Oldfields School
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Oldfields School is a college preparatory school for girls in grades 8 through 12 in Sparks Glencoe, Maryland. It was founded in Baltimore County, Maryland in 1867 by Anna Austen McCulloch and is the longest-operating girls' boarding school in Maryland. since 2016[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Oldfields School had approximately 100 boarding and day students in grades 8 through 12, coming from 28 states and 15 countries.[1] Among the school's notable graduates was Wallis Warfield Simpson, who became the Duchess of Windsor.[2] In April 2023, Oldfields announced it would close at the end of the 2022–23 school year, setting up a partnership with Garrison Forest School to facilitate accepting its remaining students.[3] However, after a successful fundraising drive and other support from the Oldfields community, the School has resolved to continue operations in the 2023-2024 school year and beyond.[4]
Athletics
In 2014 and 2015, the Oldfields School Cross-Country team won the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland Conference C Championships.[5] In 2015, the Oldfields School Badminton shared top honors in the IAAM Conference B Championship with Institute of Notre Dame.[6]
Notable alumnae
- Niki de Saint Phalle, sculptor
- Wallis, Duchess of Windsor
- Alice du Pont Mills, Du Pont heiress
- Abir Muhaisen, princess of Jordan
- Helen Pitts-Blasi, American trainer of thoroughbred race horses
- Lana du Pont, Olympic equestrian
References
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