TCNA / Calvert School Updates
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- Summer 2026: TCNA/Calvert School Liaison Report
- June 2026: TCNA and Calvert School Covenant expired.
Calvert School Calendar 2026-2027

History of Calvert School in Tuscany-Canterbury
Calvert School, founded in 1897, is an independent, non-sectarian, co-educational lower and middle school located in Tuscany-Canterbury neighborhood of Baltimore City in 1924.
More information about the history of Calvert School

1887: Calvert School started when a German kindergarten teacher taught four children in the Dixon home on Park Avenue.
1897: Boys’ and Girls’ Primary School is inaugurated with fifteen children.
1899: School name formally changed to “Calvert Primary School of Baltimore City”.
1918: School outgrew the building on Chase Street and purchased four lots on 40th Street.
1924: Laurence Hall Fowler designs the new school building.
1927: Calvert School convinces the City to change the street name 40th Street to Tuscany Road.
1929: Castalia was built for the headmaster, Virgil Hillyer.
1978: School added a library, science, and art classrooms. 1987: Luetkemeyer Wing opens with planetarium.
2002: Expansion for a middle school campus, 7th and 8th grades were added to the school.
2008: Expansion included additional space for classroom, offices, or conference rooms.
2018: Expanded the middle school athletic center and moved the playing field.
2021: Kitty Calvert was added as an annex at Cross Key as an Early Learning Center
History of Calvert in Photos
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Heads of School
• Virgil M. Hillyer (1899–1931)
• Donald W. Goodrich (1931–1940)
• Edward W. Brown (1940–1967)
• William Kirk (1967–1983)
• Merrill S. Hall III (1983–2004)
• Andrew D. Martire ’83 (2004–2013)
Andrew Holmgren (2013–Present)
“Our goal is to graduate independent learners, whose mastery of basic skills and academic curiosity will serve as the bedrock of a purposeful life.”

Construction Projects
Calvert School Field and Squash Courts Project (2018-2022)
More information about the Calvert School and Athletic Field Project (2018-2022)

Calvert Middle Addition (2000)

Calvert Purchases Land for School
2026: 4220 N Charles Street to be use as office space for the school
2018: 200 Tuscany Road / 33 Warrington Road 2.7 acres of land for athletic building with squash courts
2008: Canterbury Road, for additional space for lower school building
2008: 200 Tuscany Road, for headmaster’s home
2002: 4300 Oak Place Apartments for a middle school campus
1974: Fraternity house, corner of Tuscany Road & Canterbury Road, to expand the lower school building
1918: Lots purchased for Calvert School in Tuscany-Canterbury.
Calvert School Covenants
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2026: 6th Amendment 4220 N Charles St Purchase
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2024: 5th Amendment between TCNA and Calvert School
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2024: Letters regarding agreement between TCNA and Gardens of Guilford and TLCC and Ridgemede/Ridgewood to negotiate with Calvert School
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2023: 4th Amendment for Squash Court Rental
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2022: 3rd Amendment The Woods (Expires 2038)
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2018: 2nd Amendment, The Woods (Expires 2038)
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2008: 1st Amendment. Purchase 3906 Canterbury Road
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2001: Agreement of Restrictive Covenants (Ended 6.21.2026)