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March 4, 2025

The students unanimously voted to create a volunteer opportunity for Friday, March 14th starting at 1:30 in the afternoon. This is in conjunction with Neumann University's goal of 60,000 service hours in celebration of their 60th anniversary. TCS has had a close relationship with Neumann since we became a state certified high school, and it is where Mr. Tom earned his degree. On the 14th, we will work on the outside of the building painting, potting and planting as well as putting together benches, seating areas and more. We welcome all volunteers, just let us know you're coming. You can also help by donating toward the purchase of plants and benches. We want to add 2 heavy duty benches for the front of the building and they cost $300 each. You can send a check to the school or donate online here: https://tcshighschool.org/donations/generalsupport/ You could also help by supplying snacks and beverages for the volunteers. Thank you!...

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March 3, 2025

Did you know that today was Read Across America Day? Each of the TCS Students worked with groups of kindergarten through 3rd grade students at The GreenMount School and read to them. It was a wonderful experience for all!...

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March 1, 2025

TCS Students were on a WMAR Channel 2 news segment last night! It covered the work of The Lyric education team and featured their workshop with famed DJ Mighty Mark and our students last Thursday. Check it out here: ...

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March 1, 2025

Fresh from their lives in Venice, Shylock and Lorenzo walked off the stage and came to the school. The real life actors portraying these characters in the play Everything That Never Happened, Leo Marks and Nic Picou joined us a for a wonderfully enriching Conversation. The students saw their performance on  Wednesday so much of the back and forth was about the characters, storyline and production.  However, the conversation went so much deeper as the actors shared their lives and responded to the many challenges in these troubling and uncertain times.  Students and our guests that included our good friend Hope Hynson from Center Stage shared  their views and concerns openly. The conversation went into overtime because no-one wanted it to end. Thank you Nic and Leo.  it was a true honor to have you join us.  Our continued appreciation to Stevie Walker-Webb, Hope Hynson, Erin Pettigrew and all of our friends at Baltimore Center Stage for enriching our lives....

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TCS Student News
February 28, 2025

[embed]https://youtu.be/C0hsqJ4owFg[/embed] This week's edition of TCS Student News focuses on the elections in Germany, Europe's most populous and strongest economy. The students reflect on the continued right leaning shift in politics throughout the Western countries.  News around the school includes a dynamic Financial Literacy Seminar; a special Conversation with our musician friends from LaRae Amoor Universe with a Spotlight on their founder, Greeyo; and some special announcements. This week's News was produced by Madison Hansel and Karla Rivas with production assistance by Rhys Guilfoyle.    ...

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February 28, 2025

The students had a unique opportunity yesterday at their monthly Theatre Seminar at The Lyric. Mighty Mark, a platinum-certified producer and DJ who is one of the key figures in Baltimore Club Music, led the students in producing their own track.  He began with an explanation of the Baltimore music scene and its unique club music sound.  The students then worked with Mark laying down various tracks including a rap track by Karla to create their own work. Mark was the music supervisor for the critically acclaimed Dark City Beneath the Beat, a musical documentary that premiered on Netflix.  He proudly hails from Cherry Hill and continues to invest back in the community working in the arts and with young people.  We deeply appreciate Mighty Mark and the time and talent he shared with us. Our continued gratitude to Denise, Ebony and The Lyric for all of the opportunities they create for our students.   https://www.mightymarkadventures.com/...

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February 27, 2025

Baltimore Center Stage delivered once again with their current running play Everything that Never Happened. The students attended the production at the invitation of our wonderful friends at Center Stage. The play is a take on Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice that challenges the anti-semitism in the original story by giving voice to the Jewish characters in the play. The play, at times very humorous and other times deeply moving, added to the rich cultural education that the students receive at TCS. On Friday, actors from the play along with staff from Center Stage will be joining the students for a Conversation about the performance. We are deeply appreciative of our relationship with Baltimore Center Stage and the many opportunities that they provide for our students....

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Student's Writings
February 22, 2025

Inspiration—a topic each student approached with a unique blend of creativity and emotion. QUINN transports us to LA’s Skid Row to find it. What is inspiration, and where can you find it? Most people are inspired by their parents or other role models. Others are inspired by others' failures in a desire to be better than they were. Inspiration is defined as “the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially something creative.” If you think about it, you can find inspiration anywhere. You can find your inspiration through art or music or speeches. You can also find inspiration through drugs or alcohol or hurting others. So now you understand how important it is to find the right kind of inspiration.  I saw a short documentary from a guy who does this series. The series includes interviews of random people he finds on the streets, I guess. Most of them have similar issues. The channel on youtube is called Soft White Underbelly. The one that stuck out to me most was about a woman named Rebecca… a transgender woman struggling with addiction living on Skid Row in Los Angeles, California. I can’t exactly remember how this interview came to be. It seemed like the interviewer had seen Rebecca on the streets often. Anyways, Rebecca spoke about how she grew up in New York. Her parents died when she was young, so she was in and out of foster care. She said nobody really wanted her because she was trans. Eventually, at only sixteen years...

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Student's Writings
February 22, 2025

Inspiration—a topic each student approached with a unique blend of creativity and emotion. KHORI uses the vision of the Khori she wants to be years from now. Inspiration.. something that we all want, something that we all need. In my life I've been inspired by many things, but my biggest inspirations are my mom, my best friend ,and the most important inspiration is my future.  My mom inspires me so much and she doesn’t even realize it. She shows great resilience and compassion.  My mom grew up very poor in the city. She never had time for herself because her mom was always working and she had to take care of her brother. On top of all the struggles she faced, she still was able to get into Western and go to college. She maintained good grades and she was just overall a really smart person . Then she faced another really hard obstacle, which was me!  My mom had me in college and she didn’t know what to do. On top of having a baby she was able to still go to college and get a job. She ended up saving her money and moving to the county where she was able to raise me and take care of me. It’s really just me and my mom since my dad and other siblings don’t live with me. Whenever I need something, I turn to her. I may argue with her and disagree with her a lot but that will never change the fact that I love her...

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Student's Writings
February 22, 2025

Inspiration—a topic each student approached with a unique blend of creativity and emotion. JORDAN finds it in a heavy metal drummer with a big heart. I’m inspired by a lot of things. I connect with the way lines are drawn on a piece of paper, the feeling of anger or sadness from colors on a painting, and the weight of a clay sculpture. In the past year, there’s been one person that inspired me the most. His name is Joey Jordison and he used to be the drummer for Slipknot. Since I grew up as Christian, I used to think that something bad would happen to me if I started listening to metal music, like I wouldn’t go to heaven in the afterlife. I was scared of metal because I was taught that it was evil. I was scrolling through the internet one day and I found this show on Netflix. It’s called Aggretsuko and it’s about a red panda named Retsuko who has an average office job in Japan. People in higher positions treat her like she doesn’t know anything and insult her at work. Some of her co-workers constantly annoy her by giving backhanded compliments or invading her personal space. She gets rid of her stress by venting through death metal at a karaoke bar. Watching a few minutes of the show made me pause for a moment. I could relate to this character because she bottles up her emotions and acts as a doormat for other people at her job. I started watching the show...

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