St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School is an independent Episcopal coed private school in Alexandria, Virginia and one of the top preparatory schools in the United States. It was created from the 1991 merger of St. Agnes School (a girls' school founded in 1924) with St. Stephen's School (a boys' day school a few miles away founded in 1944). The combined school is now comprised of three coed campuses designated as the Lower, Middle, and Upper Schools scattered across several miles of northern Alexandria. 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public (state) funds. ... Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. ... Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area  Ranked 35th  - Total 42,793 sq mi (110,862 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 430 miles (690 km)  - % water 7. ... The word episcopal is derived from the Greek επίσκοπος, transliterated epískopos, which literally means overseer; the word, however, is used in religious contexts to refer to a bishop. ... Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public (state) funds. ... Location in Virginia Coordinates: Country United States State Virginia Founded 1718 Mayor William D. Euille Area    - City 39. ...

It regularly enrolls the children of the wealthy and politically powerful as well as some of the brightest youth of metropolitan Washington. Most of the area's other top private schools are in upper Northwest Washington and Montgomery County, Maryland. The old St. Stephen's was one of the founding schools of the Interstate Athletic Conference, a league composed of elite prep schools that once dominated the region's high school sports scene. With strong emphases on academics and athletics, SSSAS regularly sends graduates to the Ivy League and other elite private colleges and universities. Color-enhanced USGS satellite image of Washington, DC, taken April 26, 2002. ... The relevance of particular information in (or previously in) this article or section is disputed. ...

Athletics

St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School competes in the Interstate Athletic Conference (boys) and Independent School League (girls). The girls lacrosse team is ranked in the top 5 in the nation (and slowly declining), while the girls field hockey is ranked highly in the area. It is widely known and agreed upon that the Headmistress, Joan Holden, heavily favors the female students over their male counterparts. Others complain that the school has grown so large that it has lost almost all the individual attention a private school should provide.

Notable Alumni

Fred Barnes (St. Stephen's), political commentator and Fox News personality. Frederic W. Barnes, an American journalist, author, and conservative political commentator, is the executive editor of the news publication The Weekly Standard, co-host with Mort Kondracke of The Beltway Boys on the Fox News Channel, and also regularly appears on Foxs Special Report with Brit Hume. ...

Thomas Boswell (St. Stephen's), Washington Post columnist Thomas Boswell (born 1948) is a sports columnist for the Washington Post. ... ...

Tipper Gore (St. Agnes), née Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson Tipper Gore Mary Elizabeth Gore (born August 19, 1948), known as Tipper Gore, is the wife of former Vice President Al Gore and was Second Lady of the United States from 1993 until 2001. ...

Christopher Meloni (St. Stephen's Class of '79), actor who portrayed bisexual sociopath Chris Keller on the salacious HBO prison drama Oz; he is currently seen as Elliot Stabler on the salacious NBC police drama Law & Order: SVU; both characters are quite far removed from the ingenuous naïf of Meloni's suburban schoolboy days; he was the quarterback of the school's undefeated 1978 varsity football team. Christopher Peter Meloni (born on April 2, 1961) is an American Emmy-nominated actor best known for his near opposite roles as the protective and committed Det. ... Chris Keller. ... For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ... Oz was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by HBO. The show, which aired for six seasons (1997-2003), was created by Tom Fontana and produced by Barry Levinson. ... Det. ... It has been suggested that NBC Radio City Studios, NBC Studios be merged into this article or section. ... Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 5 DVD Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU) is the first of three spin-offs of Law & Order (the other two being Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Trial by Jury; all series are presented on the NBC...

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External links

• St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School
• St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School Reunion