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Message from the Head of School Dear Guest,
Welcome to the Roland Park Country School website!
As you explore this web space, you will learn about the breadth and depth of
academic and extra-curricular offerings that make this School such a vibrant
place to teach, learn and grow.
RPCS is a college preparatory
school for girls dedicated to the intellectual, aesthetic,
physical and moral development of its students. Our
mission is to maintain high academic standards while
encouraging self-discipline, independence of thought,
tenacity of purpose, creativity and spiritual well-being.
The School strives to instill in its students a lifelong
love of learning as well as the motivation to look
within and beyond themselves in order that they become
responsible, contributing members of college and
community life.
This is an exciting time
as we begin Roland Park Country School's second
century. To ensure that the quality of our curriculum
and level of academic excellence continue, RPCS recently
completed a building project which expanded and improved
the School facilities. These changes increased our
building size by 33 percent and will positively impact
each student for years to come. The Lower School
addition added a multi-purpose room and space to
relocate the Killebrew Library. A four-story addition
to the academic building houses newly designed, state-of-the-art
science laboratories for all three divisions, provides
a distinct physical space for the Smith Middle School
and offers new and expanded dining facilities. Renovations
to the existing School created additional classrooms
and meeting spaces, especially for the Upper School,
space for technology and work areas for faculty.
We broke ground in the spring of 2000, and dedicated
the new facilities as part of our Centennial Celebration
on October 6th, 2001. In April 2007, we embarked
upon the third and final phase of the RPCS Campus
Master plan by begining construction of a new Athletic
Complex. The new facility will be completed in August
2008.
I hope you share my enthusiasm
for this wonderful institution. Our students remain
among the most academically talented in the region
and attend many of the nation's most selective colleges
and universities. RPCS offers advanced technology,
seven foreign languages, thirteen advanced placement
courses, more than ninety electives for seniors,
visual and performing arts, and thirteen varsity
sports. The School is proud of its superb academic
program, award-winning faculty, financial strength,
championship athletic teams and outstanding arts
facilities.
On these pages, you will
find a wealth of information about our School.
Once you have taken a "virtual tour" of our campus,
I hope you will visit us in person.
Sincerely,
Jean Waller Brune
Head of School
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