Collegiate School (Richmond, Virginia)

Private school in Richmond, Virginia, United States

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Collegiate School

Address

103 North Mooreland Road

Richmond

Virginia

23229

United States

Coordinates| 37°34′41.8″N 77°35′13.6″W﻿ / ﻿37.578278°N 77.587111°W﻿ / 37.578278; -77.587111
Information
Type| Private, day, college prep
Motto| Parat. Ditat. Durat.
(Prepare, Enrich, Endure)
Religious affiliation(s)| Nonsectarian
Established| 1915; 110 years ago (1915)
Head of school| Jeff Mancabelli
Faculty| 218
Grades| JK–12
Gender| Co-educational
Enrollment| 1,600
Campus type| Suburban
Color(s)| Green and Gold

Slogan| Minds that Seek, Hearts that Serve
Song| Hail Collegiate
Mascot| Cougar
Nickname| Cougars
Team name| Collegiate Cougars
Accreditations| Southern Association of Independent Schools
Virginia Association of Independent Schools
Publication| The Spark, The Magazine for Collegiate School
Newspaper| The Match (Student Newspaper) and The Flame (Creative Arts)
Yearbook| The Torch
Endowment| $84,605,000 (as of June 30, 2022)
School fees| Books & Supplies: $80–$650
Laptops: $900[2]
Tuition| $19,560–$32,820 (2024–25)[1]
Website| www.collegiate-va.org

Collegiate School is a private, day, preparatory school for boys and girls located in Richmond, Virginia, United States. The student body of Collegiate comprises about 1,600 total students from Junior Kindergarten through Grade 12. The Lower School and Upper School are coeducational, while the Middle School is coordinated with boys and girls in separate classes.

## History

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Collegiate was founded in 1915, by Helen Baker as the Collegiate School for Girls, a college preparatory school located in downtown Richmond. In addition to this campus in town, Collegiate opened the Collegiate Country Day School, off Mooreland and River roads, in 1953 Collegiate's Town School and the Country Day School merged on Mooreland Road in 1960. Today, Collegiate still remains on the Mooreland Road campus and has purchased over 155 acres (0.63 km2) in Goochland County. Collegiate had already developed 60 of these acres for athletic purposes.

## Notable alumni

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* Ann Cottrell Free (1934), journalist and author
* Eugene Welch Hickok (1968), former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education
* Ray Easterling (1968), former safety for Atlanta Falcons
* Stanley Druckenmiller (1971),[3] investment manager
* Steve Kelley (1977), syndicated cartoonist
* Robert Wrenn (1977), professional golfer
* Eric Cantor (1981), House Majority Leader (2011–2014), Member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia's 7th district (2001–2014)[4][5]
* David Allen Schools (1983), Widespread Panic bassist
* Mike Henry (1984), actor, producer, and screenwriter for Family Guy, voice of Cleveland Brown, Herbert, Consuela, Bruce and various other characters
* Robert Ukrop (1988), former professional soccer player for the Davidson Wildcats, Richmond Kickers, and New England Revolution
* Thomas T. Cullen (1996), United States District Judge and former United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia
* Matt Reid (1996), baseball coach for the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles[6]
* Scottie Thompson (2000), actress (NCIS, Trauma)
* Bret Myers (2002), soccer player and professor
* Russell Wilson (2007),[7] quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Super Bowl XLVIII champion, businessman, and a minority owner of the Seattle Sounders FC
* Jake McGee (2010), professional football tight end[8]
* Wilton Speight (2014), starting quarterback at University of California, Los Angeles (2018) and University of Michigan (2016–2017)
* Evan Justice (2017), pitcher for the Colorado Rockies

## External links

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* Official website

## Footnotes

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1. ^ "Tuition & Financial Assistance". collegiate-va.org. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
2. ^ "Tuition & Financial Assistance". collegiate-va.org. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
3. ^ Prine, Carl; Dudurich, Mike. "'Low key' billionaire eyes Steelers". TribLIVE.com. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
4. ^ "Eric Cantor - Politics | Laws.com". politics.laws.com. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
5. ^ Fuller, Jaime (June 11, 2014). "The rise and fall of Eric Cantor: A timeline". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
6. ^ "Matt Reid - Baseball Stats - The Baseball Cube". TheBaseballCube.com.
7. ^ "HARRIS: Russell Wilson had special presence long before reaching Super Bowl". The Washington Times. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
8. ^ McConnell, Jim (November 22, 2009). "McGee the man for Collegiate". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved June 3, 2024.