News and Press
Q&A With Marc Lester, Pimlico’s Restorative Practices Director
Restorative Practices is the cornerstone of each neighborhood conversion charter school in the Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) network of six Baltimore schools. The focus on and devotion to daily practices of using positive, community-building interactions for...
Follow BCP for 30 Voices for 30 Years
This school year, Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) is proud to celebrate its 30th Anniversary. For three decades, BCP has been deeply committed to empowering students, supporting families, and strengthening neighborhoods through high-quality, community-centered...
BCP Grads Going Places: Henry Burger, Hampstead Hill Alumnus
We continue our regular look at graduates of Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) schools and the impact of their BCP education. This month, we talked with Henry Burger, a sophomore at Calvert Hall College, a Catholic, all-boys’ high school, about how his years in...
Volunteer Days of Service – Make a Difference in Our Schools!
To celebrate our 30th anniversary, the Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) is inviting parents, neighbors, community members, and friends to roll up their sleeves and join us for our first-ever Volunteer Days of Service at our six schools across Baltimore. These...
Baltimore Curriculum Project Board Meets at Wolfe Street Academy
On September 11, 2025, the Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) Board of Directors held its first meeting of the new school year at Wolfe Street Academy. Principal Mark Gaither welcomed board members and shared updates on Wolfe Street’s strong start to the year, as is...
New Pimlico Turf Field Coming!
Permits are official and in place for a new turf field and four-lane running track at Pimlico Elementary / Middle School. The new field will feature space for football, lacrosse, soccer, and track and bring even more opportunities for our students and the historic...
Remembering Bernice Whelchel, Former City Springs Principal
Bernice E. Whelchel, former principal of City Springs Elementary/Middle School, a partner school with Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) since 1996, when BCP was founded. Mrs. Whelchel, powerful advocate of Direct Instruction for Baltimore City Public Schools and the...
Back-to-School Events Launch 30th BCP Year
The Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) schools kicked off the 2025–2026 school year with a series of joyful back-to-school celebrations this August. These events gave families the chance to meet teachers, explore classrooms, gather resources, and start the year with...
What’s Happening in Our Schools: Back-to-School Excitement
The 2025–26 school year is officially underway for Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) schools! City Springs Elementary/Middle School was the first to kick off the year on August 18, welcoming students back with smiles, hugs, and plenty of first-day jitters and...
BCP Welcomes Teachers with Comprehensive Training
By: Maura Farrall, Lead Academic Coach As a new school year begins, the Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) once again welcomed dozens of new and returning BCP teachers with a week of intensive professional development designed to prepare them for success in the...
Meet Mr. Trumino, City Springs’ Community School Coordinator
At Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) charter schools, the role of Community School Coordinator is essential. BCP embraces the community school model, which means that providing wrap-around services for its students and families is as important as what happens in the...
Community at the Center: Wolfe Street and Govans Elementary
At Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP), we believe that schools are more than places to learn—they are community anchors. This has been foundational for BCP for three decades. Since 1996, we have focused on offering the best instructional method we knew – Direct...
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.