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 […]
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at BCP
Schools across the Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) network of neighborhood conversion charter schools celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 through October 15 with presentations, cultural events, books, art and music lessons, and community events. We spoke with Rosalia Castelan, Community Site Specialist/Latino Outreach at Hampstead Hill Academy (HHA) on the many activities for the […]
Kat Locke-Jones Named Maryland Teacher of the Year
Congratulations to Hampstead Hill Academy’s Kat Locke-Jones on her selection as the 2024-25 Maryland Teacher of the Year! This coveted Maryland State Department of Education honor was announced at a gala event on Friday, October 4th in Hunt Valley with her Hampstead Hill colleagues and husband Nick Jones, a teacher at REACH Partnership School, celebrating […]
BCP Teacher Training and SNL Star Ego Nwodim Featured on Today Show
New Pimlico Mural with HER Mentoring Program
Be Yourself! Be Kind to All Kind! Pimlico Pride! Every day, the students, teachers, staff, and visitors to Pimlico Elementary / Middle School see these colorful phrases and more on the new mural that graces the lower level of the historic main building. The hearts, peace signs, rainbows, and paintings of students engaged in acts […]
City Springs & Maryvale Launch MGP Partnership
Sophie Moraes, WSA, Class of 2023
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 […]
BCP Fall Board Update
The Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) Board of Directors met on September 12, 2024, at Pimlico Elementary / Middle School for its quarterly meeting and to continue its stewardship of the BCP mission to develop, implement, and advocate for an equitable, sustainable, and replicable education model that improves student outcomes. BCP Board of Directors work diligently […]
Peely Wheely Sculpture Rededication at Wolfe Street
On the morning of September 17, 2024, a group of educators, students, parents, neighbors, restoration specialists, and artist Jim Paulsen gathered around the whimsical Peely Wheely sculpture in front of Wolfe Street Academy (WSA) to rededicate the iconic piece of Baltimore public art. In 1978, a similar group stood in front of the then-new statue […]