All boys. All boarding. Grades 9-12.

Directory & Addresses

Directory

  • 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.
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    Mrs. Teresa Teresa Smith
    Alumni and Development
    Senior Assistant Director of Advancement Services, Database and Planned Gifts
    2002
    540-672-6035
  • Photo of Summer Sonner
    Summer Sonner
    Alumni and Development
    Assistant Director of Advance Services - Special Projects
    2022
    (540) 661-4238
  • Photo of Susan Southard
    Susan Southard
    Academic Affairs
    Registrar
    2002
    (540) 672-6026
    Mary Baldwin College - B.A.
  • Photo of Chase Spong
    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 two sons live in the New Faculty House #3.
  • Photo of Tim Stakem
    Tim Stakem
    Fine Arts, Fine Arts Music
    Director of Instrumental Music
    1994
    (540) 672-3900 Ext 5308
    Frostburg State University - BS
    University of Southwestern Louisiana - MM
    Bio
     
    Tim Stakem, who holds the Bernard Mastership, directs the jazz band, the wind ensemble, and the pipe band and mentors varsity music students. A member of the faculty since 1994, Mr. Stakem has a BS from Frostburg State University and an MM from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now University of Louisiana at Lafayette).  He and his wife Tracey, are the parents of two sons: Brenden ’18 and Aidan '23. The Stakems live in the Jackson House. 
  • Photo of Frazier Stowers
    Frazier C. Stowers '04
    Student Affairs
    Co-Dean of Students
    2016
    (540) 672-6055
    Middlebury College - BA
    Georgetown University - MA
    Bio
     
    Frazier Stowers ’04 serves as the co-dean of students for the 3rd and 4th forms and director of Woodberry Forest Sports Camp. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Middlebury College and a master’s degree from Georgetown University. He came to Woodberry in 2016 from Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland, where he taught English, coached baseball, and served as the upper school assistant principal. Mr. Stowers and his wife, Meghan, and their sons live in the Gray House.
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    Rachel Strahan
    Communications
    Associate Director of Marketing and Communications
    2014
    (540) 672-6194
    High Point University - BA, BSBA
    Bio
     
    Rachel Strahan joined the faculty in 2017 as assistant director of marketing and communications. She came to Woodberry Forest in 2014 as a graphic design assistant and has also served as an assistant coach for the varsity soccer team. She holds a BS in business administration and a BA in graphic design and digital imaging from High Point University. Ms. Strahan lives in Culpeper.
     
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    David Swenson
    Foreign Language
    2024
    Bio
     
    A 2019 magna cum laude of Dickinson College in international relations, Spanish, and music, David also holds a M.A. in international relations from the University of Syracuse. David spent a year as a Fulbright Scholar in Spain after college and has worked at the US Army War College and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He comes to Woodberry most recently from the faculty at the Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, where he taught Spanish from 2022-2024. At Woodberry, David teaches Spanish and lives on B dorm.
  • Photo of Raphael Sydnor
    Sr. Raphael Sydnor '97
    Foreign Language
    2006
    (540) 672-3900 Ext 8630
    Hampden Sydney College - BA
    Brown University - MAT
    Middlebury College - MA
    Bio
     
    Raphael Sydnor '97 teaches Spanish and co-directs the Central American Study Abroad (CASA) summer program. He works with the WFS Outdoors and spring skeet teams. A member of the faculty since 2006, he earned a BA from Hampden-Sydney College, an MAT from Brown University, and an MA from Middlebury College. Mr. Sydnor and his wife, Sarah, Woodberry’s special events manager, live in the Duplex West with their three children. 
  • Photo of Sarah Sydnor
    Sarah Sydnor
    Alumni and Development
    Director of Events and Hospitality
    2012
    (540)672-6040
    Sweet Briar College - 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.