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 […]
BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD—Councilman David Marks on Tuesday announced that 19 outstanding volunteers would be named Fifth District Citizens of the Year. The Citizens of the Year program was created in 2011 as a way for Councilman Marks to recognize good works throughout the Fifth District, which stretches from Towson to Kingsville. Councilman Marks solicited nominations from the public, but also […]
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 […]
TOWSON, MD—The Avenue at White Marsh has partnered with Baltimore County Public Schools to produce the 2020 Winter Art Exhibition, featuring artwork by more than 170 BCPS students. Images were selected by a panel of judges and represent students from Kindergarten through Grade 12. Each week during the winter holiday season, five selected artworks from the online exhibition are displayed […]
TOWSON, MD—All Baltimore County Public Schools facilities will be closed to students on Monday and Tuesday in the wake of a devastating ransomware attack. BCPS officials issued the following statement on Saturday afternoon: Due to the recent ransomware attack, Baltimore County Public Schools will be closed for students on Monday, November 30, and Tuesday, December 1. BCPS offices will be […]