1849
St. Paul’s School is founded as an Episcopal school for boys from low-income families by the Rev. William Edward Wyatt, with 12 students in a Sunday school room of Old St. Paul’s Church in downtown Baltimore.
Appreciating the Past ᐧ Celebrating the Present ᐧ Embracing the Future
This year St. Paul’s School for Boys commemorates our 175 year history. From humble beginnings with 12 students in a Sunday school room at Old St. Paul’s Church in downtown Baltimore, St. Paul’s has grown into a family of three schools educating more than 1,400 students from preschool through grade 12 on our sprawling Brooklandville campus.
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Tuesday, October 15
Speaker Series #1: “Exploring Our Past” with Charley Mitchell ’73 and Angelo Otterbein ’91
January (DATE TBD)
Speaker Series #2: "Celebrating the Present" – Arts and Athletics
Sunday, February 9
Anniversary service at Old St. Paul’s Church with SP choir
April (DATE TBD)
Speaker Series #3: “Embracing Our Future”
May (DATE TBD)
Closing Celebration at Blue-Gold Reunion Weekend
The Evolution of St. Paul’s School for Boys
1873
The school moves to East Franklin Street, where the restaurant Tio Pepe now stands.
1922–1923
The school moves to Mount Washington, a decision that school officials made in part after a student was hit by a horse-and-carriage outside the school’s downtown location.
1932
The first issue of the school newspaper, The Monitor, publishes; by the early 1960s, it’s 16 pages per issue with a staff of 25.
1944
All but three of the 24 St. Paul’s graduates immediately enlist in the Army, Navy, and Army Air Corps.
1952
Seeking more space for playing fields, St. Paul’s relocates to its current location on 64 acres in Brooklandville, later expanding to 120 acres. After 103 years as a single-sex school, St. Paul’s enrolls 17 girls in the lower school and adds a kindergarten class, officially becoming a K-12 college preparatory school.
1959
St. Paul’s School for Girls officially opens on the Brooklandville campus.
1964
The board of trustees announces that the school will admit students without “regard to race, creed, or color,” 10 years after the Supreme Court’s decision to abolish segregation in public schools.
1967
Computers are introduced to St. Paul’s students as a science, a first for any independent school in Maryland.
1970
The board of trustees votes to suspend the boarding program, which consists of 14 students at the time. The last two boarders, who graduated in 1973, lived on the top floor of Brooklandwood.
1971
St. Paul’s graduates its first two Black students, Ellwood L. “Woody” Hall and Benjamin H. Wilson.
1985
A new graduation requirement is added: 40 hours of community service for all upper school students.
1990
A fire destroys the lower school and chapel. The school is quickly rebuilt, and a new chapel is constructed atop the hill.
1992
The Ward Center for the Arts opens as home to some of the best high school theatre and music in the region.
1995
The school becomes the first in the area to lay a fiber-optic cable, and launches a website and fully-integrated K-12 curriculum.
The SP men and boys’ choir performs at the White House for President and Mrs. Reagan.
2018
St. Paul’s School for Boys, St. Paul’s School for Girls, and St. Paul’s Pre and Lower school (coed) unify under the umbrella of The St. Paul’s Schools, with a single board of trustees and one president.
2023
The St. Paul’s Schools debut its unified mission statement: Guided by Episcopal values and a commitment to each student’s full journey, a St. Paul’s education inspires us to lead with love, discover and pursue our unique gifts, and act with courage in all we do.
2024
St. Paul’s School for Boys celebrates its 175th anniversary.
