PARKVILLE, MD—A longtime Baltimore County Public Schools volunteer who served the Parkville/Carney area has died. Marilyn Ryan served Carney Elementary School and other Parkville-area schools for more than fifty years. The Ryans remained fixtures at BCPS schools even after the youngest of their four children graduated from Parkville High School in 1972. Marilyn would volunteer twice weekly to help organize […]
PERRY HALL, MD—Six Baltimore County Public Schools high school seniors, including one student from Perry Hall High School, have been selected to serve as 2021 Maryland General Assembly student pages. According to the Maryland General Assembly website, the 2021 Virtual Page Program has been “re-imagined” to provide the 2021 participants an opportunity to better understand and experience the legislative process […]
PERRY HALL, MD—Being an assistant principal is not an easy job. Add a pandemic, online learning, and a ransomware attack and the role of being an instructional leader in 2020 is even more difficult. Despite the additional challenges this year brought, one Baltimore County Public Schools administrator was recently recognized as the best in the state. On December 23, Deana […]
TOWSON, MD—Blues musician Jontavious Willis will join with Baltimore County Public Schools students on Wednesday, January 20th. Details about how to access the virtual performance will be available soon. The musician will be featured as part of the new Homefront: World Culture in Context initiative. This unique program connects students to renowned artists from across the globe performing in the […]
TOWSON, MD—Due to expected inclement weather later this week, Baltimore County Public Schools will distribute free meals to students at more than 300 sites on Tuesday, December 15th. Meals distributed on Tuesday are designed to last for three days (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.) BCPS will not distribute meals on Wednesday. Next week, to accommodate winter break, BCPS will distribute three […]
TOWSON, MD—Susan Hahn, a program specialist in the Baltimore County Public Schools’ Office of Family and Community Engagement, has been appointed to serve on the Maryland Family Engagement Coalition. Established in 2012, the coalition is comprised of child development experts, policymakers, early care and education providers, and community advocates seeking to increase use of family engagement practices that improve outcomes […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Google suffered a worldwide outage on Monday, and the disruption affected some Baltimore County Public Schools services. The tech giant’s services began going down at around 7:00 a.m. on Monday morning, with YouTube, Gmail, Stadia, Google Play, and more all offline. Google search appeared to remain unaffected At just before 7:30 a.m., BCPS announced that the outage was impacting […]
TOWSON, MD—Prior to suspending meal distributions to students during winter break, Baltimore County Public Schools will distribute three days’ worth of free meals to students on Monday, Dec. 21, at 300 community locations, including all middle and high schools. The BCPS Office of Food and Nutrition Services will close for winter break from Tuesday, Dec. 22, through Jan. 3 before […]