Bryn Mawr School
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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, USA.
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[edit] Faculty
In 2005-2006, Bryn Mawr has 78 full-time and 19 part-time faculty teaching in grades kindergarten through 12. The student to faculty ratio is 8:1, and the average faculty tenure at Bryn Mawr is approximately 13 years. In addition, approximately 57 percent of the faculty hold advanced degrees and 18 percent represent minority groups.
[edit] Academics
Coordination with the nearby Gilman School and Roland Park Country School at the Upper School level offers Bryn Mawr girls a wide range of electives and the opportunity for coed classes. Coordinated classes are concentrated at the junior and senior levels.
Most students take Latin and French or Spanish in middle school and often continue one or both in upper school. Offerings in other foreign languages such as Chinese, German, Arabic and Greek begin in ninth grade and are usually coordinated with Gilman and Roland Park.
[edit] Athletics
The athletics program provides a wide range of offerings for girls – 15 sports in the Upper School, including crew and squash and 12 sports at the Middle School level.
[edit] Fall
- Varsity/JV Soccer
- Varsity/JV Volleyball
- Cross country running
- Varsity/JV Tennis
- Varsity/JV & Fresh-Soph Field Hockey
[edit] Winter
- Varsity/JV Basketball
- Varsity/JV Squash
- Indoor Soccer
- Indoor Track and field
- Swim team
- Varsity Ice Hockey
[edit] Spring
[edit] Traditions
Life at Bryn Mawr is centered on countless traditions, including:
- Celebration of the school flower, the daisy, which appears on the school seal, on class rings, and in the baskets carried by all graduating seniors.
- An annual all-school calisthenic exercise ceremony on the hockey field, called "Gym Drill"
- An annual spring fair called the "Bazaar"
- The requirement that all graduating seniors must give a speech at daily Convocation
- An annual fall celebration of the five pioneering female founders of the school
- A uniform for all girls in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade
[edit] Notable alumni or faculty
- Julia Randall, an American poet
- Esther Boise Van Deman, a leading archaeologist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries
- Edith Hamilton, a noted writer on the classics
