All boys. All boarding. Grades 9-12.

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Academic Development

 

  • Academic Development_Individual Instruction: Study Skills

    Many students come to Woodberry Forest with the youthful disorganization that is common to most boys who are leaving middle school and starting high school.  Others arrive with diagnosed learning differences and accommodations already in place from their previous schools.  Still others arrive having not yet been pushed hard enough in their previous academic environment for any needs to become apparent, and only after regular exposure to the more rigorous academic setting here do problems in achievement arise. 
    Whatever the case, we want to support our students in the best way that we can, and we do so by incorporating a mixture of traditional teacher directed help (through what we call “consultation” with their teachers, and which is scheduled during free periods during the day), an opportunity to attend supervised study periods during the academic day (in the new lecture hall), and one-on-one contact with our instructors in Academic Development.  These teachers are prepared to be either a required stop during the day for students whose academic accommodations warrant it, or a regular step in helping a student learn to take the necessary steps towards understanding his own learning style and the techniques he needs to use in order to grown and optimize his own learning. 

  • Academic Development_SAT Prep

    Woodberry Forest believes that the best preparation for the SATs and ACTs is the good daily preparation and work that your son will get from our own academic program.  On the other hand, we understand that targeted preparation for standardized tests may produce higher scores, and that we need to provide that option to our families.  The trick is to avoid is stretching a boy’s daily schedule to the point of taking away study time for his regular courses (which, after all, is the key factor in helping a boy to his best GPA. and giving him tips and techniques to use in getting the best numbers on the SAT and ACT. 
    Therefore, we feel that the best plan for our boys is to create classes of short duration — out of school hours and taught by independent tutors —scheduled to happen at the points of the year that can produce the best impact.   These courses are offered through our college counseling office, and target the major fall, winter and spring test dates.  The college counseling office will publicize and sign students up for these classes which will happen on targeted Wednesday evenings, as well as on a couple of Sunday afternoons.
     

Our Faculty

  • Photo of Indira Cope
    Indira Cope
    Academic Development
    540-672-3900 ext 8608
    Oberlin College - BA
    Framingham State College - MEd
    Middlebury College - MA
    2000
    Bio
  • Photo of Jackson Matteo
    Dr. Jackson Matteo
    Academic Development, Athletics
    Academic Development Center, Head Football Coach, and Assistant Athletic Director
    University of Virginia - BA
    University of Virginia - MEd
    University of Virginia - EdD
    2021
    Bio
  • Photo of Ted Watson
    Ted Watson
    Academic Development
    Academic Development Center
    University of Vermont - BS
    Stevenson University - MEd
    2020
    Bio
  • Photo of Gracie Wessinger
    Gracie Wessinger
    Academic Development, Health Services
    (540) 672-3900 Ext. 8652
    Lynchburg College - BA, MA
    2022
    Bio
Woodberry Forest School is an exceptional private school community for high school boys in grades nine through twelve. It is one of the top boarding schools in the United States and one of the only all-boys, all-boarding schools in the country.
Woodberry Forest, VA 22989
Phone: 540-672-3900

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Woodberry Forest admits students of any race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religious belief, and national or ethnic origin to all of the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religious belief, or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic or other school-administered programs. The school is authorized under federal law to enroll nonimmigrant students.