Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys

In 2015, a group of young boys walked through the doors of Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys as members of our first Vanguard Class, also called the Class of 2026. Many boys were just 12 or 13 years old, and from every neighborhood in the city. This month, many of those same young men are graduating from college. Others have stepped boldly into careers in the military, business, trades, athletics, and public service.

Over the years, more than 1,000 boys walked through the doors of BCSB. While it is deeply sad to see the school’s doors close, I remain profoundly proud of the Vanguard Class of 2026. You led the way. You were courageous enough to imagine a larger world for yourselves and determined enough to pursue it.

You traveled across the country and around the globe. To Montreal, Toronto, London, and Sydney Australia. You did so because I knew you all needed to know what's possible beyond Baltimore.

You attended outstanding colleges and universities. You enlisted to serve our nation. You started businesses. Some of you played your sport at the professional level. Others stayed in Baltimore and became productive, responsible leaders in your own communities.

What matters most to me is this: you became the fine young men we believed you could become.

In those early days, many people doubted what was possible for boys growing up in Baltimore. They doubted whether lives could truly be transformed through love, structure, opportunity, high expectations, excellence in academics, brotherhood, and belief. But you defied the odds.

You proved that greatness was already within you.

To the Vanguard Class of 2026 and to every young man who ever walked through our doors: thank you. Stay in touch. Celebrate your milestones and your families and your victories on these pages as “Old Boys.” I will continue to hold this space for you because your stories matter, and where you are going matters even more.

No one can ever take away what you accomplished together as BCSB Gents.

"Arduus Ad Solem"

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Baltimore School Board votes to close Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys After serving the community for years, the Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys is set to close following a vote from the Baltimore City Board of School Comm...

The best news this week about our very own Derik Queen, an Old Boy from our early founding years. Well done. Well earned. We aren’t surprised.

Heading to NO, via ATL ✈️🏀 Huge congrats to @TerrapinHoops' Derik Queen on being selected 13th overall in the 2025 NBA Draft! Derek was selected by the @ATLHawks, but the pick was traded to the @PelicansNBA. Your Terps fam is behind you, all the way! #OneMaryland 🐢

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Baltimore Collegiate school for boys Baltimore Collegiate sits in the bottom quartile of schools in the city and the state of Maryland. The current leadership has abandoned the original mission

In the wake of George Floyd’s death, we had already begun our mission.

Back in 2015, Baltimore Collegiate was founded with a bold and urgent purpose: to disrupt the cradle-to-prison pipeline that has trapped far too many young Black boys in Baltimore. We believed then — and still do — that 6% college attainment for Black boys in our city is unacceptable.

We set out to change that trajectory.

📘 We built a school centered on academic rigor, brotherhood, and belief.
🚀 Before COVID, our boys were outperforming the district.
📊 Our growth was rapid. Our mission was clear. Our results were real.

But one truth remains: the pipeline to college and career is still broken for too many. That’s why the work can’t stop. It must evolve, deepen, and adapt to the moment — because boys want to read, boys want to lead, and boys deserve schools that are winning.

This is not just about test scores. It's about hope, dignity, and real opportunity.

Baltimore City Schools continue to underperform compared to other major urban districts.

In the early days of Collegiate, we set out to make a real difference for Black boys — young men too often let down by systems and educators unable to get the job done.

🧠 Boys want to read.
📖 Boys need to read.
🏫 But they need schools that are winning, not schools that are losing.

We can’t keep pretending incremental gains are enough. We need bold, effective, accountable leadership — and schools that believe our boys can soar.

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In the early days of Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys, we sought out, found and recruited the most talented Black boys in Baltimore. The founding classes were full of young boys like Derik Queen. Coach Evan Singleton recruited Derik in 7th grade. He was over 6'4" and had a mother who also cared that he was academically strong as well as developed into a great basketball plaayer. Hence the journey to Maryland began with Derik and Coach Singleton leading the Collegiate Gents to city wide championships. Congrats, Derik. We are proud of you. Let's Go Gents.

Stay tuned here for more stories about the Gents from our Founding Years.

Derik Queen's game-winner just cemented his NBA Draft status Derik Queen should rise up draft boards after this one.

With profound saddeness we announce the passing of a Collegiate Old Boy, who died under tragic circumstances this past Friday. Mr. Jeremiah Brogden lived up to and personified the virtues of a Collegiate Gentleman. He was courageous, wise, compassionate and a young man of integrity. Please lift your hearts and prayers for Jeremiah's family. The details of his funeral will be posted as soon as available from the family.

From as far away as California abs from 25 different colleges abs universities, 30 Collegiate Teaching Fellows began a year of service in urban education on August 1. With the school year underway, we decided to celebrate our diversity, our hopes for change and the joy of teaching tonight. Welcome Fellows. You are not just talking about change, you are doing it.

We are excited to begin a new series of monthly spotlights of our students, alumni, teachers, and fellows.

This month, we meet Ki’esha Young, our new Director of Collegiate Fellows. Ms. Young, a key member of our Executive Leadership Team, leads a team of 35 Fellows who serve, aid, and assist our boys in their ongoing academic, athletic, and creative journey.

Ms. Young comes to us from Fort Smith, Arkansas, and embodies a posture and practice of organizational and academic excellence. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology at "The illustrious Clark Atlanta University" and is currently enrolled in a Masters of Teaching program at New York University in the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.

Ms. Young is a catalyst of joy and creativity for our Fellows, our students, and our parents. If you see Ms. Young on campus, please say hello!