Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2017 Primary and Secondary Schools Guide
2017 Primary and Secondary Schools Guide
AND SECONDARY
SCHOOLS GUIDE
A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
www.TheDailyRecord.com
2 TheDailyRecord.com September 2017
Primary & Secondary Schools Guide 2017
3 4 5
ABOUT OUR
SCHOOLS GUIDE 200 St. Paul Place, Suite 2480
Baltimore, MD 21202
Main Number: 443-524-8100
The following pages list independent primary and secondary schools
in the state of Maryland, including both secular and religious schools Main Fax: 410-752-7789
that are not part of the state’s public school systems. The list is
based on information provided by the website of the Maryland State
Department of Education and by the schools themselves. In many
cases, we talked to school representatives; in some cases, we relied on
school websites. Suzanne E. Fischer-Huettner Publisher
Our list does not include independent schools that offer only nursery Thomas Baden Jr. Editor
school or kindergarten classes. However, those schools are listed by Maria Kelly Comptroller
county on the MSDE’s website, www.marylandpublicschools.org;
phone 410-767-0100. Tracy Bumba Audience Development Director
Tuition figures are the latest available. Haley Poling Account Manager
Jason Whong Digital Editor
Schools often charge fees that are not considered part of tuition.
We recommend that readers contact schools directly to check on Jessica Lewis Digital Content Producer
tuition and to ask about additional fees, enrollment policies and
waiting lists. Sean Wallace Assistant Editor
Maximilian Franz Senior Photographer
Readers also should be aware that just because the state licenses a
school to teach certain grades, that does not mean all of those grades Michael Duntz Graphic Designer
are offered.
Temple University with a bachelor’s de- ities, the all-female college preparatory
school does offer a program for students receiving academic scholarships,” said disability, the symptoms can make
gree in elementary education and he Jennifer Nicholas, academic dean for learning more difficult.
eventually received his Master of Educa- who have been diagnosed with dyslexia.
The St. Julie Billiart program there was Maryvale and former head of the St. Ju- The Glenwood Academy in Mount
tion, also summa cum laude, in special lie Billiart program. Airy also serves students who are di-
education and administration. Shifrin created six years ago with the intention
of serving “bright, college-bound stu- Like Jemicy and the Odyssey school, agnosed with ADHD. Head of School
has made it his lifelong goal to ensure Cheryl Stradling has made the empow-
dents with a diagnosed language-based Maryvale’s goal is to teach students to
that no child ever felt the way he did. He
learning difference.” The students re- advocate for themselves and to teach erment of students with ADHD her
was recruited by Jemicy 15 years ago.
ceive 2-to-1 instruction with an experi- them strategies to help them learn inde- school’s mission. Also with small class
“We serve kids with high comprehen-
enced learning specialist who supports pendently. sizes, the students get an individualized
sion skills. They may see the world dif-
the students through Maryvale’s rigorous approach to learning, based on their
ferently – but the ability to master the
language is difficult for them. There are college preparatory program. The pro- FOCUSING ON ADHD needs. The wooded and secluded cam-
kids that can read and write but struggle gram is intended to give their students While there a number of private pus was specifically chosen for students
with mathematics. These are the kids we the tools needed to achieve their greatest schools are dedicated to educating stu- with ADHD who need to get outside
serve – we don’t just teach them to read level of success at Maryvale and beyond. dents with dyslexia, some schools, such regularly throughout the day.
and write – we teach them the skills to “All of our graduating seniors en- as The Highland School in Bel Air, have “It is not the child that needs to change,
learn,” Shifrin said. rolled in the St. Julie Billiart program developed programs to help students but rather the approach,” Stradling wrote
have been accepted to and are attending diagnosed with ADHD as well. While in her welcome to families on the school’s
their top-choice schools. Many are also ADHD is not considered a learning website.
JEMICY SCHOOL
DISCOVER • CREATE • THRIVE • SUCCEED
INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LEADER IN EDUCATING STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA
OR OTHER RELATED LANGUAGE-BASED LEARNING DIFFERENCES
OPEN HOUSE
410-377-5192, ext.1137 or
GRADES 1 - 12 AND UPPER SCHOOL PREP For Parents of Students K-12
WWW.JEMICYSCHOOL.ORG • 410.653.2700 • OWINGS MILLS, MD
Sunday, October 22, 11:00 a.m.
admissions @ boyslatinmd.com
ACCREDITED BY
CELEBRATING 45 YEARS
INTERNATIONAL
DYSLEXIA
EMPOWERING BRIGHT STUDENTS WHO LEARN DIFFERENTLY ASSOCIATION 822 West Lake Avenue | Baltimore, MD 21210 | BOYSLATINMD.COM
4 TheDailyRecord.com September 2017
Primary & Secondary Schools Guide 2017
“
“That ends up being a fantastic com- knee injuries. She works closely with her Maryvale hired its first athletic trainer
bination because then you get a full athletic trainers to ensure her athletes in 2007. The school also implemented a
day’s coverage for students and student are properly assessed and that the girls program, in coordination and partner-
athletes. Nurses and athletic trainers receive proper strength and condition- ship with Towson Sports Medicine, to
can work together to look out for the ing training. evaluate concussions. Maryvale requires
student athletes overall,” Pitruzella said. Injury prevention is one of the key fo- that all student athletes aged 12½ years
MATA works with every licensed ath- cuses of an athletic trainer for many of “Athletes, as a whole, and older complete a baseline screening
letic trainer in the state – all of whom the private and independent schools, as require constant, prior to their competitive season.
work with public and private secondary opposed to reactive injury treatment. As Evaluation and protocol management
schools and colleges. athletic director, St. Timothy’s Callahan up-to-date training tools such as this help athletic trainers and
works directly with athletic trainers not and education as other health professionals better support
GOING TOO FAST just to take an active role in rehabilita- to how to properly their student athletes, Pitruzella said.
While concussions and head injuries tion and injury prevention, but to im- “There are so many signs and symp-
are the highest risk and always on the plement sport-specific training. prepare their minds toms of a head injury or concussion and
radar, athletic trainers, he said, evalu- “Athletes, as a whole, require constant, and bodies for the you have to be able to utilize more than
ate, treat, care and help the prevention up-to-date training and education as to challenges they one tool. Athletic trainers have profes-
of all injuries. One of the most com- how to properly prepare their minds and sional medical backgrounds and many
mon injuries he sees in student ath- bodies for the challenges they will face will face during tools within their toolbox to properly
letes, especially at the start of a school during their competitive seasons,” she their competitive evaluate if an athlete is suffering from a
year, is overuse. said. “Trainers can work with coaches to concussion,” he said.
Brian Perez, head athletic trainer
seasons.” As Callahan noted, “sports, by nature,
help provide sport-specific models and
for Towson Sports Medicine said his programs that will best help strengthen require accelerated physical training,
organization works with four private and ready the athletes for the day-to- exertion and risk. In a perfect world, the
schools including Concordia Prep day rigors of in-season training.” Megan Callahan, training would prepare you for the ex-
School, Maryvale Preparatory School, athletic director ertion and eliminate the risk. However,
Mercy High School and Beth Tfiloh BECOMING AN IMPERATIVE St. Timothy’s School there is no perfect way to prevent all or
Dahan Community School. Athletic trainers weren’t always part even any injury.”
September 2017 TheDailyRecord.com 5
Primary & Secondary Schools Guide 2017
Gerstell Academy is the area’s pre-eminent leadership school for students entering
Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12. Gerstell Academy is located on over 250
acres of beautiful rolling countryside in Carroll County, Maryland, just minutes
from I-795 and convenient to the Baltimore beltway. Gerstell Academy is values
based, co-educational, non-sectarian, with a college preparatory curriculum
Open HOuse DATes designed to inspire and motivate students to reach their full potential in
2nd Friday of every month leadership, academics, athletics, and foreign language.
9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Inquire today about our small class sizes, competitive athletics,
7:1 student teacher ratio, and bus transportation. Now
Call today for a private tour! Enrolling!
Feel free to join us or > OPEN HOUSES • Sunday, October 22nd @ 2 p.m.
• Sunday, November 12th @ 2 p.m.
schedule a private tour at a
time better suited to you.
Visit HAsA.ORG
or call 410.318.6780
for more information
FOLLOW A LEADER 2500 OLD WESTMINSTER PIKE
FINKSBURG, MD 21048
SS UPDATING
www.TheDailyRecord.com
www.TheDailyRecord.com