City Springs Playwright is 2024 Young Playwrights Festival Winner
On May 18, 2024, at Baltimore Center Stage, Chaise Holland’s play, The Ending of My Story, had its world premiere at the 39th Annual Young Playwrights Festival. Chaise, an 8th grader at City Springs Elementary / Middle School, was one of six young, talented playwrights chosen from more than 200 Festival submissions across Baltimore City […]
What’s Happening in BCP Schools? Are You Smarter Event Photos
BCP’s annual gala, “Are You Smarter Than a BCP Student?” was a great success! Check out all the photos from May 13, 2024. PHOTO GALLERY
BCP’s Peer Mediator Program Year in Review
The new Peer Mediator Program, which debuted in January 2023 at City Springs Elementary / Middle School, now extends to five of the six Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) schools. Created by Todd Wade, City Springs’ Director of Restorative Practices and of the Peer Mediation Program, the intentional program has 80 trained student mediators from 5th […]
City Springs Collaborates on New East Baltimore Project
On April 24, 2024, five City Springs Elementary / Middle School sixth grade students spent the day behind-the-scenes at Johns Hopkins Hospital, touring non-clinical departments including engineering, repair, command center, and technology. The teacher-selected participants spoke with Theodore DeWeese, dean and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine, and five other department heads. Called the East Baltimore […]
Perkins Square Ribbon-Cutting with City Springs
April 27, 2024 marked the start of a new era for the former Perkins Homes, one of Baltimore’s public housing projects, now called Perkins Square, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The long-awaited newly renovated Perkins Square–a project to create 103 new apartments and townhomes from the razed Perkins Homes–includes new streets and infrastructure in the East […]
BCP Community Partner Spotlight: Girls on the Run of the Greater Chesapeake
We truly appreciate each Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) partner. They play a significant role in our ability to meet our mission and the missions of our six neighborhood conversion charter schools. Each, especially our overarching partner, Baltimore City Public Schools, is integral to the success of BCP students, faculty/staff, and parents. This month, we celebrate […]
The Power of Arts Education at BCP
March is Arts in Our Schools Month across Maryland and the nation. To celebrate, we’re sharing just a few of the wonderful ways that students at Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) neighborhood conversion charter schools enjoy an arts education steeped in self-expression and creative joy. In its report on the Arts and Public Education, the American […]
BCP Community Partner Spotlight: Middle Grades Partnership
Partners play a significant role in helping the Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) meet our mission and the missions of our six neighborhood conversion charter schools. Each partner, especially our overarching partner, Baltimore City Public Schools, is integral to the success of the BCP family of students, faculty/staff, and parents. This month, we celebrate Middle Grades […]
2024 Brenda Kahn Memorial Award for Educational Excellence
Each year, the Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) selects a BCP teacher from its six, neighborhood conversion charter schools as the recipient of the Brenda Kahn Memorial Award for Educational Excellence. BCP Principals nominate potential awardees for demonstrating the qualities exemplified by the late Brenda Kahn, who had an extensive career with Baltimore City Public Schools […]
The Value of the Baltimore Curriculum Project Model for Families & Neighborhoods
