Graduate Support

As a school, we have always aimed to walk alongside students for as long as they’ll let us. Success and setbacks alike, we strive to be a place where kids feel loved - a place they can “come home to” for encouragement or advice.​

Our graduate support team begins building relationships with students in their 6th grade year to start exploring high school options. In 8th grade, students complete a High School Prep curriculum and, under the guidance of Graduate Support, apply to the high schools best suited to their abilities and goals. Many high-achieving students receive scholarships funded through a combination of the AJC Scholarship Program and private school scholarship programs, allowing them to attend high schools that would otherwise be out of reach. UP RVA, a long-time partner and collaborator, provides extraordinary and much-needed support services to many graduates in high school and in college.

Key Elements

Our Graduate Support program includes:

  • Meeting individually with 8th graders to discuss and determine where they would like to apply and attend high school
  • SSAT prep (for those applying to independent schools)
  • Shadow days at various high schools
  • Helping students with the application process
  • Payment of fees
  • Assisting parents in the online financial aid process
  • Mock admission interviews
  • Provides partial and/or full scholarships for students accepted to independent high schools
  • Summer work opportunities

The Sky’s the Limit

Time and time again, AJC grads prove that hard work, courage, and perseverance pay off. Highlights from the 2024-2025 school year:

“We meet our kids wherever they are. We follow private school kids, public school kids, kids who move, kids who are parents, kids who go to college. We’re there to help them become successful adults. It’s really about maintaining a sense of community, love and support.”
– Lorin Johnson, Class of 2012 and past Director of Graduate Support

Beyond AJC

High Schools

Armstrong High School

Christ Church School

Collegiate School

Cristo Rey Richmond

Fork Union Military Academy

Highland Springs High School

John Marshall High school

Matoaca High School

Petersburg High School

RISE Academy

St. Catherine’s School

St. Christopher’s School

Steward School

Thomas Jefferson High School

Thomas Dale High School

Trinity Episcopal School

Colleges

Chowan University

College of William and Mary

Denison University

Eastern Maryland Shore

Emory and Henry

Hampton University

Hollins University

Howard University

J. Sargent Reynolds Comm. College

James Madison University

Longwood University

Loyola University 

Mary Baldwin University

McDaniel College

Mary Washington University

Norfolk State University

Old Dominion University

Point Park University

Randolph-Macon College

St. Vincent University

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia State University

Grad Spotlights

Your support helps us walk alongside our graduates as they continue their journey beyond AJC.

Questions?

For more information about our graduate support services, to request support, or to learn how you can help, please contact:

TeShawn Cunningham

Director of Graduate Support

cunninghamt@ajcschool.org

Markaya James

Assistant Director of Graduate Support

jamesM@ajcschool.org

Questions?

For more information about our graduate support services, to request support, or to learn how you can help, please contact:

TeShawn Cunningham

Director of Graduate Support

cunninghamt@ajcschool.org

 

Markaya James

Assistant Director of Graduate Support

jamesM@ajcschool.org