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Code in the Schools Now in TCS!

We are proud to announce a new partnership with Code in the Schools! Their mission states: “We empower Baltimore City youth to thrive in the 21st century economy by expanding access to quality computer science education and building pathways from school to jobs and higher education.”

This has yielded a new weekly seminar that will have each student building and programming a small computer and then using it to analyze and solve problems. This seminar is entitled “30 Days Lost in Space” and was developed by a former NASA researcher and college professor, Dr. Greg Lyzenga.

Today’s seminar began with a welcome of Jacob Ferragmo who will be teaching this course and remarks by Code in the Schools Co-Director Stephanie Alphee. Stephanie, a neighbor of TCS, recently visited the school with fellow Co-Director Andrew Pham to establish what is hoped to be a long term partnership that will expand our students’ education and opportunities.

The students enjoyed this first session and are excited to get underway. Welcome Jacob and thank you Code in the Schools!

Urban Studies Course Begins!

Conversation with Dylan Low

We had a fascinating Conversation with Dylan Low today. Dylan is an active volunteer in the school and a Phd candidate in the Cognitive Neuroscience Department at Johns Hopkins University.

Dylan did a lively presentation on his home country of Singapore enlightening the students about its history, geography and culture. He also touched on his travels around Southeast Asia.

So much material was covered that there will be a Part II of this Conversation in a few weeks to more closely examine Dylan’s studies and personal journey.

Thank you Dylan for a great conversation and all of your help at the school!

DJ Session with DJ Face

Conversation with Carlos Avent

We had a stimulating and unique Conversation today with author Carlos Avent.  Carlos is not only an accomplished author but he is also the parent of one of our students – Lyric. He shared his life and educational journey as well as lessons from his job at Johns Hopkins University where he works with first generation and low income students. Carlos gave each student a  copy of his book “10 Extraordinary Lessons from an ordinary Dad.” He left the students with many valuable tips especially about college and important insights into life.  Thank you Carlos!