Slice of PIE: December 2024 Partners

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Baltimore City Schools

December 2024

Winter Essentials

Baltimore Design School, Ashburton Elementary, Medfield Heights, & NAF are in need of winter essentials such as hats, gloves, scarves & coats.

Click here to support!

Winter Event Donations

Glenmount is in need of donations of hot chocolate, cookies and candy canes for their upcoming Winter Wonderland Event.

Click here to support!

Click here to support our uniform fund!

January Partner Quarterly

Join us virtually Tuesday, January 21st from 12:30-2:30 PM for our next City Schools' Partner Quarterly. We will joined by Marc LaVeau from Family Engagement for a City School's Budget Engagement Session.

RSVP Here

Why Am I Getting This ENews?

This is a monthly newsletter from the Partnerships and Volunteers team at City Schools. At some point in time, you may have registered in our Partners in Education (PIE) portal or been added because of a relationship you have with a school or district office. The Partnerships and Volunteers team are working to have all partners of City Schools in a centralized location (PIE). As a partner, you should continue the relationship you have with City Schools. But now you are connected to a centralized department. We can support you if you lose contact with your contact and support you with any other needs you may have.

In PIE you can:

make offers to schools so they can see your services
view requests from schools
receive notifications about trainings
receive notifications about quarterly convenings
receive notifications about tabling events to meet with schools
receive monthly newsletter

Please reach out to partners@bcps.k12.md.us if you have any questions or would like additional training on PIE.

Did you Know? City Schools Students in Grades 6 and 7 Outperformed Students across Maryland in ELA Growth

Student Growth Percentiles is a measurement by the Maryland State Department of Education to assess the amount of student growth from one year to the next on the annual MCAP exams.

City Schools students outperformed their peers in several categories, including:

Black or African American students - the average 7th grade ELA test-taker at City Schools grew more than 51 percent of all students statewide in the same grades.
English Learner students - the average 6th grade ELA test-taker at City Schools grew more than 55 percent of all students statewide in the same grades.
Hispanic or Latino students - the average 6th grade ELA test-taker at City Schools grew more than 58 percent of all students statewide in the same grades.
White students - the average 6th grade ELA test-taker at City Schools grew more than 67 percent of all students statewide in the same grade.
Some school level results are even more encouraging, with many examples of schools with an average test-taker growing more than 70 percent of students statewide.