Dr. Rayner Browne Academy is named after the late Dr. Grafton Rayner Browne, a member of the Baltimore Chirugical Society, the Monumental City Medical Society, and the American Medical Society. The school serves 213 African-American students in grades pre-kindergarten through six.

Dr. Rayner Browne will expand to include seventh grade in the 2007-2008 school year and eighth grade in the 2008-2009 school year. After charter conversion, the school will remain a zoned school serving students residing in the Madison/east end area of Baltimore City.

DR. RAYNER BROWNE ACADEMY PARTNERS

• Circle K of the Johns Hopkins University: Circle K is a volunteer service organization based at Hopkins. Their "Bring a Smile to a Child" project provides Christmas presents for a ll Dr. Rayner Browne students.
• Best Friends Foundation: The Best Friends Foundation strives to provide a national network of programs that is dedicated to the physical and emotional well-being of adolescents.
• Rose Street Community Center: The Rose Street Community Center is a "street-corner ministry" that operates out of two row homes in East Baltimore.
• Baltimore Freedom Academy: An "innovation" high school that encourages the positive transformation of urban youth.
• Circle of Positive Black Men
• Fire Engine 15
• Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden
• Corporate Express
• Northrop Grumman Corporation
• Donald Manekin

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

The YMCA After School Program includes:

• MD State Elementary Chess Champions
• Dance
• Baltimore Clayworks
• Drama
• Art
• Art with a Heart
• Technology
• Physical Fitness
• Best Friends
• Board Games
• Soft Ball
• Track/Field

Dr. Rayner Browne Academy
1000 N Montford Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21205
(410) 396-9240