News and Press
Strong Schools = Strong Neighborhoods: Frederick Elementary School
Frederick Elementary School (FES) has been a cornerstone of education in West Baltimore since 1983, when it was originally built as a traditional public elementary school. Over the years, FES faced various challenges, including aging infrastructure, fluctuating...
BCP Launches Attendance Initiative to Tackle Chronic Absenteeism
The Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) is excited to launch a new initiative for the 2025–2026 school year focused on reducing chronic absenteeism. With generous support from the Abell Foundation and the Richman Foundation, this effort aims to decrease chronic...
BCP Receives First-ever NIFDI Silver Star School Award
Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) is the very proud recipient of the inaugural Silver Star School Award, presented by The National Institute for Direct Instruction (NIFDI). The award, presented at the 51st National Direct Instruction conference on July 24, 2025, in...
BCP at the NWEA
Each June, educators and administrators from the Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) attend the annual NWEA Fusion conference. The nonprofit NWEA, or the Northwest Evaluation Association, develops and oversees the annual assessments BCP uses to measure and guide its...
H.E.R. Mentoring Creates New Pimlico Mural
The female artists in Pimlico Elementary / Middle School’s school-year Helping Embrace Radiance (H.E.R.) Mentoring Program have, once again, added to the vibrancy of their school and school culture with a new mural. Designed by 10- 12 girls in middle school in...
Strong Schools = Strong Neighborhoods: Wolfe Street Academy
Located in Baltimore's Upper Fells Point neighborhood, Wolfe Street Academy (WSA) has played a transformational role in driving both economic growth and a strengthened sense of community since WSA’s pioneering adoption of the Community School Strategy in 2006. One of...
Wolfe Street Academy Dedicates New Mural Celebrating Cultural Diversity and Heritage
Wolfe Street Academy (WSA), a Baltimore Curriculum Project charter school, held a dedication ceremony for its new mural titled Memoria y Esperanza (Memory and Hope) on July 15, 2025. The event, held on the WSA playground, brought together students, families, community...
Meet the Board Member: George Hess
George Hess, the founding Board Chair for Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP), has been at the BCP helm for nearly 30 years. Since 2017, he and Mike Nicollini have split leadership duties as Co-chairs. In 1996, the year BCP was founded, he was tapped by Dr. Muriel...
Govans’ Library is 4th in City Schools’ Bibliovation Circulation
2,446 books. That’s a lot of books circulated to the students at Govans Elementary School (GES) for the 2024-25 school year – nearly 70% of GES’s entire library collection. It was also the 4th highest circulation in all of Baltimore City for Bibliovation...
Facility Improvements Underway Across BCP Schools
Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) schools are undergoing exciting facility upgrades this summer, reinforcing our commitment to providing students and staff with safe, high-quality, and engaging learning environments. All BCP schools are housed in buildings owned by...
Hampstead Hill’s Middle Grades Partnership Celebrates 20 Years
In June, Hampstead Hill Academy (HHA) kicked off its 20th year with Middle Grades Partnership (MGP), a Baltimore nonprofit that matches middle schools within Baltimore City Public Schools with the region’s independent private schools for summer academics, enrichment...
BCP Grads Going Places: Paige Golden, RN, City Springs Alumna
Paige Golden is living her dream job. She’s a pediatric travel nurse currently on an assignment in Kansas at the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. Prior to that, her assignment was in the residential psychiatric facility of the ERC Pathlight Mood & Anxiety...
BCP In the News
Check out recent media mentions of the Baltimore Curriculum Project.
WBAL-TV
SNL Cast Member Ego Nwodim and her brother Dr. Emeka Nwodim visited City Springs Elementary / Middle School to launch a series of life-skills-building workshops using improv for City Springs’ middle school Peer Mediators.
BALTIMORE BANNER ARTICLE
Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Banner reporter, writes about Hampstead Hill Academy’s introduction of Yondr phone bags to limit student smartphone use during the school day to enhance academic engagement and increase personal connections and conversations with one another.
CBS NEWS BALTIMORE
Pimlico middle school students learned life-saving Stop-the-Bleed skills as part of the school’s unique partnership with Sinai Hospital, the Pimlico/Sinai Middle Grades Health Sciences Program
UNION TALK PODCAST
Wolfe Street Academy’s Mark Gaither, Principal, and educator Katrina Kickbush, discuss how community schools deliver on the promise of public education with American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten.
WJZ-TV
Discover Pimlico Elementary / Middle School’s unique partnership with Sinai Hospital to give Pimlico’s middle school students a firsthand look at healthcare careers.
WYPR
BCP’s Leading Minds: Challenging Conversations in Public Education symposium on January 23, 2023 discuss violence prevention and the role of the school.