Baltimore County Public Schools

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BCPSfest 2026

Save the date! Planning is underway for your favorite back to school festival!

Saturday, Aug. 22, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. New Town High School, 4931 New Town Boulevard, Owings Mills 21117

At BCPSfest 2026, let's celebrate the upcoming 2026-27 school year. Join us for fun hands-on activities; to learn more about BCPS and community-based programs and services; and to explore employment opportunities with BCPS.

Return to this page for updates! In the meantime, enjoy a video from last year's event.

Vendors

(more to be added soon!)

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BCPS Departments/Offices

Birth to Five Services / Career & Technical Education / Communications and Community Outreach / Community Schools / Early Childhood Programs / Energy and Sustainability, Office of Facilities Support Services / English Language Arts / Family and Community Engagement / Food and Nutrition Services / Health and Physical Education / Integrated Arts (Visual Arts) / Library Media & Instructional Technology / Magnet Programs / Multilingual Achievement / Science / Social Studies / Special Education, Family Support Services / Staffing & Licensure / Student Support Services / Title I and Title I Family and Teacher Resource Centers / Transportation/ Watershed Public Charter School

BCPS Affiliated

The Education Foundation of BCPS, Inc. / Education Support Professionals of Baltimore County / PTA Council of Baltimore County

Community Partners

Baltimore County Board of Elections / Baltimore County Department of Recreation and Parks / Baltimore County Public Library / Baltimore County Recycling / Black Girls Vote / Comité Latino de Baltimore / Family Crisis Center / Fire Museum of Maryland / First Financial Federal Credit Union / Irvine Nature Center / Just Uniting More People Inc. (JUMP) / Lighthouse Inc. / Maryland 529 / Maryland Center for School Safety / Maryland Insurance Administration / Morgan State University - College of Interdisciplinary and Continuing Studies / NAMI Metropolitan Baltimore / Patient First / Scouting America, Baltimore Area Council / Sierra Club / Sigma Gamma Rho Inc., Zeta Omega Sigma / Talkspace / Thrive Behavioral Health / Towson University Athletics / University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center / We Are CASA

Entertainment

Code Cardinal, The New Town High School Varsity Cheerleaders / Three J's Entertainment deejay

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Food trucks

Braglio Farms' Burgers N Bunz / Don's Dog Cart / Kona Ice / Macho Chicken