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News
November 22, 2022

The students had the honor of having Kelly Graham and Kathi Riley attend their American Sign Language classes with Peggy Lashbrook yesterday. Kelly, an educator who happens to be deaf, expanded the students experience and knowledge with ASL while Kathi both shared her knowledge and provided translation when needed. Both of these educators worked with both Peggy's ASL I and ASL II classes. Thank you for making the trip down from Delaware to provide these valuable lessons!...

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Student's Writings
November 21, 2022

Hector takes his blessings for granted, until an all-too-real dream of being homeless, cold and hungry makes him appreciate what he has. Homeless for Thanksgiving I went to bed after arguing with my mom about why the food was not ready. I woke up, lying on the ground somewhere in downtown Baltimore, with a blanket covering me in the freezing cold, my stomach empty and growling. I was so confused about what had happened. I was just in my room a second ago, comfortable, and warm. The cold became so unbearable, and my hunger got so bad that I could not sleep at all the whole night. As the sun came up the next morning, I had no money so I had to start asking for anything so that I could get food. I asked many people; some were kind and others were rude and told me to get a job. At the end of the day, I had enough money to get myself a McChicken from McDonald’s and that was the best tasting meal ever. But I regretted arguing with my mom over how the food was not ready, and I missed all of the things that I had. I took so many things for granted—my bed, my room, a warm shower, having somewhere to stay and call home. As night came, I tried to find somewhere to sleep. I found a place and laid down. I tried to go to sleep wishing that I could return to how things used to be. When I woke back up, I was in...

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Student's Writings
November 21, 2022

Bre reminds us that family is what makes life complete. “Without them, every day I would be homeless.” Homeless for Thanksgiving Many have a different definition of what “homeless” means. Some feel like being homeless means not having a home. Some feel like being homeless is not having a place to stay and rest. Personally, I believe being homeless means not having a family. You may think it's odd, but when I’m not with people I call family, I feel out of place, like I don't belong. Family is the key to a home. When I go home, the first thing I see is my cat, but I call her my daughter. She stays in the basement, but once she hears the keys touching the door, she runs so fast upstairs to greet whoever is opening it. Greeting them with a loving nose rub and purring, even if she doesn’t know you. One day, if I were to open the door, and she wasn’t there, it simply wouldn’t feel like home. Running behind me is my little brother, who’s an Ipad kid. Watching YouTube loudly, purposely trying to annoy me, but I’m used to it. Once he puts the Ipad down, he asks for a snack, and I always have to confirm if he can have it, with my mother who was following behind him as he ran into the house. Once I confirm, he eats the snack while again playing his loud video on his Ipad, laughing and teasing me to try and annoy me. I can’t imagine a...

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News
November 21, 2022

It was another exciting day at the school! Two of our good friends from The Franciscan Center came by for a conversation. We welcomed Mishonia Lee and Marquis Pritchett who staffing at the center includes the operation of the culinary chefs training program. Many of our students have volunteered at the Franciscan Center and have come to know their staff. It was a lively and enjoyable conversation about life, work and so much more. This was followed by a delicious lunch made by Kathleen Gower. Kathleen is the lead teacher for the Financial Literacy Seminar that followed the lunch. This seminar is sponsored and staffed by the good folks at Berman McAleer. Today's presenters were Kathleen and Bree Beach. In addition, Kathleen's daughter, Lizzie Gower, who is on break from attending Ohio State, talked with the students about the importance of dealing with finance as a college student and also fielded questions about college in general. Today's seminar continued to look at budgeting and also at how to interpret payroll stubs and the W-4 form. Both of these events added to a really great day! ...

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Student's Writings
November 16, 2022

Rhys manages to tell his story with an eclectic array of touchstones, from “The Little Engine That Could” to Arnold Schwarzenegger to NBA YoungBoy and even Liz Truss. BELIEVING IN YOURSELF I believe everyone grew up with a favorite cartoon or tv show. One of my favorites was Thomas the Tank Engine. He always believed he can, he can, he can. I always believed I can’t, I can’t, I can’t. Anything that was remotely challenging in my life, I would just give up. One day, I was hanging out with my dad and he asked me to move some furniture. I don’t know why he asked a ten-year old whose arms were weaker than Liz Truss’s financial plan to move furniture. I accepted anyway, and we began to move the end table next to our couch and it was easy. It gave me a little confidence boost. We got onto this piano in the dining room and, thankfully, it had some wheels, so we were good. The last thing was the shelf that stored all my dad’s records. Every shelf was stocked with records. I had to get every single one off the shelf and then move the shelf with him. Who does my dad think I am: Arnold Schwarzenegger? The Rock? I thought we could do it because we moved those other things with ease. But no matter how hard we tried, that thing wouldn’t move an inch. Who knew that IKEA furniture was so heavy? Every time we got IKEA furniture, the thing would collapse like...

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Student's Writings
November 16, 2022

Kendall takes us back to the bad old days of COVID and her mom’s clever ploy to help Kendall successfully pass the 6th Grade, her “hardest school year ever.” BELIEVING IN YOURSELF The 6th grade was the hardest school year ever. The beginning of that school year I started out strong, but it didn’t last. I was suspended. That was bad, but low and behold, I was about to be in for a really rude awakening. One Thursday in March, everyone was sent home for the next two years. I was suspended already so I couldn’t even empty my locker or get my work or even say goodbye. I just had to deal with it. Most days during virtual learning I was either asleep or just didn’t sign on. In the beginning, the teachers would call my mom every day, but after a while no one was showing up to class, not even the teachers sometimes. On top of that, a majority of the days I was home alone, which meant why should I even sign on? Who’s going to know if  I do or don’t? So I didn’t. This became a constant cycle for me. If I didn’t go to class, I couldn’t do my work. If the work is not done, it wouldn’t get done. End of the year rolled around and I got an email stating that if you have three failing grades, you fail. My heart sank. All of my grades were failing. I looked at my missing assignments and something just clicked in my head. I ended...

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TCS Student News
November 16, 2022

[embed]https://youtu.be/SkzGe9rU8ik[/embed] This week's news by Hector Rivas and Chase Christou starts with reporting on the midterm election. Also check out the stories around TCS including the visit by Senator Mary Washington, Delegate Regina Boyce and Councilwoman Odette Ramos who responded to a presentation by the  students on changes needed in Baltimore for students to thrive.  Learn about the Conversation with Associated Italian-American Charities members Tom Iacoboni, Tony Culotta, Felix Dialoiso, Mike Gallo and Ray Marocco and the electrical seminar with Done Construction. Hear about the remarkable play the students saw at The Lyric Theatre entitled The Channeling of Ms. Sybby Grant. You'll also catch up on other news including our salute to TCS alumni who are actively serving in the military on Veterans Day and a visit by the Baltimore Women's Giving Circle....

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News
November 14, 2022

Today, the students presented their vision for what it takes for young people to thrive in Baltimore to State Senator Mary Washington, Delegate Regina Boyce and Councilwoman Odette Ramos. Issues included education, safety, housing, environmental concerns, conflict resolution and opportunity. This was part of the CO-VISION project led by Maya James and Denise Gantt, education Director at The Lyric. It is important that youth voices are heard around the issues that affect their lives. ...

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News
November 10, 2022

Done Construction is in the house! They are conducting their monthly home repair workshop today. This month is part 2 on basic electrical repairs. The students are learning how to wire outlets and lights and to add outlets to existing ones. In addition to expanding the students' skills, the folks at Done keep adding tools to each student's tool bags including needle nose and linesman pliers and side cutters, Thank you Beth and crew!...

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TCS Student News
November 9, 2022

[embed]https://youtu.be/HynMlYj0Le8[/embed] Conversations with Author D. Watkins and musical artist Wendell Patrick. Halloween Happenings. A ZOOM conversation with students from Ireland. Financial Literacy. Sisters Cricle. Theatre Seminar with The Lyric. A notable birthday. And some special thanks. Check out this special two week edition of TCS Student News to learn about all of the great happenings around the school. This edition was produced by Ethan Christou and Jayla Nickens-Gill....

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