St. Paul's School for Girls

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type = Private, all-girls grades k-12|Day
religion = Episcopal
head_name = Headmistress
head = Monica M. Gillespie
city = Baltimore
state = MD
country = USA
campus = Suburban, 38 acres
enrollment = c. 406
faculty = 63
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SAT = N/A
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colors = Green and white
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homepage = [http://www.spsfg.org/index.asp www.spsfg.org]

St. Paul's School for Girls is an independent college-preparatory school in Baltimore|, Maryland founded in 1959 to replace an older girls' school which had been closed.

Its all-boys brother school St. Paul's School is located on an adjacent campus. The Upper Schools share some foreign language and certain elective classes.

Location

It is situated on a rural campus in the Green Spring Valley, about ten miles north of the city of Baltimore, with the approximate coordinates Coord|39.4202|-76.677.

History

The school was founded in 1959, on a site adjacent to St. Paul's School. Its predecessor, St. Paul's Girls' School, which had been founded in 1799 as St. Paul's Orphanage, had been closed earlier in the decade.

It was approved as a SEVIS school in 2003. [cite web
title =List of SEVIS approved schools - Maryland
work =International Students
publisher =U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
url =http://www.ice.gov/sevis/map/md.htm
accessdate = 2007-10-05 ]

It was designated a Green School in September 2007 by the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education. [cite web
last =Choi
first =Jennifer
title =Green is now routine at Brooklandville school
publisher =Baltimore Sun
date =2007-09-08
url =http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_county/bal-md.co.stpauls08sep08,0,6998966.story
accessdate = 2007-10-06 ]

Headmistresses

*Rosalind Levering
*Mary Frances Wagley
*Mary Ellen Thomsen
*Lila Lohr
*Dr. Evelyn A. Flory
*Nancy Laufe Eisenberg
*Michael Eanes
*Monica M. Gillespie, Ph.D.

Athletics

The school was ranked number two in Maryland in lacrosse in 2006, [cite web
title =Regional Ratings
publisher =LaxPower
date =2006
url =http://www.laxpower.com/update06/bingrl/ratingmd.php
accessdate = 2007-10-06 ] after being ranked third in 2005, [cite web
title =Regional Ratings
publisher =LaxPower
date =2005
url =http://www.laxpower.com/update05/bingrl/ratingmd.php
accessdate = 2007-10-06 ] and second in 2004. [cite web
title =Regional Ratings
publisher =LaxPower
date =2004
url =http://www.laxpower.com/update04/bingrl/ratingmd.php
accessdate = 2007-10-06 ]

The volleyball team finished #1 in the state in 2007. They won the A conference IAAM championship, which they had also won in 2005, against rival Spalding, 3-0. [cite web
last =Frainie
first =Mike
title =Unitas, St. Paul's grab title
work =High School Sports
publisher =baltimoresun.com
date =2007-11-04
url =http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/highschool/bal-va.iaamvb04nov04,0,1585798.story
accessdate =2008-01-02 ] One week later they won the Maryland/DC tournament. They were led with all conference Bailey Webster. Key Players: Bailey Griswold, Jillian Unitas, Rachel Kelley, Liz Vlk.

References

External links

* [http://www.spsfg.org/index.asp St. Paul's School for Girls]
* [http://maryland.schooltree.org/private/St-Pauls-School-for-Girls-004763.html School Tree]