CLARKSBURG, Md., May 15 MD-AvalonSchool-Walk
CLARKSBURG, Md., May 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Avalon School,
established in 2003 for boys in grades 3-12, will hold a 23-mile pilgrimage
from its current rented facility on Radnor Road in Bethesda to the site of the
school's permanent home in Clarksburg, MD on Saturday, May 17. Teachers,
parents, students and friends of Avalon and its sister school, Brookewood
(Grades K-12), located in Kensington, MD will bear a statue of Our Lady Most
Pure by noted sculptor H. Reed Armstrong in procession. The 23-mile walk will
commence at 9:15 a.m. following celebration of holy mass at the school. Five
stops are planned for the day-long event: Our Lady of Lourdes Church on Pearl
St., Bethesda; St. Jane de Chantal Church on Old Georgetown Rd., Bethesda; St.
Mary's Church on Veirs Mill Road, Rockville; St. Martin of Tours on Frederick
Ave, Gaithersburg; and the final stop at Avalon's future home, 22901 Frederick
Road, Clarksburg, MD. Five decades of the Rosary will be recited at each
stop. Refreshments will be provided along the way as well as transportation
to and from participants' cars should they not be able to complete the walk.
The day will conclude with a cookout at the Clarksburg property.
"We walk in thanksgiving for the gifts we have been given and in petition
for our future needs," says Avalon Education Group, Inc. (AEG) President
Richard B. McPherson, noting that "for five years and in three different
locations Avalon has strove to bring a spirit of adventure as well as a
challenging liberal arts curriculum to the young men of Montgomery County.
Now, within our reach, is a permanent home for The Avalon School that will
encompass more than 400 students." The school anticipates breaking ground in
the fall and opening at the Clarksburg location in 2009. The Avalon School, a
division of AEG, is joined by Brookewood School for girls, The Thomas More
Institute for Home Schooling, and Hanging Rock Outdoor Education Center in
Augusta, WV.
In its brief history Avalon has made itself known in the independent
school community, having been chosen as the only area private school to
participate in the pilot program of the National Poetry Recitation Contest
(now an annual event), producing a National Merit Scholar and winning the
Maryland Private School Varsity Baseball Championship and the Maryland Middle
School Athletic Conference Tournament Baseball Championship. 2007 marked the
school's first graduating class.
For further information regarding the pilgrimage or The Avalon School,
please call 301-320-0668 or go to www.avalonschools.org.
SOURCE The Avalon School
