Harford/Cecil County
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Advent Lutheran Elementary School
2230 Rock Spring Road • Forest Hill, Maryland 21050
County: Harford
Phone: (410) 838-4892 • Fax: (410) 838-6087
Affiliation: Lutheran Church; Missouri Synod
Grades served/enrollment: 53 students in grades K-5
Type of School: Coed Day School
Head of School: Karen DeMey
Director of Admission: Ruth Heilman
Admission Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.adventelementary.org
Awakening Child Montessori School
2529 Conowingo Road • Bel Air, MD 21015
County: Harford
Phone: (410) 836-0833
Affiliation: American Montessori Society - Associate member,
International Montessori Council and MD State DOE Certificate
of Approval.
Grades served/enrollment: 47 students preschool through
first grade
Type of School: Montessori school
Head of School: Gaye Novak
Business Coordinator: Susan Tipton
Admission Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.awakeningchild.com
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Baltimore Lutheran School
1145 Concordia Drive • Towson, MD 21286
County: Baltimore
Phone: (410) 825-2323 • FAX: (410) 825-2506
Affiliation: Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
Grades served/enrollment: 435 Students in Grades 6-12
Type of School: Coed Christian Day School
Head of School: Mrs. Monique Nunes
Director of Admissions: Mrs. Ruth Heilman
Admission Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.baltimorelutheran.org
Bel Forest Christian Academy
603 Vale Road • Bel Air, Maryland 21014
County: Harford
Phone: (410) 838-6074 • Fax: (410) 836-8694
Affiliation: Baptist
Grades served/enrollment: 110 students in pre-K through grade 8
Type of School: Coed Day School
Head of School: James Harned
Director of Admission: Doris Weaver
Admission Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.bfchristianacademy.org
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Free State Montessori School
12536 Harford Road, P.O. Box 179, Fork, MD 21051
County: Baltimore/Harford
Phone: (410) 592-3324 • Fax: 410-592-3334
Affiliation: Montessori
Grades served/enrollment: Toddler through Middle School
Type of School: Coed Day School
Head of School: Claire J. Salkowski
Director of Admission: Anya Karp
Admission Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.freestatemontessori.org
Good Shepherd Catholic School
800 Aiken Avenue • Perryville, Maryland 21903
County: Cecil
Phone: (410) 642-6265 • Fax: (410) 642-6522
Affiliation: Catholic
Grades served/enrollment: 200 students in kindergarten
through grade 8
Type of School: Coed Day School
Head of School: Scott Nicodemus
Director of Admission: Scott Nicodemus
Admission Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.goodshepherdschool.net
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Harford Christian School
1736 Whiteford Road • Darlington, Maryland 21034
County: Harford
Phone: (410) 457-5103 • Fax: (410) 836-9749
Affiliation: Evangelical Methodist Church
Grades served/enrollment: 450 students in K4
through grade 12
Type of School: Christian Coed Day School
Head of School: Bryan M. Wilson
Director of Admission: Bryan M. Wilson
Admission Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.emc-hcs.org
Harford Day School
715 Moores Mill Road • Bel Air, Maryland 21014
County: Harford
Phone: (410) 838-4848 • Fax: (410) 836-5918
Affiliation: Independent; AIMS; NAIS
Grades served/enrollment: 340 students in K-Prep
through grade 8
Type of School: Coed Day School
Head of School: Susan G. Harris
Director of Admission: Molly Cain
Admission Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.harfordday.org
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Harford Friends School
708 Highland Road, P.O. Box 200 • Street, MD 21154
County: Harford
Phone: (410) 452-5507 • Fax: (410) 452-5537
Affiliation: Independent; Friends Council on Education
Grades served/enrollment: 28 students in grades 6 through 8
Type of School: Coed Day School
Head of School: Jonathan Huxtable
Admission Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.harfordfriends.org
Harford Lutheran School
1515 Emmorton Road • Bel Air, Maryland 21014
County: Harford
Phone: (410) 399-9646 • FAX: (410) 399-9645
Affiliation: Lutheran
Grades served/enrollment: 82 students in Middle and
Upper School grades 6 through 12
Type of School: College Prep Coed Day School
Head of School: Daniel Cluver
Director of Admission: Daniel Cluverr
Admission Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.harfordlutheran.org
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The Highlands School
2409 Creswell Road • Bel Air, MD 21015
at the James T. and Virginia M. Dresher Campus
County: Harford
Phone: (410) 836-1415 • Fax: (443) 412-1098
Affiliation: Independent; AIMS
Grades served/enrollment: 100 students in Kindergarten
through grade 8
Type of School: Coed day school serving students with
learning differences
Summer Program: Five week, half-day Math and Language Arts
Tutoring Program: Ages 6 through adult. Contact the school’s
Outreach Center for Literacy Director Paula Moraine, (443) 412-1096
Head of School: Patricia A. Bonney
Director of Admission: Beth Maahs-Hoagberg
Admission Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.highlandsschool.net
St. James Academy
3100 Monkton Road • Monkton, MD 21111
County: Baltimore (Northern)
Phone: (410) 329-3292 • Fax: (410) 771-4842
Affiliation: Independent, Episcopal; AIMS, NAIS
Grades served/enrollment: 355 Students; Kindergarten
to Grade 8
Type of School: Coed Day School
Head of School: Elizabeth Legenhausen, Ed.D
Director of Admission: Dianne E. Fowler
Admission Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.saintjamesacademy.org
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James Run Christian Academy
603 Vale Road, P.O. Box 1038 • Bel Air, MD 21014
County: Harford
Phone: (410) 877-1576 • Fax: (410) 877-8738
Affiliation: Association of Christian Schools
International (ACSI); Mid-Atlantic Christian Schools
Association (MACSA)
Grades served/enrollment: 25 students in 9th
through 12th grades
Type of School: Coed Christian Day School preparing
our students for College and a Life of Leadership
Head of School: Dawn Groff
Director of Admission: Terry Cieslak
Admission Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.jamesrunchristianacademy.com
St. Joan of Arc School
230 South Law Street • Aberdeen, Maryland 21001
County: Harford
Phone: (410) 272-1387 • Fax: (410) 272-1959
Affiliation: Catholic School, Achdiocese of Baltimore
Middle States Accredited
Grades served/enrollment: 200 students in full-day
Kindergarten through grade 8
Type of School: Coed Day School
Head of School: Dr. Jane Towery
Director of Admission: Kathy Ruth or Sandra Jacob
Admission Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.stjoanarc.org
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The John Carroll School
703 East Churchville Road • Bel Air, Maryland 21014
County: Harford
Phone: (410) 879-2480 • Fax: (410) 836-8514
Affiliation: Catholic; Independent; AIMS; NCEA
Grades served/enrollment: 840 students in grades
9 through 12
Type of School: College Preparatory Coeducational Day School
President: Richard J. O’Hara
Principal: Paul G. Barker
Director of Admission: Mrs. Kim Brueggemann
Admission Email: [email protected]
Website: www.johncarroll.org
St. Margaret School
Elementary School Campus
205 Hickory Avenue • Bel Air, MD 21014
Phone: (410) 879-1113 • Fax: (410) 838-5879
Middle School Campus
1716-A Churchville Road • Bel Air, MD 21015
Phone: (410) 877-9660 • Fax: (410) 420-9322
County: Harford
Grades served/enrollment: 850 students
in Three-Year-Old Preschool through grade 8
Type of School: Coed Day School
Affiliations/Accreditation: Catholic;
Archdiocese of Baltimore, St. Margaret Parish,
National Catholic Education Association,
Middle States Association of Colleges
and Schools
Principal: Mrs. Jane A. Dean
[email protected]
Director of Admission: Mrs. Cecilia Pleiss
Admission Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.smsch.org
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Monarch Montessori School
6 Asbury Road • P.O. Box 609 • Churchville, Maryland 21028
County: Harford
Phone: (410) 836-9560 • Fax: (410) 836-9560
Affiliation: American Montessori Society (AMS) Full Member
School; MD State DOE Certificate of Approval
Grades served/enrollment: 96 students; Parent /Toddler
through Kindergarten
Programs: Parent Toddler, Preschool and Kindergarten,
Summer Camp and Before and After School Care
Type of School: Coed Montessori School
Head of School: Mary Ellen Kelly
Director of Admission: Denise Sennett
Admission Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.monarchmontessorischool.net
Mountain Christian School
1824 Mountain Road • Joppa, Maryland 21085
County: Harford
Phone: (410) 877-7333 • Fax: (410) 877-4151
Affiliation: Association of Christian Schools
International (ACSI)
Grades served/enrollment: 305 students in Kindergarten
through grade 8
Type of School: Christian School
Head of School: Nadine Wellington
Director of Admission: Deborah Imhoff
Admission Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.mountainchristianschool.info
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New Covenant Christian School
128 St. Mary’s Road • Abingdon, Maryland 21009
County: Harford
Phone: (443) 512-0771 • Fax: (410) 569-3846
Affiliation: Assoc. of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS); ACSI
Grades served/enrollment: 270 students in preschool through
grade 10. Plans to grow to grade 12 by 2010-2011
Type of School: Classical Christian
Head of School: Jason Van Bemmel
Director of Admission: Kathy Heeter
Admission Email: [email protected]
Web site: school.ncpres.org
St. Stephen School
8028 Bradshaw Road • Bradshaw, Maryland 21087
County: Baltimore/Harford
Phone: (410) 592-7617 • Fax: (410) 592-7330
Affiliation: Catholic; Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic Schools
Grades served/enrollment: 340 students in pre-K3
through grade 8
Type of School: Coed Elementary
Head of School: Mary Patrick
Director of Admission: Ginni Zachmeier
Admission Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.ststephenbradshaw.org
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The Tome School
581 South Maryland Avenue • North East, Maryland 21901
County: Cecil
Phone: (410) 287-2050 • Fax: (410) 287-8999
Affiliation: Independent
Grades served/enrollment: 500 students in
grades kindergarten through 12
Type of School: Coed Day School
Head of School: F. Darcy Williams
Director of Admission: F. Darcy Williams
Admission Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.tomeschool.org
Trinity Lutheran School and Child Care Center
1100 Philadelphia Road • Joppa, Maryland 21085
County: Harford
Phone: (410) 679-4000 • FAX: (410) 679-3472
Affiliation: Lutheran, ELCA , Maryland State DOE/ELEA
Grades served/enrollment: 450 students;
ages 2 through grade 8
Type of School: Lutheran, ELCA; Coed Day School
Head of School: Pastor John H.S. Austin
Director of Admission: Bev Reed
Admission Email: [email protected]
Website: www.tlsonline.org
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West Nottingham Academy
1079 Firetower Road • Colora, Maryland 21917
County: Cecil
Phone: (410) 658-5556 • Fax: (410) 658-6790
Affiliation: Independent; AIMS
Grades served/enrollment: 130 students in grades
9 through 12
Type of School: Coed Day and Boarding School
Head of School: Dr. D. John Watson
Director of Admission: Jesse Roberts
Admission Email: [email protected]
Website: www.wna.org