Christchurch School is an innovative, place-based college-preparatory boarding school in Christchurch, Virginia, United States, founded in 1921 by the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia and highly regarded for its dynamic Great Journeys Begin at the River program. The school enrolls slightly more than 200 students, including boarding and day boys, and day girls, grades 9-12 and postgraduate. Day students number approximately 45% of the student body, and are generally evenly divided among boys and girls. A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school (usually shortened to preparatory school, or prep school) is a private secondary school (or high school) designed to prepare a student for higher education. ... A boarding school is usually a fee-charging school where some or all pupils not only study, but also live during term time, with their fellow students and possibly teachers. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... -1...

Christchurch School's stunning location on the banks of the Rappahannock River and in the Chesapeake Watershed offers unparalleled opportunity for a thoughtfully developed curriculum (Great Journeys) that is place-based and hands-on. Led by expert scientists and respected environmentalists, students discover and make connections both inside and outside the classroom and throughout the integrated curriculum. Technology is a crucial part of the program and hands-on application of concepts.

A recently published book by faculty member Dr. Dean Goodwin on Global Warming includes and experiment designed and refined by Christchurch students.

Students and faculty run the school's oyster farm, financed by a student-run Cans for Oysters recycling program. Christchurch offers a well-regarded Learning Skills Program. Over seventy-five percent of the faculty lives on campus. Faculty serve as coaches, advisors, and dorm parents.

The school is situated in rural and tranquil tidewater are of Virginia, near the colonial port town of Urbanna, Virginia. Urbanna is a town in Middlesex County, Virginia, United States. ...

Admission to Christchurch School is based upon thorough review of the candidate's application, recommendations, questionnaires, transcripts, and a personal interview.

Christchurch is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools, the National Association of Episcopal Schools, and the Virginia Association of Independent Schools.

Notable alumni

• William Styron — Pulitzer Prize winning author
• Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr. — Pulitzer Prize winning author
• William G. Broaddus — Attorney General of Virginia
• Crombie Garrett - Deputy Chief Clerk of the United States Supreme Court
• Vincent Canby - Chief Film Critic, New York Times
• John Craine - President, SUNY Maritime College
• Malcolm Campbell - Publisher, SPIN Magazine
• Andrew Rice - Oklahoma State Senator
• William Easterling - Dean, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Penn State University; Interim Director, National Institute for Global Environmental Change for U.S. Dept. of Energy
• Brent Heath - award-winning floriculturist, author, owner/operator Brent and Becky's Bulbs (mail-order business in 2003 named by Wall Street Journal as "best bulb company in America," featured on Martha Stewart Living and Victory Garden.

William Clark Styron, Jr. ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ... Lewis Burwell Puller Jr. ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ... In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General is the main legal adviser to the government, and in some jurisdictions may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions. ...

External links

• School website