Our schools - public and private - are safe, happy places
where kids can concentrate on their main reason for being there:
learning. School personnel work closely with the city's police force in
ensuring that our schools are safe, calm places where those who want to
learn can learn. A number of students safely walk to school each day. Schools are well equipped with computers, both IBM and Macintosh.
- Number of elementary schools: 4 public, 2 private
- Number of middle
schools: 2 public, 2 private
- Number of high schools: 2 public, 2
private
Academic Competitions
Our schools host a number of academic competitions for students,
including the Stock Market Game, Science Olympiad, Science Fair,
Spell-A-Thon, Maryland Facts Quiz Bowl, the National Children's Creative
Writing Contest Elementary and Middle School Spectra Quiz Bowl, Math
Counts, Mock Trial Teams, Secretarial Science Contest Scripps-Howard
Spelling Bee, Voice of Democracy, and the Maryland Science Quest.
Athletic programs also abound, with competition in everything from
football, soccer, baseball, volleyball and track to tennis, bowling,
wrestling and golf.