Outdoors Project Completed!
March 30, 2025
We painted the last benches and completed the outdoor project at the school! Thank you to everyone that helped out. It looks great and adds a wonderful space to enjoy the outdoors.
We painted the last benches and completed the outdoor project at the school! Thank you to everyone that helped out. It looks great and adds a wonderful space to enjoy the outdoors.
Michelle Williams, Director of Underwriting at WYPR radio, joined us today for our Conversation series. Ms. Williams shared her experiences as a mass communications major and her lifelong career in sales and radio management with a short stint in television. She was very interested in the students as well and their views on what is going on in the country and the world. The students attentively listened to Ms. Williams life experiences and wisdom shared and look forward to having her back.
Thank you for sharing your time with us Ms. Williams and thank you Mr. Carlos for introducing us.
This week’s edition of TCS Student News focuses on Canada and the political changes going on there. News around the school includes learning all about taxes in this month’s financial Literacy seminar, a Conversation with Dr. Susama Agarwala, a Spotlight on Mr. Don, a special visit by a former staff member, photo day and more.
The fight against segregation in Maryland was the theme of a virtual field trip we had with the Maryland Center for History and Culture. It was led by Tyler Osborne, Digital Learning Manager at the museum. The students learned about heroic local figures like Lillie May Jackson, Juanita Jackson Mitchell and a young Thurgood Marshall. The students have learned a lot about the civil rights struggle during their time in the school, but this enhanced their learning with this focus on Baltimore’s role.
We appreciate Tyler and the Maryland Center for History and Culture for sharing this important part of our history with us and for the great work they do.
It was a pleasure to have Dr. Susama Agarwala back at the school today for a Conversation. Susama was an active volunteer at the school in 2009 and 2010 when she was a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University. She went on to work in academia both here and in Europe before entering into other parts of the private sector including her current work in AI.
The Conversation started as a followup to the documentary Social Dilemma that the students watched several months ago. It focused on the development of social media platforms and the algorithms used to both entice and increase the amount of time people spend on those platforms. Susama explained how the algorithms work and walked the students through several exercises to analyze them and their use. This way the students can be more aware of how to use social media wisely. Susama also shared about the challenges that women of color experience in the tech industry. It was a very informative Conversation and we are eager to have her return for Part II.
Thank you Susama! Wonderful to have you back at TCS!
This week’s news covered the important story of Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia who has been rounded up by the Trump administration under the Enemy Aliens Act of 1790. Stories around the school include conversations with Cheryl Waters-Hassan and Dr. Alan Scott, a volunteer day in conjunction with Neumann University, A Spotlight on longtime Remington resident Ruth Evelyn “Susie” Schmidt, a documentary on the origins of the Women’s Liberation Movement that we watched and discussed and more.