PGCPS to Welcome 124,000 Students Back to School

More than 5,000 backpacks stuffed with notebooks, pencils and crayons are ready to be given away free of charge to Prince George’s County students at the third annual PGCPS Back to School Fair.

The Back to School Fair will take place Aug. 10 at the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Birgitt Brevard, a community engagement and outreach specialist for PGCPS, said that the school supplies are collected year-round through partnerships with vendors and businesses.

“The best thing you can do at the beginning of the year is to supply a student with backpacks and supplies,” Brevard said.

Residents interested in receiving backpacks for their children must attend the Back to School Fair and visit their school’s booth.

Families can meet PGCPS representatives and register their children for school. They can also sign up their children for before and after school programs and join their school’s PTA.

Vendors will be selling school uniforms. There will also be food, entertainment and giveaways.

The Show Place Arena is located at 14900 Pennsylvania Avenue in Upper Marlboro, MD. For families in northern Prince George's County, PGCPS will be handing out 500 backpacks at the Langley Park Community Center from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 17.

If you would like to contribute a backpack of school supplies to PGCPS students, check out this list of required supplies and mail the backpack to Cheryl Landis at the PGCPS Strategic Business Partnerships Specialist Office of Business & Community Partnerships. The office is located at 14201 School Lane – Room 202B, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772

For more information visit http://www1.pgcps.org/btsfair/.