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In 5th-12th grade and live in Baltimore City or Baltimore County? Enter the 5th Annual Dream Big contest from NOW until February 14, 2025. Submit an essay, poem, piece of art, music composition, or video about your big dreams for a better world. There is a monetary prize. Click here for more information or to enter Lyric Baltimore Dream Big Contest .
This Year's Question
"How will YOU reach for the stars and change the world?"
Are you a parent looking for a way to enrich your child or get involved with more students?
Check out this list of contests!
Many can be run as a club. Please reach out if I can help in any way!
CHARM Writing + ART WORKSHOPS
Do you like GRAPHIC NOVELS??? The current workshop is for grades 5-8. Click on the picture to learn more. Scholarships are available.
Whitney Birenbaum
Executive Director
CHARM: Voices of Baltimore Youth
The Cooke Young Scholars Program
This is a selective five-year, pre-college scholarship for high-performing 7th grade students with financial need. Educational advisers help Cooke Young Scholars maximize the high school experience and prepare to thrive at the nation’s top-performing colleges. Our programming and support includes:
Identifying an appropriately rigorous high school.
Engaging in four-year planning and goal-setting.
Funding for academic and extracurricular opportunities, such as music and art lessons; supplemental academic classes; and technology.
Annual summer programs, including two required Cooke Young Scholar events.
Year-round interaction and networking with a community of high-achieving peers.
To be considered for the Young Scholars Program, the applicant must meet the following eligibility requirements:
Grade level: Currently in 7th grade and/or entering 8th grade in the fall of 2023.
Academics: Earned all As and Bs in core academic subjects since beginning of 6th grade.
Financial Need – Demonstrate unmet financial need. We will consider applicants with family income up to $95,000. The median family income of last year’s entering cohort of Cooke Young Scholars was approximately $25,000.
Click below for more information on this wonderful opportunity.
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS
Gifted Exploratory Learning (GEL) Grades 6-8 The Gifted Exploratory Learning course option provides online learning opportunities designed to expose formally identified gifted and advanced learners (GAL), as well as other students not formally identified, to coursework and subjects typically experienced as electives in high school while still enrolled in middle school. These course options are meant to allow students to explore various content interests prior to entering high school and therefore do not carry any high school credit with it. GEL courses can be used in support of student Individualized Learning Plans (ILPs). Neither a separate grade nor a separate credit are conferred in this scenario.
GEL Course/Tutorial Options Courses
Algebra I, Art Appreciation, College and Career Preparation I, College and Career Preparation II, Creative Writing, Environmental Science, Financial Literacy, French I, Geography and World Cultures, Graphic Design, Introduction to Business and Technology, Mathematics of Personal Finance, Media Literacy, Multicultural Studies, Music Appreciation, Principles of Business, Marketing, and Finance, Mythological Monsters, Principles of Health Science, Psychology, Sociology
Tutorials
SAT® Exam ACT® Math 6, 7, 8 Algebra I & Algebra 2, Geometry, English 6, 7, 8 English 9, 10, 11,12, U.S. History
Interest Based Course
American Sign Language, Folklore and Mythology, 3D Game Design, Interior Design, and so many more including a course on Harry Potter!
Please reach out to me at kbmcginness@bcps.k12.md.us if you are interested in registering for a class
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