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Longtime supporter of the school, Matt Wyskiel, founder & president of Skill Capital Management, came into the school for aa Conversation. Matt talked about growing up in Baltimore and his education and career trajectory.  He also talked his commitment to supporting educational and mentoring opportunities for Baltimore youth including his support for The Community School.

The students have a keen interest in finance from their Financial Literacy Seminars and had a lot of questions for Matt. They also talked about his belief and vision for Baltimore.

We appreciated this opportunity to have Matt visit and talk with us as well as his support for our work.

Having a car is a goal of most teenagers.  This was the topic in this month’s Financial Literacy Seminar brought to the school by Berman McAleer. Each student researched and picked a car and then learned about all of the costs associated with that decision – purchase, loan interest, maintenance and insurance.

This was another valuable life skills lesson brought to us by BMc under the leadership of Kathleen Gower. This session Kathleen was assisted by fellow coworker and frequent TCS visitor, Adaiha Montgomery, teaching this class.

We deeply appreciate our friends at Berman McAleer and the vital life lessons they add to our students’ education at TCS.

We had an amazing seminar with the Maryland Center for History & Culture on Enslavement and Resistance in Maryland (MCHC).  MCHC Digital Learning Manager Tyler Osborne conducted this fascinating learning experience examining the history of slavery in Maryland and the heroes among the formerly enslaved who resisted.

Using some of the many objects held in the collection of MCHC, Tyler utilized original writings, documents, art and photographs to teach the students how to examine primary sources to uncover historical facts and context.  This seminar was conducted using ZOOM though we would like to visit  MCHC before the year is out.  We appreciate Tyler who taught a seminar to our students last year as well and MCHC for bringing this important topic into our classroom.