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May 25, 2022 · Editor’s Note: Fast forward to 2022 and five high schools from Arlington and McLean—Yorktown, Wakefield, Bishop O’Connell, Langley and McLean—will be sending boats to the National Scholastic Rowing Championships in New Jersey, May 27-28. W-L's historic crew team and its coach, Charlie Butt, helped build the sport in Northern Virginia ...
- Washington-Liberty, Arlington’s First High School
- History
- Notes on The School’S Names
As the school nears its centenary in 2025, it carries on the legacy of Washington-Lee High School, the school’s name from 1925-2019. The brief history below and the adjacent historical timeline sectionsillustrate the last 99 years of continuity and change. “This school in which you will receive your education has a nationwide reputation for excelle...
Before Washington-Lee, area high school students attended public schools in nearby Washington, DC or in what is now the City of Alexandria.* In 1922, Arlington County citizens voted for school bonds to cover the cost of a new centrally located high school; it was the first time bonds were used to finance school construction in Virginia. For its fir...
“the central high school” and “Ballston High School” (1924-1925): 1. According to Sally Loving’s history of W-L, school board minutes, and other accounts, the yet-to-be-named school was unofficially called “the central high school” in its first year of operation, the 1924-25 school year. 2. Rival George Mason High School in Del Ray used “Ballston H...
Dec 6, 2007 · The Story. In 1949 Charles S. Butt Jr. approached the administration of Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, VA, (where he met his future wife and a great supporter of the team, Millie) with the idea of starting a crew team. Principal Claude Richmond made an announcement calling for any students interested in rowing to meet in the school ...
Mar 24, 2008 · This is the official site for the Washington-Lee High School rowing program started by Charlie Butt in 1949. The school is located in Arlington, VA and we row out of Potomac Boat Club in Washington, DC.
Students were eligible to bypass certain freshman college courses. W-L was ranked academically in the top 38 high schools in 1957. W-L became the first school in the nation to exempt seniors with A averages from final exams (1959). Seniors were allowed to wear bermuda shorts during finals.
In 1975, Washington-Lee’s proud crew tradition was expanded when with the establishment of the Washington-Lee Women’s Crew. The first coach was Tom Chisnell, a Washington-Lee alumni who rowed on the 1969 Henley championship boat. The women’s team has been a strong program over the years. From 1984 through 1986, their lightweight eight was ...
The JEB Stuart Raiders had established themselves as a rowing powerhouse. 1973 The first woman to join the Crew team was Miss C. C. Cochran who coxwained the men’s crew of 1973 and lettered same year. The Men’s Lightweight Varsity won National Championship in 1973. 1976 Varsity Lightweight 8 won both Stotesbury and Nationals.
