Gar-Field High School
14000 Smoketown Road Woodbridge, VA 22192
Gar-Field High School Web Site
Phone: 703.730.7000
Principal: Brenda L. Aiken, Ed.D.
Assistant Principals: Barbara Cavalier, Regina Nash, Marvin Rodriguez
Other Administrators: Elise Simpson, TAA; Andy Gray, TAA; Terence Davenport, TAA; Nikia Hovey, TAA; Brian Bassett, IB Coordinator; Jason Supon, Director of Guidance; Rudy Zimmermann, Activities Director.
Specialty Program: International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Date Opened: December 8, 1953
Percent of Students Who Go on to Higher Education: 80.5%
Number of Students: 2,575
Number of teachers: 156
School Mascot: Indians
School Colors: Red, White and Blue
Mr. Gilmer Garber, a local farmer, and Mr. Grover Manderfield, a local businessman, donated 20 acres of land adjacent to Highway One for use as a high school. The school opened on December 15, 1953. In 1973, a new Gar-Field was erected in the present location.
Communities served are Dumfries, Montclair, Dale City, and Woodbridge.
Gar-Field's IB program is one of the largest IB programs in the world ranking two in Virginia and number 24 in the world in the total number of exams offered.
Gar-Field High School is entering its sixth year as an International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme school, a prestigious worldwide program that offers a rigorous two-year pre-university course of study, leading to examinations, which meets the needs of highly motivated eleventh and twelfth grade students.
This program provides students of different linguistic, cultural, and educational backgrounds with the intellectual, social, and critical perspectives necessary for their success in our 
changing global society.
IB not only provides challenging classes but helps create a well-rounded student by requiring that participants complete a minimum of 150 hours of community service.
Gar-Field draws students from across the eastern portion of the county to take advantage of this valuable educational opportunity.
Enrollment in the IB programme is open, which allows students to take as few as one IB class or a complete IB schedule and anything in between.
SAT Prep classes, REACH (for students who did not pass the eighth grade SOL in English/math), and community-based after school tutoring.
Gar-Field has fifty or more extra-curricular activities representing a cross-section of student and faculty interests, such as: The Model UN, Environmental Club, Math Club, GSA, DREAMS, SCA, and several performing groups, (including Dominants, ESSENCE, and the Indianettes).
Edulink, PTSO, School Planning Council, Athletic Boosters, Choral Boosters, Band Boosters.
Gar-Field is a school of excellence and microcosm of the 21st century and is lead by a diverse cohesive team of administrators, teachers and staff. Professionals focused on intensified instruction and discipline provide an equally diverse student body reason to feel included.
Updated 7/25/08
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