Community

Gilman has a history of being a community school, and character and the desire to lead develop best through action. Boys develop empathy, understanding, and compassion for others through volunteering and service to the community.

Being a community school means that we seek to understand the needs of the city and local areas, not least so that we can understand where we might be able to add expertise and resources to solve city problems.

Gilman is currently doing this in several ways. We support B.E.S.T., Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust, an organization that looks to work with talented students in order to place them in one of the many fine independent schools in the city and county. We sponsor our own summer Learning Camp and work with Sally Michel and her SuperKids camp every year. We are also involved in a partnership initiated by the Mayor’s Office, in tandem with Brown Investments, that has us working with William Paca Elementary School in East Baltimore, the largest elementary school in Maryland. Our goal is to find ways to build relationships with Paca colleagues, bring teachers together, and to partner our students.

: I have seen my son gradually undergoing this transformation from a little boy who would just focus on what he wants and what his needs are to somebody who understands and who actually will care for others even though that may mean a little bit of sacrifice on his part.

Dwight Im P’12