WHERE LEARNING MEANS MORE THAN ACADEMICS.
Battle Monument School is a Baltimore County Public Schools special school serving students whose educational programs require highly individualized instruction and support.
Here, learning includes reading and math, but it also reaches far beyond a traditional classroom. Communication, functional life skills, social and emotional growth, mobility, participation, and greater independence are all part of helping each student reach their potential.
That language reflects Battle Monument’s current mission and vision, which emphasize academics alongside communication, functional skills, social/emotional development, and independence.
DISCOVER BATTLE MONUMENT
BUILT AROUND THE STUDENT — NOT A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL CLASSROOM.
Every student arrives with different strengths, needs, ways of communicating, and goals for the future. Battle Monument brings educators, instructional assistants, therapists, nurses, specialists, families, and other professionals together around individualized educational programs.
That means progress may look different from one student to the next — and that is exactly the point.
INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION
Educational programming and support are designed around each student’s IEP, strengths, needs, and goals.
COMMUNICATION
Students may work on expressive and receptive communication using speech, gestures, signs, assistive technology, AAC, or other individualized methods.
FUNCTIONAL LIFE SKILLS
Learning includes skills that can support participation in everyday routines at school, at home, and in the community.
GREATER INDEPENDENCE
From mobility and communication to decision-making and daily routines, students are supported in building as much independence as possible.
COMMUNICATION & ACCESS
Students may use individualized tools and strategies to participate, communicate, make choices, and access instruction.
ACADEMICS
Reading, math, and individualized academic instruction.
THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO LEARN, COMMUNICATE, MOVE, AND GROW.
A school day at Battle Monument can include academics, communication, therapy, mobility, technology, art, music, social-emotional learning, functional activities, community experiences, and much more.
COMMUNICATION
Building meaningful ways to express needs, choices, ideas, and connection.
MOBILITY & INDEPENDENCE
Movement, positioning, mobility, and functional participation can be important parts of a student’s educational program and everyday progress.
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
Practicing skills that matter in everyday life.
SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL GROWTH
Developing participation, relationships, regulation, confidence, and engagement.
BATTLE MONUMENT AT A GLANCE
Battle Monument School Information
7801 E. Collingham Drive
Baltimore, MD 21222
Main Office: 443-809-7000
Fax: 443-809-7242
Principal: Kyle Martin
Assistant Principal: Molly Bissell
School Hours: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Instructional Hours: 8:45 AM – 3:30 PM
School Motto:
Building independence in our school, homes, and community.
BATTLE MONUMENT IS NOT A TRADITIONAL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL
Battle Monument is part of Baltimore County Public Schools’ special education continuum. Placement is based on a student’s individual educational needs and is determined through the BCPS special education and IEP process.
Families do not apply to Guardians of Battle Monument for school placement, and Guardians does not make placement, IEP, or educational-programming decisions.
BCPS identifies Battle Monument as a special school, and its Placement Office oversees the continuum of special education placements.
KNOW THE SCHOOL. SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY BEHIND IT.
Understanding Battle Monument is the first step. The next is helping make sure the students, families, staff, and programs behind this extraordinary school have a community willing to show up for them.
Whether you are a parent, neighbor, volunteer, business, organization, or someone who simply wants to help, Guardians gives you a way to become part of that community.
