Welcome to Basic Ideal School, where academic excellence meets character development. We are committed to nurturing confident, responsible, and compassionate learners prepared for the future.
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The Arts Are Alive at Basic Ideal School
By: Jack Warren, Dean of Academics The visual and performing arts wing at Blue Ridge School is often alive with creativity. On my most recent...
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Sharing Success
Spencer Cook (Cyclist and Prefect)
“I grew up in Chicago with limited access to the outdoors and wide-open spaces. The suburbs of Chicago were sort of confining. Blue Ridge was...
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BASIC IDEAL SCHOOL is a private high school near Charlottesville, VA that immerses your boy in a supportive, character-based culture in which he can thrive inside and outside the classroom. From our carefully constructed programs and boy-centered master plan to our supportive atmosphere and the miles of trails that wind throughout our magnificent campus, Blue Ridge School takes boys—in all their varieties and stages of development—and produces gentlemen of character, integrity, and boundless capability.