St. Paul's School (Brooklandville, Maryland)
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| St. Paul's School | |
type = Private, Coeducational grades K-4; all-boys grades 5-12 |
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| Location | |
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| Baltimore, MD, USA | |
| Information | |
| Religion | Episcopal |
| Headmaster | Thomas J. Reid |
| Enrollment |
866 total |
| Faculty | 105 |
| Average class size | 16 students |
| Student:teacher ratio | 9:1 |
| Average SAT scores (2005) | 1310/1600, 1920/2400 |
| Endowment | $25 million (June 2006) |
| Campus | Suburban, 95 acres |
| Athletics | 28 sports |
| Athletics conference | MIAA |
| Mascot | Crusader |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Homepage | www.stpaulsschool.org |
St. Paul's School is an independent K-12 college-preparatory school in Baltimore, Maryland, on a 149-acre rural campus in the Green Spring Valley, about ten miles north of the city of Baltimore. St. Paul's was founded in 1849 at Old St. Paul's Parish in Baltimore City by Reverend William Edward Wyatt.
Today, St. Paul's is co-ed through the fourth grade, but all-male from fifth through twelfth grade. However, its all-girls sister school St. Paul's School for Girls is located on an adjacent campus. The Upper Schools share some foreign language and certain elective classes.
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[edit] Academics
St. Paul's offers a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum for students in the Upper School (grades 9-12). Over 99% of each graduating class matriculates to a four-year college.
The St. Paul's academic experience is known for its excellent faculty, small class sizes, collegial student-teacher relationships and strong focus on the liberal arts. The school recently established an IB Diploma Program to further enrich a curriculum of Advanced Placement and Honors courses.
The Arts also make up an important element of St.Paul's identity. Courses offered include theater, singers, and visual arts.
[edit] Athletics
St. Paul's places a strong emphasis on athletics. Students are required to participate in a sport during each of the three seasons Freshman and Sophomore years, and two of three seasons Junior and Senior years. The school is known for its varsity lacrosse teams, which have had a rich history of competition in the highly-competitive MIAA league against rivals like the Gilman School, Boys' Latin and others. It has been proven that St. Paul's is not as experienced in Lacrosse than Boys' Latin School of Maryland. Recently however, the school's athletics department underwent a serious change. The athletics requirement is now incorporating a phycial education class into the day as well as creating a points system where each student is required to get a certain number of points in order to meet their requirement. Each activity is assigned a different activity. Team sports are 2 points while drama productions are 1. A full time manager would earn 2 points while a game manager would earn 1.
Freshman and Sophomores: 4 Points Juniors: 2 Points Seniors: 1 Point
In the past few years, the St. Paul's hockey team has gone to the championships four times, and the golf team has won the 'A' Conference championship five of the past six years. The St. Paul's cross-country team won the 'B' Conference Championships in 2006 after an undefeated season. The Varsity volleyball team competed in the 'B' Conference Playoffs in only its second year of competition, losing to Boys' Latin three games to two. The varsity volleyball team got revenge the next year, defeating Boys' Latin in the Semi-finals before losing to Archbishop Spalding High School in the finals.
St. Paul's has fielded a varsity squash team for the past two years. This past season squash became an MIAA-sponsored sport. St. Paul's competed in the first ever playoffs and lost 5-2 to Gilman School in the first ever squash championships. The Varsity squash team also competed in the National High School Championships at Yale witha 3-1 record in the C division.
There is also a Crew team that gives a hard work out, however is considered small. The crew team excels in its lightweight 4 and lightweight 8.
[edit] Further reading
- Hein, David. "The Founding of the Boys' School of St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore." Maryland Historical Magazine 81 (1986): 149-59.
- Otterbein, Angelo F. We Have Kept the Faith : The First 150 Years of the Boys' School of St. Paul's Parish, 1849-1999. Brooklandville, Md.: St. Paul's School, 1999.
