PRIVATE SCHOOL DIRECTORY

Chesapeake Academy
1185 Baltimore Annapolis Blvd
Arnold, MD 21012
410-647-9612
410-647-6088
www.chesapeakeacademy.com
Sue Richburg, Director of Admission
Chesapeake Academy is an independent school that offers students in preschool through fifth grade an invigorating education that celebrates intellect and imagination. Our families value education. Our vibrant supportive community, with its focus on young learners, brings out the best in children. Well prepared for their next educational experience, our students advance to top independent and public middle schools and, beyond that, to highly rated high schools and colleges.

Garrison Forest School
300 Garrison Forest Road
Owings Mills, MD 21117
410-559-3111
At Garrison Forest School, we prepare our students in and out of the classroom to thrive in a complex, changing world by: challenging them to strive for academic excellence and to grow into informed, independent, and creative thinkers; cultivating an authentic and resilient sense of self, grounded in respect and integrity; creating a diverse and inclusive community built on a spirit of caring; inspiring young women to lead and to serve with passion, purpose, and joy.

Key School
534 Hillsmere Drive
Annapolis, MD 21403
410-263-9231
www.keyschool.org
admission@keyschool.org
Jessie Dunleavy
A coeducational, independent day school for students in Pre-K through grade 12, Key School sustains a strong academic curriculum that encourages intellectual rigor, independence of thought, curiosity, creativity, and openness to differing ideas and perspectives. Key is widely recognized for emphasizing intellectual process as well as academic product: for valuing probing questions as highly as thoughtful answers. Hence, the School focuses on the importance of critical thinking, careful and analytical reading and writing, and problem solving.

Radcliffe Creek School
201 Talbot Blvd
Chestertown, MD 21620
410-778-8150
410-778-8176
ezierfuss@radcliffecreekschool.org
Erin Zierfuss
Radcliffe Creek School provides a challenging academic program designed to meet the individual needs of children between the ages of five and fourteen who benefit from alternative learning instruction. The school is designed for children of average to above average intelligence with a diagnosed learning disability or other learning concerns. Radcliffe strives to create an environment in which each child can learn to use his or her strengths to balance his or her weaknesses and acquire the necessary skills to become a competent, resourceful and independent learner.

Severn School
201 Water Street
Severna Park, MD 21146
410-647-7700
www.severnschool.com
pheffner@severnschool.com
Pam Heffner
Severn School challenges its students to pursue excellence in character, conduct and scholarship, to marshal the courage to lead, and to develop the lasting desire to serve and achieve. We believe this is best realized in a community where adults model these qualities and where each student is known and valued.

St. James School
17641 College Road
St. James, MD 21781
301-733-9330
www.stjames.edu
admissions@stjames.edu
The Mission of Saint James School is to prepare young men and women for academic success in college, and to challenge and inspire them to be leaders for good in the world. We seek to do this within a small and familial residential community which values the moral and spiritual development of our students.

St. Peter & Paul High School
900 High Street
Easton, MD 21601
410-822-2275
www.ssppeaston.org/schools
jnemeth@ssppeaston.org
Jim Nemeth
Saints Peter and Paul High School is a Catholic, coeducational, college preparatory secondary school, serving Maryland's Eastern Shore since 1958. With small class sizes, a challenging curriculum, active student life, and spiritual formation that fosters the total development of our students, Saints Peter and Paul challenges and engages young men and women in mind, body, and spirit.

The Country School
716 Goldsborough St
Easton, MD 21601
410-822-1935 ext 130
admissions@countryschool.org
The Country School is an independent, coeducational K-8 school with approximately 300 students. It offers a challenging program in a nurturing environment with small classes, individual attention, and outstanding teachers as its hallmarks. A traditional, structured, age appropriate curriculum focuses on building basic skills which serves a range of student abilities, and provides a solid foundation for future education.