BSA students in Washington D.C. posing by the Capitol

Photos of students and adults observing the eclipseThe skies became classrooms this week when schools across the district took part in observing and learning about the scientific phenomena of the solar eclipse!  

Photos of Julian playing drums and Quinn playing a saxaphoneCongratulations to Baltimore School for the Arts students, Julian Frazier and Quinn Rehkemper, for being selected to the prestigious 2024 National Endowment for the Arts/Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz National All-Star Peer-to-Peer Jazz Quintet.  
 Two students dressed in lab coatsCecil Elementary School students learned all about community helpers and then dressed up as their favorites. 
Students in an assemblyMCAP testing is coming up and Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle School hosted a motivational speaker assembly to inspire students and to prepare them for the test! 
Students around a table making candlesPaul Laurence Dunbar High School held a candle making workshop for sixty students who achieved the highest number of days on-time and in uniform for school!  
Poly Writing Journal cover The 2024 literary journal for Baltimore Polytechnic Institute High School, sponsored by the Creative Writing Club: The PolyGraphs, has been published and is available online. 
 Baltimore Design School students outside Govans Elementary SchoolBaltimore Design School National Junior Honor Society students completed their service project. The students orchestrated a book drive, amassing a collection of books to distribute to pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students at Govans Elementary School. They then delivered the books and read aloud to Govans students. 
 Students playing board gamesThird-grade students at Arlington Elementary School are enjoying new literacy-based games during their personal learning time.   
 Students at the student science fairPimlico Elementary/Middle School held its Honors Science Fair! Projects ranged from how to clean up oil spills to sleep tea testing. Students were able to demonstrate what they learned to their peers. 

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