The New School of Northern Virginia

The New School is a thoughtful community where students feel intellectually excited and challenged, and appreciated as individuals by their teachers and peers. Such thoughtfulness of mind and heart makes for a rich and happy school environment.

We are committed to small classes where teachers and students co-create the learning, and where teachers engage students in supportive conversations about their work and growth. Through class participation and dialogue with their teachers, our students come to understand themselves as successful learners.

Our curriculum focuses on applied learning and critical and creative thought. We know that giving students choices in the direction of their work fosters “ownership” – students feeling invested in their work and positive about themselves.

Our graduates emerge as self-reliant, skilled learners, decent individuals who have a strong sense of self and are prepared to succeed in the colleges of their choice.