Flint Hill School
| Flint Hill School | |
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| Address | |
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3320 Jermantown Rd Oakton, Virginia 22124 United States | |
| Coordinates | 38°52′13.2″N 77°19′10.9″W / 38.870333°N 77.319694°WCoordinates: 38°52′13.2″N 77°19′10.9″W / 38.870333°N 77.319694°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Private Independent, day, college-preparatory |
| Established | 1956 |
| Founder | Don Niklason |
| Headmaster | John Thomas |
| Grades | Junior Kindergarten-12 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrollment | 1,100 |
| Color(s) | Green & Blue |
| Athletics conference | MAC, ISL |
| Mascot | Husky |
| Newspaper | The Flint Hill View |
| Yearbook | Iditarod |
| Website | http://www.flinthill.org |
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 1100 students. Its campus is located in Fairfax county, approximately 20 miles from Washington, D.C.
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. [1]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. Flint Hill now has two campuses with more than 1,100 students and 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),[2] The Rough Draft (literary and arts magazine),[3] and The Iditarod (yearbook).
Athletics
The school participates in the ISL (Independent School League) for girls sports and the MAC (Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference) for boys sports.
Notable alumni
- John R. Allen, Commander, International Security Assistance Force and United States Forces - Afghanistan.[4]
- Justin Bonomo, professional poker player.
- Randolph Childress, former NBA player.[5]
- George Lynch, former NBA player.[6]
- Dennis Scott, former NBA player
- Ronny Thompson, Emmy Award-winning broadcaster for Comcast SportsNet.
- Lorena Castillo de Varela, First Lady of Panama since 2014.
References
- ↑ http://www.flinthill.org/our-history/
- ↑ "The View". The View. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- ↑ "Literary Magazine's "Rough Draft" Polished for Publication". Flint Hill School. 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- ↑ "General John R. Allen - Retired". United States Marine Corps. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ↑ "Randolph Childress". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
- ↑ "George DeWitt Lynch". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 15, 2012.