GERSTELL ACADEMY
LEADERSHIP • HONOR • COURAGE
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Our School Motto

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  • Leadership

    ...at Gerstell is defined as, “The art of positively influencing others to unite in a common direction and guiding them to improve themselves and their community.”

  • Honor

    ...at Gerstell is doing the right thing when no one is looking regardless of the consequences. 

  • Courage

    ...at Gerstell is the ability to act in the face of fear. Not to be fearless, but to learn how to demonstrate both physical and moral courage in the face of adversity. 

Recent News

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  • Gerstell High School Junior Wins 2025 Bertie Green Junior Travel Award in Carroll County.

    Gerstell Junior Wins 2025 Bertie Green Junior Travel Award

    Junior Matthew Glaser is one of only 18 students in the United States to win the prestigious 2025 Bertie Green Junior Travel Award. The award from the Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica (SHH), a national honor society for high school students studying Spanish or Portuguese provides for an all-expense paid trip to the Dominican Republic in July of 2025. 
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  • Keira Bosley, a Gerstell High School Student, was selected as a student page for the 2025 Maryland General Assembly in Annapolis.

    Keira Bosley Selected for Maryland General Assembly Student Page Program

    Gerstell Academy senior Keira Bosley has been chosen as a student page for the 2025 Maryland General Assembly legislative session.  It is a tremendous honor to be selected for this highly competitive program.  Keira will be working with top-tier high school seniors from around the state to help the members of the Senate and House keep the legislative process moving smoothly and efficiently.  Keira’s intellectual depth, love of learning, critical thinking, and phenomenal work ethic make her an ideal student for the student page program.
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  • Gerstell Middle School red robotics team competed in the FLL Challenge Maryland Qualifier: Battle of the Beltway in Baltimore.

    Middle School Robotics Teams Compete in First Lego League Challenge

    Three middle school robotics teams competed in the FLL (First Lego League) Challenge Maryland Qualifier: Battle of the Beltway on Saturday, January 18th, at St. Paul’s School. Students competed in four categories: robot design, innovation project, core values and the robot game. The theme for the 2024-25 year is Submerged, where students learned and studied engineering challenges related to our oceans. 
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