Randolph School

{{About|the school in Huntsville, Alabama|the school in Virginia|Randolph School (Richmond, Virginia)}}

{{Infobox school

| name = Randolph School

| image =

| motto = Diligentes Ad Veritatem Quaerendam
(Diligent in Seeking Truth)

| address = 1005 Drake Avenue Southeast

| city = Huntsville, Alabama

| zipcode = 35802

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{coord|34.706|-86.558|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Alabama

| type = Private college preparatory

| established = {{start date and age|1959|p=1}}

| ceeb = 011475

| head_of_school = Adam Dubé

| faculty = 150

| enrollment = 967{{cite web |title=Private School Universe Survey |url=https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolName=Randolph+School&State=01&NumOfStudentsRange=more&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1&ID=00001605 |publisher=NCES |accessdate=December 2, 2018}}

| enrollment_as_of = 2016

| class = 13 students

| ratio = 8:1

| slogan = Seeking Truth. Building Character. Nurturing all.

| team_name = Raiders

| fees = $22,391

| graduates = 2600+

| picture = 250px

| head_name = President

| campus_type = Suburban

| campus_size = {{cvt|67|acres}}

| colors = Blue, white, and gray
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| homepage = {{URL|http://www.randolphschool.net/}}

| endowment = $25 Million

}}

Randolph School is an American independent private Pre-K-through-12th-grade college preparatory school chartered in 1959 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. It started in a home on Randolph Avenue in downtown Huntsville with a handful of elementary classes. A few years later it moved to a much larger {{convert|17|acre|ha|adj=on}} campus on Drake Avenue, where it is now located, gradually adding grade levels until having a graduating high school class in the early 1970s.

In 1998, the school purchased {{convert|50|acre|ha}} of land on Garth Road, less than {{convert|1|mile|km}} from the Drake Avenue campus. The new high school opened for the 2009–2010 school year. For the fine arts, the new facilities include a new theater with stadium seating, a workshop for stagecraft, band and choral rooms, and new restroom facilities. In total, Randolph has two gymnasiums, four tennis courts, two practice fields and professionally maintained fields for football, baseball, softball and soccer.{{cite web

| url = http://www.randolphschool.net/athletics/facilities

| title = Randolph School Facilities

| accessdate = September 15, 2006

| date = May 9, 2012

| work = Randolph School

}}

Athletics

Randolph School athletic teams have won 51 AHSAA state titles and finished as runners up 51 times.{{Cite web|url=https://randolphathletics.net/hall-of-fame-2/|title=Trophy Case|date=July 29, 2016|first=Deb|last=Tomlinson|website=Randolph High School|language=en-US|access-date=December 11, 2018}} Randolph athletes have also taken home 24 individuals state titles. Most varsity teams currently compete in the AHSAA 4A division.{{cite web |title=AHSAA Handbook 2018-19 |url=http://www.ahsaa.com/Portals/0/Publications/2018-19/Handbook%20for%20Website.pdf?ver=2018-11-02-151624-750 |website=ahsaa.com |publisher=Alabama High School Athletic Association |accessdate=November 25, 2018}} The Randolph boys have won the Cross Country State Championships in 1982, as well as 2005–2013, setting a new state record for most consecutive state championship wins in Alabama with 9. They were runners up in 2014 and 2018. The girls Cross Country team won in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1996, and 1998, and were runners-up in 2013, 2014 and 2015.{{cite book |title=2018 AHSAA CROSS COUNTRY STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS |date=November 10, 2018 |publisher=AHSAA |location=Oakville Indian Mounds Park |pages=23, 44 |edition=2018 }}

Notable alumni

Its alumni include many of the children of the German rocket scientists that moved to Huntsville with Wernher von Braun after World War II. Other notable alumni include:

Alex Clay – Former professional soccer player for New York Red Bulls II
Macon Phillips – White House Director of Digital Strategy in the Obama administration{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/local.ssf?/base/news/1226744176239320.xml&coll=1|title=Randolph grad is Obama aide|author=Campbell, Steve|date=November 15, 2008|work=The Huntsville Times|publisher=Alabama Live LLC|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512102824/http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/local.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews%2F1226744176239320.xml&coll=1|archivedate=May 12, 2009|url-status=dead|accessdate=January 28, 2009}}
Susanna Phillips (graduated 1999) – Soprano opera singer at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City{{cite web

| url = http://www.randolphschool.net/alumni/welcome/default.asp?newsid=207916&from_nav=&from=archive

| title = Star Alum Returns

| accessdate = September 15, 2006

| date = November 2, 2005

| work = Randolph School

}}

Brian Reynolds (game designer) – Chief Game Designer for Zynga, co-founder of Firaxis and Big Huge Games{{cite news

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|title = Alumni Profile: Brian Reynolds '85 The Philosopher of Fun

|accessdate = August 28, 2014

|last = Wright

|first = Daniel

|date = March 1, 2013

|work = Randolph Magazine

|publisher = Randolph School

}}

Bryan Shelton – Florida Gators men's tennis head coach and six-time Wimbledon participant{{cite web

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|title = Tennis Champion Bryan Shelton '84 Swings By Randolph

|accessdate = September 15, 2006

|date = April 25, 2006

|work = Randolph School

|url-status = dead

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|archivedate = September 28, 2007

}}

Jimmy Wales – Co-founder of Wikipedia{{cite news

|url = http://www.randolphschool.net/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=432566

|title = Jimmy Wales '83

|accessdate = September 5, 2013

|last = Brown

|first = David

|date = December 11, 2007

|work = Alumni Profiles

|publisher = Randolph School

}}{{cite news

|url = https://discover.randolphschool.net/blog/k12/2013/01/07/wales

|title = Jimmy Wales '83: 'Information evangelist'

|accessdate = August 27, 2014

|last = Moore

|first = Rebecca

|date = January 13, 2013

|work = The Randolph Journey

|publisher = Randolph School

|archive-date = October 31, 2018

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181031005206/https://discover.randolphschool.net/blog/k12/2013/01/07/wales

|url-status = dead

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|title = Where Are They Now?

|accessdate = August 28, 2014

|last = Walden

|first = Lea Ann

|date = March 1, 2013

|work = Randolph Magazine

|publisher = Randolph School

}}