A balanced, holistic philosophy of learning that fosters strong intellectual discipline and superior academic skills...as well as athletics, the arts, leadership, friendship and cultural understanding. Situated on 86 beautiful acres, the School’s natural setting is as much a part of the learning environment as are the small class sizes and caring teachers. Frequent communication with parents creates a vital partnership.

This is the true country day school model, est. in 1954 as a nonsectarian, coeducational, college preparatory alternative in the beautiful countryside of Howard County, MD. The tradition of academic excellence, healthy living and strong community continues, from the integrated curriculum to the high levels of family involvement. The friendships and connections that each child makes last a lifetime. Motivated students and teachers from diverse cultures, religions and nationalities enhance the community with different perspectives...and share the same high regard for realizing their greatest potential.

GCS graduates aspire to lead and achieve, serving as president of Student Council at Princeton, attending Harvard Business School, winning Emmy awards, coaching the Finnish National U19 LAX Team, teaching at universities, running national banks, and advancing knowledge in science and medicine. A healthy balance continues to be a part of their lives. Ask alumni who inspired them to begin their journey - most will name a teacher at Glenelg Country School.

St. Paul's School for Girls is a small, independent day school committed to educating over 400 students with diverse talents, abilities, and backgrounds. Located on 38 acres in the Green Spring Valley of Baltimore County, Maryland, the school supports a well-educated and experienced faculty committed to providing an academically challenging program while nurturing and supporting each student in grades five through twelve.

The purpose of the school is clearly articulated in the school's mission statement:

St. Paul's School for Girls educates the minds and hearts of girls in a supportive and intellectually challenging community that encourages respect, integrity, creativity, and spiritual growth, preparing them as independent and confident young women to embrace the extraordinary opportunities of our complex world.

Proud of its affiliation with the Episcopal Church through Old St. Paul's, the oldest Episcopal congregation in downtown Baltimore, the school endeavors to pass on the spiritual and ethical values of the Judeo-Christian heritage and to instill in each girl a sense of stewardship and service. SPSG strives to create an environment that is supportive of the multicultural fabric of the school and the Baltimore community.

Before, describing the world of Baltimore (Baltimore Prep/North Baltimore) it is important to make several key descriptions about the physical and geographical layout of Maryland and more importantly Baltimore City and County. First and foremost, contrary to other parts of the nation the idea of town or township does not exist. In other words, Baltimore County is not broken down into a series of townships each with their own mayor and municipal services. Instead, the area of Baltimore County is broken down into neighborhoods or communities outside and surrounding the city of Baltimore. In addition many of these areas are not separated by vast areas of fields or forests but are actually connected to each other. Baltimore communities can be described as liquid, flowing into each other with no clear distinction. Such distinctions are only made for reasons like providing area codes and rec. councils. In addition no one from these communities say that they are from these areas; everyone says that they are from Baltimore. However, if one Baltimorean is conversing with another Baltimorean about where they live then these area names become applicable. Those who attend private schools are the by-products of the school and of the area they live in.
Baltimore County, while containing a decent population, does not have the markings of a densely populated area. Most of the communities are fairly forested and would resemble the distant suburbs of many other metropolitan areas. Theref...

"Crabcakes and football- that's what Maryland does!" - Wedding Crashers.
This quote from Wedding Crashers is very accurate, however, it is more lacrosse that Maryland does rather than football.

Maryland is full of extremely rich people as well as poor people. It is the home of Baltimore's beautiful suburbs and its' horrible ghetto as well as the very prestigious suburbs of Washington D.C.

Rural Maryland exists far out from the cities and their suburbs- very far out. It consists of many beautiful farms with acres of land and many large homes for those people who want to live far from the city. Southern Maryland contains most of the rural areas, however, right next to the bay is hardly farms, but more bay houses and neighborhoods. On the eastern side of Maryland across the bay, besides the beautiful bay homes, there is lots of land and farming, lots of sailing, and lots of crabs.

Maryland is also the "lacrosse capital of the world". All over Maryland breeds unbelievably talented lacrosse players- both male and female. The many public and private schools all over Maryland have extremely good lacrosse programs and players from Maryland schools often go play at the top Division One teams.

Maryland is the home of Baltimore's extremely beautiful suburbs as well as Baltimore's very corrupt ghetto in the city. The suburbs of Baltimore consist many extremely good private schools- many of which are single-sex. These schools also have the best high school lacrosse program...

Holton-Arms is a private girls school located in Potomac Maryland. Because of its location, the majority of its students are very, very wealthy. It is known by all the other schools in the area to be a school full of rich bitches, though there are exceptions.

Garrison Forest School. Renown Private All-Girls School in Maryland. Starting at 3 year olds and going up to 12th grade. College Prep School

Olney is a small, very wealthy city in Montgomery County. Olney is mostly White affluent people who tend not to flash their money. Every house has a car that is atleast $50,000 or more. There are many private schools in Olney, and everyone who doesnt attend a private school attends the public schools which are very well educated. Sherwood kids are very well off and tend to get what ever they want from their parents. Most of Olney is old money, however there is a lot of new money coming in. Kids tend to wear Polos and dockers with boat shoes. Most are envious of Olney kids because of all of their parents money in the bank. Olney is mostly preppy with very educated people. The average income for Olney is atleast $119,000 per household.