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The Gilman School is a private preparatory school for boys located in the Roland Park neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1897 as the Country School for Boys, it was the 1st country day school in the United States.〔Sargent, Porter (1918). ''(A Handbook of American private schools. )'' Boston: Porter E. Sargent.〕 Gilman enrolls approximately 1,034 students, ranging from kindergarten to 12th grade, under the instruction of 146 faculty members.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.gilman.edu/aboutus/index.aspx )〕 It is a member of the Association of Independent Maryland Schools〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.aimsmd.org/ )〕 and the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Described by author C. Fraser Smith as "Baltimore's most prestigious preparatory academy,"〔Smith, C. Fraser (1999). ''(William Donald Schaefer: A Political Biography )''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8018-6252-6.〕 Gilman enjoys strong academic and athletic reputations.〔Evitts, Elizabeth and Jones-Bonbrest, Nancy (2004). ''(Insiders' Guide to Baltimore; 4th edition )''. Guilford, Conn.: The Globe Pequot Press. pp. 293–294. ISBN 978-0-7627-3499-3.〕 In 2002, Worth Magazine rated Gilman among the top 30 feeder schools in the U.S., signifying the high rate of matriculation by Gilman graduates at top colleges and universities. Its graduates are known to be intensely loyal to the school. Approximately 75% of the Board of Trustees are graduates of the school, one of the highest percentages of any educational institution in the United States. Of Gilman's 16 varsity athletic programs, 15 have won conference championships since 2000, and in recent years its football and lacrosse teams have appeared at or near the top of national rankings. The school takes its name from Daniel Coit Gilman, the first president of The Johns Hopkins University and an early supporter of efforts by Anne Galbraith Carey to form an all-boys day school.〔Ed. Smithwick, Patrick (1997). ''Gilman Voices''. Baltimore, Md.: Gilman School. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-9657449-0-4.〕 Prominent graduates of Gilman include author Walter Lord, sportswriter Frank Deford, former Arizona Governor Fife Symington, former Maryland Governor Bob Ehrlich, former United States Senator Daniel Brewster, Congressman John Sarbanes, and internationally renowned composer Christopher Rouse. ==History== Gilman was founded as The Country School for Boys by Baltimore resident Anne Galbraith Carey, with assistance from Daniel Coit Gilman, (1831-1908), (the first president of Johns Hopkins University, 1876-1908). The school opened its doors on September 30, 1897, in the old "Homewood" Mansion (now known as the Homewood Museum, off North Charles Street, constructed 1800 in Georgian-Federal style architecture, for Charles Carroll, Jr., (1775-1825), also known as Charles Carroll of Homewood, son of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, (1737-1832), last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence). By 1910, J.H.U. began moving its campus north from its former downtown location along North Howard Street by Little Ross, West Centre and West Monument Streets, in the neighborhood of Mount Vernon-Belvedere to the newly named "Homewood" campus and constructing its first campus buildings of similar matching Georgian - Federal styles. In 1910, the Country School moved to its current 68-acre (275,000 m²) campus further north in the city to Roland Park, along Roland Avenue, just south of the Belvedere Avenue (and the future Northern Parkway). Here was begun one of the first planned suburban developments in America by the new Roland Park Company in 1891. At that time the institution changed its name to "The Gilman Country School for Boys", in honor of the seminal figure in its founding, Dr. Gilman. In 1951, "Country" was dropped from the name. Gilman has two sister schools: Bryn Mawr School, across Northern Parkway from Gilman to the north and Roland Park Country School, across Roland Ave to the west. All three schools coordinate some Upper School (grades 9–12) classes to the extent that some classes have students from all three schools. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gilman School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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