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In this week’s Team BCPS e-Newsletter: Community Conversations, Magnet application deadline, Green School Summit, and more! Subscribe: ow.ly/jLT550ZZ5GT ow.ly/cobM50ZZ5GV
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It’s Digital Citizenship Week 💻✨ Check out these free Digital Citizenship Week lessons to help students build offline-thinking skills: ow.ly/uc2O50ZZ0kV
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National School Bus Safety Week is recognized every year during the third week of October 🚌 We encourage you to take a moment to review our Parent and Student Guide to Transportation to help us keep every student safe: ow.ly/6b5G50ZZ07g.
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America's Safe Schools Week is an opportunity for BCPS to reaffirm its commitment to maintaining safe, secure, and orderly environments for teaching, learning, and working.
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Join BCPS offices and community organizations for the Fall Special Education Resource Fair on Saturday, October 24, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the BCPS Employee Development Center (2034 Greenspring Drive, Timonium 21093).
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Team BCPS, tell us what you think! As we begin building our Fiscal Year 2028 operating budget, input from our students, staff, families, and community members is essential. Please take the Operating Budget Survey by Wednesday, October 21: ow.ly/hn5i50ZYvIb
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More than 80 school administrators, community school facilitators, and Green School coordinators gathered at the Employee Development Center in early October for the 9th Annual BCPS Green School Summit.🌱
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REMINDER: Board of Education of Baltimore County to meet on Wednesday, October 21. ➡ bcps.org/board_of_education
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Mark your calendar for the FREE Baltimore National College Fair on Wednesday, October 21 at the Baltimore Convention Center (1 W. Pratt St., Baltimore 21201) from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. & 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. ✅275 colleges & universities Learn more: nacacattend.org/26Baltimore
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🚨 Magnet program deadline approaching! Submit your online application for the 2027–2028 school year by 1 p.m. on Tuesday, October 20.
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Share your ideas for the BCPS Fiscal Year 2028 Budget! Join Superintendent Dr. Bill Heiser for one of five upcoming Community Conversations to voice your priorities and vision for our schools. This is your opportunity to help us advance excellence for all students.
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October is National Principals Month, and we’re excited to highlight some of the leaders making a difference across Team BCPS!  Meet Heather Denmyer, principal at Seventh District Elementary School.
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🗓️ CALENDAR REMINDER: Schools will be closed for students this Friday, October 16. Check out the dates below to help you plan ahead.
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Join us this Thursday, October 15 at Baltimore County Public Library (@bcplinfo) – Catonsville Branch (1100 Frederick Rd., Catonsville 21228) We’re holding a recruitment event for Cafeteria Workers (Westside specific) 👇
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We're ​​HIRING, and we’re looking for passionate people ready to make an impact on our students! Recruitment events begin on October 7. Walk-ins are welcome, but applying online ahead of time speeds up your process: bcps.org/careers.
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Congratulations to Christina Stetler-Rodriguez, English teacher at George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology, for being named the 2026 Maryland Revolutionary Era Teacher of the Year✨ We are so proud of you Christina 👏👏
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In this week’s Team BCPS e-Newsletter: the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Deer Park Elementary School, surveys on the BCPS operating budget priorities and Special Education Staffing Plan, and more! Subscribe at ow.ly/p3Eo50ZPQjL. conta.cc/4AWPEXh
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This National Principals Month, we’re celebrating some of the Team BCPS school leaders who go above and beyond every single day. Meet Alonna Thompson, Principal at Wellwood International School ✨
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Happy National School Lunch Week 🥦🍎 We thank our hardworking Food & Nutrition Services staff for keeping our students healthy, energized, and ready to learn every day. Learn more about Team BCPS nutrition programs ➡️ bcps.org/foodandnutrition
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✏️📚 Breaking down text structure, analyzing RACE responses, and using our weekly assessment to make our writing BETTER! 💪 We don’t just grade it we GROW from it! 📈 Every response is an opportunity to improve! ⭐ #StefanikStars #WeAreGrowing @RossvilleElem @BaltCoPS
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Don't miss out on free BCPS Parent University workshops this October! We’ve added a new workshop to assist families in learning how to navigate key features in Focus vs. Schoology to support their children's success all school year.
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