Calvert School

WHO WE ARE

Calvert is a private school in Baltimore, Maryland offering coed elementary and middle school education that focuses on meeting each child at every stage of their development. Through age-specific K-8 teaching and robust co-curriculars, Calvert students are taught to become strong leaders and lifelong learners.

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Recent News

ILP Leadership Journeys Expand to Include Costa Rica and New Mexico

More than seventy Seventh and Eighth Grade students ventured out of state last month, October 20 to October 27, for four immersive leadership journeys that focused on cultural learning, outdoor education, community engagement, and conservation. Led by Calvert chaperones and partner organizations like the World Leadership School, the Island School, and Experience Learning, the students traveled to West Virginia, the Bahamas, Costa Rica, and New Mexico. The latter two signified an expansion of the leadership journey program, bringing the total number of trips offered per year to five – four this fall and one in the spring.

Keep reading for a comprehensive look at each fall leadership journey.
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Class of 2023 High School Decisions

Each year, Calvert graduates impressive alumni who are well-equipped to tackle the upper school phase of their educational journey. This year, the Class of 2023 decided to attend 14 different schools, highlighting their diverse interests and skills.

Their upper school decisions are below. We hope you will joining us in congratulating the Class of 2023 on their accomplishments and thanking Upper School Placement Coordinator Kathy Liotta '79 for another successful placement season!
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Mighty Bees Excel in 2022-2023 National World Language Awards

As the school year winds down each year, Calvert world language students in Tenth Age through Eighth Grade perk up to hear the results of their national world language exams. Taken every year ahead of spring, these exams include Le Grand Concours – the National French Contest – The National Spanish Challenge, the National Spanish Exam, and the National Latin Exam, and because world language is a core piece of the School’s curriculum, Calvert students regularly score high.
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2023 Reunion Weekend Celebration

Calvert welcomed alumni back to campus for the 2023 Reunion Weekend on May 12 and 13. This year, we celebrated classes ending in "3" and "8."
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Seventh Grade Ventures to Eastern Shore for Purpose Summit

Last week, the Class of 2024 headed to the Eastern Shore in Maryland for an overnight student leadership retreat and summit. At the summit, Calvert’s Seventh Graders connected with their peers in a beautiful outdoor education setting outside Baltimore and learned more about the concepts of leadership and purpose.

In advisory groups, students participated in a series of workshops, middle school leadership activities, and bonding experiences including outdoor education, a zipline, a climbing wall, and a ropes course. They reflected on their Calvert journey and talked about middle school leadership, specifically how they have been leaders at Calvert through community partnerships and the gifts they bring to the larger community. Throughout the two days, the Seventh Graders had the opportunity to connect with each other and to learn more about their teachers.

Mr. Bennett and Ms. Dennison both took the time to share personal reflections with the whole group about their lives not only as teachers and coaches, but also as individuals in the world. Ms. Liotta was also an important presence, helping remind students that the work they were doing at this summit would lay a strong foundation for next year’s high school placement process.

These conversations were a great starting point for their Eighth Grade year, which includes a thorough journey of self-discovery when they will delve deeper into topics of leadership and purpose while considering where to continue their educational journeys.

In the end, students crafted purpose statements that reflect their individual strengths and the impact they want to have on the world around them. They designed puzzle pieces with their individual statements, which they shared with their classmates at the end of the summit. These puzzle pieces are a visual representation of how each member of the Class of 2024 plays an important role in making the group whole.
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Certamen Team Claims Two State Championship Titles

Eight Calvert scholars returned victorious yesterday after a weekend (April 29-30) spent at the Maryland Junior Classical League (MDJCL) Convention, where they claimed TWO Certamen championship titles in the novice and intermediate divisions, respectively!
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Calvert Honors Dick Riggs '51, Debuts New Giving Society at Banner Society Reception

Members of the Calvert community gathered at the Luetkemeyer Athletic Center Friday evening for the School’s Banner Society reception. Guests learned about the impact of their generous philanthropic support, honored the late Mr. Richard C. Riggs, Jr. ’51, and were introduced to The Edward W. Brown, Sr. Society.
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Eighth Graders Focus on Community Engagement, Conservation During Puerto Rico Leadership Journey

Fifteen members of Calvert’s Class of 2023 traveled to Puerto Rico earlier this month, April 8 to 14, for an experiential leadership journey that focused on conservation, community engagement, and cultural immersion. This invaluable experience, made possible through Calvert’s Institute for Leadership & Purpose (ILP), featured seven days of team-building and exploration that encouraged the students to look outward and think globally, as well as inward to identify and overcome their own hesitancies and fears.

“I think this entire trip has helped us learn the importance of deep experiences, getting to know local people and processing what we learn,” Claire S. ’23 wrote in the student-led trip blog. “We have had the chance to do that this week and we are all grateful for the opportunity.”
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Calvert Claims 4th and 11th Place at 27-Team Harvard Certamen

Nine Calvert Eighth Graders recently participated in the 13th annual Harvard Certamen, a Latin quiz bowl in which teams compete to answer questions about Latin grammar and literature, classical culture, history, and mythology. The competition was deep, with perennial powerhouses from Boston Latin School, Harriton High School, Philips Exeter Academy, Milton Academy, Brookfield Academy, Roxbury Latin School, Avon Old Farms School, and Hunter College High School among the 27 teams represented.
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