Oldfields School
For The Middle School in Uttoxeter, United Kingdom, see Oldfields Hall Middle School.
Oldfields School | |
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Address | |
1500 Glencoe Road Glencoe, Maryland, 21152 USA | |
Coordinates | 39°33′23″N 76°37′31″W / 39.55639°N 76.62528°WCoordinates: 39°33′23″N 76°37′31″W / 39.55639°N 76.62528°W |
Information | |
School type | Private – Boarding and Day |
Motto | Courage, Humility and Largeness of Heart |
Religious affiliation(s) | None |
Established | 1867 |
Head of school | Mr. Taylor Smith |
Grades | 8-12 |
Gender | All girls |
Campus size | 130 acres |
Campus type | Small town |
Color(s) | Green & White |
Mascot | Tiger and Dragon |
Website | www.OldfieldsSchool.org |
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Oldfields School, founded in Baltimore County, Maryland in 1867 by Anna Austen McCulloch, is the oldest girls' boarding school in Maryland.
A college preparatory boarding and day school for girls in grades 6 through 12 located in Glencoe, near Sparks, Maryland, Oldfield's School has approximately 185 boarding and day students. The school's campus is situated in rural northern Baltimore County, and is located within walking distance of the Gunpowder River and the Northern Central Railroad Trail. Among the School's notable graduates was Wallis Warfield Simpson, who became the Duchess of Windsor.
Notable alumnae
- Niki de Saint Phalle, sculptor
- Wallis, Duchess of Windsor
- Alice du Pont Mills, Du Pont heiress
- Abir Muhaisen, princess of Jordan
- Helen Pitts-Blasi, American trainer of thoroughbred race horses
- Renée du Pont, Du Pont heiress, daughter of Senator T. Coleman Dupont
- Mary Kirk, whose family founded Kirk Silverware
- Heidi duPont, Du Pont heiress, graphic designer
- Natalie duPont Lyon, Du Pont heiress, daughter of Senator Reynolds duPont
- Chaia King, author and daughter of Larry King, TV personality
- Diandra Luker, former wife of actor Michael Douglas
- Linda Fitzpatrick, flower child killed in the 1967 "Groovy Murders"