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
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.
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
Madeira Athletics added rock climbing to the list of athletic offerings for students this winter. Enrolled students will practice climbing at Sportrock... Read More
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
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
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
Madeira's student newspaper, The Spectator, recently entered three student press competitions to benchmark the publication's ranking among peer schools... Read More
Join Madeira Varsity Lacrosse Coach Kelly Chandler this winter for indoor lacrosse clinics for grades 5-12
Congratulations to the Madeira IEA Team for winning Grand Champion at their recent home show and earning Reserve Champion at Hazelwild.
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
Equestrian Teams Place First at the Foxcroft and ANRC Home Shows
Madeira hosted a human trafficking awareness seminar on November 9, 2017, partnering with the Great Falls Rotary Club and Airline Ambassadors International... Read More
Madeira seniors Jacey Albaugh, Isabella Gati, and Maddie Heilbrun have announced their commitments to play athletics at the collegiate level next year... Read More
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
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's Recap of Meadowbrook IEA and WIHS Regional and Zone Finals.
Congratulations to the Madeira Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) Team for their Reserve Champion victory at the Foxcroft IEA Show October 22... Read More
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
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
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
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
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 student newspaper, The Spectator, made it's 2017-2018 debut on Family Weekend.
Read the online edition HERE
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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 finished fall sport preseasons this week. Both new incoming and returning athletes competed on the field and court throughout a full... Read More
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
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
The Spring/Summer 2017 issue of Madeira Today is available online.
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
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
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
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
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 the 2017 Commencement ceremonies are now available for purchase.
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 final 2017 issue of The Spectator, is now available.
To read the online version click here
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 held their annual Spring Athletics Assembly in the Chapel Auditorium on Friday, May 26, 2017. At the assembly, Athletic Director, Katie... Read More
Congratulations to the four Madeira student-athletes who received post season-honors, following the conclusion of the spring seasons.
Softball standouts... Read More
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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, 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 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
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
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
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
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
The third annual MadeiraED conference showcased the talents, knowledge and professionalism of Madeira students, faculty and staff. The school-wide conference... Read More
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 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
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
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
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
In late April, five Madeira riders traveled to the Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) National Finals at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington... Read More
Congratulations to five Madeira swimmers who have received post season honors for the 2016-2017 season.
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
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
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
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
The annual Madeira Science Fair showcased impressive projects from freshman to seniors. Judges from various scientific fields inside and outside the Madeira... Read More
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
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 winter issue of The Spectator, is now available. The paper features wide-ranging articles and opinion pieces from a number of Madeira writers.
... Read MoreThe Madeira Equestrian Team finished third at Interscholastic Equestrian Association Zone Finals over the weekend, earning a spot at the IEA National Finals... Read More
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
On Friday, February 24, Dr. Stacey Boyette honored the seniors students of the Madeira Karate Dojo with promotion and recognition.
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
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 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 Finish third at the State Championship, and finish with a perfect 9-0 regular season dual meet record.
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
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
Madeira Athletics Weekly Recap and Look-Ahead
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
Madeira Athletics Weekly Recap and Look-Ahead
Konerth selected for the 2017 United Stated Women's National Development Squad.
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
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
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
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
Madeira Athletics Weekly Recap and Look-Ahead
Madeira Swim and Dive Bests Reigning State Champs in Heated Battle
Madeira Athletic's Weekly Recap and Look Ahead
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
Madeira Athletics Weekly Recap and Look-Ahead
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 ’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