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CONDITIONS FOR THE ACCREDITING OF SCHOOLS.

A school desiring to be placed on the accredited list of the
university should apply to the Chairman of the Committee on Accredited
Schools. In response to the application, a blank form inquiring
into the course of study, faculty, etc., of the school will be sent
to the principal. Upon the return of this blank, properly filled
out, a representative of the university will be sent to inspect the
school. If his report is favorable and the Committee concurs, the
school will be accepted and the principal duly notified. The name
of the school will be entered upon the list of accredited schools and
published in the catalogue of the university.

No school will be placed upon the list in which the course of
study covers less than four years of high school work based upon
at least seven years of competent elementary instruction.

Each school must offer at least sixteen units of high school
instruction as defined in the entrance requirements of the University
of Virginia in the current number of the catalogue. A unit
consists of thirty-six weeks of instruction in one subject, in which
there are five recitations of forty minutes each per week. These
sixteen units must include the English A, B, and C, Mathematics
A, B, C, and one unit of history as outlined in the Entrance Requirements.
Students wishing to pursue the study of Latin at the
university must offer four units of Latin for entrance.

The university will not consider any high school in which the
teaching force consists of less than two teachers devoting their
entire time to high school instruction. It is strongly in favor of
requiring the entire time of not less than three teachers. All high
school teachers should possess college training and preference will
be given to those schools in which the teachers are college graduates.

The number of daily recitation periods given by one teacher
should not exceed eight. The university advises six. The number
of daily recitation periods of one student should not exceed five.

The quality of the instruction, the general intellectual and moral
tone of the school, the efficiency of the equipment and the character
of the text-books used are paramount factors, and a representative
of the university must report satisfactorily upon those points before
a school shall be accredited.

The laboratory and library facilities should be adequate to the
needs of the instruction in the subjects for which credit is asked.

Each accredited school is required to report to the Committee
on Accredited Schools when requested to do so. Any failure so to
report will be considered cause for removal from the list.

The principal is required to forward to the dean of the university
upon a blank to be supplied upon request, a list of subjects in
which each student entering the university from said school is
properly prepared.

The university reserves the right to cease to accredit at any time
any school that employs inefficient teachers or fails to maintain the
standard mentioned herein.

High schools which do not fulfill all the requirements for a
fully accredited school, but which offer at least twelve units, may be
partially accredited, upon those subjects which have been approved
by the committee. Graduates of such schools will be credited with
the twelve approved units and will be required to stand entrance
examinations upon the other units.

LIST OF ACCREDITED SCHOOLS IN VIRGINIA.

The following is a list of the schools within the State of Virginia
at present accredited by the university. This list is revised
annually by the Faculty Committee on Accredited Schools. Schools
already on the list will be retained and new schools added provided
they give evidence upon examination of meeting the entrance requirements
stated above.

                                                                                                                                       

Augusta Military Academy	Fort Defiance, Va.
Big Stone Gap High School	Big Stone Gap, Va.
Bridle Creek High School	Bridle Creek, Va.
Bristol High School	Bristol, Va.
Charlottesville High School	Charlottesville, Va.
Chase City High School	Chase City, Va.
Churchland High School	Churchland, Va.
Clifton Forge High School	Clifton Forge, Va.
Cluster Springs Academy	Cluster Springs, Va.
Covington High School	Covington, Va.
Culpeper High School	Culpeper, Va.
Danville High School.	Danville, Va.
Danville School for Boys.	Danville, Va.
Driver Agricultural High School.	Driver, Va.
Dublin Institute.	Dublin, Va.
Emporia High School	Emporia, Va.
Episcopal High School.	Alexandria, Va.
Fishburne Military Academy.	Waynesboro, Va.
Fork Union Academy.	Fork Union, Va.
Front Royal High School	Front Royal, Va.
Gloucester Academy.	Gloucester, Va.
Hampton High School.	Hampton, Va.
Harrisonburg High School.	Harrisonburg, Va.
Jefferson School for Boys	Charlottesville, Va.
Lawrenceville High School.	Lawrenceville, Va.
Lexington High School.	Lexington, Va.
Lincoln High School	Lincoln, Va.
Luray High School	Luray, Va.
Lynchburg High School.	Lynchburg, Va.
Manassas High School.	Manassas, Va.
Martinsville High School.	Martinsville, Va.
Massanutten Academy.	Woodstock, Va.
McGuire's School.	Richmond, Va.
Miller School.	Miller School, Va.
New London Academy	Forest Depot, Va.
Newport News High School.	Newport News, Va.
Norfolk High School.	Norfolk, Va.
Norfolk Academy.	Norfolk, Va.
Onancock High School.	Onancock, Va.
Palmyra High School	Palmyra, Va.
Petersburg High School.	Petersburg, Va.
Pocahontas High School.	Pocahontas, Va.
Portsmouth High School.	Portsmouth, Va.
Pulaski High School.	Pulaski, Va.
Randolph-Macon Academy.	Bedford City, Va.
Randolph-Macon Academy.	Front Royal, Va.
Richmond High School.	Richmond, Va.
Richmond Academy.	Richmond, Va.
Roanoke High School.	Roanoke, Va.
Salem High School.	Salem, Va.
Shenandoah College.	Reliance, Va.
Shenandoah Collegiate Institute.	Dayton, Va.
Shenandoah Valley Academy.	Winchester, Va.
Shoemaker High School.	Gate City, Va.
Smithfield High School.	Smithfield, Va.
South Boston High School.	South Boston, Va.
Staunton High School.	Staunton, Va.
Staunton Military Academy.	Staunton, Va.
Suffolk High School.	Suffolk, Va.
Tazewell High School.	Tazewell, Va.
Wakefield High School	Wakefield, Va.
Waverly High School.	Waverly, Va.
Western Branch High School.	Portsmouth, Va.
Winchester High School	Winchester, Va.
Woodberry Forest School.	Orange, Va.
Woodlawn High School.	Woodlawn, Va.
Woodstock High School.	Woodstock, Va.
Wytheville High School.	Wytheville, Va.

LIST OF SCHOOLS PARTIALLY ACCREDITED IN VIRGINIA

         

Abingdon High School.	Abingdon, Va.
Appomattox High School.	Appomattox, Va.
Cape Charles High School.	Cape Charles, Va.
Toano High School.	Toano, Va.
Warrenton High School.	Warrenton, Va.

CERTIFICATES OF SCHOOLS OUTSIDE OF VIRGINIA.

Certificates from schools outside the State of Virginia which are
accredited by their own state universities, or other institutions of
similar rank, may be accepted by the dean, provided the courses of
instruction in such schools meet the requirements indicated in the
foregoing pages.