Norfolk Collegiate School vs. Norfolk Academy

The mission of Norfolk Collegiate School is to develop critical thinkers, doers and explorers through innovative, engaging instruction in an inclusive and supportive learning community.

Each student learns through innovative teaching within a warm and caring community. Norfolk Collegiate teachers are devoted not only to their students, but also to student-engaged instruction.

Balancing college-preparatory curricula with innovative techniques distinguishes our school from others.

Blending group projects, service learning, interdisciplinary studies, 1:1 technology, small classes and challenging courses gives our students the experiences, motivation and tools to succeed.

At the lower school, students find an atmosphere where learning is irresistible and curiosity is encouraged.

During these formative years, the foundations for lifelong learning are established.

When students enter our middle school program, they are taught to meet life's challenges with an engaging and innovative curriculum, utilizing creative problem solving.

With more than 20 Advanced Placement courses and our signature AP Capstone Program, the upper school prepares our students for the academic rigors of college and beyond.

Since our 1728 founding, Norfolk Academy has existed for the transformative education of children in Hampton Roads.

As the nation's eighth oldest school, we carry that historic mission into today.

Trusted and reciprocally empowering relationships form the bedrock of the Norfolk Academy experience.

The inspiring relationships we forge with one another underlie our college-prep curriculum, our innovative programming, and our time-honored traditions, such as the Honor System, our speech program, and our senior-first grade buddy program. No exciting discovery, no personal breakthrough, no learning epiphany occurs without the inspiring and perspective-shifting relationships that students build with one another and with their teachers-who also serve as trusted coaches and wise advisors.The relationships we begin building in grade one-and that grow in complexity all the way through grade 12-make possible both the authentic kindness and the outsized accomplishments of our students.

Years after graduation, Norfolk Academy students still count their friends and teachers here as the largest influences on their entire lives.