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50 Years of Art: Mary Magenta

Sharing 50 years of her art, artist Mary Magenta invited the students to view her exhibit at the Roland Park Community Center gallery. Mary greeted us and shared her story of creating her first calendar art 50 years a go with markers and string to her widely distributed printed copies today.

Mary had multiple paintings of various sizes showcasing her many decades of creativity most all of which had nature themes. The students had many questions about how she developed her stylle without any formal training. Her paintings displayed her love for the many places she’s lived and traveled including Kentucky and Seattle.

Mary is a long time friend of our organization and painted the sign that hung outside our first community center on Lorraine Avenue back in 1977! Our special thanks to Mary Magenta for continuing to share her craft and stories with us.

BMc Financial Literacy Seminar Returns

Returning for a 3rd year, the Berman McAleer financial planning and wealth management company held the first of a series of Financial Literacy Seminars today. This series has a rotating team of presenters from among the staff of BMc that includes the founders, partners and just about all members of the staff who come to the school on a monthly basis.  They cover such topics as budgeting and saving, funding a college education, how to use credit wisely and avoid its pitfalls\s and career exploration.

This series is led by Kathleen Gower, Operations Director at BMc and was joined this week by Partner and Director of Investment Management Drew Cook and Senior Client Service Associate Ashley Wilkinson. They served a delicious lunch to the students and staff prior to the seminar that was followed by an engaging presentation and discussion.

We are thankful for this significant commitment from BMc to share their knowledge and experience to add to our students life skills education.

Conversation with Megan Rivers

Emmy Award-winning anchor/reporter Megan Rivers was our guest for our second “Conversation with…” of the new school year. Megan is a new member of the TCS community since becoming an advisor to our TCS Student news podcast. She meets with the rotating news team twice each week to help them develop their scripts and delivery.

Ms. Rivers shared stories from her early life in South Carolina, her educational and career path and the many lessons learned along the way. The students had many questions and also shared their own perspectives in the lively conversation.

We welcome Megan to the school community and are deeply appreciative of her investment of time and talent to our TCS News crews.

https://www.wbaltv.com/news-team/079eb6b5-08ce-425a-91a2-5e527dc0f332

Mama Denise & Sister Ebony Are Back!

Bringing their considerable and varied artistic talents into the classroom, Ms. Denise Gantt and Ms. Ebony Evans are back again. This year’s weekly seminar will focus on reading and understanding plays, but will include monthly somatic workshops at The Lyric. The students will also write and perform a work based on their own life experiences.

As a kickoff to this year’s class, the students visited The Lyric, a historic former opera house built in the 19th century. We started with a delicious lunch and then toured the venue and learned about its history and the many performers who were on the same stage the students visited including such varied performers as Chris Rock, Diana Ross, the Grateful Dead and Alvin Ailey. The last part of the day had the students developing and acting out short scenes.

It was a fun-filled trip and a great start to another terrific year thanks to Mama Denise, Sister Ebony and The Lyric.

https://www.lyricbaltimore.com/education/about-1

First P.E. Class of the year with Mr. Eduardo

Physical Education with Mr. Eduardo Viana is an anticipated tradition that stretches back for 7 years now. Through the generosity and kindness of Mr. Eduardo and The GreenMount School community and their Head of School, Ms. Liz Dover, the students have a weekly P.E. class at their gym and fields.

Eduardo is so much more than their P.E. teacher, he is also an important mentor, bringing his life experience growing up in Brazil to the students. He exposes the students to new sports from around the world as he develops each student’s potential, fitness and appreciation for varying forms of physical activity.

Mr. Eduardo adds so much to the educational experience of our students and we are very thankful to him and The GreenMount School.