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The students are completing their woodworking projects and have assembled, sanded and sealed their bookshelves. The wonderful women of Done Construction have been working with them on this project this trimester and the finished product looks great! Thank you Beth, Junior, Catesby, Senior and Kristen! ...

We had a really wonderful Holiday Party last night! It was terrific to see so many students, alumni and their families as well as the volunteers and school community both past and current. Everything was set up so festive both inside and outside the school! The food was bountiful and as deliciously diverse as our school community. We've only missed this event once and that was during COVID. Then, we decided the party must go on, so we moved it outdoors with donated patio heaters and a fire pit. This year the party was spread from the inside the building across the front on Huntingdon and down the 30th Street side. Our appreciation to all of those who came and those who helped decorate, set up and clean up and the many people who brought food to share. A special thank you to Jenae for another great job co-ordinating this event and to Dave who is always the worker at the center of all we do. What a great community we have in The Community School! ...

TCS Student News - December 8, 2023 (YouTube Link) This week's edition of TCS Student News was researched, written, produced and anchored by Karla Rivas and Kendall Curtis with technical production by Rhys Guilfoyle and advising by Megan Rivers. Don't miss this special edition of TCS Student News. The cover story examines Portugal's efforts to deal with climate change. However, most of this week's podcast is focusing on a very busy week at The Community School. The week started with a ZOOM session between a group of youth from Liberia in West Africa and TCS Students. That same day the students went to The Lyric for a unique workshop on somatic movement. We had a special Conversation with renowned Publisher Paul Coates and Author and Psychologist Obari Adeye Cartman. The students attended a timely play on Monday at The Lyric about the school to prison Pipeline. The amazing news week ended with the students attending the Annual Associated Italian-American Charities Banquet. TCS Student News is a great way to catch up on what's happening around the school and to learn the perspective of the students on these events and important issues of the day. It is entirely student run from choosing the stories to writing and producing the podcast. Watch, like and subscribe on our YouTube Channel to support the students Thank you for watching and for your support....

Our newscasters at The Community School had the opportunity today to talk with the many people who keep WBAL Channel 11 such a top notch operation. Emmy award winning news anchor Megan Rivers took us on a tour of the station where the students had the chance to talk with both the familiar on-air folks and many of those behind the scenes. We learned how the TV Studio works, had some fun with the green screen and had in depth conversations with veteran education reporter Tim Tooten, meteorologist Ava Marie, investigative reporter Tolly Taylor and radio talk show host TJ Smith (while in his studio when he was on the air). Many other folks from producers to editors and social media marketers to electronic fixers generously shared their time with us. Our eyes were opened to all the human effort that goes into this media. We were impressed with the workplace culture reflected in how well everyone seemed to get along and work together as well as the many years that most the people we met had been at the station. Megan seemed to know everybody on every floor and in every cubby hole and office, all of whom were so kind. We appreciate her sharing her workplace with us in addition to her twice a week visits to the school to work with our rotating news crew. Our deepest thanks to Megan Rivers and all the folks at WBAL for having us! ...

The students attended the annual Associated Italian-American Charities (AIAC) Banquet along with several teachers, staff and Trustees. We were guests of Tom & Jacque Iacoboni and Felix Dialioso. We are especially proud of our long time support from the Italian community, both personally and through their fraternal organizations. AIAC has supported The Community School for over 20 years. It is a model organization composed of immigrants and the children and grandchildren of immigrants from Italy. Like immigrants of today, they left their families and homeland in search of a better life, many with little more than the clothes on their backs. Through determination and hard work and with mutual support within their ethnic community, they committed themselves to the opportunities here, often at the lowest paying and least desired jobs. As they found success, they remained proud of their ancestry and reached back to give a hand to the people in their homeland, especially those who were left orphaned from the devastation of World War II. As AIAC developed, it became focused on its new community of Baltimore and has raised and donated money to support nonprofit efforts including our school. One commendable feature of this group is that they don't just donate funds, but also become personally involved in the groups they support. We are especially thankful to AIAC members Tom Iacoboni, Tony Culotta, Felix Dialioso, Mike Meola, Mike Shaw, Ray Marocco and Mike Gallo who sponsored TCS this year. The students went up on stage to receive this support from AIAC and former student and new TCS teacher...

The school to prison pipeline was the theme of a play that the students experienced today at The Lyric. It was sponsored by the Lyric's Education Department and performed by Coppin University. The play dealt with issues including problems in our education and criminal justice systems as well as the challenges of family interpersonal relationships. Immediately following the play, there was a talk back session with the actors - Andromeda Bacchus, Ored Gant, Brittany Saunders, Isa Williams, Jermaine Jackson and Autumn Weisz -  moderated by Marc Steiner. Thank you to Denise Gantt and the entire team at Baltimore's Lyric Theatre for providing this opportunity for us....

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAIWmqDlfp0[/embed] This week's edition of TCS Student News was researched, written, produced and anchored by Quinn Guillfoyle and Fatima Chaudhry with technical production by Hector Rivas and advising by Megan Rivers....

The students enjoyed their second in a series of Somatic Movement Workshops led by Ms. Ebony Evans, Education Specialist and Resident Artist at The Lyric. There was an exercise that focused on boundaries and the importance of understanding and setting your own as well as respecting others.  It was surprisingly revealing for everyone involved. The students also did an exercise with impromptu movement to music performed by Antonio Eyez. The worksop also had the students develop and perform a short act play built around a prompt.  Finally the students worked with Denise Kumani Gantt, Director of Education and Resident Artist at The Lyric,  on their journal writing which culminated in several students reading from their work. This was a meaningful and enjoyable event.  We deeply appreciate the lunch and the great seminars which Denise, Ebony and The Lyric provide for us....