Purplelicious Newsletter
The Purpleicious Newsletter is your monthly scoop on all the wonderful things happening at City Springs! Inside, you’ll find classroom spotlights, important news for families, helpful resources, and upcoming events—all in one colorful, community-filled place.
Archived Newsletters from SY 24-25
September 2024, October 2024, November 2024, December 2024, January 2025, February 2025, March 2025, April 2025, May 2025, June 2025
- BCP Grads Going Places: Paige Golden, RN, City Springs Alumnaby Baltimore Curriculum Project on July 3, 2025 at 2:29 pm
Paige Golden is living her dream job. She’s a pediatric travel nurse currently on an assignment in Kansas at the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center.
- Celebrating Student Success: Where BCP Students Go Nextby Baltimore Curriculum Project on June 23, 2025 at 2:28 pm
8th graders from BCP’s City Springs, Hampstead Hill, and Pimlico are moving on to a wide range of high schools throughout Baltimore.
- T. Rowe Price Teaches City Springs’ 6th Grade to be Money Confidentby Baltimore Curriculum Project on June 23, 2025 at 1:52 pm
T. Rowe Price’s Money Confident Kids Financial Literacy Curriculum is a financial literacy program geared for middle school students.
- All BCP Pre-Ks Are Now MSDE-Accreditedby Baltimore Curriculum Project on June 12, 2025 at 6:32 pm
The Pre-Kindergarten programs at City Springs Elementary / Middle and Hampstead Hill Academy received MSDE accreditation.
- BCP Community Spotlight: St. Vincent de Paul Churchby Baltimore Curriculum Project on May 28, 2025 at 1:41 pm
The St. Vincent de Paul Church has a deep history of serving the Perkins Square community and City Springs Elementary / Middle School.
- Renewing Transformation: City Springs Elementary / Middle School and the Perkins Somerset Oldtown Neighborhoodby Baltimore Curriculum Project on May 19, 2025 at 2:48 pm
The impact BCP charter schools are having on the redevelopment and regrowth of underserved neighborhoods across Baltimore
- BCP Peer Mediator Workshop with University of Maryland Law Schoolby Baltimore Curriculum Project on May 5, 2025 at 9:31 pm
Baltimore Curriculum Project’s (BCP) Peer Mediator program trains selected students to work with their peers.
- The Role and Impact of Assistant Principals on School Culture and Achievementby Baltimore Curriculum Project on April 23, 2025 at 2:30 pm
We asked Rob Summers, Assistant Principal at City Springs, about his role and impact on school culture and achievement.
- Impactful Women Leaders: Dr. Rhonda Richetta, Principal City Springs Elementary / Middle Schoolby Baltimore Curriculum Project on March 24, 2025 at 6:30 pm
In honor of Women’s History Month, we spoke with Dr. Rhonda Richetta, the Principal of City Springs Elementary / Middle School.
- BCP Readersby Baltimore Curriculum Project on March 5, 2025 at 7:55 pm
Two Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) schools were recognized for their love of reading.
Important Information
Title I School
City Springs receives funding from the Federal Government that is meant to support the academic performance of our students.
One of the requirements of receiving this money is the communication of how these funds will be used by the school to parents and the community at large.
Ready to Read Act
We identify and address each student’s needs. Using theMAP Reading Fluency with Dyslexia Screener as a literacy diagnostic tool in Kindergarten,we can determine foundational reading skills and identify appropriate early interventions.
- We screen any student in grades 1-3 who show some level of risk on their MAP Growth assessment.
- We screen all new students not previously screened.
- Assessments are completed three times/year (beginning, middle, and end of school year)
- Parents are notified of their students’ results and any additional intervention support that is recommended.
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