Carter of Middle River Middle Named Northrop Grumman Foundation Teachers Academy Fellow

Anthony V. Carter, Jr., the career and technical education department chair at Middle River Middle School, has been selected as a 2019–20 Teacher Fellow in the Northrop Grumman Foundation Teachers Academy. Carter, a resident of Havre de Grace, is one of 26 middle school science, technology, and engineering teachers receiving this designation from the Northrop … Read more

Deep Creek Middle teacher Casey Lane Earns National Board Certification

Casey Lane, an English teacher at Deep Creek Middle School, has achieved National Board Certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Her new designation brings the total number of National Board-certified teachers in Baltimore County Public Schools to 140. Lane has received certification in Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood. In addition, Allison … Read more

Art Teachers from Pine Grove & Golden Ring Receive Linda Popp Leadership Award

Vernon Fains, visual arts content leader at Pine Grove Middle School, has earned the Linda Popp Leadership Award, and Camille Gibson, visual arts teacher at Golden Ring Middle, has earned the Middle School Teacher of the Year award. The statewide awards from the Maryland Art Education Association were presented at its annual award ceremony on … Read more

Parkville, Perry Hall & Eastern Tech Students Part of Youth Diplomats Program

The World Trade Center Institute (WTCI) has named four local Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) students among the inaugural class of participants in its Youth Diplomats Program. The new program for Maryland high school juniors and seniors offers workshops, meetings with professionals, and volunteer opportunities for students who are curious about the world, open to … Read more

Joppa View Student selected as Baltimore Chick-fil-A Kid Correspondents

Alexis Orzolek, a Grade 4 student at Joppa View Elementary School, has been selected as one of the 12 Chick-fil-A Kid Correspondents for FOX45. She is one of two BCPS students as Bryce Garrett, a Grade 8 student at Sudbrook Magnet Middle School, was also selected This is the third year that FOX45 has teamed … Read more

BCPS Accepting Applications to Fill Vacant School Board Seat

Would you like to serve on the BCPS Board of Education? The Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission will be accepting applications beginning Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020, for the Board’s vacant at-large seat. The individual selected for this seat will fill the remaining vacated term, which ends December 2022. This is the seat that was … Read more

Parkville High’s Orogo Named Finalist in Black History Month Essay Competition

Trisha Orogo of Parkville High School is one of four Baltimore County Public Schools students who has been named a finalists in the 32nd Annual “Champions of Courage” Black History Month Essay Competition presented by M&T Bank. Orogo will appear this winter, along with 16 other Baltimore-area student finalists, on FOX 45, The CW Baltimore, … Read more

Overlea High Certified as One Love Champions To Promote Healthy Relationships

The One Love Foundation has certified Overlea High Schools as one of its four Champion Schools in recognition of their commitment, during the 2018-2019 school year, to healthy relationship education. One Love, a national nonprofit, provides relationship health education through workshops, curriculum, and peer-to-peer discussions. Each school implements One Love in its own way. In … Read more