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Summer Food Service Program begins Monday, June 23
To reach as many children (ages 2-18) as possible, the Summer Food Service program, managed by the BCPS Office of Food and Nutrition Services, offers several ways to access free summer meals from Monday, June 23 – Friday, August 15.
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Summer Meals TO-GO: Families can register to pick up summer meals at Carroll Manor or Kingsville elementary schools or Hereford High School. Each week, registered families can pick up boxes containing five breakfast meals and five lunches per child.
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Organized program sites: Summer programs (including camps, day cares, sports teams, religious groups) can register to have free breakfast and/or lunch meals delivered to their sites in Baltimore County. Last year, more than 300 programs participated. Registration is required, and participating programs must serve at least 25 children per day.
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Baltimore County Public Library branches: Sixteen branches of Baltimore County Public Library will serve free lunches each weekday. These meals must be eaten on site. The list of participating branches and their mealtimes is listed online.
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BCPS Summer School: All students attending summer school will receive free breakfast and lunch each day. No registration is required for these meals. Summer school will take place this summer, July 7-31, Monday through Thursday.
| | BCPS schools, students participate in Maryland Green Schools Youth Summit | | Staff and students from BCPS participated in the Maryland Green Schools Youth Summit held on May 29 at Sandy Point State Park. Schools newly certified or recertified as Maryland Green Schools receiving their flags and/or certificates. Hebbville Elementary School, Pine Grove Middle School, and Watershed Public Charter School brought large groups of students. Participants engaged in youth leadership activities, a green career fair, and and environmental literacy fair. The event is hosted by the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education. More photos from the event can be found on Flickr. | | Commencement exercises end this week! | | |
By Friday, June 6, more than 7,000 students will have become 2025 BCPS graduates. All graduations will be held at Towson University’s TU Arena, unless otherwise noted. BCPS Superintendent Dr. Myriam Rogers will attend and offer remarks at several commencement exercises. While in-person seating will be limited at upcoming BCPS high school graduations, friends, extended family, and community members are invited to witness these milestone events via livestream. The graduation schedule webpage includes links to the livestreams. Photos from the graduations will appear on Flickr a few days after each ceremony.
In addition, BCPS invites students, families, and staff to submit their favorite 2025 high school commencement snapshots. By submitting a photo, the sender agrees to its use by BCPS. Many of the pictures received will be shared by BCPS on its social media accounts and/or posted online in a BCPS Flickr album. Photos can be submitted by posting on social media using the hashtag #bcpsgrad or via email. To contribute a photo via email, individuals are asked to send the photo as a jpeg file (no larger than 4 MB) and email it to communications@bcps.org – including the school name.
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Save the date for BCPSfest 2025 –
Saturday, August 16
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BCPSfest 2025 is the annual back-to-school festival designed to spark excitement about learning and to connect students and their families to school system and community resources. Vendor space is limited, and priority will be given to BCPS offices.
This year, the event will be held at New Town High School, 4931 New Town Blvd., in Owings Mills 21117, on Saturday, Aug. 16, from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. (rain or shine).
BCPS offices/departments and outside vendors interested in participating should submit vendor registration forms by Friday, June 6.
Any questions about the event can be directed to Diana Spencer at dspencer4@bcps.org or Jill Stephenson at jstephenson@bcps.org.
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BCPS honors its 2025 spring athletic state champions
A new press release recognizes the BCPS high school student-athletes recognized as individual track and field and relay state champions for the 2025 spring season. Honors were won by students and teams from:
- Dundalk High School
- Eastern Technical High School
- Hereford High School
- Milford Mill Academy
- Western School of Technology
- Woodlawn High School
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BCPS congratulates longtime employees
This fiscal year, more than 2,300 employees reached career milestones of service with BCPS. The longest-serving employee on the list has been with BCPS for 65 years. View the list online. BCPS celebrates their achievements and their commitment to Team BCPS students, families, and staff.
| | Communications team members earn two national honors | | Two members of the BCPS Department of Communications and Community Outreach have earned 2025 National School Communications Awards from the National School Public Relations Association. Diana Spencer, communications officer, earned a Writing Award of Excellence for a blog post about Raine Dawn Valentine, an art teacher of Indigenous heritage at Ridgely Middle School. Sam Lister, communications officer. earned a Social Media Honorable Mention for a reel about Dulaney High School's World Mental Health Day activities. | | |
Baltimore County hosts a data contest for high school students
Deadline for contest registration is Wednesday, June 4
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Baltimore County government is hosting a data analysis contest for high school students. The contest is organized by BCSTAT, the county government's data-driven performance management program.
Students can enter as individuals or in teams of up to four members. Participants will be challenged to choose a dataset and analyze it to identify trends, patterns, and areas of concern; write a report explaining methodology, conclusions, and recommendations; and make a creative product to represent the story of the data. The objective of this project is to propose data-informed solutions regarding issues that affect County residents.
Contest timeline:
- Registration form due: Wednesday, June 4
- Projects due: Monday, June 9
The winning individual or team will be invited to spend the day with the BCSTAT team as well as meet the County Executive and the County Administrative Officer.
| | We'd love to welcome you as a volunteer next school year! | | |
Volunteers help create positive and enriching experiences for BCPS students. Please complete an online application by Monday, June 16, to express interest in volunteering in our schools for the 2025-26 school year. More information is available in Community Updates in English and Spanish.
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for parents
from BCPS Parent University
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Still making summer plans with your children? Here are a few options!
BCPS music and dance camps
Registration for BCPS dance and instrumental music camps continues. Both camps will be held at Nottingham Middle School from 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., on Wednesday, June 25, Thursday, June 26, and Monday, June 30, through Thursday, July 3.
New this year, all camps will feature a focus on introducing students to creative careers; a new counselor-in-training option for students entering Grades 11-12 next school year; and limited funding to support camp costs for students who attend Community Schools. All camps will cost $182 per student.
Bus transportation is available. Fee waivers are available for students who do not have permanent or adequate housing.
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Baltimore Blast Summer Camps
The Baltimore Blast is offering summer camps at various locations throughout the county. The camps, offered by Baltimore's professional soccer team, will provide a fun, safe, and active summer experience focused on skill-building, teamwork, and fitness. Camps will serve children from ages 6-13. More information can be found online.
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"Unsupervised Banana" by Brooks D., Grade 7, Ridgely Middle School, is featured in the annual Middle School Juried Art Exhibition on display at BCPS headquarters/Greenwood, Building A, throughout the summer.
Excerpt of artist statement:
The main idea of this artwork is about how everything is imperfect and that striving for perfection never results in joy. I showed that by including the banana with imperfections as it has in real life. It has bumps, brown spots, dents, and green spots. But as the banana turns into a duck, you can see those things slowly start to fade, but they never fully leave. And the final stage of my artwork is a rubber duck with little imperfections, but those imperfections aren't the main focus. The main focus is the joy and happiness that you can see in the duck's face, showing that joy comes with imperfection and that striving for perfection only leads to an upsetting result.
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mission moment
from The Education Foundation of BCPS
| | Summer "shopping" dates announced for BCPS educators | |
BCPS educators may shop at one of The Education Foundation's two Exchangerees one time per month for school supplies, classroom resources, books, social-emotional support tools, and more at no cost to them! Just come by an educator resource center on a designated shopping date with your BCPS ID and bags/boxes for your adopted treasures.
Learn more in a new Mission Moment blog post.
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Rosedale/Golden Ring, 6929 Golden Ring Rd., Baltimore 21237
Tuesdays, 3 - 6 p.m.
- June 10
- July 1
- July 15
- August 5
- August 19
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Windsor Mill, 2034 Lord Baltimore Dr., Suite F, Windsor Mill 21244
Thursdays, 3-6 p.m.
- June 5
- June 26
- July 10
- July 24
- August 14
- August 28
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Spread the word: BCPS is hiring! Interested candidates are encouraged to join us at an upcoming recruitment event or apply online today. | |
BCPS Job Fair
Tuesday, June 3, from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Catonsville High School, 421 Bloomsbury Ave., Catonsville 21228
BCPS is hiring for the following positions: teachers, occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech language pathologists, nurses, school counselors, school psychologists, school social workers, additional adult support positions, building service workers, bus drivers and attendants, food service workers, senior HVACR mechanics, senior building automation systems technicians, and grounds workers. Benefits offered include health/dental/vision insurance, retirement plans, and paid leave. Please bring your resume and be prepared for interviews. Interested parties are encouraged to begin their applications online.
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June 2, 2025
Dear Reader:
As we begin the last weeks of the 2024-25 school year, it is difficult to feel anything other than grateful.
I am so proud of our extraordinary team of educators and professionals for giving their all each day to support student academic progress and personal growth.
I am equally grateful for our incredibly diverse and hardworking students and thankful for the families, volunteers, and community partners who champion our students and our schools.
Working together, we have begun to fast forward student achievement. I look forward to the successful conclusion of this school year and to making the 2025-26 school year even better.
Regards,
Myriam Rogers, Ed.D.
Superintendent
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Upcoming Board and community advisory group meetings
All are welcome to attend
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Southeast Area Education Advisory Council meeting
Monday, June 2, at 7 p.m.
Meeting details
Topic: Planning 2025-26
Southwest Area Education Advisory Council meeting
Monday, June 9, at 7 p.m.
Meeting details
PTA Council of Baltimore County general meeting, leadership training, and scholarship presentations
Monday, June 9, at 7 p.m.
West Towson Elementary School, 6914 N. Charles St., Towson 21204
Board of Education meeting
Tuesday, June 10, at 6:30 p.m.
BCPS headquarters/Greenwood, 6901 N. Charles St., Building E, Towson 21204
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