Baltimore County Public Schools

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BCPSfest 2024 – A Fun Kickoff to the New School Year

Saturday, Aug. 17, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology
938 York Road, Towson 21204

Join Baltimore County Public Schools for BCPSfest 2024! – a free outdoor festival to kick off the upcoming 2024-2025 school year.

• Enjoy live entertainment and fun hands-on activities.
• Try Double-Dutch jump roping.
• Take a break in our Story Time Tent with special guest readers.
• Visit the Colgate Bright Smiles Bright Futures (dental van).
• Learn more about BCPS programs, services, and employment opportunities.
• Join us on the field for fun games.
• Step onto the ESOL welcome bus.
• Visit the BCPS Parentmobile for ideas about ways to support student success.
• Get your face painted.
• And more surprises to come!

From BCPS

Academic Programs and Options - Online Learning and Magnet Programs + AFSCME + Career and Technical Education + Communications and Community Outreach + Community Schools + The Education Foundation of Baltimore County Public Schools, Inc. + Early Childhood Education + Education Support Professionals of Baltimore County + English Language Arts + Facilities Management and Strategic Planning + Focus/Schoology + Food & Nutrition + Health and Physical Education + Human Resources – Benefits, Retirement, and Staffing + Kelly Education + Library Media Programs & Educational Technology + Mathematics + Multilingual Achievement + Multilingual Achievement Welcome Center + Parentmobile + Performing Arts + PTA Council of Baltimore County + Pupil Personnel Services + Resource Centers for Families + Science + Special Education + Student Support Services + TABCO + Title I and Homeless Programs + Transportation + Visual Arts

From the community

Baltimore County Department of Health (including Behavioral Health and HIV/HCV Prevention + Mobile Outreach Unit (immunizations) + Smoking Cessation) + Baltimore County Fire Department + Baltimore County NAACP + Baltimore County Police Department – Youth and Community Services Unit + Baltimore County Office of Community Engagement/Immigrant Affairs Team + Baltimore County Public Library + Black Girls Vote + CASA + Colgate Bright Smiles Bright Futures (dental van) + Community College of Baltimore County (Admissions Department and Dental Hygiene Clinic) + CONNECT project / Morgan CARES + Disability Rights Maryland + First Financial Federal Credit Union + Get on the Bus + HealthCare Access Maryland/Maryland Health Connection + Holt Park & Center for the Arts + Irvine Nature Center + J.U.M.P. Maryland (double-Dutch jump rope) + Maryland Center for School Safety + Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration’s Highway Safety Office + Maryland Insurance Administration + Maryland Physicians Care + NAMI Metropolitan Baltimore + Patient First + Sheppard Pratt + Talkspace + Towson University Athletics + University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center + Youth Elite Soccer + Zeta Omega Sigma Baltimore County Alumnae Chapter, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.

This year’s entertainers are:

• Ms. Blue and Golden Man (Grace White, Colgate Elementary School)
• DJ G-MONEY/Three J's Entertainment
• Overlea Voices (Overlea High School)

Food Vendors

• Always Ice Cream
• Don’s Dog Cart
• Kona Ice
• Sno Blast DMV

Event Sponsors:

Platinum Sponsor – United Way of Central Maryland, Inc. 

Gold Sponsor – First Financial Federal Credit Union 

In-kind Sponsor - Alex Cooper Auctioneers, Inc.

Parking

Festival visitors are encouraged to park (free) at BCPS headquarters/Greenwood, 6901 N. Charles Street, Towson 21204. Park on the lot in front of Building E. BCPS will provide free shuttle buses to and from Carver Center every 15 minutes from 10:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.