St. Catherine's School is an independent Episcopal diocesan school in Richmond, Virginia, US. It is the oldest private, all-girls school in Richmond and the only independent all-girls school in Virginia for age 3 to grade 12. St. Catherine's is the sister school to St. Christopher's. The school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register in 2008.

History St. Catherine's was founded in 1890 by Virginia Randolph Ellett during the middle of Richmond's New South movement.

In 1917, the school was incorporated and moved to its present site in the Westhampton area of Richmond. It was sold to the Episcopal Church in 1920 and renamed for St. Catherine, the patron saint of young women, especially those undergoing education.

St. Catherine’s School is an independent PK–12 school dedicated to educating girls. St. Catherine's equips students with the intellect and courage to enter a changing world with a confident voice and the sure-footed expectation that they are prepared for a life without limits.

Located in the heart of Richmond, Virginia, St. Catherine’s provides a well-rounded educational experience rooted in more than a century of history and tradition.https://www.st.catherines.org/about/who-we-are

The School Motto is "What we keep we lose; only what we give remains our own."

The school has produced at least three newspapers: The Scrap Basket, Odds 'n' Ends and Arcadian. The longest running being The Arcadian, which was published from 1940 to 2007.

Notable alumnae Adele Goodman Clark (1901), suffragette Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1898), first female member of Parliament Anna Hill Johnstone (1930), costume designer Penny Williams (1955), Oklahoma State Senator Molly Haskell (1957), film critic, author Lee Smith (1963), author Charlotte Fox (1975), mountaineer Dagen McDowell (1987), news anchor and analyst Catharine F. Easterly (1988), judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals Tinsley Mortimer (1994), American socialite Darley Newman (1997), producer, TV host, writer(Class of 1997) Anne H. Charity Hudley, linguist Emily Tapscott Clark (1909), writer Kristin Rossum (1994), convicted murderer

Notable faculty Lisa Grabarek, teacher and Baptist preacher

References

External links

Official web site