The biggest and best BCPS ever!
BCPSfest 2026, the school system's annual back-to-school festival, was the best biggest and ever – drawing nearly 3,700 students and family members to New Town High School on August 22. The event featured 70 vendors and a Baltimore County Department of Health vaccine clinic and allowed families to connect with BCPS and community services and resources.
Participants enjoyed an Imagination Playground, registered to vote, dug for fossils, had their faces painted, rode bikes to blend healthy smoothies, played word games, learned Double-Dutch jump roping, visited food trucks, and much more.
Many thanks to New Town High School for graciously hosting the event, to The Education Foundation of BCPS, Inc., for sponsoring the Imagination Playground, to Inland Property Management for allowing us to have satellite parking on the New Town Village Center parking lot, and to all our wonderful vendors, entertainers, food trucks, school mascots, and volunteers for making the event all that it was.
More photos from the event can be found in a Flickr album.