Education Update June 2021
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As more and more families make Canton their home, education remains a vital part of our community. Parents can now look to the CCA to provide a quarterly update from schools in and surrounding our neighborhood. This month we have info from Archbishop Borders, Clay Hill Public Charter School, Commodore John Rodgers, Hampstead Hill Academy, Patterson Park Public Charter School, The New Century School, and St. Casimir Catholic School.
Archbishop Borders
3500 Foster Avenue, 410-276-6534
● Archbishop Borders School is the only dual-language, Spanish immersion Catholic school in Maryland, serving students in grades PreK 3 through 8 from 25 different zip codes.
● They educate in both English and Spanish languages, following the Archdiocese of Baltimore curriculum.
● They have been educating students on the campus at the corner of Foster & Highland since 1876, in partnership with Sacred Heart of Jesus Church.
● They are a community school, connecting families and students with the many resources that Canton, Highlandtown, and the city of Baltimore have to offer.
● In the past few weeks, they held a middle school retreat and our National Junior Honor Society Induction!
● On May 17, they held their annual May Crowning, where we celebrated our First Communicants and placed the crown on Mary.
● They are accepting applications for the 2021-2022 school year in select grades. Please visit their website to learn more and to apply: www.abbschool.com.
● For more information, please email khammel@abbschool.com or call 410-276-6534.
Clay Hill Public Charter School
6400 E. Pratt Street, 443-813-1653
Clay Hill Public Charter School, Patterson Park Public Charter School’s brand-new partner school, is accepting enrollment applications for Fall 2021 in grades Kindergarten to 3rd grade. CHPCS will be located at 6400 E. Pratt St. in the Bayview neighborhood and will operate under the same mission, vision, and values of PPPCS. For more information, please contact Emily Augustine, Principal, EAugustine@pppcs.org.
Commodore John Rodgers
100 N. Chester Street, 410-396-9300
• Enrollment for Pre-K and Kindergarten for the 2021-2022 school year has begun. Visit https://www.baltimorecityschools.org/enroll to enroll online or stop by the school to pick up a paper application. Priority is given to "in-zone" families. Enrollment for 1st - 8th grade will open July 1, 2021. For more information/questions, contact wallace@thecjrschool.org.
• Free Legal Clinic on Zoom: June 4 (9:00-11:00 a.m.) and June 16 (3-5:00 p.m.). Join their partners at Maryland Legal Aid for free one-on-one support. Log in to the Zoom session and meet with an attorney in a breakout room. Spanish translation is available. All are welcome to attend. Follow Commodore on Facebook or Instagram (@thecjrschool) to access the meeting link.
• Food Pantry: The 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month from 8:30-10:30 a.m. Located at the school (100 N. Chester St.) Pick up a box of bread, canned meats and vegetables, pasta, rice, cereal, snacks and more. All are welcome. Please bring your own bag or cart. To stay up to date with other food resources and distributions at Commodore, join their Remind Text group. Text "@cjrfood3" to 81010 to enroll.
• Families can also follow Commodore on Facebook or Instagram (@thecjrschool) to stay connected to school or to learn more about events in the community.
Patterson Park Public Charter School
27 N. Lakewood Avenue, 410-558-1230
Patterson Park Public Charter School is accepting enrollment applications for Fall 2021 in grades Pre-Kindergarten to 8th grade. To apply, visit http://www.pppcs.org/copy-of-chpcs-enrollment.
Hampstead Hill Academy
500 S. Linwood Avenue, 410-396-9146
A message from Principal Hornbeck
“I write this month to share recent reopening accomplishments and small pleasures. I’m very grateful to the City Health Department and FEMA staff that came to HHA to give the Moderna vaccine to more than 120 members of the community, including many of our parents. They will be back in a month to administer the second dose for those same people. I’m excited that we have more than 500 students back for in-person instruction. In-person attendance is very strong, and I’m pleased to report that we have more staff vaccinated than any other City school. All in-person students have now taken the weekly Covid test at least once. Counting the grades that have taken it more than once, we’ve administered 88 pooled tests that included 1,009 individual students and staff. To date, we have a positivity rate of less than half a percent, which is incredibly low. I expect that tiny percent to drop even further as we continue testing each week. We are taking the quarantine period seriously.”
For more info, visit www.hha47.org.
The New Century School
724 S. Ann St., 410.929.4116
TNCS is an independent private school. Divisions include middle school (6th–8th grades), elementary (kindergarten–5th grades), and preschool (2- to 5-year-olds).
● The New Century School is in the thriving and historic Fell’s Point neighborhood.
● They foster a lifelong love of learning and world awareness in every child.
● Their language program teaches students to become proficient in both Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.
● The preschool curriculum follows the Montessori method.
● Kindergarten, elementary, and middle school programs follow inquiry-based curricula.
● The New Century School is currently accepting applications for the 2021–2022 academic year.
● Preschool Summer Camp registration is now open.
Please visit their website at thenewcenturyschool.com for more information. Questions? Contact the Admissions office at 410-929-4113 or admissions@thenewcenturyschool.com.
St. Casimir Catholic School
1035 S Kenwood Ave, 410.342.2681
● They have been open for in-person learning since the start of the school year and plan to be fully open in the fall.
● Their Early Childhood Program just received the highest ranking through The State of Maryland, EXCELS.
● Anchored in Faith, Education and Family they continue to provide students a top-notch education in a happy, family oriented, faith-based environment.
● 99% of their Eighth Graders get into the high school of their choice.
● Technology is thoughtfully integrated into the curriculum. They use iPads, BenQ Boards, 3D printers and the First through Eighth graders have one to one Chrome Books.
● They are accepting applications for the 2021-2022 school year. To apply or place an inquiry please visit the website at www.stcasimirschool.us.
● For more information, email admissions@stcasimirschool.us.
To send information to the CCA pertaining to education in our community / nearby schools, please email info@cantoncommunity.org.