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    inclusive
    and competitive

    Key encourages athletic participation
    by every student. If you have an
    interest in sports and enjoy
    competition, there is a team for you.

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    tenacity
    resourcefulness
    imagination

    Face-to-face with the unfamiliar, Key students cannot rely on textbook answers or routine responses. Drawing on inner resources, they find they are capable of greater physical and mental achievements than imagined.

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    real world
    connections

    Key students get out and see the world,
    deepening their understanding of its
    complexities and their role as its citizens.

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    sportsmanship
    scholarship

    Key students value both. Our school spirit is as
    evident in the classroom as it is on the athletic field.

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    theater.
    lacrosse.
    why choose just one?

    Key School is an ideal environment for students
    who want a broad experience. We don’t believe
    students should narrow their options.

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    your ideas matter

    Discussion-based classes are at the heart of the
    Key curriculum. Personal opinions are shared
    openly while differing viewpoints are
    respectfully exchanged.

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    exciting ideas!

    Key teachers and students grapple with
    ideas—working together and thinking
    together to forge new understandings.

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    students respect teachers,
    teachers respect students...

    and students respect fellow students.
    At Key School, people and their ideas are respected.

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    accept challenges
    take risks
    explore new territory
    take a stand

    Key students gain the skills and confidence to make a difference in their community—and the world.

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    knowing how
    to think

    For 50 years key school has helped students develop the habits of mind that enable them to navigate a changing world.

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    asking the questions
    counts as much
    as knowing the answers

    Key School emphasizes intellectual process as well as academic product and values probing questions as highly as thoughtful answers.

  • Seniors Reflect on Key Traditions

    Key seniors Shereef Abdel-Gawad, Kyle Feldman and Emma Rathmann are featured in an article in the Capital Gazette about Key’s unique graduation ceremony and culture. Click to read Keeping it balanced at Key.

  • Key Junior Named to Capital Gazette All-County Girls Lacrosse Second Team

    Carter MacLeod ’14 has been selected to the Capital Gazette All-County Girls Lacrosse Second Team. The two All-County Teams consist of the top 42 girls lacrosse players in the county.

  • Key’s Probability Carnival Featured in the Capital

    Key's seventh graders, having completed their unit on probability, hosted a Math Carnival for Key's fourth grade students.

  • Congratulations Seniors!

    The Key community congratulates all members of the Class of 2013. Click to here to view 2013 College Matriculations.

Thu Jun 20

Blue Tomato Farms CSA Pick-up

Location: Smith House Admission Parking Lot Time: 3:00pm - 3:45pm
Mon Jun 24

Middle School Outdoor Education Summer Adventure: Patuxent River Trip

Thru: 6/29/2013
Thu Jun 27

Blue Tomato Farms CSA Pick-up

Location: Smith House Admission Parking Lot Time: 3:00pm - 3:45pm

HSIA Board Meeting

Location: Sciend and Library Building Rooms 101 & 102 Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Thu Jul 4

INDEPENDENCE DAY

Administrative Offices Closed

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  • It's not too late to apply for 2013-2014.

    Call to schedule a campus tour and see classes in session.

    Learn more see Admission


  • "Key prepared me for the rigorous standards of a university setting, for working independently, and taught me how to enjoy the intellectual journey. I was uniquely prepared among my peers at Stanford for making critical and analytical deductions. Key also prepared me to compete at the college level in the sense that at Key I was exposed to everything: music, athletics, theater, writing, outdoor education, so I never felt that my horizon was limited."

    Lindsey Campbell ‘95