The Beddow Schools is a private school in

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serving elementary school through high school with campuses in Prince George's and

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counties: a secondary school in the Accokeek census-designated place and primary schools in the Fort Washington and Waldorf CDPs. the campuses had 25 employees and 200 students combined. - Also as:
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Accokeek woman turns passion into lifelong dream
In 2008 there were 40 students in the secondary grades.

History

The school system was founded by Trudy Beddow, who was previously a history teacher in a school near Silver Spring that was a part of the

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system. She dismissed from her position by the principal in 1966; Beddow stated that she disliked the school's conservative atmosphere. After working as an assistant producer on the show '' It's Academic'', she decided to start the school circa 1974, initially holding it in the family room of her house.

Operations

the secondary school relies on administrators to provide counseling to students in regards to their post-high school university, college, or career choices, as the secondary division is, as stated by David Anderson of ''

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'', "tiny".

Academics

all of the students in the secondary division graduate. about 90% of the graduating students attend post-secondary institutions.

Campuses

The three campuses are: Fort Washington Montessori School in Fort Washington census-designated place,2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Fort Washington CDP, MD
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. Retrieved on September 2, 2018. Note that the CDP previously covered a different set of territory:
CENSUS 2000 BLOCK MAP: FORT WASHINGTON CDP
with page
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an
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In the 1990 U.S. Census Bureau maps of Prince George's County, Maryland
index map
Fort Washington CDP is on page
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an
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Waldorf Montessori School in Waldorf CDP, and Accokeek College Preparatory School in Accokeek CDP. The Accokeek campus has of land. Originally the students did physical education in the school's driveway or at a nearby park. The first gymnasium for the property, with a cost of $1.2 million, was due to break ground around 2008. Prior to 2010 the

defined the land that the Waldorf Campus occupies as being in the St. Charles CDP.CENSUS 2000 BLOCK MAP: ST. CHARLES CDP
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. Retrieved on September 9, 2018. The school's land is on pag
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The 1990 Census Map for Charles County
index map
has St. Charles o
page 6

References

External links

The Beddow Schools
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beddow Schools Private elementary schools in Maryland Private middle schools in Maryland Private high schools in Maryland Schools in Charles County, Maryland Schools in Prince George's County, Maryland Montessori schools in the United States