Slice of PIE: January 2025 Staff

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Baltimore City Schools

January 2025

Young Voices Choir

Berean Good Shepherd Fellowship is offering the Young Voices Choir. This program is designed to nurture a love of music while building confidence, teamwork, and joy through singing.

Click here to learn more!

Invest in Girls- Free Financial Literacy

Maryland Council on Economic Education is offering a financial literacy and career exposure opportunity with your female high school students. Students who attend all the sessions will be given $100 to kick off their personal savings goals. Click here to learn more!

Youth Filmmaking and Acting Program

Lupo Productions offers programming where students will learn acting techniques, scriptwriting, cinematography, and editing, while working collaboratively to create their own short films. Click here to learn more!

As we step into this new year, I want to take a moment to celebrate each of you. Your work connecting with volunteers, building bridges to resources, and fostering partnerships is the foundation that strengthens our schools and uplifts our community.

Every small act of care, every effort to connect students with what they need to succeed, and every partnership you nurture creates ripples of positive change. You are the heart and hands behind so much of what makes our schools a place of hope and opportunity.

This year, let’s continue to dream big, tackle challenges together, and make an even greater impact on the lives of our students. Your dedication, creativity, and passion inspire us all.

Thank you for being the heroes behind the scenes. Together, let’s make 2025 a year of growth, innovation, and success for our students and our entire school community.

Upcoming Training!

Save the Date: February 20, 2025, 9:30-11:30. P&V is holding a virtual training on using PIE to track engagement, impact and contributions of partners & volunteers. Click here to RSVP!

Employee Time On

Employee “Time On” (ETO) is a new initiative out of the COS and HC office to encourage district staff to engage with schools. All district office staff are being added to PIE and can sign up for opportunities to support schools. The school leadership will get an email every Monday of district office staff that is going to support. We need YOU to add opportunities in PIE for your school!!

Donation Reporting Reminder!

Report donations or request Board approval via the Donation Approval & Reporting form.

- Request Board approval for donations or fundraisers valued at $5,000 or more.
  - Please submit approval requests at least two weeks before the decision is needed. If you have any problems meeting this timeframe, reach out to donations@bcps.k12.md.us.
- Report all monetary donations (cash, check, money order, gift card)
- Report non-monetary donations valued between $500 and $4,999