St. Paul's School for Boys

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{{Short description|School in Brooklandville, Maryland, US}}
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{{Infobox school
| name = St. Paul's School for Boys
| head_name = Headmaster
| head = Edward M. Trusty, Jr.<ref>{{cite web |title=Head of School |url=https://www.stpaulsmd.org/boys/about/head-of-school |website=www.stpaulsmd.org |publisher=The St. Paul's Schools |access-date=8 February 2021}}</ref>
| type = [[Private school|Private]], [[Day school|Day]]
| gender = Coed
| grades = [[Fifth grade|5]]–[[Twelfth grade|12]]
| established = {{start date and age|1849|2}}
| us_nces_school_id = {{NCES Private School ID |00579506|school_name=St. Paul's School |access_date=October 23, 2020}}
| religion = [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal]]<ref name="nces_psch"/>
| address = 11152 Falls Rd
| city = [[Brooklandville, Maryland|Brooklandville]]
| county = [[Baltimore County, Maryland|Baltimore County]]
| state = [[Maryland]]
| country = United States
| campus = Large [[suburban]], (since 1952)<br />{{convert|64|acre|m2}}|
| enrollment = 530 (2023)<ref name="nces_psch"/>
| faculty = 108.6 ([[Full-time equivalent|FTE]])<ref name="nces_psch"/>
| ratio = 7:1<ref name="nces_psch"/>
| SAT = 1310/1600, 2100/2400
| SAT_year = 2005
| colors = Blue {{color box|navy}} and Gold {{color box|gold}}
| newspaper = The Monitor
| image = Stpaulsseal.JPG
| motto = "Veritas et Virtus"
| motto_translation = Truth and Virtue
| mascot = "The Crusader"
| teams = "The Crusaders" (athletic)
| athletics_conference = [[Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association]] (MIAA)
| rival = [[Boys' Latin School of Maryland]]
| sister_school = [[St. Paul's School for Girls (Maryland)|St. Paul's School for Girls]] (reestablished 1959)<br />St. Paul's Pre and Lower School (coed, six week through grade 4)
| website = {{URL|www.stpaulsmd.org/boys}}
}}

'''St. Paul's School for Boys''' is an Episcopal, coed, private school located in [[Brooklandville, Maryland]]. It occupies a {{convert|120|acre|km2|adj=on}} rural campus in the [[Green Spring Valley Historic District]], {{convert|10|mi|km|spell=in}} north of the city of Baltimore in suburban [[Baltimore County]].

The school includes a pre-school and a lower school, which are coed through grade 4. The boys school also shares its campus with [[St. Paul's School for Girls (Maryland)|St. Paul's School for Girls]] which was reestablished in 1959 after a 19th-century predecessor failed. In July 2018, the schools unified under the umbrella of The St. Paul's Schools, with a single board of trustees and one president; each school retains its individual traditions and its gender-specific programs.

St. Paul's School for Boys was founded in February 1849 at [[St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church (Baltimore, Maryland)|Old St. Paul's Parish]] in [[Baltimore]] City by the Reverend William Edward Wyatt, rector.

St. Paul's moved its campus four times until its final location at the current grounds in 1952. The principal building on the Brooklandville campus is "[[Brooklandwood]]," a mansion built in 1793 by [[Charles Carroll of Carrollton]] (1737–1832), one of the signers of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]]. The building was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1972.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a|name=St. Paul's School for Boys|refnum=72000567|link=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/b4b163bf-7e1d-4167-80db-277652d1f3fd}}</ref>

[[File:Brooklandwood Dec 09.JPG|thumb|Brooklandwood mansion]]
[[File:St Pauls School-Md Chapin Hall.jpg|thumb|Chapin Hall for middle-school boys]]

==Academics==

[[File:St. Paul's School. The Chapel (NYPL b12647398-79455).tiff|thumb|upright=0.8|The Chapel in 1898]]
At the time of the school's founding in the mid-nineteenth century, boys studied Greek, Latin, and math. [[Church music]] was also given a high priority. Today St. Paul's School for Boys offers a [[college-preparatory]]
curriculum for students in the Upper School (grades 9–12). The school offers the [[IB Diploma Programme|IB Diploma Program]]. It also offers courses in theater, concert chorale, digital arts, and visual arts.

==Athletics==
[[File:St Pauls School-Md Middleton Athletic Ctr.jpg|thumb|Middleton Athletic Center, St. Paul's]]
St. Paul's places a strong emphasis on athletics. Despite the school's small class sizes of roughly 70 students per class year, the school supports varsity teams in [[lacrosse]], [[American football|football]], [[soccer]], [[volleyball]], [[Cross country running|cross-country]], [[wrestling]], [[basketball]], [[ice hockey]], [[squash (sport)|squash]], [[tennis]], [[rowing (sport)|crew]], [[golf]], [[baseball]].

===Baseball===

Future Major League baseball player [[Spencer Horwitz]] attended the school. Playing baseball for the school, primarily at [[catcher]], Horwitz was a 2016 [[Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association]] (MIAA) First Team selection, and twice MIAA All-Conference.<ref name="Spencer Horwitz - Baseball">{{cite web | url=https://radfordathletics.com/sports/baseball/roster/spencer-horwitz/5947 | title=Spencer Horwitz - Baseball|publisher=Radford Athletics }}</ref><ref name="radfordathletics.com">{{cite web | url=https://radfordathletics.com/news/2021/12/6/baseball-radford-alum-spencer-horwitz-finds-success-in-the-minor-leagues.aspx | title=Radford Alum Spencer Horwitz Making the Most of Minor League Opportunity|author=Shelton Moss|date=December 9, 2021 |publisher=Radford Athletics}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web | url=https://csplusbaseball.ca/2019/11/26/cs-chat-2019-vancouver-canadians-1b-13-spencer-horwitz/ | title=C's Chat – 2019 Vancouver Canadians 1B #13 Spencer Horwitz|author= Niall O'Donohoe| date=November 26, 2019|work=C’s Plus Baseball }}</ref>

===Hockey===

[[Spencer Horwitz]] played as a [[defenseman]] in hockey, and led the high school to two state championships.<ref name="Spencer Horwitz - Baseball"/><ref name="radfordathletics.com">{{cite web | url=https://radfordathletics.com/news/2021/12/6/baseball-radford-alum-spencer-horwitz-finds-success-in-the-minor-leagues.aspx | title=Radford Alum Spencer Horwitz Making the Most of Minor League Opportunity|author=Shelton Moss|date=December 9, 2021 |publisher=Radford Athletics}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web | url=https://csplusbaseball.ca/2019/11/26/cs-chat-2019-vancouver-canadians-1b-13-spencer-horwitz/ | title=C's Chat – 2019 Vancouver Canadians 1B #13 Spencer Horwitz|author= Niall O'Donohoe| date=November 26, 2019|work=C’s Plus Baseball }}</ref>

===Lacrosse ===
[[File:St Pauls School Md athletics.jpg|thumb|St. Paul's School athletics field]]
Since the start of varsity lacrosse interscholastic competition at St. Paul's in 1933, the Crusaders have won 25 titles in the old [[Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association#History|Maryland Scholastic Association]] (MSA) followed by the MIAA — more than any other team in the conference. St. Paul's claimed its first lacrosse title in the MSA public/private schools league in 1940 under Lacrosse Hall of Fame head coach [[Howdy Myers]]. St. Paul's prevailed the next two decades in the MSA, winning the title 14 times.

In 1947, St. Paul's beat [[Princeton University]] twice. During this period, St. Paul's posted five undefeated seasons, four under Myers and another in 1951 under [[Jim Adams (lacrosse)|Jim Adams]]. The 1969 Crusader team, coached by George Mitchell, went undefeated. The 1992 St. Paul's team also went undefeated, winning a MSA championship under coach Mitch Whiteley. In 2010, St. Paul's won the conference championship, the 25th in school history, under head coach Rick Brocato. St. Paul's has produced 12 ''C. Markland Kelly Award'' winners, which honors the top scholastic player in the state of Maryland each year. St. Paul's has also produced 22 high school [[All-American]]s and 21 graduates in the [[Lacrosse Museum and National Hall of Fame|U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame]].

=== Basketball ===
The inaugural season for Varsity Basketball was 1935 and the program has won 16 championships with 13 coaches. Championships include the MSA "B" Conference, Baltimore Interacademic League, (IAC), MSA “C”, MSA “A” Conference, and the MIAA B Conference.The most recent championship was in 2016–17. Coach Howdy Myers’ team won the first championship in 1938–39 in the MSA B conference.

=== Football ===
Since varsity football began early at St.Paul's in 1936, the Crusaders have won 20 championships. Mitch Tullai, former varsity football coach, coached at St. Paul's from 1953 to 1993. Over 40 years, Tullai won 11 Championships, including 6 MSA C-Conference Championships, and 5 Tri-County Championships.

===Golf===
The Varsity Golf team at St. Paul's School currently holds 16 MIAA or MSA championship titles, 8 stroke-play championship titles, 8 individual champions, and 11 All Metro Players. The team's home course is the West Course at [[Baltimore Country Club]]. The head coach is Eric Nordstrom with the head emeritus being Rick Collins.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Nelson |last=Coffin |date=2021-06-28 |title=10 Years of Excellence: VSN's Private Schools Golf Coach of the Decade |url=https://varsitysportsnetwork.com/10-years-of-excellence-vsns-private-schools-golf-coach-of-the-decade/ |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=Varsity Sports Network |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Traditions==
[[File:SP Early Years.jpg|thumb|Boys’ School of St. Paul's Parish]]
Since 1935, the St. Paul's Honor Council has been run by a group of upperclassmen who are elected by the student body. The council upholds the school's honor code and the principles of the school motto, ''Veritas et Virtus'', truth and virtue. The first alumni association was founded in 1894. Each year, the alumni association plays host to a number of events that bring alums back to campus.

==Notable alumni==
{{alumni|date=November 2019}}
*[[Jim Adams (lacrosse)|James 'Ace' Adams]] {{ndash}} [[lacrosse]] Hall of Fame inductee and coach; namesake includes Adams Field at [[University of Pennsylvania|UPenn]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.makinghistory.upenn.edu/node/536 |title=It Takes a Team: Adams Field Named in Honor of Former Penn Lacrosse Coach | Penn : Making History |access-date=2010-03-27 |archive-date=2010-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609115643/http://www.makinghistory.upenn.edu/node/536 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=James Adams |url=https://www.usalacrosse.com/player-profile/james-adams |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=USA Lacrosse |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Scott Bacigalupo]] {{ndash}} lacrosse player
*[[A. Aubrey Bodine]] {{ndash}} photographer
*[[Conor Gill]] {{ndash}} professional lacrosse player
*[[Spencer Horwitz]] {{ndash}} [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] first baseman for the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]]
*[[Steve Johnson (baseball)|Steve Johnson]] {{ndash}} MLB pitcher for the [[Seattle Mariners]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bal-sp.osnotes17mar17,0,2226203.story|title=Pitcher Steve Johnson, lost in Rule 5 draft, is back|access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref>
*[[Johnny Mann]] {{ndash}} Grammy Award-winning composer, conductor, entertainer, and recording artist
*[[Brooks T. Moore]] {{ndash}} narrator for ''[[How It's Made]]''
*[[Mark Pellington]] {{ndash}} director of ''[[Arlington Road]]'' and music video for the [[Pearl Jam]] song [[Jeremy (song)|"Jeremy"]]
*[[Richard Sher (newscaster)|Richard Sher]] {{ndash}} newscaster, WJZ-TV Baltimore
*[[LaMonte Wade]] {{ndash}} MLB first baseman for the [[San Francisco Giants]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baltimore-sports-blog/bal-in-passing-on-stefon-diggs-and-lamonte-wade-ravens-and-orioles-missed-out-on-terps-talent-20151106-story.html|title=In passing on Stefon Diggs and LaMonte Wade, Ravens and Orioles missed out on Terps talent|work=Baltimore Sun|access-date=August 16, 2016}}</ref>
*[[Mark Walsh (businessman)|Mark Walsh]] {{ndash}} entrepreneur, venture capitalist, political activist
*[[Michael Watson (lacrosse)|Michael Watson]] {{ndash}} professional lacrosse player
*[[Glenn Yarbrough]] {{ndash}} folk singer, lead singer of [[the Limeliters]] from 1959 to 1963
*[[Don Zimmerman (lacrosse)|Don Zimmerman]] {{ndash}} college lacrosse coach

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Hein, David. "The Founding of the Boys' School of St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore." ''Maryland Historical Magazine'' 81 (1986): 149–59.
* Hein, David. "Christianity and Honor." ''The Living Church'', August 18, 2013, pp. 8–10.
* Otterbein, Angelo F. ''We Have Kept the Faith : The First 150 Years of the Boys' School of St. Paul's Parish, 1849-1999''. Brooklandville, Md.: St. Paul's School, 1999.

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.stpaulsschool.org}}

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