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Academic Review Committee
A committee composed of the assistant heads for academics, grade deans, learning specialists, deans, and counselors that reviews each student’s academic progress every quarter.

Advisor
Every student at Episcopal has an advisor, who plays two primary roles: to serve as the parents’ main liaison with the School and to help each student with making connections to the people and programs at Episcopal. The advisor also helps to set and pursue goals, as well as navigate the normal issues associated with being a teenager. The advisor system is in place to provide every student with a home base in the community.

Administrative Duty Officer (ADO)
The ADO is the daily “on-call” school administrator that oversees immediate support for students and faculty with immediate, pressing issues such as health and safety, off-campus leaves, and supervision of student-life programming. A team of six ADO’s rotates throughout the week.

Advisory Council
Members of the Advisory Council, promote the interest and welfare of EHS. They serve as resources to the Board of Trustees, Head of School, and Administration as they study and make recommendations concerning various aspects of School life and programs.

Afternoon Activities Program
Afternoon Activities Program, also called Afternoon Options, is designed to provide each student with a quality, structured experience that, through athletic and/or artistic pursuit, imbues values such as teamwork, sportsmanship, creativity and competition, while encouraging students to develop and pursue special interests and talents. All students are expected to participate in a sport or School-sponsored activity during each afternoon throughout the School year.

Ainslie Arts Center
Built in 2003, the Ainslie Arts Center has a recording studio, black box theater, and dance studio; classrooms for arts courses; and a formal art gallery, the Angie Newman Johnson Gallery. Ainslie Arts Center is adjacent to Pendleton Hall.

Alumni Cup Challenge
Episcopal vs. Woodberry Alumni Challenge golf tournaments pit the skills of EHS alumni against those of WFS graduates. One of the goals of these events is to use the spirit of competition for which both schools are known for to create an endowment supporting financial aid for deserving students with financial needs.

Anderson Dormitory
The freshmen girls’ dormitory located in Robertson Hall.

Angie Newman Johnson Gallery
A formal art gallery in the Ainslie Arts Center where student and professional artists work is displayed.

Archives
Located on the second floor of Bryan Library, the School Archives houses historical documents and items from the very beginning of the School’s history to today.
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