Current Projects

The Foundation provides high-impact grants that help all B-CC High School students achieve academic success in a school environment where every student matters.

We fund a wide range of programs with priority given to:

Academic Support to ensure all students are supported to meet their potential.

College Readiness to ensure all students who want to attend college are prepared and supported to meet that goal.

Career Readiness to provide all students, including college0bound students, with opportunities to learn about and explore career opportunities.

Professional Development to attract and retain the highest quality faculty and strengthen the bond between the school and the community.

Academic Support

TAP (Time for Academic Progress)

TAP is an after-school academic support program staffed by B-CC teachers. TAP offers the entire student body support in all levels of English, math, science, and social studies. From homework help and feedback on papers to test preparation, TAP is flexibly designed to meet the real-time needs of students. The program is structured as a drop-in, housed in multiple classrooms.

Summer Academy Program

The 9th Grade Academy is designed for incoming 9th graders who would benefit from extra support transitioning to high school. Educators provide an introduction to English, math, and science classes while teaching study skills and providing a general introduction to the school.

Summer Workshops

Through a variety of summer programs, students have the opportunity to build the skills, knowledge, and confidence necessary to succeed in their academic classes during the school year.

International Baccalaureate Program

The Foundation established the first Montgomery County open-access International Baccalaureate Program for grades 11 and 12 at B-CC. Today, it continues to ensure all students have access by paying exam and registration fees for students who are unable to afford these fees but who do not meet the criteria to receive funding from the Maryland State Department of Education.

B-CC Annual Writing Contest

This annual writing contest, sponsored by B-CC’s student literary magazine, Chips, and B-CC’s English Department, and supported by the B-CC HS Educational Foundation, is open to the entire school. Students are invited to submit entries in four categories (short story, personal essay, poetry, and drama) to be judged by professional writers at the Writer’s Center in Bethesda.

Departmental Support

The Foundation’s annual grants program provides funding for equipment, supplies, and support programs requested by various departments at B-CC.

Examples of departmental grants provided over the years include:

  • Art: A grant to pay for a ceramics visiting artist.

  • B-CC High School Website: A grant provides partial funding for maintaining an expanded B-CC High School website to enhance communication and to create a more informed and involved community.

  • Dance: A grant to enable students in the new B-CC dance program to perform in the MCPS Dance Showcase and attend master classes.

  • Journalism: A grant to Tattler, B-CC’s student newspaper, to help cover the cost of printing, web hosting, editorial and design program licenses, animation software for B-CC TV, and special current events programming.

  • Math: A grant for a subscription to the Quest Homework Database.

  • Music: A grant for a percussion coach for the music department.

  • Sources of Strength: A grant for a suicide prevention program

  • TOEFL: A grant to create equity for waiver-eligible ESOL students who are required or would benefit from taking the Test of English as a Foreign Language as their college entrance exam.

Lazarus Leadership Fellows Program

The Lazarus Leadership Fellows Program builds leadership skills in 10th and 11th graders through a series of seminars and meetings with local leaders that culminates in a 200-hour community service project designed by each student. Students become fellows through a competitive application process.

B-CC CollegeTracks

CollegeTracks is a college pathways program incubated through the B-CC HS Educational Foundation and now adopted at multiple high schools across Montgomery County. The program is designed to provide all B-CC graduates the opportunity to choose a higher education pathway regardless of their family’s income or college-going experience. CollegeTracks staff and volunteers help students navigate the application process, financial aid, and a myriad of individual barriers to college success. Mentorship is a multi-year process, following students from high school through college graduation.

Professional Development

The Foundation is a major source of funding for teacher professional development at B-CC. Professional development grants support the principal’s priorities and over the years. Funds support teachers' attendance at workshops and conferences as well as day-long professional training at B-CC among other activities.

Grants

The Foundation funds initiatives to help all students at B-CC High School achieve academic success and prepare for college and careers, and to attract and retain the highest quality faculty.