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All about insurance was the topic of this month’s Financial Literacy Seminar brought to us by Berman McAleer. The students learned about the many kinds of insurance from auto and home to renter’s and the various kinds of life insurance. We missed Kathleen Gower, the curriculum developer and coordinator  of this series from BMc, but were happy to have Dawn O’Farrell, Director of Insurance Planning and Genevieve Crisera, Financial Advisor, leading this seminar.

We are very grateful for Berman McAleer and their great staff for all of their kindness from providing these valuable financial lessons to the delicious lunches they always bring.

Tyler Hoffberger, Vice President for Branding and Innovation at he historic Lyric Theatre in Baltimore joined us in Conversation. We met Tyler during our monthly theatre classes at The Lyric and invited him to see the school in person and for us to learn about his life and work.

Mr. Hoffberger recently worked with the Baltimore Orioles organization and at Saturday Night Live. He was keenly interested in the students and TCS as the students were of his ideas and vision. It was a terrific conversation.  We are thankful for our partnership with The Lyric and the relationships with all of the fine staff there.

The extraordinary and diverse talent of Melissa O’Brien LaMartina was on full display at the school today.  Melissa shared her experience as a film producer, director and actor as well as a musician and songwriter.  The students were familiar with her work as writer of the narrative for the hit video game series Amanda the Adventurer.

Ms. LaMartina answered the students many questions about her creative experiences and enjoyed watching clips of her work.

Our thanks to Melissa O’Brien LaMartina and hope for her return visit!

Sharon Burley, Assistant Manager of Workforce Development at the Associated Builders and Contractors of Greater Baltimore came in to talk with the students today. Ms. Burley spoke about the training and apprenticeship opportunities at ABC. Students in the school are interested in a wide variety of career choices from being an astrophysicist to a marine biologist, from nursing to the trades. This presentation and conversation highlighted a very important opportunity that several students are interested in pursuing.

Thank you Ms. Sharon Burley for your generosity of time with us.