Strong Schools as Catalysts for Neighborhood Renewal: Pimlico Elementary / Middle School
Strong schools are key to revitalizing communities, serving as anchors that foster local engagement and attract families and businesses. Pimlico Elementary / Middle School (PEMS), in collaboration with Baltimore’s historic Park Heights community, is playing a central role in transforming this once-overlooked neighborhood into a thriving hub. Baltimore City’s Plan for Park Heights In 2006, […]
Pimlico’s Black History Month Celebration
Black History Month in February was celebrated across the Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) network of neighborhood conversion charter schools in many ways throughout the month. Celebrating the diverse cultures of our school communities is central to BCP’s mission. On February 28, 2025, Pimlico Elementary / Middle School launched a new event, a schoolwide celebration of […]
Corey Isaacs Named 2025 Winner of Brenda Kahn Memorial Award for Educational Excellence
Q&A With Theresa Braxton, Pimilco Community School Coordinator
Theresa Braxton, Community School Coordinator for Pimlico Elementary / Middle School, is an author, community advocate, and passionate champion of the Park Heights community. Raised in the neighborhood near Pimlico and a former Baltimore Public City Schools teacher, she wrote Momma I Don’t Like My Hair in 2017 and is working on her second book […]
The Healing Impact of Peaceful Parenting
This fall, Andria Cole, founder of The Restorative Project and a nationally noted educator and Restorative Practices facilitator, launched a series of Peaceful Parenting Workshop and weekly Circles at Pimlico Elementary / Middle School for its parent community. She began working with Pimlico in fall 2023 for teacher and staff professional development and expanded to […]
Grace Nyembo, PEMS, Class of 2022
Grace Nyembo spent four years at Pimlico Elementary / Middle School, graduating in 2022 as the valedictorian. We chatted with her about her time at Pimlico and her freshman year as a scholar-athlete at Baltimore City College. ATTENDED PIMLICO ELEMENTARY / MIDDLE SCHOOL: Valedictorian in 2022 Participated in the first-ever Middle Grades Science Program […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Where are This Year’s BCP Students Going for High School?
We’re so proud of all our Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) 5th and 8th grade students, each taking the skills they gained and all they learned as BCP students with them as they move to middle school and high school. Many of 8th grade students from City Springs Elementary / Middle School, Hampstead Hill Academy, and […]