- Give your input at the Pre-K Enrollment Townhall
- Join the School Family Community Council training
- Winter Transfer Request Window Now Open
- Charter School Choice Applications Due Soon
- Let's Talk about Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Nominate the 2025 Teacher of the Year!
- Apply for YouthWorks

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City Schools is enhancing our pre-K enrollment process and seeks your feedback. If you completed a pre-K application in the spring of 2024, we’d like to hear about your experience - whether you enrolled in City Schools or not.

Join online on Wednesday, January 29 at 5 p.m. using this link: bit.ly/PreKTownHall 

Join City Schools' Office of Family Engagement for a School Family Community Council (SFC) training. Participants will learn to draft inclusive and equitable bylaws, with an equity overview and discussion. This event is open to families, staff, community members, and students. Dinner will be provided.

Date: Thursday, January 30
Time: 4:30 to 7 p.m.
Location: Fort Worthington Elementary/Middle School - 2710 East Hoffman Street Baltimore, MD 21213

Register to attend by clicking HERE

City Schools' transfer request window is open now through this Friday, January 31. Learn more: baltimorecityschools.org/page/transfer-requests

School Choice applications for Charter schools are due on February 3. Charter schools have individual application processes. Please reach out directly to your schools of interest for more information.

For more information about the School Choice process, visit https://www.baltimorecityschools.org/page/choice

City Schools invites students, families, staff, and the community to a discussion about Artificial Intelligence (AI). Let’s discuss how AI is used in our school district.

Public Information Session
(Staff are also welcome to attend)

Date: Tuesday, February 4
Time: 5 p.m.
Zoom link: https://bcps-k12-md-us.zoom.us/j/83597985781 

Do you know an exceptional teacher who inspires excellence and community in the classroom? Nominate them for the 2025 Teacher of the Year award! Students, families, or staff can nominate now through February 14. Click here to nominate your extraordinary teacher!

Show your appreciation for a Baltimore City Public Schools principal! Nominate them for the 2025 Heart of the School Awards, the annual event honoring Principals at the Hippodrome. Nominations are open until this Friday, January 31. Anyone can nominate, so spread the word and honor an amazing school leader! Nominate here!

Students! Enter the Lyric's Dream Big contest! Students in grades five through twelve can enter the contest with a 300-word essay, a one-page poem, a 60-second edited video, or a piece of visual artwork. Finalists will share their work on the Lyric’s historic stage and receive a sizeable prize package. The deadline to apply is February 14! Learn more: https://dreambigcontest.org/

Calling all students in grade 4! Enter the "If I Were Mayor..." Essay Contest! Share your ideas to tackle community challenges in the Maryland Municipal League’s annual essay contest. 

Essays must be 275 words or less and submitted digitally by your teacher. (submission guidelines)

Deadline: March 7, 2025

For questions, ask your English Language Arts teacher. Don’t miss this chance to make your voice heard!

Johns Hopkins University’s Centro SOL Summer Scholars Program introduces bilingual Latinx high school students to careers in medicine, research, and healthcare. The program offers resources, workshops, and connections to support college readiness, professional growth, and community engagement.

Applications are due January 29: Apply here.