News Archive - 2017
Annie Newton '20 represents USA Lacrosse in Brogden Cup
Annie Newton ’20 will be traveling to Jacksonville, FL over the winter break to represent the United States in the Brogden Cup, a historic three day lacrosse... Read More
The Washington Post Magazine features Head of School, Pilar Cabeza de Vaca
Madeira's Head of School, Pilar Cabeza de Vaca, is featured in the most recent issue of The Washington Post Magazine. Read the full article here.
Save the Date for College Counseling Day
The annual school-wide college program will be on Saturday, January 6, 2018. Families will begin their day in the auditorium for an All School Meeting... Read More
Athletics Adds Rock Climbing as Winter Sport Offering
Madeira Athletics added rock climbing to the list of athletic offerings for students this winter. Enrolled students will practice climbing at Sportrock... Read More
GirlsFirst 2018 Registration Open
Girls entering grades 7-10 are invited to pursue their passion and explore Madeira at GirlsFirst. Registration is now open for Summer 2018.
This one-of-a-kind... Read More
Madeira attends PoCC and SDLC Conferences
In late November, a group of Madeira students and adults traveled to the Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC) and the People of Color Conference... Read More
Madeira Robotics team competes at FIRST Tech Challenge
The Madeira Robotics Team participated in its first competition at Battlefield High School in Haymarket, Virginia in early December. Over 40 middle and... Read More
The Spectator wins multiple awards
Madeira's student newspaper, The Spectator, recently entered three student press competitions to benchmark the publication's ranking among peer schools... Read More
Madeira Indoor Winter Lacrosse Clinics: Registration Open
Join Madeira Varsity Lacrosse Coach Kelly Chandler this winter for indoor lacrosse clinics for grades 5-12
Madeira Equestrian Recap - Home IEA Show and Hazelwild Show
Congratulations to the Madeira IEA Team for winning Grand Champion at their recent home show and earning Reserve Champion at Hazelwild.
Fall All-ISL Selections: Madeira athletes receive honors
Zoe Crawley '18, Sophia Bernstein '19, and Halle Johnson '21 were recognized as All-Independent School League selections in their respective sports, as... Read More
Madeira Equestrian Recap - Foxcroft IEA and Madeira ANRC Shows
Equestrian Teams Place First at the Foxcroft and ANRC Home Shows
Madeira Hosts Human Trafficking Awareness Seminar
Madeira hosted a human trafficking awareness seminar on November 9, 2017, partnering with the Great Falls Rotary Club and Airline Ambassadors International... Read More
College commitments: Senior athletes sign to Harvard, University of Kentucky and Texas Christian University
Madeira seniors Jacey Albaugh, Isabella Gati, and Maddie Heilbrun have announced their commitments to play athletics at the collegiate level next year... Read More
International Women’s History class project wins grant
When you read the course description for International Women’s History at Madeira, you see phrases like: “Feminist theories, from their early development... Read More
Gabby McClellan '20 wins Future of Technology Summit essay contest
Sophomore Gabby McClellan has won the 2017 Future of Technology Summit essay contest. Gabby's essay titled "Edge of Existence" beat out over 3,000 other... Read More
Madeira Equestrian Recap - Meadowbrook IEA and WIHS Regional and Zone Finals
Madeira Equestrian's Recap of Meadowbrook IEA and WIHS Regional and Zone Finals.
Madeira IEA Equestrian Team Earns Reserve Champion at Foxcroft
Congratulations to the Madeira Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) Team for their Reserve Champion victory at the Foxcroft IEA Show October 22... Read More
Equestrian Team Has Strong Showing at WBTA
On October 14 and 15, the Madeira Equestrian team competed at the Washington Bridle Trails Association Horse Show. The Snails found success at the WBTA... Read More
Madeira Volleyball Raises Over $4,300 Through Dig Pink Match
The Madeira School volleyball program hosted its third annual Dig Pink match in partnership with the Side-Out Foundation on Friday, October 6, 2017. The... Read More
Equestrian IEA Team Places First Overall at Hazelwild Farms
In their first show of the year, Madeira Equestrian's IEA team earned first place overall in the upper school team competition at Hazelwild Farm in Fredericksburg... Read More
Neshmeeya Abbas '20 receives US Squash Scholar-Athlete Award
Madeira Varsity Squash athlete, Neshmeeya Abbas '20, received the United States Squash Association's Scholar-Athlete Award for the 2016-2017 season. The... Read More
Madeira Alumnae Participate in STEAM Panel for Open House
Four Madeira alumnae returned to campus to participate in a panel on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) for the first Admissions... Read More
The Spectator debuts first issue of the 2017-2018 School Year
The student newspaper, The Spectator, made it's 2017-2018 debut on Family Weekend.
Read the online edition HERE
Equestrian Team Finds Success at Swan Lake
The Madeira Equestrian Team competed at the Swan Lake Stables USEF Show in late September, and many Snail riders found success in the ring. Kelly Nance... Read More
Family Weekend mobile app
Madeira has created a mobile app for Family Weekend in order to eliminate paper waste and provide families with convenient and accessible information!... Read More
PINK Award Winner spends summer in Ukraine
Kalyna White ‘18, Madeira’s 2017 Pink Award recipient, spent her summer helping orphans in Ukraine.
Kalyna founded LABUkraine, a nonprofit that takes... Read More
Madeira Volleyball to Host 3rd Annual Dig Pink Match
The Madeira School volleyball program will host its third annual Dig Pink match next week to help raise support and awareness for the fight against breast... Read More
STEAM Fundamentals class competes at Fury Road
The Module 1 STEAM Fundamentals class traveled to Fury Road for their first project challenge of the school year. Fury Road refers to the cult classic... Read More
Juniors prepare for internships on Capitol Hill
Each year, Madeira sends every member junior class to Capitol Hill for a five week experiential internship. To aid students in donning their most professional... Read More
Madeira Swim and Dive Receives National Honors
The Madeira Varsity Swim and Dive team has been ranked 75th in the nation. Madeira Swim and Dive ranks 17th among all private girls’ schools in the country... Read More
Emily Cyrway '19 Places 7th at NCEA Junior Finals
Congratulations to Emily Cyrway '19 who placed 7th on Saturday in the NCEA Junior Hunter Seat Medal Finals. The National Collegiate Equestrian Association... Read More
Family Weekend Registration Open!
Don't miss Family Weekend 2017!
Full a full schedule visit www.madeira.org/familyweekend
Highlights include:
Thursday - October 5:
Seniors and their parents... Read More
Charlotte Smith '17 spends summer out of this world
I spent the month after graduating doing an internship at the NASA headquarters in DC. I woke up every day at 6:30 a.m. to take an hour-long Metro ride... Read More
Madeira Athletics Holding Donation Drive for Victims of Hurricane Harvey
The Madeira Field Hockey and Volleyball teams will be hosting donation drives in an effort to support the victims of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas... Read More
Madeira Athletics - Letter from the Athletic Director
Madeira Community,
It’s hard to convey the extent of my excitement for the upcoming school year. Since coming to Madeira, I have been impressed with how... Read More
Opening Convocation Message 2017
GOOD MORNING, MADEIRA! WELCOME TO THE 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR.
The weather has changed this week, which makes it easier to envision the end of summer and... Read More
Madeira Athletics Includes Leadership Development in Preseason Training
Madeira Athletics finished fall sport preseasons this week. Both new incoming and returning athletes competed on the field and court throughout a full... Read More
Madeira ranked #1 Private High School in Virginia, top 25 in U.S.
The Madeira School has been named the #1 Private High School in Virginia by Niche.
In addition Town & Country Magazine named Madeira as one of the "25... Read More
Welcome to our new faculty and staff
Allow us to introduce you to the new faces at Madeira (and a reintroduce a few familiar ones).
Carla Belsher joins the Madeira team this year in the Health... Read More
Read the latest issue of Madeira Today
The Spring/Summer 2017 issue of Madeira Today is available online.
Athletics Releases 2017 Fall Sports Schedules
The Madeira Athletic Department has official released the 2017 fall sport schedules. Student-athletes will return to campus for optional preseason on August... Read More
Madeira alumna plays Hardball this summer
She may have only graduated in 2015 but Anna McMahon is already using her experience from Madeira’s signature Co-Curriculum program to secure sought after... Read More
Four students win Cappies Award for Sets
Congratulations to Sasha Alexander ‘17, Briana Harrington ‘17, Millenah Nascimento ’17 and Grace Ye ’18 for winning the 2017 Cappies Award in the category... Read More
Madeira Fashion Club publishes first magazine
This spring, the Madeira Fashion Club published their first fashion magazine. Club members, CiCi Wu and Monica Shen were the founders and publishers of... Read More
Commencement 2017
On Friday June 2, Madeira awarded 75 diplomas to the class of 2017. After the traditional processional to their seats with hand held bouquets of 13 red... Read More
Digital recordings of Graduation & Affirmation available for purchase
Digital recordings of the 2017 Commencement ceremonies are now available for purchase.
Closing Convocation 2017
The Madeira community joined together on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 to celebrate the successful completion of another school year.
At Closing Convocation... Read More
The Spectator - Final 2017 Issue
The final 2017 issue of The Spectator, is now available.
To read the online version click here
Madeira Athletics Unveils New Snail Logo and Adidas Partnership
Shelly the Snail, the new Madeira mascot, was not the only thing that Madeira Athletics unveiled during the 2016-2017 school year. This past Friday, the... Read More
Madeira Athletics Announces End of Year Awards
Madeira Athletics held their annual Spring Athletics Assembly in the Chapel Auditorium on Friday, May 26, 2017. At the assembly, Athletic Director, Katie... Read More
Four Madeira Student-Athletes Receive Post-Season Honors
Congratulations to the four Madeira student-athletes who received post season-honors, following the conclusion of the spring seasons.
Softball standouts... Read More
Advance Photography students present final projects
As the year comes to a close, the Advance Photography class presented their final projects using a variety of techniques learned throughout module 7 and... Read More
Five Students nominated for 2017 Cappies awards
Congratulations to Sasha Alexander ‘17, Briana Harrington ‘17, Millenah Nascimento ’17 and Grace Ye ’18 for their Cappies Award nomination in the category... Read More
Equestrian Show Team wins at ANRC National Championships
The Madeira Equestrian Show Team wrapped up a successful season with several victories at the ANRC National Championships at Sweet Briar College in Lynchburg... Read More
Madeira Track and Field Finds Success at States
Madeira Athletics sent eight Track and Field athletes to the VISAA Championship Meet - Each of the eight athletes that competed for Madeira at states set... Read More
GATE literary magazine is available online
At the close of MadeiraED this year, the 2017 edition of GATE was presented. Madeira Dance and Madeira Select performed several numbers as students read... Read More
Shakespeare Theatre Company Actors Visit Madeira
Actors from the Shakespeare Theatre Company were on Madera’s campus this week, leading workshops for the sophomore class. Vanessa Hope, Kiernan McGowan... Read More
Sophomore advisory create puppets for local Head Start program
At the beginning of the school year, Ms. Heinan’s sophomore advisory group decided to develop a community service project that they could work on together... Read More
Local choreographer, dancer visits Madeira dance program
After several impressive performances at SpringFest, The Madeira Dance program kept their training going with guest instruction by Victor Adebusola, a... Read More
Emilija Platukyte '18 Goes Undefeated in Spring Tennis Season
Emilija Platukyte, a junior boarding student from Kaunas, Lithuania, finished the 2017 spring season a perfect 7-0 in the number one singles slot for Madeira... Read More
Madeira offers live streaming of graduation
Madeira is pleased to announce the live streaming of the 2017 commencement ceremony on June 2 at 10:30 a.m.
We have partnered with a new, free streaming... Read More
Athletics Recap - Weeks of April 24 - May 12
Emilija Platukyte finishes the season undefeated. The JV Lacrosse team finishes the season with a perfect 8-0 record. Lauren Grohowski earned more first... Read More
2017-2018 student government announced
The elections results are in! The Madeira student government and class officers have been named for the 2017-2018 school year.
The student government... Read More
Madeira celebrates 50 years of The Co-Curriculum Program
Nearly 400 guests gathered along with the Madeira community on April 28, 2017 for Celebrate Madeira, an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the... Read More
Madeira announces All the Difference: The Campaign for Madeira
Five years ago, Madeira began to lay the groundwork for the most ambitious fundraising initiative in our history. We identified five strategic funding... Read More
MadeiraED conference completes another successful run
The third annual MadeiraED conference showcased the talents, knowledge and professionalism of Madeira students, faculty and staff. The school-wide conference... Read More
Madeira students accepted to Governor's Schools of Virginia
Ejun Kim ‘19 was admitted to the French Academy of the Governor’s School of Virginia. She is one of 60 students in Virginia selected to attend a three-week... Read More
The Spectator - Spring Issue
The spring issue of The Spectator, is now available. The paper features wide-ranging articles and opinion pieces from a number of Madeira writers including... Read More
2017 National Latin Exam Recognition
Fourteen students were recognized in April for their accomplishments on the National Latin Exam.
The National Latin Exam, sponsored by the American Classical... Read More
Emily Barre awarded National Merit Northrop Grumman Scholarship
Senior Emily Barre has been selected as a winner of the National Merit Northrop Grumman Scholarship. Emily entered the competition of 1.6 million juniors... Read More
2017 SpringFest and M.A.C Awards
SpringFest is an annual event in which the visual, performing, and musical arts are celebrated. This year the students excelled in every routine, song... Read More
Madeira IEA team places 2nd at National Finals
In late April, five Madeira riders traveled to the Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) National Finals at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington... Read More
Five Madeira swimmers receive post-season honors
Congratulations to five Madeira swimmers who have received post season honors for the 2016-2017 season.
White House speechwriter, Sarah Hurwitz, to give 2017 commencement address
Madeira is pleased to announce that Sarah Hurwitz will deliver the keynote address at Commencement on June 2, 2017
From 2009 to 2017, Sarah Hurwitz served... Read More
College commitments: Senior athletes sign to MIT and Sarah Lawrence
Alexa Zartman-Ball '17 and Hannah Adams '17 announced their commitments this week to play athletics at the collegiate level. Zartman-Ball has committed... Read More
Madeira in the News
Our very own Head of School and Assistant Head of School both made headlines this week discussing Madeira's wonderful program, students, faculty/staff... Read More
Athletics Recap - Weeks of March 27 - April 7
Monte Saunders ’19 (300 M School Record Holder) took first place in the 300 Hurdle and first place in the 100 Hurdle, scoring the Snails 20 points by herself... Read More
Science fair a great success: 2017 Winners announced
The annual Madeira Science Fair showcased impressive projects from freshman to seniors. Judges from various scientific fields inside and outside the Madeira... Read More
Madeira Lacrosse Competes at ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando
The Madeira Lacrosse program made the most of the school's two week spring break vacation. On March 20, 2017, nineteen Madeira student-athletes and two... Read More
Julia Skinner-Grant '19 first runner-up in regional Shakespeare Competition
Sophomore Julia Skinner-Grant competed in the 2017 English-Speaking Union Washington D. C. Branch Shakespeare Competition at the Lansburgh Theatre downtown... Read More
The Spectator - Winter Issue
The winter issue of The Spectator, is now available. The paper features wide-ranging articles and opinion pieces from a number of Madeira writers.
... Read More
Madeira Equestrian Earns Spot At Nationals For Second Year In A Row
The Madeira Equestrian Team finished third at Interscholastic Equestrian Association Zone Finals over the weekend, earning a spot at the IEA National Finals... Read More
2017 Madeira Film Festival accepting submissions
The 2017 Madeira School Film Festival is now accepting submissions. The Festival is open to submissions from all high school students in the D.C. metro... Read More
Madeira Karate Honors Senior Class
On Friday, February 24, Dr. Stacey Boyette honored the seniors students of the Madeira Karate Dojo with promotion and recognition.
Audiences captivated by Into The Woods
Review by Victoria Akagha '19
This February, Madeira put on a production of James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods. The musical is a twist... Read More
Athletics Recap - Final Week of Winter Season
The last weekend in February marked the end of the winter season for Madeira Athletics. Madeira Swim and Dive competed at the VISAA State Championships... Read More
Madeira hosts Resident Artist for Winter Musical
Madeira students in the Winter Musical, Into the Woods, blazed new trails in musical theater under the guidance of Resident Artist, Mary Sugar. Ms. Sugar... Read More
Madeira Swim and Dive Takes Third at States, Finish Perfect 9-0
Madeira Swim and Dive Finish third at the State Championship, and finish with a perfect 9-0 regular season dual meet record.
Madeira Equestrians finish 1st at IEA Regional Finals
The Madeira Equestrian team finished in first place at the IEA Regional Finals. The first-place finish secured a place at IEA Zone Finals.
In addition... Read More
Big Finish for Mod 4 Karate
The Madeira Karate Dojo is proud to announce the following promotions awarded during Module 4. Promotions are based on proficiency of physical skill,... Read More
Athletics Recap - Week of February 10-17
Madeira Athletics Weekly Recap and Look-Ahead
Emily Barre '17 competes in Brain Bee
On February 9, Emily Barre ‘17 represented Madeira for the second year in a row at the Brain Bee. The Brain Bee is a neuroscience competition and was held... Read More
Athletics Recap - Week of January 30-February 10
Madeira Athletics Weekly Recap and Look-Ahead
Natalie Konerth '13 Selected for US Field Hockey National Development Squad
Konerth selected for the 2017 United Stated Women's National Development Squad.
STEAM students create original sound sculptures
During the last week of Module 4 freshmen presented their final projects for their STEAM Fundamentals course.
STEAM Fundamentals is a project-based course... Read More
Lucy Li named to All-District Band
Junior Lucy Li was recently named to the All-District Band through a competitive audition with students from Arlington, Fairfax Schools, Chantilly, Herndon... Read More
Human Anatomy and Physiology class visits Georgetown University cadaver lab
The Human Anatomy and Physiology class visited the cadaver lab at Georgetown University Medical School to get up close and personal look at the human body... Read More
2017 Miss Greenway crowned
On a chilly night in January, students gathered in the student center for the Miss Greenway pageant.
Miss Greenway is the annual contest organized by... Read More
Athletic Recap - Week of January 23 - 27
Madeira Athletics Weekly Recap and Look-Ahead
Madeira Swim and Dive Defeats Reigning State Champions, Achieve 7-0 Record
Madeira Swim and Dive Bests Reigning State Champs in Heated Battle
Athletics Recap - Week of January 16-20
Madeira Athletic's Weekly Recap and Look Ahead
Chamber Orchestra tours Kennedy Center
On Friday, January 13, the Madeira Chamber Orchestra went to the Kennedy Center for a tour, and a concert by the National Symphony Orchestra. Their tour... Read More
Athletics Recap - Weeks of January 3 - 13
Madeira Athletics Weekly Recap and Look-Ahead
Registration is now open for all Summer at Madeira programs
Registration is now open for all Summer at Madeira programs.
We have something for the whole family, all summer long. View our Programs by Category, ... Read More
Nandi Ndoro places in New York Times writing contest
Nandi Ndoro ’19 was named a runner-up in the second annual Student Review Contest organized by The New York Times. Her article, Black Girl Lemonade, originally... Read More