Govans’ 2nd Grade Scientists
Science and math got very hands-on on March 10, 2025, when the Poly STEM Outreach Club, a new, student-created outreach club at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, visited Govans Elementary School, a Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) neighborhood conversion charter school. The entire 2nd Grade enjoyed an hour-and-a-half of fun, engaging labs and experiments, presented in stations by […]
BCP Readers
Teaching every child to read is the foundation of Direct Instruction (DI), the proven, research-backed classroom instructional program Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) piloted almost 30 years ago in Maryland. Now widely used by the Baltimore City Public Schools, BCP’s educational partner, DI continues to inspire BCP readers. Recently, two of our schools were recognized for […]
Govans’ and Wolfe Street’s FIRST LEGO League Teams Win Awards
The FIRST LEGO League teams at Govans Elementary School and Wolfe Street Academy earned impressive results at the Baltimore City FLL Qualifying Tournament on Saturday, February 8, 2025. The Govans Dragon Designers won first place in the Innovation Project for the competition and will be advancing to the Maryland state competition on February 22. This […]
BCP-wide Peer Mediators
Baltimore Curriculum Project’s (BCP) Peer Mediation program includes 110 trained students in 3rd through 8th grade, who are leading mediations with their peers. Under the guidance of BCP staff, these leaders also create lessons for young students on active listening skills, collaborative, positive conflict-resolution, and other important skills. Created by Todd Wade, Director of Peer […]
Community Partner Spotlight: The Church of the Redeemer
Community Partners are essential to the ongoing work of the Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP). Dozens of organizations and nonprofits assist in the daily work of our network schools to help BCP improve the lives of students, teachers/staff, and the families served by BCP’s network of neighborhood conversion charter schools. This month, we are pleased to […]
Govans, Frederick, Pimlico, and Wolfe Street PreK Accreditation
Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) is dedicated to the success of every student. A strong foundation for learning begins in the earliest grades. BCP is proud to announce that the first four of our six neighborhood conversion public charter schools achieved a new level of MSDE Accreditation for our Pre Kindergarten programs. Frederick Elementary School, Govans […]
Bloomberg Summer Boost 2024 Programs at BCP
In 2022, The Bloomberg Philanthropies created a national program, The Bloomberg Summer Boost program, to provide high-quality summer learning programs for K-8 children in charter schools. Developed in response to COVID-related learning loss, particularly for low-income students of color, these programs offer a needed, engaging academic and personal enrichment for students. In summer 2023, Baltimore […]
Community Partner Spotlight: Live Baltimore
The dozens of community organizations and nonprofits that support the work and vision of the Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) are essential partners to ensuring that BCP fulfills its promise as Maryland’s oldest and largest operator of neighborhood conversion charter schools. Few partners understand the foundational value of having a thriving community school as the anchor […]
Govans Elementary Receives Heart of the Schools Funding
Govans Elementary School (GES), one of the six Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) neighborhood conversion charter schools, recently received a $7,500 grant from the Heart of the Schools program sponsored by the Fund for Educational Excellence. GES is using the grant to create its Dream, Believe, Achieve program to assist its close-knit school community of 474 […]
BCP Artists Exhibit at the Baltimore Museum of Art
