Marymount Military Academy

Marymount Military Academy was a boys' military school in Tacoma, Washington that was in operation first as a military academy, then as a private boys' school from 1923 to 1976.

Marymount was purchased in 1919 by the Sisters of St. Dominic on the outskirts of Tacoma, Washington in present-day Parkland. The remote plot on which it stands was bought from the Shields family in 1920. The property was known as "Wright's Acre Tracts", owned by the people who built Annie Wright School. The Shields' property was located on the John Mahon Road, now known as Military Road. The inadequacy of the boys' school (St. Edward's) necessitated the building of the present Marymount Academy in 1922. At that time, Parkland was mostly prairieland. What is now Marymount was then a farmhouse, some outbuildings and rolling fields. The original two administrators of Marymount, Mother Mary Thomasina and Mother Mary de Chantal, chose the present location as a site for a school for boys, to replace Saint Edward's Hall in Tacoma.

The groundbreaking was in May 1921. On July 2, 1922 the cornerstone was laid and it was dedicated as St. Edward's Boys' school at Mary Mount on May 30, 1923. Later the name was shortened to just Marymount. Thus began Marymount's 54 years as a military academy for boys. The school originally catered to pre-schoolers through ninth grade, and the students boarded in what is now the E-shaped building's west wing.A field house was added in 1952. The school is an outgrowth of St. Edward's hall, a pioneer Tacoma educational institution which was also opened and operated by the Dominican Sisters. The administration of the school and direction of the educational program were in the hands of the Dominican Sisters, whose Motherhouse was annexed to the academy.

Curriculum:

A 1940 Tacoma News Tribune article quoting the Dominican Sisters described the educational facilities and policies of the school as follows:

"The student body is composed of boys from six to sixteen years of age. A very high scholastic standard is maintained in all studies. The curricula includes the elementary grades and junior high school studies required for accreditation by the state. The academy is also a charter member of the National Rifle Association. Manual training is provided for the boys and a well organized industrial arts department maintained. Private instruction in music is a part of the daily schedule."

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