Applying to Green Hedges

Visit and apply to Green Hedges to experience how Children here get the care, nurturing, personal attention, and guidance they need to thrive as learners and as young people. The foundation children gain here stays with them in high school and for the rest of their lives.

Academics

Green Hedges educates children ages 2 through Grade 8, providing a robust, comprehensive curriculum enriched with outstanding experiences in world languages, the arts, leadership, and character development.

Our Community

From the moment you step onto the Green Hedges campus, you will witness the strong sense of community that exists here. We provide children a safe, secure environment while maintaining a commitment to the charming, family-friendly community so often found in a neighborhood school.

Supporting Green Hedges

Every gift, large and small, makes a significant difference to the School, and there are a number of ways to give.

Nancy Powell

Grade 2

A long-time resident of Vienna and a former administrator who returned to the classroom, Grade 2 teacher Nancy Powell reflects on her current calling and says, “I see myself coming full circle as an educator.” Before she came to Green Hedges, Mrs. Powell’s many roles at the Potomac School included: Head of Lower School, Reading Specialist, classroom teacher, and Academic and Special Projects Advisor. Prior to that, she taught for several years at the Langley School.

A constant in Mrs. Powell’s journey has been the sense that the early elementary grades are, in her words, “where the magic happens. It’s a critical time when students start to see themselves as learners and members of a community in which every person has something to contribute.” Parents and teachers support the young learners in a complementary way, she says, since, “parents know their children better than anyone else, while teachers have experience with many children of the same age.” This balance, she says, helps students thrive.

Mrs. Powell holds a Master of Education degree in Reading Instruction from the University of Virginia. She considers herself to be a life-long learner, having returned to piano study after many years. “Beginning again,” she notes, “reminds me what it’s like for kids to learn to read or do math, figuring out how those little symbols all work together.”

An avid hiker who has been to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back, Mrs. Powell loves sharing the magic of discovery with her family, which includes three grandchildren.