Foxcroft School's year-long Centennial, commemorating 100 years of educating young women, culminates in late April with a three-day "Celebration Weekend" that includes something for everyone – including the general public. Special flags commemorating the event will fly in Middleburg village through the week and on Saturday, April 26 from 9 am to 3 pm, all are invited to come to campus for a day of performances exhibits, classes and presentations, riding demonstrations, athletic events, and panel discussions representing "Foxcroft: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow." Admission is free.

Highlighting the day's offerings are two all-day exhibits, "Foxcroft through the Decades," and an Alumnae Art Show. The first, on display in the Audrey Bruce Currier Library (whose lovely courtyard was designed by the late Rachel "Bunny" Lambert Mellon, will provide a glimpse into Foxcroft life and snapshots of memorable faculty members through the years. Professional designer Dan Murphy of Middleburg is creating the exhibit, with help from students and staff, pulling material from the School's extensive archives. Murphy, father of Foxcroft graduate Grace (2010) and junior Molly, is a principal at PRD Group, LTD, which has designed exhibits for the Smithsonian and the U.S. Botanical Gardens.

The art show, curated by local artist Whitney Knapp, who graduated from Foxcroft in 1999, will feature a variety of works created by Foxcroft women from around the world. Using oversized video screens, it will include virtual displays as well as actual exhibits and will take place in the Foxcroft Art Studio – where visitors will also have an opportunity to help create a Centennial work of art. This show is completely separate from the "Foxcroft School: The Art of Women and the Sporting Life" currently on display at the National sporting Library and Museum in Middleburg.

Mini-classes in several subjects offered by Foxcroft faculty, presentations on the School's cutting edge STEM program, and musical performances by student groups and individuals also will be offered in the Schoolhouse, along with screenings of a student-created video that looks at the differences and similarities of Foxcroft girls in 1914 and 2014.

Student and faculty panels, offering an authentic and informative look at school life today, and a presentation on Women and Philanthropy by Wetherby Asset Management are also on the program.

Foxcroft's outstanding Riding Department will showcase equestrian and equine athletes at the McConnell Stables. There will demonstration lessons on the indoor arena and two outside venues, as well as opportunities to visit with the riders, the staff, and the horses. In the afternoon, several dozen alumnae will present a flashback to Foxcroft's days as a quasi-military school with a re-enactment of "Drill," complete with wooden "pieces." Wrapping up the activities, the School's oldest and most beloved tradition will be honored with a Fox/Hound March In, "Singing," and Alumnae Field Hockey Game.

For registered guests, the Centennial Celebration also includes Mr. B's 'When Pigs Fly" barbecue Friday night, several celebrations Saturday evening, and a Hunt Breakfast on Sunday. Upwards of 800 people are expected to attend the festivities.

The celebration, announced in January 2013 with an appearance of Miss Charlotte herself (the School's founder Charlotte Haxall Noland), officially began in September with a global Day of Service. Foxcroft hosted the Cherry Blossom Walk, Run and Pooch Prance as the flagship event and helped the event raise a record-setting sum to benefit the Cherry Blossom Breast Cancer Foundation. At more than 20 other locations on four continents, Foxcroft women, friends and family did everything from conducting a CPR training course and feeding the homeless to playing in a charity poker tournament and installing a drainage pipe in an English village -- all to honor Foxcroft's 100-year-old tradition of community service.

Throughout the school year, alumnae have been highlighted at special events. In January, noted poet Tina Barr, a member of the Class of 1973, was featured at the annual Paul Bergan Poetry Festival and seven alumnae from three decades spoke at the School's Career, Mentor and Intern art. Olympic riders Nina Fout '77 and Juliet Graham '72 and Baseball Hall of Fame Chair and US Equestrian Federation leader Jane Forbes Clark '73 were part of the inaugural class inducted March 1 into the brand new Foxcroft Sports Hall of Fame.

This spring, the Helen C. Niblack Arts Lecture Series will bring mixed media artist Sally Ketcham '73 and curator Holly Pyne Connor '70 to campus for, respectively, a day of workshops and a presentation on the museum exhibit "Angels and Tomboys." For more information about Foxcroft's Centennial, visit www.foxcroft.org/centennial or call 540.687.4511