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Garrison Forest empowers students to realize their full potential and live lives of purpose.

Garrison Forest School
  • About Us

    About Garrison Forest

    We are an independent, private, all-girls’ K-12 day and boarding school with a coed preschool located on 110 wooded acres outside of Baltimore, Maryland.
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    • From the Head of School
    • History
    • Core Values, Mission and Statement of Respect
    • Strategic Plan
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  • Admission

    Apply

    Request information and schedule a visit to experience a day in the life of a Garrison Forest student.
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    • Admission Overview
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    • Why GFS?
      • The Impact of All Girls
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    • Affording GFS
      • Tuition and Fees
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  • Signature Programs

    Discover

    What makes a Garrison Forest education stand out? Explore our unique programs and partnerships designed to make you stand out.
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    • Why a Girls' School?
    • The WISE Partnership with Johns Hopkins
      • Requirements, Timeline and Application
    • Boarding
    • Integrated STEM
    • Equestrian Institute
    • Polo
    • The James Center
      • Jenkins Fellows
      • Service League
      • Middle Grades Partnership
  • Arts

    Create

    Discover your talents, express yourself and develop skills in our state-of-the-art facilities.
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    • Visual Arts
    • Dance
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  • Academics

    Learn

    Explore our programs from Twos through 12th Grade and discover what makes Garrison Forest a leader in education.
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    • Coed Preschool
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  • Athletics

    Play

    Show your mettle in our 16 sports with 48 teams including dance, polo and riding.
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    • Athletics Overview
    • Meet the Staff
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    • Riding
      • Programs
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    • Polo
      • Programs
      • Meet the Staff
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  • Student Life

    Be Yourself

    Find your place and voice in our joyous community and learn what GFS Spirit is all about.
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    • Community Service
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  • Boarding

    Live

    Find your home away from home with our international, national and regional boarding programs in a family environment.
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    • Boarding at GFS
    • Boarding Philosophy
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    • Preparing to Arrive
    • Meet the Residential Life Faculty
  • Support

    Make a Difference

    Invest in our students and the GFS experience through giving.
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    • The Fund for Garrison Forest
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Interested in learning more about GFS? Visit gfs.org/admission.

Faculty

Tracey Brocato

Amber Budosh

Laura Cline

Shondra Cowling

Fannon Curtis

Jennifer Glose

Leigh Hall '81

Gail Hutton

Lisa Jenkins

Christina Nina Keown

Dana Livne

Deborah Lynn

Beth Murphy

Emma Ridgeway

Korey Rosenbaum

Jennifer Stapleton

Elizabeth Stroud

Ashby Thoeni

Erin Viana

Missy Wells

Maura Ziolkowski

Contact Us

300 Garrison Forest Road Owings Mills, Maryland 21117
P: 410.363.1500 / F: 410.363.8441
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Garrison Forest School is a private, independent girls' school in Baltimore County, Maryland with an elementary, middle and high school program, coed preschool and national and international boarding program.

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