Established 1956 Headmaster John Thomas Phone +1 703-584-2300 Founded 1956 Color Green & Blue | Founder Don Niklason Faculty 250 Mascot Husky Number of students 1,097 | |
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Coordinates (Upper School campus) (Lower and Middle School campus) Similar The Potomac School, Paul VI Catholic High Sch, Flint Hill Elementary School, Oakton High School, Episcopal High School Profiles | ||
Flint Hill School, founded in 1956, is a private, co-educational, college preparatory school, in Oakton, Virginia, in the United States. Serving grades K–12, the school currently has 1097 students. Its campus is located in Fairfax County, approximately 20 miles from Washington, D.C.
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- Carol of the bells flint hill school oakton va
- History
- Extracurricular activities
- Athletics
- Rivalry Between Flint Hill and The Potomac School
- Notable alumni
- References
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History
Originally a summer camp in 1955, Flint Hill School was founded in 1956 by Don Niklason as Flint Hill Preparatory School, a co-educational day school with 18 students in grades K-8. Students attended classes in the Miller House, an estate home belonging to the Francis Pickens Miller Family. That location is now at the junction of Route 66 and Chain Bridge Road, and serves as an administrative facility.
In 1986, Flint Hill purchased 13 acres of property several blocks away at the corner of Chain Bridge and Jermantown Roads. In 1990, a new ownership group acquired the school and reorganized it as Flint Hill School, a nonprofit educational organization. The 1990-1991 academic year began on the new campus with 65 faculty members and an enrollment of 425 students in grades K-12.
By the late 1990s, with more than 700 students, the school identified a need to expand its facilities once again, and acquired an additional 30 acres of land. In the summer of 2000, Flint Hill broke ground on its Upper School Campus. Within 12 months from breaking ground, classes began at the new facility on September 10, 2001.
In 2010, Flint Hill introduced the 1:1 technology program; providing all students with Apple Inc. computers and tablets for use in classes and other activities. Flint Hill says that they are "one of the first independent schools in the nation" to enact such a program. In 2011, Flint Hill was named as an 'Apple Virginia Site School.' In 2013 and 2015, Flint Hill was recognized as an 'Apple Distinguished School;' an award Apple gives to schools "that demonstrate Apple’s vision for learning with technology."
As of 2017, Flint Hill has two campuses with more than 1,000 students and over 200 faculty and staff members.
Extracurricular activities
The Upper School has three continually published, on-campus student publications: The Flint Hill View (news, arts, sports, opinion, and editorial newspaper), The Rough Draft (literary and arts magazine), and The Iditarod (yearbook). Middle School and Upper School students can partake in class government by getting involved in the Student Council Association (SCA).
Athletics
The school participates in the ISL (Independent School League) for girls sports and the MAC (Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference) for boys sports. There are 22 different sports, with 32 Middle School and 35 Upper School teams.
Rivalry Between Flint Hill and The Potomac School
Flint Hill has an unofficial sports rivalry with The Potomac School; an independent K-12 college preparatory school located in McLean, Virginia. The rivalry reportedly goes back to 1992 when both schools played at George Mason University for the first time ever, and in 1995 when Flint Hill defeated Potomac in an overtime basketball victory.