5th Graders welcome 4th Graders as they cross the bridge to Middle School.
Students on wall
Students sit along the wall after soccer practice to watch the varsity football team play on Grover Jones Field
Spring Campus
Lower School students walk back to their classrooms after Chapel.
Opening school
The faculty and staff prepare to open school at the end of August with introductions of new people and an awards ceremony for those who have excelled in various areas.
Collegiate School Cougar Statue
A cougar statue is unveiled during convocation to honor Alex Smith '65. Read More
Parents night
The Christian Family Plaza glows at dusk with The Sharp Academic Commons (left) and H2L2 Studios (right).
Tennis
Students watch a match on the championship court at the Williams•Bollettieri Tennis Center at Robins Campus.
Brunch
Girls in Grades 5-12 attend Brunch, a musical even performed by junior girls in honor of senior girls, and a tradition since the 1940s.
Robins campus green monster
Our Sam Newell Field for baseball at Robins Campus includes a "green monster" from which this photo was taken.
Collegiate School Convocation
Seniors and Kindergartners return to the Lower School following Convocation.
Centennial Graduation
Commencement is held each year on the lawn in front of the Middle School.
Collegiate School is a community of learners committed to seeking and welcoming students, faculty and staff who represent the multicultural community and world in which we live. We believe that the education we offer in our school is greatly enhanced when many traditions, backgrounds and perspectives are given expression in everything we do. We aspire to create an inclusive environment which promotes engaged citizenship, encourages compassionate leadership and prepares service-minded individuals. Our concept of diversity and multiculturalism is dynamic and serves a vision at Collegiate where all members of the community find in our School a sense of belonging and a supportive place to reach their full potential.
Professional Development
Faculty have a variety of opportunities for professional development on diversity, inclusion and community building.
At this morning’s Upper School assembly, six Collegiate students shared their experiences from the national Student Diversity Leadership Conference they attended in December.
With visits from Collegiate School parents and presentations at an assembly, Middle and Lower School students have learned over the past week about Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights.
Members of Collegiate School’s Inclusion Committee — Kate Cunningham, Liz Bowling and Erica Coffey — attended the Leadership Metro Richmond Speaker Series, Session 1: Finding Your Activism and Turning the Political into the Personal at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Three members of United Sisters and Brothers, Collegiate School’s Upper School resource group for African-American students, participated in a panel discussion during a February 2019 assembly to share their perspectives on their experiences as students of color at Collegiate.
A group of Collegiate seniors who are taking the River City Capstone class visited the Richmond Slave Trail this week with faculty members Rhiannon Boyd and Brad Cooke in their ongoing efforts to understand the James River and its impact on the Richmond region.
Collegiate School welcomed 17 students and two teachers from our partner school in Mexico this week to experience life as Collegiate students and with families of 7th and 8th Graders.
Artistic endeavors of all kinds shone today on Collegiate School's campus as high school dancers, musicians, artists and thespians from around the region gathered for master classes of sorts to hone their skills. Seventy-five students from area public and private schools took part in artsPOWER, an annual daylong event during which the students learn from local professionals and collaborate with like-minded peers in the visual arts, music, dance and theater.
Dr. Corey Walker, Vice President and Dean of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University, visited Collegiate School today to discuss the issues of race, place and space with Upper Schoolers who are studying human rights, the statues on Monument Avenue and the culture of the City of Richmond.
Collegiate School students spent three days this week learning from well-regarded artist Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., whose work has been featured in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Stamperia del Tevere in Rome, and in numerous other museums and university settings around the nation and globe.
A group of high school students from New York visited the Richmond area last weekend as guests of Collegiate School lacrosse players and their families. It was the third time Harlem Lacrosse & Leadership (HLL) has come to the area to participate in clinics and play pickup games with athletes on lacrosse teams at Collegiate and Highland Springs High School.
Over the weekend, several Collegiate School students volunteered at ChinaFest, a celebration of Chinese culture, held at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Members of Collegiate's 5th-6th Grade Mosaic Club recently visited Postive Vibe Café to learn about the Richmond restaurant’s mission to train and employ people with disabilities. Middle Mosaic is a club that seeks to build an even better School community in the Middle School. The trip to Positive Vibe was the group's culminating event for an activity club members participated in to understand differences that come from abilities and disabilities.
Eleven Upper School students from United Sisters and Brothers, one of Collegiate School’s student resource groups, visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., in February.
Every year Collegiate sends Lower, Middle and Upper School faculty and staff representatives to the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) sponsored People of Color Conference (POCC).
POCC supports people of color and their white allies in independent schools to build, to sustain and to nurture inclusive communities. Held concurrently with POCC, the Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC) is a multiracial and multicultural gathering of high school age students from independent schools around the country. Collegiate students participate annually in SDLC.
At POCC teachers, administrators and Board members of color from across the nation, together with their white allies, gather to celebrate and nurture diversity, multiculturalism, inclusion, equity and justice within independent schools. According to the POCC website, “In a recent survey of heads of school, 90 percent indicated that POCC and SDLC energize and revitalize people of color in independent schools. A majority of heads report that POCC and SDLC participants have implemented new programs, activities and services at their school as a result of attending the conferences.”
Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities (VCIC)
Collegiate School works closely with VCIC in helping the school community to become a more diverse and inclusive community.
VCIC has helped Collegiate to review its overall admissions practices, faculty recruitment and retention efforts and curriculum. Middle and Upper School faculty have participated in the Break the Cycle: Be the Change workshop about understanding the roots of prejudice and discrimination. Middle School teachers have worked with VCIC to assess, understand and respond to bullying and teasing among Middle School students. VCIC and all Collegiate faculty are working together to build a community characterized by respect for differences.
Virginia Diversity Network (VDN)
All faculty have the opportunity to participate in workshops sponsored by the Virginia Diversity Network.
This network consists of nine independent schools who serve as leaders and other member schools who come together to learn more about diversity issues through workshops. Workshops have included understanding the alumni experience of diversity in an independent school, teaching in a multicultural Lower School environment, engaging in book discussions, learning about diversity on college campuses and developing a healthy admission process.
We are motivated by Collegiate’s ongoing progress towards greater diversity and dedicated to making this progress a vital part of our School’s commitment to students’ character and academic excellence. Inclusion Team
Diversity
Collegiate is committed to a diverse and well-rounded student body, faculty and staff. Please read more on our diversity initiatives.
Religion at Collegiate
We affirm our School's foundation in the Judeo-Christian tradition while welcoming students and families of all faiths and beliefs. Read more about religion at Collegiate School.
Employment
The School is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, pregnancy, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, military service, marital status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. The School makes reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law. An applicant who does not meet the minimum qualifications of the position(s) for which the applicant applies will not be considered for employment.