Important News

New UMBC Partnership Supports Student Achievement and Leadership HCPSS recently signed a new partnership agreement with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Under the terms of the agreement, UMBC will work with HCPSS to provide an after school mentor group at Bellows Spring Elementary School, support college and career readiness initiatives, offer athletic coaching clinics, and opportunities to attend UMBC…

Bellows Spring April Community Cheetah Chat Newsletter Hello Bellows Spring families, We hope you had a wonderful spring break and enjoyed time with your families. It is great to see our students back at Bellows ready to learn today. March was a busy month and we have a lot to celebrate and share with you. Last month we had a…

2025-2026 School Supply List This list has been generated from data provided by your school and is formatted to meet the needs of users with a range of disabilities and devices. Please use this version when communicating with your community.

In order for your child to fully participate and benefit from the P.E. program this year, we need children to come to each class ready to learn. Safety and liability parameters were established for Physical Education. Children must wear sneakers that fully cover the foot, with good rubber-soled support that tie and/or Velcro, securely fit & stay on the foot…

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Here are directions for the most common issues in online learning. Note that many issues can be solved by Removing any extension you have added on your own, clearing the cache, and restarting the Chromebook. Slow Chromebook/ Trouble connecting to apps or downloading files: Make sure they do not have any extensions loaded on their Chromebook other than the non-removable…

Attendance Notes Please email all student attendance notes bsesabsence@hcpss.org to ensure that your student's lawful absence is marked as excused and they will have the opportunity to make up work. In your email, please include your child's name and grade. Please remember that you have up to 5 days after your child's return to school to submit an absence note…

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. The 2017 Best School Districts in Maryland rankings give HCPSS an overall grade of A+ and rank Howard County public schools #1 for “Best School Districts in Maryland,”…