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| 1972 |
Wakefield Country Day School opens in Huntly, VA. |
| 1978 |
Wakefield Country Day School is incorporated and applies for tax-exempt status from IRS; school is no longer a proprietary school. |
| 1980 |
First class is graduated; boys' boarding department established; buildings are enlarged; Wakefield Courtesies written. |
| 1981 |
Girls' boarding department established. |
| 1982 |
Wakefield School is first used as new, official school name, replacing Wakefield Country Day School; senior thesis established. |
| 1985 |
Gymnasium, library, science classrooms completed; boys' dormitory "The Lodge" burns; boys move to new location outside Flint Hill; girls' boarding facility moves to location outside of Washington, VA. |
| 1988 |
William E. Lynn, Jr. dies; Mrs. Pamela Lynn requested help "to save the school"; Finance Committee formed. |
| 1990 |
Traditionally structured, independent school board of trustees asked by Mrs. Lynn to assume governance and stewardship of Wakefield School in perpetuity. |
| 1991 |
Irreconcilable differences between former Headmistress and Board of Trustees develop; Wakefield School evicted from its original campus in August; classes held in town of Marshall from September 1991 until June 1996. |
| 1994 |
New campus purchased in The Plains, VA. |
| 1996 |
First phase of new campus completed; Wakefield School moves to The Plains, VA. |
| 1999 |
Additional general classroom building (Upper School) added. |
| 2001 |
Wakefield School, now 29 years old, is accredited by VAIS. |
| 2002 |
Arts & Music building added. |
| 2004 |
Upper Gym added; new fields, tennis courts, and infrastructure; senior thesis revised. |
| 2006 |
Science & Technology building added; 13 additional acres donated to Wakefield School. |
| 2008 |
Wireless campus completed with technology template for all classrooms. |
| 2009 |
30th class is graduated from Wakefield School. |