Brother and Sister Schools
Like many of the other private schools in Baltimore, RPCS has a brother and sister school. RPCS's brother school is Gilman. These two schools are located across the street from each other on Roland Avenue. RPCS's sister school (as well as rival school) is the Bryn Mawr School (BMS). Bryn Mawr is located off Northern Parkway, across the street from Gilman's athletic fields. The three schools coordinate Upper School classes so that students may attend a wider variety of classes and so that they may interact with their peers at other schools.
Bryn Mawr School is an all-girls school that is considered a rival to RPCS, especially when it comes to athletics. Twice an academic year, once in the fall and once in the spring, RPCS and Bryn Mawr hold Spirit Weeks, during which the two schools play games against each other in sports such as field hockey and lacrosse. During the school days of these weeks, students wear costumes in addition to the uniform skirt. Each day of the week has a theme. For instance, if the theme is tropical, then students wear leis, Hawaiian shirts and such. On the final day of Spirit Week, the theme is always school spirit. The RPCS 'Reds' wear red and the Bryn 'Mawrtians' wear green and yellow
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