Editing Chestertown, Maryland (section)

== Education ==
[[Image:Wc seal.png|thumb|upright=1.1|Seal Of [[Washington College]]]]
Chestertown is in the [[Kent County Public Schools]]. Henry Highland Garnett Elementary School ([[Henry Highland Garnet]]), which had about 264 students as of 2021, and Kent County Middle School are in Chestertown,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kent.k12.md.us/hhgarnetelementaryschool_home.aspx|title=Home|publisher=Garnett Elementary School|accessdate=June 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kent.k12.md.us/kentcountymiddleschool_home.aspx|title=Home|publisher=Kent County Middle School|accessdate=June 10, 2021}}</ref> while [[Kent County High School]] is in an [[unincorporated area]] with a [[Worton, Maryland|Worton]] postal address. The former Chestertown High School moved from its original 1915 building in 1953.<ref name=Timecapsule>{{cite web|url=https://www.myeasternshoremd.com/news/kent_county/time-capsule-from-former-chestertown-school-to-be-opened-aug/article_68b3e3f8-0b9e-536f-9846-d453f3b92430.html|title=Time capsule from former Chestertown school to be opened Aug. 9|newspaper=[[My Eastern Shore, Maryland]]|publisher=[[Adams Publishing Group]]|date=July 27, 2015|accessdate=June 10, 2021}}</ref> In 1971 Kent County High opened and the former Chestertown High became Chestertown Middle School.<ref name=ChestertownMS2006>{{cite web|url=http://www.kent.k12.md.us/kent/cms/index.htm|title=Welcome|publisher=Chestertown Middle School|date=October 2, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061002031032/http://www.kent.k12.md.us/kent/cms/index.htm|accessdate=June 10, 2021|archive-date=October 2, 2006}}</ref> The middle school became the consolidated Kent County Middle in 2010.<ref name=Divilioboardhearing>{{cite web|last=Divilio|first=Daniel|url=https://www.myeasternshoremd.com/spotlight/board-to-hold-hearing-monday-on-school-closings/article_9061da30-b7e0-5ebd-b7cc-92f2fd18d277.html|title=Board to hold hearing Monday on school closings|newspaper=[[My Eastern Shore, Maryland]]|publisher=[[Adams Publishing Group]]|date=February 23, 2017|accessdate=June 10, 2021}}</ref>

The town is home to [[Washington College]], a private liberal arts college founded in 1782. Washington College is the tenth oldest college in the United States. George Washington was a founding patron.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

The college is known nationally as the home of the ''[[Sophie Kerr]] Prize'', which is awarded to the graduating senior with the most literary potential. The award is near $50,000 annually. For example, the 2014 prize, worth $61,382 was awarded at a ceremony in Baltimore to Alex Stinton, an Eastern Shore native.<ref>[http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/bs-md-sophie-kerr-winner-20140505,0,2869818.story Eastern Shore Native is Sophie Kerr Winner]</ref>

The town is also home to Radcliffe Creek School, founded in 1996. The school is open to students with, and without, diagnosed learning disabilities. Radcliffe Creek was created for students ages 4 through 14, but a preschool program called 'little creek' was recently added as well. Students from several counties throughout Maryland attend the school.

Kent County Public Library maintains the Chestertown branch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentcountylibrary.org/|title=Home|publisher=Kent County Public Library|accessdate=June 10, 2021|quote=Chestertown Branch 408 High Street Chestertown, MD 21620}}</ref>