Virginia Episcopal School
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Virginia Episcopal School is a college preparatory school located in Lynchburg, Virginia
, USA. It was founded in 1916 by Bishop Robert Carter Jett. By design, VES is a coeducational community of approximately 200 students and 40 residential faculty. Virginia Episcopal School's 160 acre (0.6474976 km²) campus is near the James River along the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The school was first conceived in 1916, by Robert Carter Jett, and was founded the same year.
Dr. Jett conceived the first buildings on the VES campus while riding a train in Raleigh, North Carolina. There, he drew his architectural view of the campus on the back of an envelope. You might recognize the outline of his drawings in the framework of Main Hall, which opened in September of 1916. Three years later, the chapel opened, thanks to a generous donation by Chiswell Dabney Langhorne, followed by the "Little Gym" in the 1930s, which is rumored to be based on the measurements of King Solomon's temple in Jerusalem.
Our student body has grown significantly from those early days, and now includes young men and women from all over the country and the world. Each day, we live out the vision of Dr. Jett - continually striving, constantly growing, but in a comfortable, supportive environment that is in so many ways like home.
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Lynchburg, Virginia
Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The population was 75,568 as of 2010. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the banks of the James River, Lynchburg is known as the "City of Seven Hills" or "The Hill City." Lynchburg was the only major city in...
, USA. It was founded in 1916 by Bishop Robert Carter Jett. By design, VES is a coeducational community of approximately 200 students and 40 residential faculty. Virginia Episcopal School's 160 acre (0.6474976 km²) campus is near the James River along the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
History
By design, VES is a small academic community of students and residential faculty.The school was first conceived in 1916, by Robert Carter Jett, and was founded the same year.
Dr. Jett conceived the first buildings on the VES campus while riding a train in Raleigh, North Carolina. There, he drew his architectural view of the campus on the back of an envelope. You might recognize the outline of his drawings in the framework of Main Hall, which opened in September of 1916. Three years later, the chapel opened, thanks to a generous donation by Chiswell Dabney Langhorne, followed by the "Little Gym" in the 1930s, which is rumored to be based on the measurements of King Solomon's temple in Jerusalem.
Our student body has grown significantly from those early days, and now includes young men and women from all over the country and the world. Each day, we live out the vision of Dr. Jett - continually striving, constantly growing, but in a comfortable, supportive environment that is in so many ways like home.
The School Today
The campus includes two gymnasiums, classroom buildings, residence halls, and an art center. The student body has grown from 60 boys to approximately 200 young men and women who come from all over the country and the world. Over two-thirds of VES's student body lives on campus. Recent VES graduates have been accepted at some of the finest colleges and universities in the country, including Carnegie Mellon UniversityCarnegie Mellon University
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Famous alumni
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- Former Chief of Staff under President Clinton - Godfrey Cheshire IIIGodfrey Cheshire IIIGodfrey Cheshire III , is an American film critic and film writer and director.-Personal life:Cheshire was born and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. His parents are Sis and Buddy Cheshire. He has one brother, Sprague, and a sister, Sugar. He has two nieces, Sarah and Davi, and one nephew, Joe...
- Movie Critic and Filmmaker - Steve CowperSteve CowperSteve Cowper is an American Democratic politician who was the sixth Governor of Alaska of Alaska from 1986 to 1990. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and later served in the Alaska House of Representatives before being elected governor.Cowper served as Governor at...
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- William B. Harrison, Jr.William B. Harrison, Jr.William B. Harrison, Jr., born August 12, 1943 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, is the former CEO and Chairman of JPMorgan Chase. He attended high school at Virginia Episcopal School, where he was a basketball star. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was admitted...
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