Important News

International Night is fast approaching Thursday March 30, 2017. Looking forward to seeing you and your family share your culture with our BPES community. This is a unique opportunity to educate others about your child's culture and hopefully also learn something about another culture.

Fifth grader, Mary Michele, has been selected as a 2017 Carson Scholar. Mary is among 7,300 students from across the country named this year. She was selected because of her academic achievements and service to the community. Mary will receive the scholarship and be honored at the Carson Scholars Fund Annual Awards Ceremony in April.

We are continuing to use Synergy Conference Management to schedule parent-teacher conferences. Starting last, Thursday, February 23rd, parents have been able to log into HCPSS Connect to view and select a conference time slot provided by the teacher. Parents can register for conferences online through March 8th at 4:00 PM.

See the information from this year's Science Fair.

Cold and Flu season is upon us. Students who are ill and have a fever should remain at home until the temperature has been normal, without the use of fever reducing medications, for 24 hours.

As I know you know, Mrs. Bengermino does so much for everyone here at BPES--staff and students. So, we want to share our appreciation for all of her work, kindness, time listening, and support for all of us!

We are proud to say that many of our students were initially eligible! Fifth grader, Mary Michele, has been announced as the student to represent Bushy Park moving forward!

For the second year in a row, the Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) has been named the top school system in Maryland by Niche.com, a national education and community analysis firm.

For the second year in a row, HCPSS has been named the top school system in Maryland by Niche.com.

We recently sent out invitations to students in fourth and fifth grade who earned at least a 3.75 GPA in the first quarter of the 2016-2017 school year. These students are invited to apply to be the Bushy Park nominee for the Carson Scholarship Award. We may only choose one nominee. In addition to at least a 3.75 GPA, students must demonstrate humanitarian efforts and community service outside of school.