AP Seminar: Environmental Studies & Research

• Lab Science: Advanced Senior Seminar: Advanced Theatre Arts: Production and Design

Humanities: English - 4 years

Humanities: History - 3 years

World Languages - Third level of the same language for 4-year students or the second level of the same language for students entering after Grade 9 Science (including Physics, Chemistry, and Biology) - 3 years

Math - 3 years

Visual or Performing Arts (4-year students) - 1 year

Advanced Senior Seminar - 1 year Life Skills - 1 term Study Skills - 1 term

Community Service - 60 hours (15 per year)

Senior Internship - 2 weeks

Saints

Athletics

CO MPET IT IVE T EA MS

Boys

Fall

Varsity Football

JV Football

7/8 Football Varsity Cross Country

7/8 Cross Country Varsity Soccer JV Soccer

7/8 Soccer

Winter

Varsity Basketball

JV Basketball

7/8 Basketball

Varsity Squash (co-ed)

JV Squash (co-ed) Varsity Swimming Varsity Diving

Spring

Varsity Lacrosse

JV Lacrosse

7/8 Lacrosse Varsity Tennis

JV Tennis Golf (co-ed)

Varsity Baseball

JV Baseball

7/8 Baseball Varsity Track 7/8 Track

Girls

Fall

Varsity Field Hockey

JV Field Hockey

7/8 Field Hockey Varsity Cross Country

7/8 Cross Country Varsity Volleyball

JV Volleyball

7/8 Volleyball Varsity Tennis JV Tennis

Winter

Varsity Basketball

JV Basketball

7/8 Basketball

Varsity Squash (co-ed)

JV Squash (co-ed)

Varsity Swimming Varsity Diving

Spring

Varsity Lacrosse

JV Lacrosse

7/8 Lacrosse Varsity Soccer JV Soccer

7/8 Soccer Golf (co-ed)

Varsity Track

7/8 Track Varsity Softball

NON -C OM P ETITI VE OPTIONS

Strength & Conditioning (MS/US)

Fitness & Fun (MS/US)

Yoga (MS/US)

Bike Club (US) Squash (MS)

MS - Middle School, Grades 7 & 8

US - Upper School

Arts

"The arts teachers provide a safe environment to get out of your comfort zone and try something new. During performances they are an encouraging face in the crowd that keeps us in the moment and out of our heads." — Nicole K. '25

VISUAL ARTS

• Foundations of Drawing and Two-Dimensional Design

• Foundations of Painting and Two-Dimensional Design

• Continuing Studies in Drawing, Painting, and Two-Dimensional Design

• Foundations of Ceramics

• Continuing Studies in Ceramics

• Foundations of Digital Media Arts

• Continuing Studies in Digital Media Arts

PERFORMING ARTS

• Concert Choir

• Saints Chorale

• Philharmonic Strings

• Counterpoints

• Music Theory

• Continuing Studies in Music Theory

• Theatre Arts

• Continuing Studies in Theatre Arts: Dramatic Literature and Writing

EXTRA CURRICULAR ARTS

• Wearable Arts Runway Show

• A cappella Groups

- Treble Makers

- Elements of Sound

Adams State University

Allegheny College

American Musical and Dramatic Academy

American University

Arizona State University (Main Campus)

Auburn University

Babson College

Baldwin Wallace University

Bard College

Barnard College

Barry University

Baylor University

Belmont University

Bennington College

Bentley University

Berklee College of Music

Blue Ridge Community College

Bluefield College Boston College Boston University

Bowie State University

Bradley University

Brandeis University

Bridgewater College

Brown University Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University Butler University

California Institute of Technology

California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo)

Campbell University

Carleton College

Carleton University

Carnegie Mellon University

Case Western Reserve University

Centre College

Chapman University

Christopher Newport University

Clark Atlanta University

Clark University

Clarkson University Clemson University

Coastal Carolina University

Colgate University College of Charleston

Colorado College

Colorado State University (Fort Collins)

Columbia University

Concordia College

Concordia University (Montreal)

Connecticut College Cornell University

Culinary Institute of America

Dartmouth College Davidson College

Denison University

DePaul University

DePauw University Dickinson College

Drew University

Drexel University

Duke University

Duquesne University

Durham University

Earlham College

East Carolina University

East Tennessee State University

Eastern Mennonite University

Eckerd College

Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne

Elizabeth City State University

Elon University

Emerson College

Emory & Henry College

Emory University

Fairfield University

Ferrum College

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Florida Institute of Technology

Florida Southern College

Florida State University

Fordham University

Franklin & Marshall College

Furman University

Gardner-Webb University

Garrett College

George Mason University

George Washington University Georgetown University

Georgia College

Georgia Institute of Technology (Main Campus)

Georgia State University Gettysburg College

Grinnell College Grove City College

Guilford College

Hampden-Sydney College

Hampton University

Harvard University

Hawaii Pacific University High Point University

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Hood College

Howard University

IE University Indiana University (Bloomington)

Ithaca College

Jacksonville University

James Madison University Johns Hopkins University

Kean University Kentucky State University Kenyon College

Lafayette College

Lawrence University

Lesley University

Liberty University

Long Island University (Brooklyn)

Longwood University

Louisiana State University

Loyola Marymount University

Loyola University Maryland Macalester College

Marquette University

Marshall University

Mary Baldwin University

Maryland Institute College of Art

Marymount University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology McGill University McMaster University Mercyhurst University (North East Campus) (CLOSED)

Messiah University Miami University (Oxford)

Michigan State University

Middlebury College

Mississippi State University

Montana State University

Morehead State University

Mount Holyoke College

Mount St Mary's University Nazareth College

New York University

Norfolk State University

North Carolina A & T State University

North Carolina State University

Northeastern University

Northern Arizona University

Northwestern University

Notre Dame of Maryland University

Oberlin College

Ohio University (Main Campus)

Ohio Wesleyan University

Oklahoma State University (Main Campus)

Old Dominion University

Otis College of Art and Design

Oxford College of Emory University

Pace University (New York City)

Parsons School of Design at The New School

Penn State University (Altoona)

Penn State University (Main Campus)

Penn State University (Schuylkill)

Pepperdine University

Piedmont Virginia Community College

Princeton University

Purdue University (Main Campus)

Queen's University

Queens University of Charlotte Radford University

Randolph College

Randolph-Macon College

Reed College

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rhode Island School of Design

Rhodes College

Rice University

Roanoke College

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rollins College

Rutgers University (New Brunswick)

Saint Ambrose University

Saint Joseph's University

Salve Regina University

Samford University

San Diego State University

Santa Clara University

Savannah College of Art and Design School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Sewanee: The University of the South Shaw University

Shenandoah University

Siena College

Simmons University Skidmore College

Smith College

Southern Methodist University Spelman College

St. John's College (Annapolis)

St. John's College (Santa Fe)

St. Lawrence University St. Olaf College

Stetson University

Stevens Institute of Technology

SUNY College at Potsdam

SUNY University at Buffalo Swarthmore College

Syracuse University

Tel Aviv University

Temple University

Texas A&M University

Texas Christian University

The College of William and Mary

The College of Wooster

The New England Conservatory of Music

The New School

The Ohio State University (Main Campus)

The University of Alabama

The University of Edinburgh

The University of Montana

The University of Tennessee (Knoxville)

The University of Texas at Austin

The University of Virginia's College at Wise

Toronto Metropolitan University

Towson University

Trinity College

Tufts University

Tulane University of Louisiana

Tuskegee University

Union College

United States Naval Academy

University College London

University of Arizona

University of Bristol

University of British Columbia

University of California (Berkeley)

University of California (Davis)

University of California (Irvine)

University of California (Los Angeles)

University of California (Riverside)

University of California (San Diego)

University of California (Santa Barbara) University of California (Santa Cruz)

University of Chicago University of Colorado (Colorado Springs)

University of Colorado Boulder University of Connecticut University of Delaware University of Denver

University of Florida University of Georgia

University of Hartford University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign

University of Kansas

University of Kentucky

University of Lynchburg

University of Mary Washington

University of Maryland (Baltimore County) University of Maryland (College Park) University of Massachusetts (Amherst) University of Miami University of Michigan

University of Minnesota (Twin Cities) University of Mississippi University of Missouri (Columbia) University of New Hampshire (Main Campus)

University of New Haven University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of North Carolina at Charlotte University of North Carolina at Greensboro

University of North Carolina Wilmington University of North Dakota University of Notre Dame University of Oregon University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh) University of Puget Sound University of Richmond University of Rochester University of San Francisco University of Scranton University of South Carolina University of Southern California University of St Andrews University of St Thomas University of Toronto University of Toronto Mississauga University of Toronto Scarborough University of Utah University of Vermont

University of Virginia (Main Campus) University of Washington (Seattle Campus)

University of Waterloo University of Wisconsin (Madison) Ursinus College

Vanderbilt University

Vassar College

Villanova University

Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Military Institute

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Virginia State University

Virginia Union University

Virginia Wesleyan University

Wake Forest University

Washington Adventist University

Washington and Lee University

Washington College

Washington University in St. Louis Wellesley College

Wells College

Wesleyan University

West Virginia University

West Virginia Wesleyan College

Western Kentucky University

Whitman College Williams College

Wingate University

Wofford College

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Xavier University of Louisiana York University

The Classes of 2019 - 2022 matriculated to these colleges and universities.

ADMISSION INFORMATION

WALK IN WEDNESDAYS

Join us on Wednesdays for a visit that fits your schedule!

When you walk in, you'll have the opportunity to:

• Take a campus tour

• Learn more about the Upper School

• Get all your questions answered by our fantastic Admission team

• And more!!

Find more events and how to register at www.stab.org/apply

APPLICATION DEADLINES

First Round

• January 26: Day students & domestic boarding

Students deadline

• February 13: Admission decisions released

READY TO APPLY? START HERE

Step 1: Submit an inquiry for your child(ren) by clicking "Request Information" on www.stab.org/apply

Step 2: Check your email for how to log into your Applicant Portal and confirm your family information.

Step 3: Complete your parent/guardian questionnaire.

Step 4: Sign up for your parent/guardian Interview.

Step 5: Review the complete application process that can be found online at www.stab.org/apply and develop your family's plan.

Second Round

• March 17: All applicants deadline

• March 18: Rolling admission process begins

• March 31: All applicants admission decisions released