Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women

 
 

Grades: 6th - 12th Grade
Address: 128 W. Franklin Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 443-642-2048
Website: https://blsyw.org/

 
 

About Us

What makes us unique?

Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women (BLSYW) is a college preparatory school with an emphasis on leadership and academic excellence and enrichment in a single sex environment. Our program demonstrates a strong commitment to math, science and technology – fields where women are underrepresented and where Maryland needs to cultivate a strong knowledge base and workforce – as well as to the arts and humanities which teach students to appreciate and engage critically the world that they will lead.

Mission and Vision

The Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women (BLSYW) prepares the young women of Baltimore City for success in college and life. BLSYW engages students in learning through a strong school culture and innovative teaching practice that nurtures the development of the whole young woman— emotionally, physically, and academically. BLSYW cultivates strong habits of mind and a sense of community responsibility. The young women of BLSYW demonstrate leadership  at every level—self, school, and society.

The BLSYW Way embodies leadership, girl power, college readiness, high expectations and a strong support network. Through academics and social emotional learning, BLSYW students are taught to develop a strong sense of self, sisterhood, compassion, and good decision-making.

Programs

  • Advisory: Leadership

  • After School Programs

  • Arts Integration: Arts & Athletics

  • Dress Code

  • EGATE School

  • Extracurricular Activities: Competitive Middle & Upper School Cheerleading, MS&HS Basketball & Volleyball, Competitive Dance, Competitive Step Team, Competitive Robotics, BLSYW Ambassadors, Drumline, Band & More.

  • Gender Equity

  • Internships: Urban Alliance, Bloomberg Arts Internship

  • Restorative Practices

  • Student Service

  • Summer Programs

  • BLSYW Brilliance: Honors Program

  • STEAM: Northrop Grumman, Johns Hopkins MERIT Program

  • Community Partnerships: Maryland Historical Society, National Council of Girl Schools, the Student Leadership Network Schools

Community

  • The Arts: Center Stage Theater, Everyman Theater

  • Cultural Institutions: Enoch Pratt Central Library, Walters Art Museum

How To Apply

BLSYW will accept applications from October 6, 2023 to February 2, 2024.

Lottery Date: Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 12 PM

Link for Lottery Application: https://www.blsyw.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=256715&type=d

Open House Dates:

October 26, 2023 from 6 PM to 7:30 PM

November 16, 2023 from 6 PM to 7:30 PM

December 16, 2023 from 10 AM to 11:30 AM