Eastern Tech team emerges as winner at Stampede VEX Robotics Event

TOWSON, MD — Teams from Eastern Technical High School, Hereford High School, and Hereford Middle School captured nine of 12 awards at Hereford Zone Robotics’ 6th annual Stampede VEX Robotics Event. At the December 2 event, held at Hereford Middle School, 44 teams from throughout the Maryland area participated, including teams from the following Baltimore County schools: Dulaney High School, […]

Arrest made in connection with threat made toward Perry Hall Middle School

Police in Baltimore County said on Sunday that officers had made an arrest in connection with a threat made toward Perry Hall Middle School. The Baltimore County Police Department tweeted that the threat had been made on Instagram. The school had placed an automated call to parents on Sunday informing them of the threat. Authorities say the juvenile suspect is […]

Baltimore County recognizes Eastern Tech

As part of Baltimore County’s celebration of American Education Week, County Executive Kevin Kamenetz honored seven Baltimore County public high schools ranked among the region’s 25 best by Niche, a nationally recognized website that evaluates schools and neighborhoods. Niche recently released its 2018 rankings of every public and private school in the country, ranking them by city, state, and metropolitan […]

Friendly competition as Baltimore County schools aim for best attendance

Baltimore County Public Schools is expecting plenty of friendly competition this month as elementary schools challenge each other for the title of best student attendance. November is BCPS Attendance Awareness Month, reminding students and families of the importance of daily, on-time attendance now that routines have settled in for the school year. Research shows that missing just two school days […]

Victory Villa Elementary to hold ceremonial groundbreaking for replacement school

Ground will soon be broken on a new school in Middle River. Victory Villa Elementary School Principal Margaret Roberts will be joined by BCPS Interim Superintendent Verletta White and Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz to break ground for a new, $39 million school to replace the existing structure. The groundbreaking will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 17, […]

16 BCPS students named National Merit semifinalists

Sixteen Baltimore County Public Schools students from eight high schools have been named semifinalists in the 63rd annual National Merit Scholarship Program coordinated by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The honored students are: Dulaney High School Samantha T. Engler Sherry Guo Abhinav S. Khushalani Adabelle Xie Megan Zhang Franklin High School Mckenzie K. Patrick George Washington Carver Center for Arts […]