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Foxcroft School

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Head of School
  
Cathy S. McGehee

Enrollment
  
151 (2016-17)

Phone
  
+1 540-687-5555

Number of students
  
151 (2016–2017)

Grades
  
9–12

Campus
  
500 acres (2.0 km)

Founded
  
1914

School type
  
Private female boarding school

Founder
  
Charlotte Haxall Noland

Address
  
22407 Foxhound Ln, Middleburg, VA 20117, USA

Accreditation
  
National Association of Independent Schools

Similar
  
Middleburg Academy, Wakefield School Inc, The Hill School, Loudoun Valley High School, Highland School

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Foxcroft School, founded in 1914 by Charlotte Haxall Noland, is a college-preparatory boarding and day school for girls in grades 9-12, located near Middleburg, Virginia, United States. It is accredited by the Virginia Association of Independent Schools and the National Association of Independent Schools, and is a founding member of the National Coalition of Girls' Schools.

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Notable alumnae

  • Ruth T. Bedford, Standard Oil heiress
  • Jane Forbes Clark II, President and trustee of the USET Foundation; Chairman of the Board of Directors for the National Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Frances FitzGerald, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer
  • Nina Fout, Olympic Equestrian
  • Gertrude Sanford Legendre, socialite, World War II spy, and noted explorer, big-game hunter, environmentalist, and plantation owner.
  • Ruth du Pont Lord, psychotherapist, writer, and arts patron
  • Pamela Mars, Chairman Mars, Incorporated, the candy maker
  • Victoria B. Mars, 1974, Chairman of Mars, Incorporated since April 2014; Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Foxcroft School.
  • Cordelia Scaife May, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-area philanthropist and one of the wealthiest women in the U.S.
  • Rachel Lambert Mellon ("Bunny"), heiress, horticulturalist, creator of the White House Rose Garden
  • Elizabeth Meyer, Equestrian
  • Keshia Knight Pulliam, actress known for playing Rudy on The Cosby Show
  • Christine Todd Whitman - Former Head of the EPA, Former Governor of New Jersey
  • Stephanie Zimbalist - actress, known for Remington Steele

    • Bedford donation

    In the fall of 2014, Standard Oil heiress Ruth T. Bedford donated $40 million after her death to Foxcroft School. Bedford was part of the class of 1932.

    References

    Foxcroft School Wikipedia
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