Vienna Adventist Academy, 340 Courthouse Rd., Vienna; 703-938-6200; pre-K through 8th grade; $3,950 (constituent), $4,950 (non-constituent Seventh-day Adventist), $6,450 (non-Seventh-day Adventist); 92 students; viennaadventistacademy.org.
Village Green Day School at Lowes Island, 47722 Saulty Dr., Potomac Falls; 703-404-4200; age 18 months–6 years; $540–$14,450; 250 students; vgdsva.com.
What’s new: A recently installed sports court.
Village Green Day School at Great Falls, 790 Walker Rd., Great Falls; 703-759-4049; age 2–12; $910–$16,390; 200 students; vgdsva.com.
What’s new: The school planted a Three Sisters Garden that yielded flowers and vegetables.
Wakefield Country Day School, 1059 Zachary Taylor Hwy., Flint Hill; 540-635-8555; preschool–12th grade; $6,120–$11,825; 245 students; wakefieldcds.org.
What’s new: The school instituted a five-pillars program, which helps students set individual goals in five critical areas of development: intellect, culture, fitness, service, and virtue. It also renovated the manor house on campus to provide housing for students who wish to board.
Recent accomplishment: This summer, 25 upper-school students spent two weeks in New Orleans rebuilding homes. This year, the school continued its unbroken tradition of 100-percent four-year-college acceptance, with University of Virginia acceptances for four out of seven students who applied.
Colleges where the greatest number of 2009 graduates enrolled: University of Virginia, George Mason University, and University of Mary Washington.
Wakefield School, 4439 Old Tavern Rd., The Plains; 540-253-7500; pre-K through 12th grade; $2,500–$19,500; 450 students; wakefieldschool.org.
Westminster School, 3819 Gallows Rd., Annandale; 703-256-3620; pre-K through 8th grade; $17,200; 268 students; westminsterschool.com.
What’s new: The Griffin Academy at Westminster School, for ages three to four, will open in the fall of 2010.
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