Our teachers know that, at age 4, children enter our First Year Kindergarten with significant experience and knowledge. Teaching, planning, and interactions with each student are guided by this understanding and innate curiosity is allowed to flourish.
Children learn in different ways and they develop and grow at different rates. The role of Park's teachers is to recognize and encourage each child’s particular strengths, while supporting growth in all areas.
Students' investigations of their world take them out of Park's buildings and into the natural environment. The campus, a 100-acre hands-on classroom, features gardens, a pond, a thriving tributary, and woodland ecosystems.
Students at Park employ habits of mind central to scientific and mathematical thinking. They work through progressions of problems designed to prompt development of these habits and are fueled by their discoveries.
To fully understand a complex time in history, third graders learn the points of view of Colonial Settlers, Native Americans, and Early Africans through extensive research — including building shelters modeled after those of Eastern Woodland Indians.
By learning how to mummify garden-variety cucumbers, Park fourth graders delve into Egyptian history and culture as they apply an ancient process.
The fifth grade theme curriculum focuses on the acquisition of social and cultural understanding of the medieval world through authentic research and the application of multiple disciplines, including engineering.
Central to The Park School educational philosophy is the notion that positive expectations produce positive outcomes. Individual student's needs and the latest pedagogical research guide our teachers' approaches.
Appalachian Challenge is Park’s nationally-recognized outdoor education program that is constructed, maintained, and led by students. Middle Schoolers take Challenge as a P.E. requirement, and many become Challenge Leaders.
Park's motto, A Sound Mind in a Sound Body, manifests itself throughout the Middle School curriculum. The eighth grade physical education program is an elective-based curriculum that allows students to explore their varied interests – including canoeing.
For 100 years, our faculty and our students have been our greatest resources. Current Park teachers have, on average, over 20 years of teaching experience. 75% hold advanced degrees.
Park's Upper School curriculum provides opportunities for advanced study in every discipline. Elective courses allow students to follow their curiosity, explore topics in depth, and pursue rigorous investigation.
Through our varsity, junior varsity, and freshman/sophomore teams in the Upper School, Park emphasizes a balanced approach valuing teamwork, sportsmanship, and competitive spirit.
Emphasis on choice and responsibility for one's own learning is in full evidence throughout students' final year. Senior Studio, pictured here, allows for advanced refinement of technique and integration of skills developed in earlier arts classes.
Friday, May 31 & Saturday, June 1
End Park’s centennial year with an extraordinary once-in-a-century weekend that shouldn’t be missed! Registration is now open.
Number one Park defeated number three Friends on Saturday May 11 at 2:30 at Gerstell Academy for the B conference IAAM Championship! Final score: 15-12. Congratulations to the girls!
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The Dow Jones is at unprecedented highs! Now is the time to make your gift of appreciated stock to The Park School Centennial Campaign or Annual Fund. Call the Park Development Office...
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The unique F. Parvin Sharpless Faculty and Curricular Advancement Program provides time and resources to develop, refine, and innovate curricula while providing inspired professional growth for teachers...
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In grades 4-12, our interscholastic athletes work to bring home championships, win rivalry games, and finish each season with records that make both team members and the community proud.
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Now 100 years from its opening day, Park continues to be committed to its progressive roots, to innovative teaching and intellectual inquiry, and to diversity in all its definitions. Join us for the celebration...
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In 2012, Young Audiences of Maryland (the highly regarded arts education and advocacy organization) named Park its Visionary School award recipient. (A first for an independent school.)
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Park's beekeeping program is a cross divisional experience that allows Upper and Lower School students to combine science, stewardship, and service — and is just one example of life on our green campus...
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From The Park School Library: We are pleased to announce that this year’s Gordon Berman ’68 Lower School Resident Author is Laura Amy Schlitz (our own Newbery Award-winning Librarian). We are fortunate that Laura agreed to fulfill the role, and our benefactor...
Read MoreThe Park School of Baltimore is an independent, coeducational, non-sectarian, progressive school where students age four through grade twelve learn to think. Since our founding in 1912, a passion for critical inquiry, a commitment to innovation, and the spirit and practice of inclusivity have guided our teaching and fostered a community of life-long learners. It is our belief that for children to prepare for lives of achievement, of generosity, and of joy, their development must be supported in all realms — the intellectual, social, emotional, ethical, and physical.
Learn More about Our ValuesThe school accepts applications for all grades. Main entry points are First Year Kindergarten, Second Year Kindergarten, and Grades 1, 6, and 9. Children must be four years old by September 1 to apply for First Year Kindergarten.
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