BCC Resources focused on future planning:

College and Career Center

• The College and Career Center is open during the school year and throughout the summer.  During the school year, students and their parents can meet with Mrs. Heald before school, during lunch or after school with an appointment to discuss the college process/search, testing, jobs, financial aid, scholarships, summer programs or other college and career related topics 

• Mrs. Heald runs the college and career center at BCC

  • Email to make an appointment: catharine_e_heald@mcpsmd.org 

• Room A201 and A217a (in counseling suite)

• Open Mon-Fri 7:00 am-3:00 pm

  • open during the summer (summer hours vary)

College Tracks

• The mission of CollegeTracks is to empower first-generation-to-college students and students from low-income and immigrant households in Montgomery County, Maryland by helping them bridge systemic opportunity gaps with enough support to get to and through postsecondary education and on a career pathway.  

• A FREE service that helps juniors and seniors apply to and afford college

• Ms. Ashton Poteete and Ms. Jackie Narvaez run College Tracks at BCC

  • bcc@collegetracksusa.org

Dual Enrollment 

• High school students can take college-level courses at any Montgomery College campus during their junior and/or senior year or at their high school location.  Participation in the Dual Enrollment Program will provide students the opportunity to earn transferable college credit, learn essential skills of time management, and build self-confidence as they plan for their future and endless possibilities 

• Ms. Branstarr Sihanath is the Dual Enrollment Program Assistant (DEPA) at BCC

Internship Program

• Internships are unpaid, career-focused experiences during which the student becomes directly involved in a work environment related to their career of interest. 

• The internship program begins in the 11th grade when students get coached about how to get themselves an internship. The purpose is to have an internship before 12th grade when their internship class starts, as students MUST have an internship to be in the senior internship class. 

• Mr. Song runs the internship program at BCC

International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program

• Preparing Students to be Successful in Higher Education and to be Active Participants in a Global Society 

• IB Diploma Coordinator: Ms. Sarah Day

• More info

• IB Middle Years Program (MYP)

  • For students in 9th and 10th grade at BCC

  • The MYP provides a coherent and comprehensive curriculum that merges a framework of academic challenges and life skills with the Montgomery County Public Schools Instructional Guides

  •  IB MYP Coordinator: Mr. Tony Louis

MCPS Resources focused on future planning:

Thomas Edison High School

• Thomas Edison High School of Technology is unique among Montgomery County public high schools. MCPS students may apply to enroll in one of Edison’s sixteen highly acclaimed career and technology education programs. 

• Part-time program students attend Edison every day for three class periods and earn 1.5 credits per semester. Transportation is provided. In addition to offering valuable professional certifications and licenses, many programs are articulated with colleges and universities for college credit. 

• Applications open in October for 10th graders and the programs are competitive.  Application process

  • apply early! 

Early College

• The Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) and Montgomery College (MC) Early College (EC) programs are offered at each MC campus and provide qualified students the opportunity to earn an Associate's Degree in a specific content area.  Participating students will complete their 11th and 12th grades of high school while simultaneously completing their first two years of college as a full-time MC student.  They will graduate with an Associate's degree from MC as well as a Maryland State High School diploma.   

• Registration opens in the fall, and you apply your sophomore year

• Students in the Early College Program will attend BCC full time in 9-10th grade, and attend Montgomery College full time in 11-12th grade

Summer Rise

• Summer RISE (Reimagining an Innovative Student Experience) is an initiative led by the Montgomery County Public Schools’ (MCPS) Department of Partnerships in collaboration with businesses, government agencies, higher education institutions, and nonprofit organizations. The program is for rising MCPS juniors and seniors to participate in a career-based learning opportunity during the summer. Students will have the opportunity to engage in hands-on learning opportunities related to their field of interest.

• Runs for five weeks from the end of June to the end of July

Work Based Learning

• Here you can fill out interest forms to learn more about apprenticeships and internships in Montgomery County

Career and Technical Education (CTE) Programs

• MCPS groups careers into 11 different clusters. These career clusters will help direct you toward focused programs of study with high school plans to help you choose courses that align with your future goals. 

Student Service Learning Hours (SSL)

• A great way to explore different opportunities and help figure out if you like doing this type of work

• Need 75 hours to graduate

• Montgomery County Volunteer Center

• SSL Form