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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.
Club or Organization: Engineering, Envirothon, FCA, Girls on the Run, Key Club, Lego League, Newspaper, NHS, Quiz Bowl, Stage Crew, Student Council, Yearbook
Arts and Music Programs: Chorus, Drama, Orchestra
School Notes
School Motto: The Tome School will embrace every grade from kindergarten to and through high school studies where young people may obtain proper preparation for the varied and important work of life.
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.
The Tome School offers 11 interscholastic sports: Baseball, Basketball, Cheering, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Golf, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Tennis and Volleyball.
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Memories of Tome School on the Hill (2014)
This year marks the 125th year of the Tome School in Cecil County. We were among those in Aberdeen who graduated from Tome "on ...
