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We had an amazing visit with our friends at the South Baltimore Learning Center (SBLC) today! They warmly welcomed us with a tour of their facility where we were able to see their great work in action. The tour ended with a lively conversation session with adult learners from their program as well as several of the staff. It started with a welcoming from Executive Director Melissa Smith Directors Antoinette Kennedy and Zina Barr. The students asked many questions from the challenges faced by adult learners to how the program operates. A focus was on the mission of the SBLC, their holistic approach to the participants in their program and their workplace culture and climate. After the conversation, the staff kindly fed us lunch and gave the students gifts. We made an instant connection with the folks from the South Baltimore Learning Center when we met them at an Associated Italian American Charities event. This was followed up by a visit to TCS from their senior staff as part of our "Conversation with...

Ken Bancroft shared his personal knowledge and experience with the Biology class today. The ninth and tenth grade students are studying human body systems. Currently they are focusing on the cardio-respiratory systems. A part of our approach is to make all learning real and to illustrate this with stories that connect the learning to real life. Mr. Ken took a break from his volunteer duties checking math and shared with the class his personal health story with cardiac issues and procedures as well as his experience gained as the President of St. Agnes Hospital. It was very informative, held the students' interest and added to their understanding. Thank you Ken! ...

Asked to weigh-in on this topic, many imaginative pieces were written. DANNY did so by taking us forward to the year 5026 A.D. to a place we humans had apparently already been. Fascinating. Graffiti: Art, Ego or Vandalism                    “Yes, I copy Houston.” radio click This is over three thousand years into the future, in the year 5026 A.D. Humans have invented technology which enables extrasolar travel. This is the first manned mission to another planet outside of the solar system ever. The mission’s name is Project Bifrost.                   “Randall, we might've done it. We have now arrived on Kepler-452b, approximately 800 light years away from earth. We did it, boys. It’s done!”- James Clapping from the Nasa physicists as they successfully succeed in the Bifrost Mission. The astronauts roam the planet and remove their helmets because of its atmospheric similarity to Earth. As the astronauts are collecting rock samples, they begin to explore caves to test samples of the underground water and the mineral content to examine the geological history of the planet… when they discover something gut wrenching. “Oh my god, Randall, is that graffiti?”-James says in horror. “Jesus Christ.”-Randall replies The astronauts scramble back to the communication system to relay the message that they’ve encountered something unseen before. But as they leave the cave, they encounter something far worse. “There are fossil bones embedded in that sediment, James.”-Randall says They dig, chip, and scratch to make sure to carefully extract the remains of whatever animal this is, not too far off from animal bones they’ve seen from life on Earth. “Houston, we have a problem....

TCS Alum Dyrrell Moon joined the students for a Conversation on Friday. Dyrrell just got back from the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan where he was part of a monitoring team for recent national elections. This is part of the international work that Dyrrell has been doing since graduating from Howard University. The students were especially interested because they are currently studying this part of the world as part of this year's World Geography class. It's always a special occasion when TCS alumni come back to share their experiences with the current students. Thank you Dyrrell!...

[embed]https://youtu.be/UTgr0CqWWYg[/embed] This week’s edition of TCS Student News was researched, written, produced and anchored by Quinn Guilfoyle and Mohamed Cisse with technical production by Rhys Guilfoyle....

We have formed a partnership with a youth organization in Liberia, on the West Coast of Africa, called B4YT - Burning Barriers Building Bridges Youth Theatre. Today we had our 2nd Zoom session where our students met with their young people. This session was focused on education where each group sharing both their personal experiences and the situation in our respective cities and countries. It was a meaningful and educational experience for all. We deeply appreciate the young people of B4YT and their staff Mr. Silas and Ms. Hannah and our own staff liaison Ms. Janiah for co-ordinating this effort. We also want to recognize and thank JHU Center for Social Concern Director Dr. Jasmine Blanks Jones who introduced our two groups....

American Sign Language teacher Peggy Lashbrook brought her friend and colleague Dr Kathleen Riley as a special guest presenter this week. Dr. Riley is an educational audiologist and worked at Delaware School for the Deaf for 34 years, serving deaf, hard of hearing and deaf-blind students and their families. Although she retired from DSD 4 years ago, she continues to teach audiology classes at several universities, mentor deaf students and advocate for families of deaf children. Dr. Riley has presented to the school several times over the years and we were honored to have her back at the school. ...

The Women of Done Construction were back in the house yesterday! The students are each building, wiring and staining a lamp for their spring project. The session started with a video of the folks from Done preparing the materials in their workshop so the students could see the project from the beginning. After a review of the tools and their proper usage was presented, the students were able to pick from a selection of types of wood from cedar to walnut to oak and even an exotic wood from Africa. Then, each got to work drilling, gluing, screwing and sanding their individual lamps. The project will take two more sessions to complete. What an exciting project packed with skills! Thank you Beth Pointer, Sarah Elder, Catesby Taliaferro, Kristin Carbone and Sarah Michaels!...

We took our "Conversation with.." series on the road today. Jeff Elkin invited us to visit Advance, the successful business started by his parents more than a half century ago just blocks from our school. Starting off selling office supplies, Advance is now a major business solutions company including a very high tech IT operation that looks like it belongs at NASA! After a generous lunch provided by Advance, we met with the entire Leadership Team of the company introduced by Mr. Elkin. They shared the company's history, their philosophy regarding their service to customers and the value system that guides their staff relationships. We were impressed with the number of folks in the leadership team who started as entry level technicians but were invested in by the company with opportunities and support. This fertile workplace culture was also evidenced by the length of time each person we met had been with the company. The team took us on a tour of their facility where we learned about the many facets of their business and the careers available. The last stop was in their expansive meeting room where company Chief Operating Officer Joe Zito shared his personal story rising from challenging circumstances as a young person to his over 36 year career at Advance. Mr. Joe has shared his story before in a Conversation with another group of students at the school several years ago and inspired us once again as he retold it today. Joe also shared tips for success and a way of looking at the...

[embed]https://youtu.be/MSIPDcIp7Ys[/embed] This week’s edition of TCS Student News was researched, written, produced and anchored by Madison Hansel and Karla Rivas with technical production by Rhys Guilfoyle....