About

Meet St. Albans

Headmaster Jason Robinson

In small classes, at seated family-style meals, and during engaging chapel services, we cultivate in students a passion for excellence, a love of learning, and a commitment to the enduring questions at the heart of the human experience.

School Philosophy

Founded in 1909 on the grounds of Washington National Cathedral, St. Albans School asks boys to engage fully and meaningfully in learning, community, and citizenship. On every corner of the campus—in the classrooms and at the lunch tables, in the chapel and on the stage, on the playing field and at the easel, and in silence or in song—the strength of this community of learners stems, first and foremost, from the centrality of the student-teacher relationship. While our students engage deeply with our rigorous curriculum, they also connect thoughtfully with each other and with the larger community as they prepare for lives guided by openness, grace, and respect.
 
A St. Albans education fuels its students for lives of purpose, driven by careful cultivation of the life of the mind and an astute sense of the Episcopal call to serve the greater good. We are committed to a diversity among students, faculty, and staff that shapes and enriches our shared experiences. Ours is an education that creates lifelong learners and fosters lifetime friendships. Grounded in integrity of self and scholarship, St. Albans maintains a community in which boys embrace academic vigor and complexity, celebrate their sense of wonder and joy with others, and understand and value their agency in a world that will benefit from their knowledge, compassion, and character.

Top Colleges Over Last 5 Years

University of Chicago (37) 
Dartmouth College (17) 
Yale University (17) 
Georgetown University (13) 
Boston College (11) 
Harvard University (10) 
Tulane University (10) 
Columbia University (9) 
Princeton University (9)
University of Virginia (9) 
Wesleyan University (9) 
Davidson College (8) 
Bowdoin College (7) 
Wake Forest University (7) 
Washington and Lee University (7) 
Colgate University (6) 
Cornell University (6) 
Duke University (6) 
University of North Carolina (6) 
University of St. Andrews (6)

  • 1909

    Year Founded

  • 593

    Enrollment

  • 7:1

    Student to Faculty Ratio

  • 80%

    of Faculty have Advanced Degrees

  • 43%

    Students of Color

  • $32,899

    Average Financial Aid Award

  • $5.8 million

    Total Financial Aid Distributed

  • Episcopal

    Religious Affiliation

  • 250+

    Average Annual College Acceptances
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  • Mission Statement

    St. Albans School is an Episcopal school for boys that values character above all else, setting high expectations for its students as it challenges them to think deeply and critically, to work and play with discipline and passion, and to build relationships guided by empathy and kindness.

Our Academic Leadership Team

List of 4 members.

  • Photo of Jason Robinson

    Jason "Jason" Robinson 

    Headmaster
    (202) 537-6430
  • Photo of Suzanne Woods

    Suzanne "Suzanne" Woods 

    Associate Head of School; Upper School History
    (202) 537-5531
  • Photo of Fredric Chandler

    Fredric "Fred" Chandler 

    Head of Lower School; Holder of the Katherine Gregory Thomas Chair of Lower School Studies; Athletics
    (202) 537-6449
  • Photo of Joseph Viola

    Joseph "Joseph" Viola 

    Head of Upper School
    (202) 537-6404

Governing Board

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  • Bishop of Washington

    The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde

  • Headmaster

    Mr. Jason F. Robinson

  • Chair

    Mr. Leland Lim ’93

  • Vice Chair

    Mr. Calvert S. Bowie ’69

  • Secretary

    Mrs. Rachel W. Sheridan
  • Mr. Amar C. Bakshi ’02
  • Mr. Grant Brown (Lower School Faculty Representative)
  • Mr. Christopher Calsyn (PECF President)
  • Mr. Mukang Cho ’92
  • Mr. George T. Chopivsky III ’93
  • Mr. Jason M. Cross ’95
  • Mr. Thomas A. Duckenfield III ’82 (Alumni Association President)
  • Mr. Perry W. Fergus
  • Ms. Alyse Graham
  • Mrs. Mae Haney Grennan
  • Mr. Scott Jaeckel
  • Mr. Peter E. Kaplan Jr. ’92
  • Mrs. Patience B. Marime-Ball
  • Mrs. Kris McBrady
  • Dr. Tushar C. Patel
  • Mr. Matthew H. Polak ’98 (Annual Giving Chair)
  • Ms. Mary Ruppe Nash
  • Mr. Zachary K. Shipley ’70
  • Mrs. Laura W. Steuart (Parents’ Association President)
  • Mr. David B. Sturtevant ’92 (Upper School Faculty Representative)
  • Mrs. Monica M. Thompson
  • Ms. Gay Truscott (NCS Representative)
Located in Washington D.C., St. Albans School is a private, all boys day and boarding school. For more than a century, St. Albans has offered a distinctive educational experience for young men in grades 4 through 12. While our students reach exceptional academic goals and exhibit first-rate athletic and artistic achievements, as an Episcopal school we place equal emphasis upon moral and spiritual education.