Chatham Hall
| Chatham Hall | |
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| Location | |
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Chatham, VA USA |
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| Information | |
| Type | Private, Boarding |
| Motto | Esto Perpetua |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Episcopal Affiliated |
| Established | 1894 |
| Head of School | Mrs. Suzanne Buck |
| Faculty | 22 academic 25% with PhDs 12 arts and physical education |
| Enrollment | 130 |
| Average class size | 8 students |
| Student to teacher ratio | 6:1 |
| Campus | 365 acres (1.48 km2) |
| Color(s) | Purple & Gold |
| Athletics | 10 Interscholastic Sports |
| Mascot | Turtle |
| Website | www.chathamhall.org |
Coordinates: 36°49′32″N 79°23′21″W / 36.82556°N 79.38917°W
Chatham Hall is an all-girls college-preparatory boarding school located in Chatham, Virginia, United States. Graduating classes are fewer than fifty students each year. The school was founded as Chatham Episcopal Institute in 1894, Chatham Hall. The athletics teams play in the Blue Ridge Conference. Chatham Hall is accredited by the Virginia Association of Independent Schools (VAIS) and is a member of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC).
The Honor Code is a vital tradition at Chatham Hall and is strictly followed. It states "I will not lie. I will not cheat. I will not steal. I will report all infractions of honor." Any honor infraction will result in a "council case" held by the student council, a group of 12 seniors elected by the students and faculty.
The lantern ceremony and ring ceremony are held by the junior and senior classes the night before graduation when the junior class members officially receives their class rings and assume leadership of the school from seniors. Each senior girl seals the back of her junior ring-sister's ring with melted wax from her lantern. Since the inception of Chatham Hall, the class ring has not changed; it is a simple white or yellow gold band with the school's crest engraved into an oval red sardonyx stone.
"Senior Night in the Well" takes place when the senior class puts on a Christmas play for the rest of the school the night of Decoration Day, when everyone in the school is assigned a part of the school to decorate. Juniors are in charge of decorating the dining hall (Yardley Hall), the Sophomores are in charge of decorating St. Mary's Chapel, and the Freshman make wreaths to hang on the doors of the school.
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