Beyond CDS

The Country Day School (CDS) of Jefferson County is an independent school nestled in the picturesque Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia in the northern Shenandoah Valley. The school, four miles west of Charles Town on State Route 51, is situated on 30 acres of beautiful rolling farmland. Many of our students and faculty reside in West Virginia (Jefferson and Berkeley Counties) while others commute from Virginia (Clarke, Frederick, and Loudon Counties) and Maryland (Washington County).

Private Day and Boarding Schools attended by CDS Alumnae/Alumni

Name Location
Choate Rosemary Hall Wallingford, CT
Episcopal High School Alexandria, VA
Foxcroft School Middleburg, VA
Garrison Forest School Middleburg, VA
George School Newton, PA
The Hill Pottstown, PA
The Madeira School McLean, VA
Massanutten Military Academy Woodstock, VA
Mercersburg Academy Mercersburg, PA
Notre Dame Academy Middleburg, VA
Oldfields School Glencoe, MD
Randolph-Macon Academy Front Royal, VA
St. Andrew's School Middletown, DE
St. James School St. James, MD
St. John's Literary Institute at Prospect Hall Frederick, MD
St. Maria Goretti High School Hagerstown, MD
St. Paul's School Concord, NH
St. Timothy's School Stevenson, MD
Stewart Hall Staunton, VA
Wakefield Country Day School Huntly, VA
Wakefield School The Plains, VA

Colleges and Universities attended by CDS Alumnae/Alumni

Name Location
American University Washington, D.C
Amherst College Amherst, MA
Antioch University Yellow Springs, OH
Beloit College Beloit, WI
Bennington College Bennington, VT
Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA
Central Arizona College Coolidge, AZ
Columbia University New York, NY
Cornell University Ithaca, NY
Davis & Elkins College Elkins, WV
Dickinson College Carlisle, PA
George Mason University Fairfax, VA
Georgetown University Washington, DC
Guilford College Greensboro, NC
Hampden-Sydney College Hampden-Sydney, VA
Hampshire College Amherst, MA
Harvard University Cambridge, MA
Hollins University Roanoke, VA
James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
Kenyon College Cambier, OH
Miami University of Ohio Oxford, OH
Moravian College Bethlehem, PA
Oberlin College Oberlin, OH
Randolph College Lynchburg, VA
Shenandoah University Winchester, VA
Shepherd University Shepherdstown, WV
Swarthmore College Swatrhmore, PA
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VA
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA
Washington College Chestertown, MD
Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA
West Virginia University Morgantown, WV
College of William & Mary Williamsburg, VA