JRDS at a Glance

The campus includes three buildings on 12 acres in the heart of Lynchburg's Boonsboro area. The main building houses spacious, light-filled classrooms for kindergarten through eighth grade. Among its many spaces, this building also boasts a greenhouse, a multipurpose cafeteria, two middle school science labs, and a library media center with over 12,400 volumes, Chromebooks and iPads for student use, and two 3D printers. 
The other two buildings are the 13,000-square-foot Carrington Field House, which includes a gymnasium, office spaces, and a music classroom, and the Varner Music and Arts Center, which includes a large music classroom on the first floor and a pottery studio on the lower floor. James River also has two playgrounds, athletic fields, and numerous outdoor spaces used as outdoor classrooms and play spaces.

Beginning in kindergarten, children take classes in art, library, music, PE, and Spanish with expert faculty.

Fourth-grade students are introduced to playing band and orchestra instruments. Students take part in PE twice per week and have recess twice per day. Each grade level gives at least one public performance onstage each year. Students participate in multiple field trips and community service projects.

Students in grades 5 through 8 have a faculty advisor who supports them throughout middle school.