Mount Aviat Academy vs. The Tome School

The mission of Mount Aviat Academy is to to provide instruction in the message of Christ, according to the teachings of the Catholic Church, within the context of the gentle and caring spirit of St.

Francis de Sales; to offer an innovative educational environment that promotes high academic standards; and to instill the principles of scholarship, citizenship and service in the minds and hearts of the students.

The Tome School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory school founded in 1889 by Port Deposit philanthropist Jacob Tome.

The school's curriculum provides a broad liberal arts education for students from kindergarten through twelfth grade in an environment emphasizing academic success, high standards of personal behavior, and full participation in school life.

For a student to be successful at Tome, parents must hold similar expectations and standards.

The curriculum differs in important respects, and in rigor, from that of typical American elementary and secondary education.

Tome is organized into three divisions: the Lower School, comprised of Kindergarten and the first four grades, the Middle School, grades five through eight, and the Upper School with grades nine through twelve.