Keep It Happening at The Hague School!

Help Us to Keep It Happening at The Hague School!

This short, student-driven campaign is a fundraiser for Hampton Roads' only independent school offering the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme. With class size capped at 14 students and the city of Norfolk as our campus, we use a discussion-based approach which pushes students to be highly engaged and deeply invested in their education. Visit The Hague School's website to learn more about our innovative approach to learning.

Here's what our students are saying about The Hague School: 

"This school helped me find my voice." 

"I feel a sense of belonging that I never felt at any other school."  

"The curriculum is rigorous, but it is internationally recognized, so it's worth it." 

Parents feel equally strong about THS' impact:

"The unique teaching methodology transformed our daughter into a confident, assertive leader." 

"THS was like a port in the storm for our son."

"Our child's academic focus and maturity level has changed dramatically since he started 9th grade at THS. He hadn't been someone who dedicated time to coursework. Now he strives for straight A's because he is engaged and wants to show up as a leader."

Students recruiting at Stockley Gardens Arts Festival  //  Budding scientists learning in our science laboratory

Academic rigor + Strong Community = Impressive Results:

• 100% college acceptance / more than $1M in merit-base scholarship for the Classes of 2023 and 2024

• Class of 2023 graduates accepted to UVA, William & Mary, Virginia Tech, College of Charleston, Amsterdam University College, Mary Washington, Miami (OH), George Mason, VCU, Old Dominion, and James Madison.

• Students from the classes of 2023 and 2024 accepted into 5 different university Honors programs

• 15% of students receive financial aid / 20% come from military-affiliated families / 40% live outside Norfolk

The Hague School's inaugural graduating class, the Class of 2023

The Hague School Founding Principles:

Founded in 2019, at The Hague School we believe that secondary education should be focused on 21st-century skills: listening like leaders, thinking like scholars, and collaborating in the educational journey.  Small by design, The Hague School offers personalized instruction centered on the Harkness Method of instruction and the International Baccalaureate Diploma.  Students thrive under the expert leadership of lifelong educators who guide them on a journey of evidence-based inquiry, deep self-reflection, respectful discourse, and holding each other accountable for the group learning environment.

The Hague School's hallmark pedagogy, the Harkness Method, in action

A Global Focus with the City of Norfolk as Our Classroom

The Hague School affords students unique cross-cultural and extracurricular learning opportunities, including international travel/exchange programs with our sister schools in Mexico and Denmark, Model United Nations events in the US and abroad, and interscholastic mock trial competitions.  Students also regularly conduct art classes at our Ghent neighbor the Chrysler Museum, recently interviewed for internships with 757 Startup Studios, participate in coastal restoration projects through the Elizabeth River Project and under the auspices of Norfolk Master Gardeners, develop original theater pieces under the tutelage of Generic Theater, and excel in interscholastic sailing competitions on local waterways.

THS students joined by students from Harkness Institute, our sister school in Mexico, on summer exchange cultural tour to Puebla, Mexico

THS students following successful performance at Harvard's 2023 Model United Nations competition in Boston

THS students departing for Denmark foreign exchange with Danish sister school Ikast Brande Gymnasium

The Hague School Difference 

Since our inception, The Hague School has sought "high character, high potential" students, and has endeavored to ensure that no qualified student would be denied admission due to economic barriers.  Helping us to achieve that objective is our comparably low tuition for this area market. A second tool for reducing barriers is the Education Improvement Scholarship Tax Credit Program, or EISTCP, which enables donors to receive substantial state tax credits by contributing to student scholarship funding.  In 2023, we established The Hague School Foundation to administer and distribute qualified donations. The final component or our three-pronged approach to enabling all qualified students to attend our school is through our culture of philanthropy. This last ingredient is why we are asking for your help.  In addition to making The Hague School affordable to all qualified students, your unrestricted philanthropic contribution will go directly toward technology upgrades, educational programs, faculty professional development, financial aid, campus upkeep, and more.  

Chemistry students experimenting in our outdoor classroom

We need your help to keep it happening at The Hague School! 
Please consider making your gift today!