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St. Andrew's Chapel's One-Hundredth Anniversary Celebrated
In two special services on May 11 and 13, 2012, Woodberry Forest School observed the one-hundredth anniversary of St. Andrew's Chapel. With music from guest organist Joseph Ciskanik '09 and student musicians and choristers, the entire community remembered the construction of the chapel in 1912 under the leadership of then chaplain Rev. Karl Block. The May 11 event welcomed the Board of Trustees, members of the Walker family who founded Woodberry Forest School in 1889, and other special guests for worship and a celebratory dinner.
The building was originally funded through the efforts of Woodberry's first student organization, the Missionary Society, which hosted fundraising events and enlisted donors. Since its original construction, the chapel has been expanded twice to accommodate the increasing size of the school. Chaplain David Smith estimates that over its history, 7,000 boys have sat in the pews.
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.
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