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E D U CAT I O N & S C H O O L S
The Maryland School for the Deaf in
Columbia offers a nurturing educational
environment for children who are deaf or
partially deaf from infancy through eighth
grade.
Private schools
Graduate Jake Anthony Thompson gives his mother a yellow rose at the Class of 2023 Graduation. Cedar
Lane School serves students, ages 3 through 21, with special needs. PHOTO BY JEFFREY F. BILL
the following offices:
Howard County Child Care Resource
Center, 410-313-1940, howardcountymd.gov/
children. The center assists parents in locating licensed child care and provides information, training and data on child care to
parents and childcare professionals.
Howard County Infants and Toddlers
Program (also called Early Beginnings),
410-313-7017, hcpss.org/special-education.
This program provides assessment and evaluation services to children below the age of 3
who may need special education services.
Child Find, 410-313-7046, hcpss.org/
special-education. This program provides
assessment and evaluation services to children ages 3 to 5 who may need special education services.
Howard County Head Start, cac-hc.org.
This preschool program for low-income 3- to
5-year-olds is offered in four locations.
Pre-K, 410-313-5693, hcpss.org/schools/
pre-k-programs/. The county school system’s
program provides preschool for 4-year-olds,
primarily from lower-income families, in
foster care or who are homeless, at selected
school sites.
Special education
County public schools offer several
programs for children with special needs.
Children with disabilities are included in
regular classrooms whenever possible,
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HCPSS PHONE NUMBERS
Main: 410-313-6600
Public information: 410-313-6682
Board of Education: 410-313-7194
Buses: 410-313-6732
Special education: 410-313-6659
Community Advisory Council:
410-313-7194
International Student and Family
Services: 410-313-1293
Superintendent’s office: 410-313-6677
Ombudsman: 410-313-6850
Family Support and Resource Center:
410-313-7161
assisted by specialists.
Cedar Lane School in Fulton is the county’s special education center, providing
classes for students ages 3 through 21 who are
developmentally delayed or have multiple
disabilities.
The Homewood Center in Ellicott City
offers middle and high school students who
have experienced academic, social-emotional
or behavioral difficulties a different academic
setting with smaller class sizes.
The private Linwood Center in Ellicott
City, which educates children and adults with
autism, offers day and residential programs,
as well as community-based residential
services.
Howard County is home to about four
dozen private and church-operated schools.
Some of the largest private schools in the
county, enrolling at least 200 students,
include:
Atholton Adventist Academy in Columbia
enrolls about 200 students in kindergarten
through grade 10.
Bethel Christian Academy, with two
campuses, one in Savage and another in
Jessup, enrolls about 360 children in prekindergarten through eighth grade.
Glenelg Country School is an independent
college preparatory day school on a 90-acre
campus in western Howard County. The
school enrolls more than 750 students aged 2
through grade 12.
Also in Western Howard County is Chapelgate Christian Academy, a school founded by
the Chapelgate Presbyterian Church in 1991.
It enrolls about 300 students in preschool and
grades six to 12 at its 63-acre campus.
In Ellicott City, the Sisters of Notre Dame
de Namur sponsor Trinity School, an independent Catholic school on 48 acres for
children in prekindergarten through eighth
grade that enrolls about 285 students
Resurrection-St. Paul, also in Ellicott
City, is a Catholic school serving the parishes
of the Church of the Resurrection and St.
Paul’s Church. The school enrolls about 400
students in prekindergarten through eighth
grade.
Children’s Manor Montessori, which has
locations in Columbia, Elkridge and Ellicott
City in addition to others across the state,
enrolls about 435 students in prekindergarten through fifth grade in Howard County.
In Clarksville, the Catholic St. Louis
School has an enrollment of around 525
students in prekindergarten through eighth
grade.
The EpiscopalSt. John’s Parish Day
School in Ellicott City offers classes from
prekindergarten through fifth grade and
enrolls around 200 students.
Higher education
There are many opportunities for adults to
pursue lifelong learning at Howard Community College and county branches of regional
and national schools and universities.
Howard Community College in Columbia offers two-year degrees, training and