City Springs and Hampstead Hill Students View Restorative Practices Documentary
The City Springs Elementary / Middle School (CS) 8th grade joined their peers at Hampstead Hill Academy (HHA) on October 3, 2025, for an HHA Leaders Go Places (LGP) meeting in HHA’s Newstead Gym to view the new short documentary, “Restorative Practices Make Strong Schools.” The film, which was produced and funded through Voices for […]
Innovative Attendance Incentives
Every student in school, every day. That’s the goal across the network of Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) neighborhood conversion charter schools. For our 30th year, BCP has kicked off an ambitious goal for a critical challenge facing public schools across the nation: chronic absenteeism. We’ve launched a new initiative this year to decrease chronic absenteeism […]
BCP Premieres New Documentary on Restorative Practices
September 29, 2025, in Hampstead Hill Academy’s Newstead Gym, Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) kicked off its 30th year celebration with another “first”—its first-ever film premiere. Restorative Practices Make Strong Schools, the short documentary created by Voices for Restorative Schools, tells the story of Restorative Practices, which has been championed by BCP since 2005 when Dr. […]
Q&A With Marc Lester, Pimlico’s Restorative Practices Director
New Pimlico Turf Field Coming!
Permits are official and in place for a new turf field and four-lane running track at Pimlico Elementary / Middle School. The new field will feature space for football, lacrosse, soccer, and track and bring even more opportunities for our students and the historic Park Heights community to stay active and thrive. Construction will begin […]
Remembering Bernice Whelchel, Former City Springs Principal
Bernice E. Whelchel, former principal of City Springs Elementary/Middle School, a partner school with Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) since 1996, when BCP was founded. Mrs. Whelchel, powerful advocate of Direct Instruction for Baltimore City Public Schools and the nation, passed away on September 5, 2025 at the age of 77. Her educational impact in Baltimore […]
Meet Mr. Trumino, City Springs’ Community School Coordinator
At Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) charter schools, the role of Community School Coordinator is essential. BCP embraces the community school model, which means that providing wrap-around services for its students and families is as important as what happens in the classroom. Each school’s Community School Coordinator, hired by that school’s lead community partner, manages and […]
Community at the Center: Wolfe Street and Govans Elementary
At Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP), we believe that schools are more than places to learn—they are community anchors. This has been foundational for BCP for three decades. Since 1996, we have focused on offering the best instructional method we knew – Direct Instruction. When BCP became a charter school operator, we focused intentionally on converting […]
Strong Schools = Strong Neighborhoods: Frederick Elementary School
Frederick Elementary School (FES) has been a cornerstone of education in West Baltimore since 1983, when it was originally built as a traditional public elementary school. Over the years, FES faced various challenges, including aging infrastructure, fluctuating enrollment numbers, and the need for enhanced academic resources. Despite these obstacles, the school remained a vital institution […]
BCP at the NWEA
Each June, educators and administrators from the Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) attend the annual NWEA Fusion conference. The nonprofit NWEA, or the Northwest Evaluation Association, develops and oversees the annual assessments BCP uses to measure and guide its students’ academic performance, the MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) Growth assessments for students. From June 25-27, 2025, […]