Bryn Mawr School
| The Bryn Mawr School | |
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| Address | |
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109 W. Melrose Avenue Baltimore, MD United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°21′51″N 76°37′45″W / 39.36417°N 76.62917°WCoordinates: 39°21′51″N 76°37′45″W / 39.36417°N 76.62917°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, Day |
| Motto | Ex solo ad solem (From the Ground to the Sun) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Nonsectarian |
| Established | 1885 |
| Sister school |
Roland Park Country School Gilman School for Boys |
| Headmistress | Maureen E. Walsh |
| Faculty | 117 |
| Grades | P–12 |
| Gender |
Girls Co-ed (preschool) |
| Enrollment | 784 (2007) |
| Average class size | 15 students |
| Student to teacher ratio | 7:1 |
| Campus |
Urban, 26 acres (110,000 m2) on main campus Conference and Athletic Facilities at the Mount Washington Center |
| Color(s) | Gold and Green |
| Athletics conference | IAAM |
| Mascot | Lamb, Mawrtian (present day) |
| Average SAT scores (2008) | Math: 630 Writing: 681 Critical Reading: 670 |
| Website | www.brynmawrschool.org |
The Bryn Mawr School (BMS) is an independent, nonsectarian, college-preparatory school for girls from preschool through grade twelve. Founded in 1885, BMS is located in the Roland Park community of Baltimore, Maryland, United States at 109 W. Melrose Avenue, Baltimore MD 21210.
In 2007–2008, Bryn Mawr had 117 faculty members, 61% of whom held advanced degrees. Student enrollment was 784 and the student to faculty ratio is 7:1. The average class size is 15. Boys are admitted only into the Pre-K division known as the Little School; however, students from Bryn Mawr's brother school may take classes once in Upper School. Each student in the Middle and Upper Schools is assigned an Advisor in her division who serves as her representative to the school. Advisory groups meet together throughout the week for discussions and celebrations, and work together on a variety of charitable and service projects.
The Bryn Mawr School for Girls of Baltimore City was founded in 1885 by five young Baltimore women: M. Carey Thomas, Mary Elizabeth Garrett, Mamie Gwinn, Bessie King, and Julia Rogers, who sought to provide an education for girls equal to that available to boys. Their families were involved in the creation of the Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, of which M. Carey Thomas was to be first Dean and later President. In her 1883 letter to James E. Rhoads (the first President of the College), M. Carey Thomas shared her concern for how they would find young women prepared for the unprecedented rigorous standards of the new college: "The absence of the regularly organized preparatory schools that exist for boys greatly embarrasses a girl who means to enter college." The school that these young women created in Baltimore was the first to offer only a college preparatory program. They set their standards high, insisting upon a well-educated faculty which was predominantly female and a curriculum that required Latin and French, German and Greek, laboratory sciences, history, literature, advanced mathematics, elocution, and art. The students underwent examinations by professors from leading universities including Johns Hopkins and Cornell, and to graduate had to pass the exceedingly difficult entrance exam for the Bryn Mawr College.
Mary Elizabeth Garrett, who became the wealthiest “spinster woman” in the country with the death of her father John Work Garrett, was the benefactress of this experiment in education. She was often onsite during the construction of a unique school building in downtown Baltimore from 1888 to 1890, which cost her the immense sum of $400,000. It featured an indoor swimming pool complete with cold “needle baths”, a gymnasium with suspended track and outfitted with the most modern gymnasium equipment from Sweden and the Sargent School of Boston, as well as a full-time physician to oversee the athletic and posture programs. Up the many flights of stairs were complete scientific laboratories, an art room flooded with natural light by skylights, and a library stocked with classics and modern literature as well as scientific and mathematical volumes. The large study hall bore a complete copy of the Parthenon Frieze and there were copies of European and American statuary and artwork throughout the building for the girls to study and draw. The building was so intriguing that a model of it was made for the Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago and numerous articles about it appeared in newspapers across the country. Women who had reached the highest levels of academic achievement wrote to the founders offering their support and enthusiasm, as well as recommendations for faculty from among their own students. The school was seen as a move forward for women's education reaching far beyond Baltimore and Pennsylvania.
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