Ashley Hall

Ashley Hall is a girls' school in Charleston, South Carolina, founded in 1909 by Mary Vardrine McBee, who headed the institution until 1949. It is the only girls' college-preparatory school in the state. Charleston legend has it that the original owner of the McBee House, the mansion on the school property, was the man on whom Margaret Mitchell based the character Rhett Butler in her novel, Gone with the Wind.

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Up until the 1950's, Ashley Hall was a boarding school, and since then has served as a day school.

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The school's motto is Possunt Quae Volunt, or ?They who are willing are able.? (This was changed in regard to a senior and AP Latin student's suggestion in 2003; the previous motto was Possunt Qui Volunt, or ?They who are willing are able.?)

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The school has been noted throughout the Southeast U.S. in the past decade for its championship-winning varsity and junior varsity volleyball teams.

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