St. Matthew's Early Education Center offers a nursery school and kindergarten for children, and an extended-day program for children ages 2 through 5. Several different classes are taught at St. Matthew's both mornings and afternoons, and the center also offers all-day child care.
The Bethesda Country Day School offers programs for pre-school children aged 2 to kindergarten throughout the school year and the summer. Each individualized classroom is divided into several learning areas: reading, manipulatives, art, science, sensory, construction, writing and dramatic play. The structured learning experiences are combined with playtime, with the goal of developing the academic, social and emotional skills of children so they will be prepared for kindergarten and beyond. Periodic updates of children's progresses are provided to parents so they can remain involved. The school is part of Nobel Learning Communities, an organization that runs more than 180 schools from pre-school to the eighth grade throughout the country.
The Community College of Baltimore County at Dundalk offers an honors program and possesses a three-decade old community theater program. The school provides a host of clubs and organizations, including the Multicultural Student Association and Student Government Association. CCBC Dundalk currently has teams in men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball and softball. The school colors are red and white, and the school mascot is a lion.
Best-known for its flagship campus and world-renowned medical center in Baltimore, Johns Hopkins's campus in Montgomery County hosts evening classes for 4,000 graduate students in the Carey Business School, the School of Education, the Whiting School of Engineering and the Zanvyl Kreiger School of Arts and Sciences.
The 215,000-square-foot campus has big plans that include an ultimate expansion to 2.6 million square feet that will put thousands of academics, researchers and entrepreneurs on a single campus.
The campus is part of the Great Seneca Science Corridor Master Plan approved by the Montgomery County Council in 2010. As such, it is a cornerstone of county efforts to build a "Science City" that aims to foster collaborations between higher education, government and industry.
Located on a 160-acre campus in Westminster, McDaniel College is a private, liberal arts college offering a variety of undergraduate and graduate programs. Founded in 1867, McDaniel offers strong academic, athletic and extracurricular programs with small, seminar-style classes emphasizing dialogue and interactive learning. Visit the McDaniel College website for program and admissions information.
This pre-school has been running for close to 75 years. One parent, says, "The school combines learning through constructive projects with approximately half the day spent outdoors experiencing nature on one of the ten, or so, playgrounds."
The glass office tower off Interstate 83 that displays the University of Phoenix logo on its top floor is a well-known landmark in Timonium. Most courses at the for-profit university are conducted online, but this office park off Greenspring Drive does host live classes in business and technology education.
