TOWSON, MD—Four Baltimore County Public Schools educators have earned statewide honors from the Maryland Art Education Association. In addition, the BCPS Office of Visual Arts has selected nine district-level award winners. State- and district-level awards will be presented during the 2024 MAEA virtual Awards Ceremony on Thursday, May 30, at 7 p.m., to be followed by a Summer Celebration at […]
TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County Public Schools hosted its 2024 Film Expo on May 16 at The Senator Theatre in Baltimore. An enthusiastic audience of students, educators, and family and community members viewed finalist films created by BCPS middle and high school students. The audience laughed as animals battled for a holy banana, marveled at the graphic innovation of a man searching […]
UPDATE: The Baltimore County Council has passed the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance. Original story below… The following is an update from Delegates Kathy Szeliga and Ryan Nawrocki Many schools in Baltimore County are experiencing a crisis level of overcrowding. Yet, development continues to be approved at record levels, especially in eastern Baltimore County. Allowing development when there is not enough […]
TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County Public Schools held its 50th Annual Career and Technical Education (CTE) Student Recognition Ceremony on May 1 at Towson University’s SECU Arena. The program was live-streamed and is available for online viewing. During the ceremony, 163 seniors – one student from each CTE program at each high school – were recognized as exemplary students. Five students, one […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The U.S. Department of Education has named two Baltimore County Public Schools high school students as semifinalists in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program honors high school seniors who demonstrate exceptional talent in the visual, creative, and performing arts, or in career and technical education. Up to 161 students are selected annually, and […]
TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County’s public high schools placed well in the annual U.S. News & World Report’s Best High Schools list released on Tuesday, with five placing among the top 30 high schools in the state, 14 among the top 150, three among the state’s top five magnet schools, and four among the nation’s best magnet schools. Eastern Technical High School […]
TOWSON, MD—The National Art Education Association (NAEA) Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota recently honored two Towson High School representatives. Ray Aoki, a senior at Towson High School, received the Rising Stars Secondary Recognition Program Award for his work with the school’s National Art Honor Society and Teacher Academy of Maryland. He was nominated by his peers and a peer review process […]
TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski on Thursday submitted a $5 billion budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2025 that provides billions for public education, historic investments in recreation and parks, and continued funding for key priorities that will move Baltimore County forward, including public safety, housing and community development, sustainability, public works and transportation, libraries, and beyond. “Building a better […]