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During Gunston’s embarkation ceremony, students and faculty line the hill leading to the waterfront to greet newcomers to the community, who arrive by boat.
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The Gunston School offers an intellectually rigorous, highly personalized, and nurturing college preparatory educational experience.
Established in 1911, the Gunston School is uniquely situated on 35 acres along the Corsica River and provides students with a personalized and rigorous academic experience, a strong sense of community, a focus on the balanced development of mind, body, and spirit, and an innovative curricular emphasis on global and environmental leadership. Gunston draws its student population from eight Maryland and Delaware counties as well as internationally from at least four countries.
Evie Hagan ’23 during Chesapeake Watershed Semester.
Programs of note include Gunston’s nationally-recognized environmental programs including Bay Studies and the study of climate science (a graduation requirement), and the fully accredited Chesapeake Watershed Semester (CWS), a single-semester, place-based academic program that cultivates students leaders who can promote regional and global environmental sustainability through their understanding of scientific, social, cultural, and political systems. The program is open to any juniors and seniors from any school.
Other programs include a nationally competitive robotics and rocketry team, and a popular arts program that features a pottery studio, wood sculpture, performing arts, and more. Additionally, various student leadership programs begin from day one at orientation and continue through all four years.
Autumn Watson’23 and Damian Rene’23 in computer science.
Gunston offers 18 sports teams including sailing, crew, cross country, golf, volleyball, and triathlon, among others. The school day ends at 4:30 p.m. which includes athletics, so no late bus is needed. Gunston offers transportation from Annapolis, Severna Park, Chestertown, Church Hill, Easton, Galena, Grasonville & Kent Island; Dover & Middletown (DE).
Personal tours and shadow days are available by appointment with in-person open houses held annual in January, April, October and November.
CAMPUS NOTES
Year Founded: 1911
Religious Affiliation: Non-Sectarian
Head of School: John A. Lewis, IV
Grades: 9-12
2021 - 2022 Enrollment: 234
2021-2022 Tuition: $26,795
Educational Environment: Co-ed
Entrance Exams: No
Uniforms: Dress Code
% Minority: 18%
Financial Assistance: Yes
Interscholastic Sports: 18
Languages Taught: Spanish
Performance/Creative Arts Offerings: 16
Extracurricular Activities: 18
In-Person Open Houses: January 23 2022, April 23, 2022, October & November dates TBD
Average Class Size: 10-12
Student to teacher ratio: 9:1
100% of graduates accepted to college
20+ Advanced Placement classes available
Find out more at gunston.org
