All boys. All boarding. Grades 9-12.

Directory & Addresses

Directory

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    Chase Spong '10
    Admission, Tuition Assistance
    Director of Admission and Tuition Assistance
    2014
    (540) 672-6022
    College of William & Mary - BA
    Vanderbilt University - MEd
    Bio
     
    Chase Spong ’10 serves as director of admission and tuition assistance. He holds a bachelor's degree in history from the College of William & Mary and a master's degree in education from Vanderbilt University. Mr. Spong, his wife, Winston, and son live in the New Duplex West.
  • Photo of Karla Vargas-Kennedy
    Karla Vargas-Kennedy
    Admission
    Assistant Headmaster and Director of Enrollment Management
    2020
    State University of New York at Binghamton - BA
    Western New Mexico University - MA
    St. Thomas University - Doctoral Candidate
    Bio
     
    Karla Vargas-Kennedy is assistant headmaster and director of enrollment management.
     
    Ms. Vargas-Kennedy has deep experience with single-sex schools and boarding schools. She previously served as director of enrollment management at Foxcroft School, an all-girls boarding school, since 2017 and began her career as a Spanish teacher and dorm master at Mercersburg Academy. She also has extensive experience in the college admission and financial aid world, serving at Cornell University, the University of Chicago Law School, Our Lady of the Lake University, and Green Mountain College.
     
    She holds a bachelor's degree in comparative Literature and Latin American and Caribbean Studies from the State University of New York at Binghamton and a masters degree in educational leadership from Western New Mexico University. Ms. Vargas-Kennedy is pursuing her doctoral degree in educational leadership from St. Thomas University. Her husband, Rusty Kennedy, is the president of Andrew College. They live in the Edwards House. 
     
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    Makhail Anderson '19
    Admission
    Assistant Director of Admission
    2023
    (540) 672-6785
    Wofford College - BA
    Bio
     
    Makhail Anderson '19 serves as assistant director of admission. He holds a bachelor's degree in English from Wofford College. Most recently he was a public relations intern at the Southern Maryland Minority Chamber of Commerce in Waldorf, MD. Makhail will live in House E and will do dorm duty in Walker.
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    Craig Dawson
    Admission
    Assistant Director of Admission & Head Varsity Basketball Coach
    2012
    (540) 661-4237
    Wake Forest University - BA
    Bio
     
    Craig Dawson came to Woodberry in 2012 as an assistant director of admission and head varsity basketball coach. He is a 2002 graduate of Wake Forest University, where he played varsity basketball for four years. He has coached extensively at the secondary level. Mr. Dawson lives in the Epes House.
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    Emma Hicks
    Admission
    Assistant Director of Admission
    2023
    (540) 672-6063
    Davidson College - BS
    Bio
     
    Emma joins the admission office as an assistant director of admission. Emma grew up on the Mercersburg Academy campus and is a 2023 graduate of Davidson College, where she majored in Math. Emma is responsible for helping the admission office develop and implement a new enrollment system, travel for the school, and work alongside the admission team to enroll a new class of Tigers. Emma lives in the Lower Dick Gym Rear Apartment.
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    Michael Leahy
    Athletics, Admission
    Assistant Director of Admission, Head Varsity Lacrosse Coach, and Assistant Athletic Director
    2019
    (540) 672-6715
    University of Virginia - BA
    Bio
     
    Michael Leahy is an assistant director in admission and varsity lacrosse coach for Woodberry. Michael was a leader on the 1999 UVa lacrosse team that won the school’s first NCAA national title since 1972. He graduated from UVa that year with a degree in history. Off the field he has worked in equity sales for a variety of national and international financial firms in both Richmond and Boston. Michael, his wife Maggie, and their children live in the Class of 2005 Faculty Residence. 
  • Photo of Elise Lloyd
    Elise Lloyd
    Admission
    Admission Information Coordinator
    2020
    Bridgewater College - BS
    Liberty University - MS
  • Photo of Duke Sherrell
    Mr. Duke M. Sherrell '15
    Admission
    Assistant Director of Admission
    2022
    (540) 672-6031
    Rhodes College - BA, MA
    Bio
     
    Duke Sherrell ’15 joined the Woodberry Admission office in 2022 after serving two years at Pace Academy in Georgia, where he taught history, coached football and wrestling, and served as the upper school diversity and inclusion coordinator. Mr. Sherrell earned his bachelor’s degree and a master’s of education in urban education at Rhodes College, where he also played football. He lives in the Dowd Pod apartment.
  • Photo of Sydney Woodward
    Sydney Woodward
    Admission
    Associate Director of Enrollment for Outreach
    2022
    (540) 672-6024
    The College of William & Mary - BA

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Package and US Mail Deliveries


Packages are to be addressed to: 
898 Woodberry Forest Road, Woodberry Forest, VA 22989

When mailing to specific departments please use:

Admission Office                     
241 Woodberry Station

Alumni and Development Office  
402 Woodberry Station

Athletic Office
378 Woodberry Station 

Business Office                         
10 Woodberry Station

College Counseling                  
148 Woodberry Station

Dean of Students                     
334 Woodberry Station

Financial Aid                              
30 Woodberry Station

Headmaster                               
48 Woodberry Station

Sports Camp                             
378 Woodberry Station
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.