The New School of Northern Virginia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search
 This school-related article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. More verifiable information on this school is needed. Guidelines and editing help are available.
School.svg

The New School of Northern Virginia (also referred to simply as "The New School") is a small private school and business located in Fairfax, Virginia. It was founded by John Potter, who is the current headmaster (and the first). The New School's teaching and learning philosophies are derived mainly from Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences and the Coalition of Essential Schools[1] with which it is affiliated. As a result, The New School is known for its unorthodox teaching style with a focus on student-centered learning. Symbolic of the school's multiple-intelligence orientation is a series of illuminated designs mounted on the eight front pillars of the new addition, each design symbolic of one of the eight intelligences.

Currently the New School teaches 150 students in grades 4-12. The school comprises two main buildings expanded in 2007 to include a gymnasium, black box theater, library and art studio. The science center is in an adjacent property, rented by the school, approximately a two-minute walk from the main building.

Contents

[edit] Sports

The school has three sports teams, soccer, basketball, and Ultimate Frisbee. The basketball team, the soccer team and the Ultimate Frisbee teams compete with other local private schools. The soccer team won its first contest in the 2006-07 school year, and the basketball team was recently established in 2008.

[edit] Awards

The school was named one of the Washington area's top 10[2], focusing on things other than the SAT by The Washington Post in April 2005.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.essentialschools.org
  2. ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11194-2005Mar29.html high schools that work

[edit] External links

Stub icon This article about a school in Virginia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Coordinates: 38°51′33″N 77°16′09″W / 38.85908°N 77.26907°W / 38.85908; -77.26907

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_School_of_Northern_Virginia"