Priority Admissions | Virginia Chance School
The Childhood That Builds Leaders.
Now Welcoming Applications for 2027–2028
A Chance education looks different because childhood is different here.
Students climb, question, create, publish, solve, and discover, learning to move through the world with curiosity, confidence, and resilience.
From Preschool through Grade 5, Virginia Chance School combines meaningful academic challenge, strong relationships, nature-rich learning, and a deep understanding of child development to prepare children not only for what comes next in school- but for life.
Discover what a Chance education could mean for your child.
The best way to understand Chance is to experience it. Schedule a personal tour to explore our classrooms, meet our educators, and discover how our approach helps children grow into capable, confident learners.
Priority Application Deadline: December 11, 2026
See Chance in Action
Choosing a school is about more than reading about a curriculum. It’s about seeing how children learn, how teachers engage them, and how a school feels when you walk through the door.
A personal campus tour gives your family an opportunity to step inside our classrooms, explore our historic 26-acre campus, meet members of our school community, and experience the thoughtful, joyful learning that happens here each day.
Whether you’re exploring Preschool, Kindergarten, or Elementary School for 2027–2028 or beginning your school search for a future year, we’d love to welcome you.
What You'll Discover at Chance
Explore Our Classrooms
See environments designed for inquiry, collaboration, creativity, focused academic learning, and growing independence.
Get to Know the Chance Community
Experience the welcoming relationships that define Chance and learn how teachers, families, and students work together to create a supportive, engaging learning environment.
Discover Learning Beyond the Classroom
Explore the woods, gardens, outdoor classrooms, and open spaces that make nature an intentional part of learning at Chance.
Understand the Chance Approach
Learn how progressive education, two-teacher classrooms, meaningful challenge, and whole-child development work together from Preschool through Fifth Grade.
Ask Your Questions
We’ll make time for questions about academics, admissions, tuition, financial aid, school life, and what a Chance education could look like for your child.
Challenging Minds. Protecting Childhood.
At Chance, joyful learning and academic challenge are not competing ideas.
Children are encouraged to think deeply, ask strong questions, take appropriate risks, solve problems, revise their thinking, and persist through challenge. Teachers know their students well enough to understand when to support, when to stretch, and when to give children room to discover what they can do for themselves.
Our goal is not to rush childhood.
It is to make these important years count.
Through hands-on academics, inquiry, outdoor learning, collaboration, and strong teacher relationships, children develop the skills and habits that increasingly complex learning requires—curiosity, independence, confidence, resilience, and the ability to think for themselves.
From Preschool Through Fifth Grade
Early Childhood | Ages 2–5
Young children learn through relationships, movement, exploration, conversation, play, and meaningful hands-on experiences.
At Chance, these experiences are intentionally designed to build early literacy and mathematical thinking, executive function, independence, collaboration, problem-solving, and a strong relationship with learning.
Elementary | Kindergarten–Grade 5
Our Elementary Program builds on those foundations with increasingly sophisticated work in literacy, mathematics, inquiry, science, research, collaboration, and real-world application.
Two-teacher classrooms allow children to be known deeply and challenged thoughtfully as they grow into increasingly independent, capable learners.
Your Journey to Chance
We believe choosing a school should be a thoughtful, welcoming experience. Our Admissions team is here to help you explore whether Chance is the right fit for your family.
1. Schedule a Personal Tour
Experience Chance firsthand. Visit our classrooms, explore our campus, and see how children learn, grow, and thrive within our community.
2. Begin the Application Process
Connect with our Admissions team to learn about the application process, upcoming opportunities, and next steps for your child.
3. Complete Your Priority Application
Submit your application and financial aid materials, if applicable, by December 11, 2026, for priority consideration.
Priority Admission Decisions: February 5, 2027
Applications received after the priority deadline are considered on a rolling basis as space allows.
Your Child's Journey Starts Here.
At Virginia Chance School, children are known deeply, challenged purposefully, and encouraged to discover what they're capable of achieving.
We invite you to experience the classrooms, relationships, and extraordinary learning environment that help build the leaders of tomorrow.
Schedule a personal tour and discover the possibilities for your child.
Priority Application & Financial Aid Deadline: December 11, 2026
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