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"FAMILY…functional, dysfunctional, uniquely personal." - Don Riesett, Writing Mentor & Teacher You know, I kind of wished I knew anything about my family, whether it be about our heritage, culture,  or just  stories. Whenever I hear people telling me about their family’s culture, I feel so disconnected with mine, and this fact makes me very sad. I can’t bear to stay in this skin for much longer, I crave to be with my REAL family. Not the evolved chimps that walk around on two legs, I’m talking about my fellow furried Canis lupus. That’s right, I’m a wolf, sometimes at night, I’m a  dangerous stalking beast hungred with the feeling of the wind blowing through my fur. By day. I'm a fleshy disgusting putrid nasty homosapien. It’s so hard to be a wolf;  literally no one talks about the struggle. Every day, I have to resist the urge to just go outside, rip my shirt off and howl to the moon. I’m embarrassed to say that last night, I just couldn’t control those urges. The moon was just so big, beautiful and full. I immediately wolfed out at the mere glance of it. Don’t even get me started on my love life, it’s so hard trying to find a mate these days. I remember, I found this person online who I really really liked. We really hit it off, it was going well until they asked for a picture of my face. When I sent it, they asked if I was joking. When I sent a video...

"FAMILY…functional, dysfunctional, uniquely personal." - Don Riesett, Writing Mentor & Teacher I am Irish. Nothing special. My grandpa was an orphan straight out of Cork, Ireland, but he was adopted and brought to the U.S. when he was still extremely young. So no, he doesn’t have an accent and is pretty much an average American guy. My grandma is Welsh and Irish too, but her family moved to America as well. That’s on my dad’s side though. My mom’s side is Italian and somehow a little bit of Native American, but I think when she did her ancestry test, they just put that on there to make people feel special. Anyways, I think my mom feels pretty connected to Italian culture, especially the cuisine.  One of the parts of Irish culture that I really like is Halloween. If you didn’t know, Irish people created Halloween as a celebration to welcome the fall harvest. Originally, they used turnips as jack-o-lanterns. Halloween has always been my favorite holiday because of this, and the fact that me and my brothers’ birthdays are in October. One part of Italian culture that I really value is the importance of family and loved ones. I really love my family and cherish them deeply. The culture I feel most connected to is probably American culture. I’ve lived here all my life and America is all I really know. I like American food, I like American holidays, and I like American values. I really love living in America and being American. I think we are all...

We were honored to have longtime human rights activist and radio host Marc Steiner along with Palestinian activist and peacemaker Dr. Ali Zagharb join us today for a conversation about the war in Palestine. Though the students are familiar with what is going on through our daily current events class, we also prepared for this discussion by watching the acclaimed documentary Where the Olive Trees Weep yesterday. The Conversation was both deeply personal and historically grounded as Dr. Zagharb shared his experience in Palestine, his educational journey and his advocacy for his people. Marc similarly shared his experience as a Jew who lost family members in the Holocaust who also fights against anti-semitism and the unjust oppression of the Palestinian people. The students had many questions and the responses were candid and thoughtful. This conversation significantly added to our understanding and challenged us to not stand by in the face of hatred, war and genocide.        ...

[embed]https://youtu.be/Ik6luXmSzAU[/embed] This week's edition of TCS Student News focuses on the desperate and deteriorating condition in Haiti. News around the school includes an update on our deepening relationship with the B4YT youth group in Liberia, West Africa and the Financial Literacy Seminar with a spotlight on seminar leader Kathleen Gower. This edition was produced by Kendall Curtis and Khori Mitchell with production assistance from Rhys Guilfoyle....

[embed]https://youtu.be/h6OEVt2TfSo[/embed] The students put together this video to introduce our program to the young people of the B4YT organization in Liberia, West Africa. We have been developing a relationship with B4YT for over  a year to build friendship and understanding between our youth. This has entered a new stage where each organization will exchange videos every other week  to learn about each other's lives and the issues that affect them. This video is the first in the series from TCS and was produced 100% by our students....

We were excited to have radio host and acclaimed DJ, Sean Armstrong, back at the school for a Conversation today. Sean, who is also known as DJ Face, is from Baltimore but has performed across the United States and in Africa, Asia and Europe. Sean shared his journey into music that started when he was very young, though took second place for awhile as he pursued basketball in college and a career in various aspects of retail management. There were many lessons learned along the way that he shared with the students. It was a real pleasure to have Sean back at the school and we appreciate his generosity of time whenever we ask....

[embed]https://youtu.be/qJvfAWEKqUU[/embed] The fate of Dreamers under the DACA program is to deep concern of students and is the lead story in today's edition of TCS Student News. News around the school includes a Conversation with 2nd Lt. Jefferson Thomas of the United States Air Force and a Spotlight on TCS partner, Artist and Education director at The Lyric, Denise Kumani Gantt. Check out all this and more.  This edition of TCS Student News was produced by Hector Rivas and Karla Rivas with production assistance by Rhys Guilfoyle....

Taking a deeper dive into budgeting skills, Kathleen Gower and Ashley Wilkinson came in from Berman McAleer today for the continuing Financial Literacy seminar series. For the last month, the students have each been recording their own spending as well as household spending on them. They also are comparing that with income from jobs or savings.  This is part of a years' long effort to build financial skills in the students to last a lifetime.  Thank you Kathleen and Ashley and all of the folks at Berman McAleer!  ...

[embed]https://youtu.be/dWhZpwdS5oY[/embed] For the big story, TCS Student News shines a light on the tough economic situation in Argentina., our neighbor to the south. Producers Ruth Rivas and Kennedy Lewis take us through the myriad of activities around the school this week including attending Oh Happy Day!, a captivating production currently at Baltimore's own Center Stage.  This was followed up by a "Conversation with...