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December 8, 2023

Peggy Lashbrook was the special surprise guest for this past week’s “Conversation with…” Peggy has been a pivotal member of the school community for 20 years.

She shared her lifelong commitment to working with young people with disabilities. The students know Peggy well as their American Sign Language teacher, a weekly preparer of coveted lunches and a fixture around the school. However, the students learned more about her life including personal challenges such as her 3 bouts with breast cancer. They also walked away with much more insight about living with severe disabilities and how important it is that everyone is welcomed and valued in the community.

Thank you Ms. Peg for all you have done to build and support the school and your many years of dedication to the students.

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December 8, 2023

TCS Student News – December 8, 2023 (YouTube Link)

This week’s edition of TCS Student News was researched, written, produced and anchored by Karla Rivas and Kendall Curtis with technical production by Rhys Guilfoyle and advising by Megan Rivers.

Don’t miss this special edition of TCS Student News. The cover story examines Portugal’s efforts to deal with climate change. However, most of this week’s podcast is focusing on a very busy week at The Community School.

The week started with a ZOOM session between a group of youth from Liberia in West Africa and TCS Students. That same day the students went to The Lyric for a unique workshop on somatic movement. We had a special Conversation with renowned Publisher Paul Coates and Author and Psychologist Obari Adeye Cartman. The students attended a timely play on Monday at The Lyric about the school to prison Pipeline. The amazing news week ended with the students attending the Annual Associated Italian-American Charities Banquet.

TCS Student News is a great way to catch up on what’s happening around the school and to learn the perspective of the students on these events and important issues of the day. It is entirely student run from choosing the stories to writing and producing the podcast. Watch, like and subscribe on our YouTube Channel to support the students

Thank you for watching and for your support.

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December 7, 2023
Our newscasters at The Community School had the opportunity today to talk with the many people who keep WBAL Channel 11 such a top notch operation. Emmy award winning news anchor Megan Rivers took us on a tour of the station where the students had the chance to talk with both the familiar on-air folks and many of those behind the scenes.
We learned how the TV Studio works, had some fun with the green screen and had in depth conversations with veteran education reporter Tim Tooten, meteorologist Ava Marie, investigative reporter Tolly Taylor and radio talk show host TJ Smith (while in his studio when he was on the air). Many other folks from producers to editors and social media marketers to electronic fixers generously shared their time with us.
Our eyes were opened to all the human effort that goes into this media. We were impressed with the workplace culture reflected in how well everyone seemed to get along and work together as well as the many years that most the people we met had been at the station.
Megan seemed to know everybody on every floor and in every cubby hole and office, all of whom were so kind. We appreciate her sharing her workplace with us in addition to her twice a week visits to the school to work with our rotating news crew.
Our deepest thanks to Megan Rivers and all the folks at WBAL for having us!

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December 5, 2023
The students attended the annual Associated Italian-American Charities (AIAC) Banquet along with several teachers, staff and Trustees. We were guests of Tom & Jacque Iacoboni and Felix Dialioso.
We are especially proud of our long time support from the Italian community, both personally and through their fraternal organizations. AIAC has supported The Community School for over 20 years. It is a model organization composed of immigrants and the children and grandchildren of immigrants from Italy. Like immigrants of today, they left their families and homeland in search of a better life, many with little more than the clothes on their backs.
Through determination and hard work and with mutual support within their ethnic community, they committed themselves to the opportunities here, often at the lowest paying and least desired jobs. As they found success, they remained proud of their ancestry and reached back to give a hand to the people in their homeland, especially those who were left orphaned from the devastation of World War II.
As AIAC developed, it became focused on its new community of Baltimore and has raised and donated money to support nonprofit efforts including our school. One commendable feature of this group is that they don’t just donate funds, but also become personally involved in the groups they support.
We are especially thankful to AIAC members Tom Iacoboni, Tony Culotta, Felix Dialioso, Mike Meola, Mike Shaw, Ray Marocco and Mike Gallo who sponsored TCS this year.
The students went up on stage to receive this support from AIAC and former student and new TCS teacher Janiah Tillery spoke on behalf of the school to express our gratitude.
Many of the students enjoyed the opportunity to get dressed up for the event, everyone loved the food served, and all had their interest held listening about the work of AIAC and the other organizations who they support.
Thank you to the Associated Italian-American Charities for your work and your kindness.

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December 4, 2023

The school to prison pipeline was the theme of a play that the students experienced today at The Lyric. It was sponsored by the Lyric’s Education Department and performed by Coppin University. The play dealt with issues including problems in our education and criminal justice systems as well as the challenges of family interpersonal relationships. Immediately following the play, there was a talk back session with the actors – Andromeda Bacchus, Ored Gant, Brittany Saunders, Isa Williams, Jermaine Jackson and Autumn Weisz –  moderated by Marc Steiner.

Thank you to Denise Gantt and the entire team at Baltimore’s Lyric Theatre for providing this opportunity for us.

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