Roland Park Country School (RPCS) is an independent all-girls college preparatory school in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It serves girls from kindergarten through grade 12. It is located on Roland Avenue in the northern area of Baltimore called Roland Park. An August 2010 Baltimore magazine article cites RPCS as the "best school for tomorrow’s leaders." History The neighborhood of Roland Park in Baltimore, Maryland, was established in 1891 by the Roland Park Company. A school was soon needed. Therefore, in 1894, the company established the Roland Park School and installed teachers Adelaide and Katherine Howard at 410 Notre Dame Avenue (now 4810 Keswick Road). The school opened there on September 25, 1894. The company hired “a high-quality staff” and turned the school into a “first-rate college preparatory institution.” It became the “first fully accredited independent school for girls in Baltimore.” 1905: the school was moved to its second location, 210 Roland Avenue (later renumbered 4608). It remained there until 1916. It was a girls’ school, but it admitted boys up to the fourth grade. The principal, Bertha Chapman, instituted a college preparatory curriculum. The first graduating class was in 1907, a class of one. 1907: the first graduate, Katherine Jones Harrison, graduated from a class of one. 1908: the Roland Park Company ended its sponsorship when the school was incorporated as a no-profit under Maryland laws. 1915, ground was broken in October for a new open air school. 1916: construction was completed, so the school moved to 817 W. University Parkway. The school remained in that location until 1980. A fire destroyed 75% of the school in 1947: There was another severe fire on the campus in 1976. 1918: the school expanded from seven to eight grades in the Main School. There continued to be four grades in the Primary School. Also, RPCS's Alumnae Association was organized. 1921: a student government was formed. 1932: the president of the Alumnae Association became the first alumnae representative to the Board of Trustees. 1947: on the night after the June Commencement, 75% of the school was destroyed by fire. The trustees make an immediate decision to rebuild. The school opened, as scheduled, in September. 1963: RPCS changed its admission policy to read: “Application without discrimination for all qualified applicants." 1975: the school hired its first headmaster. It also decided, again, to enroll boys in preparatory through 3rd grade. The curriculum expands with added