City Springs & Govans Receive MSDE Grant for Afterschool Programs
Research has shown that high-quality afterschool programs have a positive impact on students’ educational outcomes, school attendance and social and emotional learning. Further, regular participation in these programs has been linked to lower dropout rates and a narrowing of achievement gaps, particularly among low-income students. Baltimore Curriculum Project understands the valuable resources that these programs […]
Meet the Board: Victor Abiamiri
This month, we profile Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) board member Victor Abiamiri, partner and portfolio manager at Brown Advisory and former NFL lineman. He has been serving on the BCP board since 2015. Q: What does it mean to you to serve on the BCP board? Victor: To me, it is a way to give […]
New Building Slated for City Springs
Baltimore City Schools’ Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on October 10, 2023, to enter a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Baltimore City to construct a new school building and athletic field for City Springs Elementary / Middle School. The next approval needed is from the Board of Estimates, which is scheduled to vote on November […]
BCP Community Partner Spotlight: Baltimore Family Alliance
What’s Happening at BCP Schools? PTO & Back to School Night
The beginning of the school year is an important time to build relationships not only with students but also with their families. Schools do this in many different ways including hosting Back to School Nights that allow parents and guardians to meet their child’s teachers, see their classrooms, and find out what their child will […]
Baltimore Spoken Word Artist Black Chakra Performs at City Springs
As part of the Social Justice curriculum at City Springs Elementary / Middle School, a unique Honors program created by Wyatt Oroke, City Springs teacher, the 8th graders enjoyed a powerful performance by Black Chakra on September 14, 2023. Black Chakra, a Baltimore-based spoken word and hip-hop artist, is a national poetry slam champion and […]
BCP Board Updates
The Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) board met on September 7, 2023 for its first meeting of the 2023-24 school year at BCP’s Frederick Elementary School (FES). The meeting’s guest presenter was new FES Principal Tetra Jackson, a seasoned school leader and former FES Asst. Principal. Ms. Jackson offered a brief highlight of the school and […]
Community School Coordinator Month: Meet Sandi McFadden, Govans Elementary School
September celebrates Community School Coordinators, the professionals at community schools who lead and implement each school’s unique wraparound services for the students and their families and the neighborhoods in which the schools are located. Each of the six Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) neighborhood conversion charter schools are also community schools. To explain this critical role […]
BCP Math Work Group Pilots New Curricula
SNL Cast Member / Actor Ego Nwodim Launches Life Skills Improv Program at City Springs Elementary / Middle School
You can learn a lot from improvisational theater. How to really listen to your partner. How to be receptive to new ideas. How to focus and work as a group to find a solution. These are the life skills that actor, comic, producer, and writer Ego Nwodim of “Saturday Night Live” fame learned during her […]