Flint Hill School, founded in 1956, is a private, co-educational, college preparatory school, in Oakton, Virginia, serving grades JK-12. Flint Hill's campus is located in Fairfax County, approximately 20 miles from Washington, D.C.
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History
Flint Hill School was founded in 1956 by Don Niklason as Flint Hill Preparatory School, a co-educational day school with 18 students in grades K-8..
Students attended classes in the Miller House, an estate home belonging to the Francis Pickens Miller Family, which now serves as an administrative facility on campus.
In 1986, Flint Hill purchased 13 acres of property several blocks away at the corner of Chain Bridge and Jermantown Road, and the original Miller House was transported to the new campus. In 1990, a new ownership group acquired the school and reorganized it as Flint Hill School, a nonprofit educational organization. The 1990-1991 academic year began on the new campus with 65 faculty members and an enrollment of 425 students in grades K-12.
In 1990, with the new academic building only partially finished and the funding for its completion in doubt, a group of educational and civic leaders from Northern Virginia, led by Mr. John T. Hazel, Jr., acquired the school, and reorganized it to its current form as Flint Hill School, a nonprofit independent day school. The 1990-1991 academic year began on the new campus with 65 faculty members and an enrollment of 425 students, K-12. By the late 1990s, with more than 700 students there was a need to expand. In 1998, Flint Hill acquired several parcels of property totaling 30 acres within one mile of the existing campus. Classes began at the new facility on September 10, 2001. As of the 2013-14 academic year, the school consisted of two campuses, more than 1,100 students and 200 faculty & staff members.
By the late 1990s, with more than 700 students, the school identified a need to expand its facilities once again and acquired an additional 30 acres of land up the road from the Jermantown Road building. In the summer of 2000, Flint Hill broke ground on its Upper School Campus. Within 12 months from breaking ground, classes began at the new facility on September 10, 2001.
In 2010, Flint Hill introduced the 1:1 technology program; providing all students with Apple Inc. computers and tablets for use in classes and other activities. Flint Hill is "one of the first independent schools in the nation" to enact such a program. In 2011, Flint Hill was named as an 'Apple Virginia Site School.' In 2013 and 2015, Flint Hill was recognized as an 'Apple Distinguished School;' an award Apple gives to schools "that demonstrate Apple's vision for learning with technology."
As of 2017, Flint Hill has two campuses with nearly 1,000 students and over 200 faculty and staff members.
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Extracurricular activities
The Upper School has three continually published, on-campus student publications: The Flint Hill View (news, arts, sports, opinion, and editorial newspaper), The Rough Draft (literary and arts magazine), and The Iditarod (yearbook). Middle School and Upper School students can partake in class government by getting involved in the Student Council Association (SCA).
Athletics
The school participates in the ISL (Independent School League) for girls sports and the MAC (Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference) for boys sports. There are 22 different sports, with 32 Middle School and 35 Upper School teams.
In the past 7 years (2007-2017) Flint Hill has produced 165 College athletes with 83 of them going division 1
Flint Hill's Volleyball team has been ranked #1 in the country 3 times and went on a span of 44 wins before losing a match
The Flint Hill Basketball team was ranked #1 in the country 1 time in 1987 in former NBA player Denis Scott's senior season
Team History
Boy's Basketball
VISAA Division I State Champions 1995
VISAA Division I State Semi-finalist 2005
MAC Champions 1995, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
MAC Tournament Champions 2008, 2009, 2010
FH Tip-Off Tournament Champions 2004, 2007, 2011, 2013 Football
VISAA Division I State Finalist 2008
VISAA Division I State Semi-finalist 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016
MAC Champions 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015
Boys' Lacrosse
VISAA Division II State Semi-finalist 2007
VISAA Division I State Semi-finalist 2009
MAC Champions 2007, 2008, 2009, 2009, 2010
MAC Tournament Champions 2008, 2010, 2014
Ice Hockey
Dominion Cup Champions 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
Boys' Soccer
VISAA Division I State Semi-finalist 2005, 2006, 2007
VISAA Division I State Finalist 2014
MAC Champions 1994, 2007, 2015, 2016
MAC Tournament Champions 2014, 2015, 2016
Boys' Tennis
VISAA Division I State Champions 2006, 2007, 2008
MAC Champions 2006, 2008
MAC Tournament Champions 2006, 2008
Golf
MAC Champions
1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
Baseball
MAC Champions
2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
MAC Tournament Champions
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014
VISAA Division I State Semi-finalist
2013, 2014, 2016
Volleyball
VISAA Division I State Champions 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VISAA Division I State Finalist
2016
VISAA State Semi-finalist
2005
ISL "A" Champions 2005
ISL "AA" Champions 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
ISL "AA" Tournament Champions 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
DC Metro City Champions 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
FH Invitational Tournament Champions 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016
Washington Post #1 Ranking 2009, 2010, 2014
Rivalry Between Flint Hill and The Potomac School
Flint Hill has a sports rivalry with The Potomac School; an independent K-12 college preparatory school located in McLean, Virginia. The rivalry goes back to 1992 when both schools played at George Mason University for the first time ever where Flint Hill defeated Potomac in an overtime basketball victory.
- Justin Bonomo, professional poker player.
- Randolph Childress, former NBA player.
- Dennis Scott, former NBA player.
- George Lynch, former NBA player.
- Ronny Thompson, Emmy Award-winning broadcaster for Comcast SportsNet.
- John Stertzer, football club player.
- Lorena Castillo de Varela, First Lady of Panama since 2014.
References
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