Orchard House At A Glance
Enrollment: 80 girls • Grades: 5 through 8 • Class size: 20
Founded in 1998, Orchard House School is specifically designed to meet the academic, social, and developmental needs of middle school girls in the Richmond area. More »
News and Events
Congratulations to the Class of 2009
Your graduation speeches were wonderful. We will miss you! Good luck!
Peace Essay Winners
We are proud to announce that eighth grader Sarah Austen Holzgrefe was announced the winner of the Richmond Peace Education Center's 2009 Peace Essay Contest in the middle school category. Students Camille Peeples, Ciera Hawkins, Lia Russell, Kia Garrett, and Liz Wolfe all received honorable mentions. To read the essays, visit the Richmond Peace Education Center website.
Summer Hours
Our summer hours are Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m.until 11:30 a.m. We will be closed on July 6, 2009.
Gardening with OHS
We are happy to be a part of the Humphrey Calder community garden! OHS families will join forces and tend a plot in the garden being built behind the Humphrey Calder Community Center. For more information, log on to the Gryphon Net!
Fourth Quarter Summaries
Fourth quarter summaries are available on the Gryphon Net. Just log on to see what the girls were doing last quarter.
Support Orchard House
OHS is now part of GoodSearch and GoodShop, which is a cyber mall. Using GoodSearch (powered by Yahoo!) and GoodShop will earn money for OHS in an easy and pain-free manner. So far we have made over $145. Simply set GoodSearch.com as your home page and for every search you do, a penny will be donated to OHS! If you shop with GoodShop, a portion of your purchase will go to OHS. Be sure to check it out and enter Orchard House School as your nonprofit of choice.
What makes Orchard House different?
From our school community to our research and methodology find out what are our Distinguishing Characteristics.

