Garrison Forest School

Garrison Forest School ("GFS") is a college preparatory boarding and day school for girls, with a coed program from ages three through Kindergarten. Garrison Forest School was founded in 1910 and is located on 116 rural acres outside of Baltimore in Owings Mills, Maryland. It is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the Association of Independent Maryland Schools.

Total enrollment is 663 girls with the Upper School comprising 231 of those students. The school averages about 60 boarding students in grades 8-12 per year. The student to faculty ratio is 8:1.

Garrison Forest School partners with Johns Hopkins University in offering the Women in Science and Engineering Program. Fourteen high school juniors are chosen each semester from a national pool of applicants. The students live at Garrison Forest School for the semester and work with a professor from Johns Hopkins on their current research.

The school motto is "Esse Quam Videri" "to be and not to seem" encouraging students to be who they are, not who they think others want them to be.

Garrison Forest School requires all students to follow a college preparatory track and all students matriculate to college.

History

Garrison Forest School was founded in 1910 by Moncrieffe Livingston.

Athletics

All Garrison girls are required to participate in the Athletics Program. GFS has athletic facilities including the Elizabeth B. Searle Athletic Center which was opened in 2002, four athletic fields, tennis courts, and two indoor riding rings. The Middle School offers eight team sports and the Upper School offers nine Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Thirds level teams. Garrison Forest teams compete in the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland. Garrison Forest has a long tradition of equestrian sports including Equitation, Showjumping, Eventing, and Polo. They are one of only two girls' schools in the nation to offer Polo.

Notable Graduates

Susan Wells Thompson- Broadway Actress

Jamie O'Brien- Miss Maryland Teen USA 2006

External links

* [http://www.gfs.org Official GFS Webpage]
* [http://www.aimsmd.org/ Association of Independent Maryland Schools]