Boarding Schools for Girls

Current and former students, administrators and their guests gathered in Baltimore's St. Paul's School for Girls recently to celebrate the school's 50th anniversary. A Sept. 17 article by Jacques Kelly of the Baltimore Sun provided the following details:

St. Paul's School for Girls opened on Sept. 16, 1959, with 89 girls who studied in a building that resembled a "little L-shaped ranch house. ...Today, the school in Brooklandville has 440 girls and 100 teachers and staff. Its facilities include state-of-the-art science labs, a cafe and an artificial turf field.

But one thing hasn't changed.

"The school has the same warm feeling it did on the opening day in 1959," said Karen Yeagle, a Lutherville resident who was one of several alumnae who spoke Wednesday at an assembly celebrating the school's 50th anniversary. ...

"I truly did not believe that I would graduate from high school before I came to St. Paul's," said 1964 graduate Hope Smith Pollard. "I had been to so many other schools. Finally, my father said, 'Here is a new one.' I had a wonderful first year, full of wisdom. My self-esteem was restored."

According to the school's website, St. Paul's School for Girls is an independent day school that was established to "educate the minds and hearts of girls in a supportive and intellectually challenging community that encourages respect, integrity, creativity, and spiritual growth."

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