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Student City Council Members

What an experience students from The Community School had today!  The class spent the morning at Baltimore City Hall starting off with a tour, meeting the Mayor, President of the City Council, City Comptroller, Finance Director and a host of other elected and government officials. During a Board of Estimates meeting, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake took time from the agenda to speak about the long history of The Community School and congratulating the students on their achievements.

After a tour with the City Hall curator, the students went to work in City Council Chambers where City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke conducted the last session in her Baltimore seminar continuing the class that the students have had with her for the past several weeks. The students had two mock sessions where they exchanged roles as city council members and citizens presenting testimony. Special thanks to Council President Jack Young for taking the time to talk with the students and for making an on-the-spot major contribution to the school. We are beyond grateful to have Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke as a part of the school for so many years and for setting up this unique and amazing experience.

TCS Student on the Radio

TCS Student Natasha Martin was on WYPR radio as part of her work with Wide Angle Youth Media. Natasha has been working on a project that linked her with students in Bulgaria.  She wrote and read a piece composed from her knowledge comparing youth and education issues in Baltimore with those of her her new friends across the Atlantic.  You can listen to her broadcast by clicking the play button below. We are very proud of her!

Preparing for Spring Planting

The students have been preparing for the spring planting season by sewing liners for old milk crates that will become planters.  Under the guidance of our greenhouse educator Molly McCullagh, the students learned how to sew landscape fabric to give new life to these old crates and expand our growing potential. The class will soon start spring planting both to produce food for the school and to sell plants to raise money to keep the project going and encourage neighbors and friends to grow their own food.

TCS Student News Broadcast: October 24th

Co-Anchors Kelsey Larrimore and Daj’a White recorded the 2nd news broadcast of the new weekly feature, TCS Student news. They covered stories that included the recent murder of student protestors in Mexico and an update on the kidnapping of the schoolgirls by Boko Haram.  They even gave a weekend weather forecast and a health report.