Councilman Marks: funding secured to upgrade ballfields, mutli-purpose courts from Kingsville to Carney

Baltimore County Councilman David Marks announced that the Fiscal Year 2018 budget will include significant upgrades to recreation areas in northeastern Baltimore County. The budget will fund:   § Ball diamond upgrades at Gunpowder, Joppa View, and Seven Oaks Elementary Schools ($37,500) § Multi-purpose court resurfacing at Carney Elementary School ($22,750); § Natural turf improvements at Cowenton Ridge Park ($110,500); […]

Councilman Marks: County budget includes funding to build PHHS turf field

Councilman David Marks announced on Monday that the proposed Fiscal Year 2018 budget for Baltimore County will include funding to complete an artificial turf field at Perry Hall High School. The county contribution matches a state bond bill that will provide $150,000, as well as over $90,000 raised by the Perry Hall community, including three recreation councils and the Perry […]

Eastern Tech team advances to VEX Robotics World Championship

TOWSON, MD – Eleven teams representing Baltimore County Public Schools have qualified to participate in the VEX Robotics World Championship, sponsored by the Northrop Grumman Foundation, to be held April 19 – 25 in Louisville, Ky. The participating teams are Dulaney High School team 1727G; Eastern Technical High School teams 5839E and 5839A; Hereford High School team 929U; Hereford Middle […]

Perry Hall High, Eastern Tech educators named ‘Teacher of the Year’ finalists

TOWSON, MD. – Five Baltimore County Public Schools educators have been named finalists for the school system’s annual Teacher of the Year award for 2017 – 2018. The finalists are: Rebecca M. Eig, a Grade 2 teacher at Owings Mills Elementary School David J. Kreller, coordinator of the school-to-career transition program at Pikesville High School Megan N. Stewart, a Grade […]

Arbutus, Perry Hall middle school students named 2017 Maryland Women of Tomorrow

TOWSON – Hazel Montgomery-Walsh, a Grade 8 student at Arbutus Middle School, and Isabella Hessler, a Grade 8 student at Perry Hall Middle School, might still be teens, but they have received 2017 Women of Tomorrow Awards from the Maryland Commission for Women. Montgomery-Walsh and Hessler were two of the five middle and high school students honored with this award […]

Parkville High student named finalist in 2017 Maryland Letters About Literature Contest

Six Baltimore County Public Schools students from three schools, one of which is Parkville High School, have been named state finalists in the 2017 Maryland Letters About Literature contest. Coordinated by the Maryland Center for the Book at Maryland Humanities, the statewide contest is part of a national contest sponsored by the Library of Congress’ Center for the Book. The […]

‘Night of Innovation’ to be held at 4 BCPS schools

A “Night of Innovation” evening event this month will showcase to families how Baltimore County Public Schools is transforming teaching and learning to ensure that all students will be globally competitive graduates. The event is being held in four of the Lighthouse schools that are demonstration sites for the changes occurring in all schools as part of S.T.A.T. (Students and […]