Bryn Mawr School
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Faculty
In 2005-2006, Bryn Mawr has 78 full-time and 19 part-time faculty teaching in grades kindergarten through 12. The student to faculty ratio is 8:1, and the average faculty tenure at Bryn Mawr is approximately 13 years. In addition, approximately 57 percent of the faculty hold advanced degrees and 18 percent represent minority groups.Academics
Coordination with the nearby Gilman School and Roland Park Country School at the Upper School level offers Bryn Mawr girls a wide range of electives and the opportunity for coed classes. Coordinate classes are concentrated at the junior and senior levels; offerings in some foreign languages begin in ninth grade although most students take Latin and French or Spanish in middle school.
Athletics
The athletics program provides a wide range of offerings for girls – 15 sports in the Upper School, including crew and squash and 12 sports at the Middle School level.Fall
- Varsity/JV Soccer
- Varsity/JV Volleyball
- Cross country running
- Varsity/JV Tennis
- Varsity/JV & Fresh-Soph Field Hockey
Winter
- Varsity/JV Basketball
- Varsity/JV Squash
- Indoor Soccer
- Indoor Track and field
- Swim team
Spring
Notable alumni or faculty
- Julia Randall, an American poet
- Esther Boise Van Deman, a leading archaeologist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries
- Edith Hamilton, a noted writer on the classics
- Emily Stieff (Class of 2000) A true hero.
- Margaret "Suzii" Won (Class of 2007) more of a hero than Emily Stieff.
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