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Congratulations to 7th grader, Alexandra Washington, along with 8th graders Jonathan Allen and Diego Burgess who were nominated for special population academic awards through the National Association of Gifted Children (NAGC). Alexandra received the honorable mention for the national Dr. Martin D. Jenkins Scholar Award. We are very proud of her! It is an honor just to be nominated!
JUST IN - Alexandra applied again and WON the award this year!!! She was honored at the National NAGC Convention in Pittsburgh in November and has been awarded a scholarship to study at Perdue University in the summer of 2026! She is one of only 6 students across the US to be honored. We are SO proud of her and her accomplishments!
RPEMS students bring history to life! Congratulations to the following winners from the Regional Competition who will be continuing on to STATES!
2024 Regional Competition Winners - Heading to STATES!!!
Individual Documentary
Jonas Frantz;
Junior Individual Exhibit
Ishani Kanja-Sen;
Junior Paper
Seeger Lefstein;
Junior Group Exhibit
Kensley Ravenna & Lola DePalma;
Special "Jutras Award"
Olivia Civin
See previous winners HERE
CONGRATULATIONS to the newest Maryland State Department of Education honorees for 2025!!!!!
Student Accomplishment in Gifted and Talented Education
5th: Max A.
6th: Brielle Bannister
8th: Sara Kunhardt, Joshua Thomas
Teacher Accomplishment in Gifted and Talented Education
Mariella Calalang, Natalia Goldenberg, Martina Vize
2024 Honorees
Student Accomplishment in Gifted and Talented Education
7th: Bridget Dugan, Diego Burgess, Seeger Leftstein
8th: Anabel Warner, Avery Pisano, Jonas Frantz
2023 Honorees
Student Accomplishment in Gifted and Talented Education
6th: Isaac K.
7th: Daxton Abel-Skinner, Ziva Abel-Skinner, Ishani Kanja-Sen, Harlow Moshera, Amaal Shah-Nelson
8th: James Ash, Natalie Berry, Rosalie Chadeayne, Jamie Zhu
Teacher Accomplishment in Gifted and Talented Education
Yvette Schreiber, Allisun Thompson
Advocate for Special Populations in Gifted and Talented Education
Erin Perkins
2022 Honorees
Seventh graders: Johanna Dudley, Levi Greene, Kimathi Nash, Sydney Sharpe, and Penelope Tsendeas
Eighth graders: Bianca Crainiceanu
And.... FIRST PLACE for our middle school Science Olympiad Team at the City competition 2023,2024, and 2025!
WAY TO GO!!!
2024 Morgan State University Science-Mathematics-Engineering Fair Winners
1st & 2nd place Team Projects:
Tsega Meressa & Vee George
Vani Sharma, Madison Vanderable, Partishtha Devkota
Alexandra Washington - 2nd Place Earth and Environmental Science & Promising Engineer Award
Penelope Nash-Pappalardo - 2nd place Math and Computer Science & Promising Engineer Award
Andrew Beaudry - Honorable Mention Engineering
Passion Project! ❤❤
Passion Project! ❤❤
GAL students Lucas and Connor Hopkins went into action when they saw a story on the Grief Pantry running low on supplies. They created the "Have a Heart" drive to collect items most needed by families served by the Grief Pantry in Baltimore City. They were able to donate 234 items in just under 2 weeks!
Congratulations to our 4th and 5th grade Math Olympians!
Sixty-three students earned National Awards of Excellence in the Division E (grades 4-6) Math Olympiad Competition, scoring in the top 50% of all participants. They participated in a series of five monthly contests of five problems each, from November through March, plus weekly practice sessions to think creatively and to solve unusual and difficult problems. Math Olympiad served students on over 3500 teams in the US and more than 30 other countries!
Special Shout Outs:
Isaac K. on earning the George Lechner Award for a Perfect Score!!! Less than 2% of participants earn this accolade.
Peter B. on scoring in the top 2%
Cora B, Timmy D, Maya K, and James L for scoring in the top 10%
All 5th grade participants for helping to earn the Highest Team Achievement Award with a top 10% team placement
5th graders in Ms. Wysong's class completed extension projects related to their first ELA module: Cultures in Conflict.
Congratulations to our 3 Destination Imagination Teams that qualified for the Global Competition in 2021! This is a very hands-on, creative program. Achieving recognition in a virtual world is AWESOME!
If you are interested in learning more, check out their site. We have resources for new teams to be formed!!! Please reach out to kbmcginness@bcps.k12.md.us if you have any interest.
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