Academics
Loyola Blakefield maintains a strong academic program, in keeping with Jesuit tradition. Among the Catholic schools in Baltimore it is the best in terms of its average graduating SAT scores, number of National Merit Finalists, AP exams taken, and other standard metrics of success. Loyola students frequently attend the nation's leading universities and undergraduate scholarship programs. Members of its alumni community have gone on to earn additional academic honors such as the Rhodes Scholarship.
While the curriculum, emphasizing liberal arts and holistic development, is standard for all students there is increasing flexibility in course selection as one moves from the sixth through the twelfth grades. Some extremely popular electives include Visual Arts, Classical Languages, History of Music, and a wide variety of AP courses.
The Loyola Forensics team is a standout club and team at the school. The team, which was led by English instructor Tom Durkin and is currently led by Science teacher Charles Donovan, was the champion of the National Catholic Forensic League in 2005, and repeated the feat in 2010. The team has also garnered great success on the state and district levels- having captured the state title for the majority of the past two decades and the Chesapeake District title in 2011.
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