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About Madeira

The Madeira School is a private, single-sex, nondenominational preparatory school founded by Lucy Madeira Wing (1873–1959) in 1906. The school’s initial incarnation was located on 19th Street near Dupont Circle in downtown Washington, D.C. In 1931, the school moved to the Northern Virginia suburb of McLean. A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school (usually abbreviated to preparatory school, college prep school, or prep school) is a private secondary school designed to prepare a student for higher education. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Aerial photograph of Dupont Circle. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Boundaries of the McLean CDP as of 2003. ...

Annual tuition is $42,000 for boarding students and $31,000 for day students. Tuition does not include additional fees charged by the school for athletics, books, and other expenses. Madeira's endowment is approximately $40 million. Tuition means instruction, teaching or a fee charged for educational instruction especially at a formal institution of learning. ... A financial endowment is a transfer of money or property donated to an institution, with the stipulation that it be invested, and the principal remain intact. ...

Student body

The Madeira School teaches grades 9-12. Each grade has approximately 75 students, The average class size is approximately ten students.

International students are also represented on campus. Financial aid is offered to students of austere means.

Madeira's co-curriculum program

The Madeira School requires students to participate in a unique internship program, called the Co-Curriculum Program, Freshmen attend classes on study skills and participate in Outdoor Adventure programs like canoeing, kayaking and rappeling. Sophomores choose a community service placement, often at a soup kitchen, childcare facility or hospital. Juniors work as aides to Congressmen and Senators on Capitol Hill. Seniors pursue an internship in the field they are considering as a career.

Motto, colors, and mascot

The Madeira School's motto is, Festina Lente ("Make Haste Slowly" attributed originally to Augustus Caesar). Augustus Caesar Caesar Augustus (Latin: IMP·CAESAR·DIVI·F·AVGVSTVS)¹ (23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), known earlier in his life as Gaius Octavius or Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, was the first Roman Emperor and is traditionally considered the greatest. ...

• Madeira's colors are red and white.

• Madeira's mascot is the snail.

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Campus and facilities

The Madeira School's campus is on 376 acres overlooking the Potomac River (McLean, Virginia) and consists of 34 separate buildings. The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States (USA). ...

The Huffington Library

Madeira's Huffington Library collection consists of approximately 23,500 items that includes videos, DVDs, CDs, audiocassettes, microforms, vertical file material and circulating audio-visual equipment.

In addition to being one of the School's most popular meeting places on campus, the Library is also home to one of the School's computer labs, classrooms, and seminar rooms. There are PCs for student access as well as a wireless network in the building allowing students with laptops to use the School's network from tables and study carrels throughout the facility.

The Hurd Sports Center and Gaines Hall

The Hurd Sports Center was opened in September, 1992. This facility includes a gym (side by side volleyball courts and a basketball court), weight room, competitive swimming pool, dance studio, locker rooms, athletic training room, and offices for the teaching and coaching staff. Outdoor facilities include three full size playing fields, eight tennis courts, and cross country trails.

Madeira's equestrian facilities include Gaines Hall, a 100' by 200' indoor ring, two outdoor rings with sand footing, bridle trails, and a variety of cross-country obstacles. The stable has capacity to house forty-seven horses. Students may bring and board their own horses or ride one of Madeira's own horses.

The Chapel/Auditorium

Madeira's performance facilities are housed in a complex called the Chapel/Auditorium. Working spaces include a 590-seat proscenium arch theater with its covered orchestra pit, an art gallery, a scene shop, a prop shop, a costume loft, a dance studio with a wooden sprung floor, choral and chamber orchestra rehearsal spaces, two classrooms, and three piano practice rooms.

Academic facilities

Academic facilities include the Science Building, Main, Schoolhouse, the new Schoolhouse II, the new Student Center (including dining hall, books store, offices, and meeting rooms). Attached to the Student Center is the art building.

Dormitories and faculty housing

Madeira has six dormitories (named North, South, East, West, Main, and New) and an infirmary. There are several facilities for faculty housing including "The Land" and "The Beeches." A typical American college dorm room A dormitory or dorm is a place to sleep. ...

Administration, faculty, and staff

The Madeira School is controlled by a board of directors, and the school is administered by a headmistress. The current headmistress Elisabeth Griffith, Ph.D. who was appointed 1988. In 2005, Dr. Griffith won The Washington Post Distinguished Educational Leadership Award for private schools. The Washington Post is the largest newspaper in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. ...

There are approximately 170 members of Madeia's administration, faculty, and staff. The student to teacher ratio is approximately 6:1.

Former heads of school

• (1906-1957) Lucy Madeira Wing
• (1957-1962) Allegra Maynard
• (1962-1964) Marian W. Smith
• (1964-1965) Allegra Maynard
• (1965-1977) M. Barbara Keyser
• (1977-1980) Jean Struven Harris
• (1980-1981) Kathleen Galvin Johnson '53
• (1981-1988) Charles McKinley Saltzman II
• (1988-20xx) Elisabeth Griffith, Ph.D.

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Notable alumnae

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External links

• The Madeira School's official site