The First Boarding School in Baltimore
A boarding school is a kind of school wherein students doesn’t just study but then student also live during their period of study. Students in a boarding school were also provided with food and lodging. This makes sense with how boarding schools like. Well, there are also different types of boarding school. There are boarding schools, which are exclusive only for girls, others are exclusive only for boys and there are also several boarding schools that are open for boys and girls. Boarding Schools were very common only to the United States but some countries were already opening boarding schools in different levels.
Maryland had just opened its first boarding school at Baltimore City, the SEED School. The boarding school holds its first eighty students whom are all grade six students. SEED School is housed on the 52 acres site of what used to be Southwestern High School.
Tim Tooten, who was a news education reporter at WBAL TV took a tour on the school. He had asked several students about the school. Another student, Malik Cross, says, “It’s kind of fun because we get to talk to our friends. We get to go in each others dorm. Sometimes if we don’t, either way we get to talk to each other and learn more about each other each day.”
Jourdynn Dickerson, a student, says, “It’s really different because I’m learning a whole bunch of stuff I never really knew in elementary school.”
The first eighty students came from the twelve different school districts of Maryland and were there by choice. From the 300 applicants, eighty were being selected across the state to avail the free and reduced-price lunches. The tuition fee of the school ranges $34,000 per year but is being paid by the state and local education dollars and private donations.
The school head, Dawn Lewis, said, “I think the big difference is the idea that we are reinforcing learning on a 24 hour basis. The principles which are taught here aren’t just taught from 8 a.m to 4 p.m. They are taught 24 hours a day.
The students were already getting over their homesickness and will be allowed going home during weekends since the school has a staff and student dormitory. Well, it is a good opportunity for the 80 students to get into SEED. It would certainly give them an opportunity to get into college and somehow achieve a better future someday.
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