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It was a packed room as students, family members and sponsors gathered for the first sponsor meeting fo the year.  It was a chance for everyone to renew ties and for new folks to get to know one another.  Mr. Tom gave a sweeping overview of the school's approach to education and went over the expectations of everyone.  The students shared their experiences in the first few weeks of school and several sponsors shared their positive views.  The next meeting will be in December....

Budgeting was the topic of the 1st Financial Literacy Seminar of the year.  This monthly seminar is sponsored, staffed and developed under the capable direction of Kathleen Gower, by Berman McAeer (BMc), a wealth management company.  Nearly all of the staff at BMc come in on a rotating basis throughout the year to assist in the teaching.  This month Deanna Heid and Amy McAuliffe Cooper joined Kathleen serving a delicious lunch and then teaching the class. The students learned the basics of budgeting and setting short and long term goals. For the next few class, they are to track all of their expenses - both the ones they pay for directly and that are provided for them. This will be used as a basis for the next seminar. This is learning an essential life skill that the students take all four years at TCS with the goal of helping them make informed choices in their future financial lives.  We deeply appreciate the folks at Berman McAleer for making this possible!...

[embed]https://youtu.be/R1oJOAkVTEo[/embed] Karla Rivas and Kendall Curtis brought us this first edition of TCS Student News of the new school year. The lead story was about recent school shootings that included some commentary form a youth perspective. The broadcast also covered the exciting beginning of the new school year. Production of this broadcast was done by studio coordinator Rhys Guilfoyle....

We held the last Family and Sponsor meeting of the year last night. Each of the students shared their favorite memories of the year followed by parents and sponsors sharing theirs.Wrap up of this extraordinary term was discussed along with a framework for next year's program. Everyone is looking forward to the final celebration on Saturday, June 8th at the school. ...

Director of Education & Resident Artist Denise Kumani Gantt and Education Specialist & Resident Artist Ebony Evans from the famed Lyric Theatre wrapped up a terrific year of bringing theatre arts to our students with a spirited evaluation session and celebration. We are grateful to Denise, Ebony and The Lyric for the regular Theatre Seminars, the special Somatic Movement Sessions at The Lyric, the play and dance performances we attended and the Digital Storytelling workshop they sponsored. Each of these offerings expanded our students horizons and expanded their creative expression. Thank you for all of your kindness again this year!...

The Creative Writing Seminar could just as well be called Creative Thinking explains teacher Don Riesett. This weekly group session followed by another weekly one-on-one session provides an opportunity for the students to dive deeply into their thinking and creativity. They produce a fresh work each week for topics that can be extremely personal and self reflective to those that challenge the imagination. Each student's take is unique and often surprising in the approach taken. All of this is possible because of the inspirational and engaging teaching of Mr. Don. He has been developing student's skills and talents for 16 years now at The Community School. Don's class has a central role in the personal development of each student and the cohesion of the class. We are so grateful for you Mr. Don!...