This week’s TCS Student News takes a deep dive into changes in state law on immigration in Florida. You’ll hear about a special seminar with Dr. Paul Sack on the endocrine System, a Conversation with Dr. Jasmine Blanks Jones, Executive Director of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Social Concern, and a host of seminars and special announcements.
Our thanks to Dr. Paul Sack, Head of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Medstar Union Memorial Hospital for coming in for a “Conversation with…” today. He shared about his early interest in medicine and the path that led him to his career before speaking about the endocrine system and answering the students’ many questions from their studies.
Dr. Sack was very generous with his time and his easy and open manner made the scientific subject very accessible to all.
We were honored to have Dr. Jasmine Blanks Jones as our guest in the “Conversation with…” series on Friday. Dr. Blanks Jones is the Executive Director of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Social Concern. She is new to this position this year and brings a rich experience in community organization and social justice particularly incorporating the arts. For many years Dr. Blanks Jones ran a program in Liberia, West Africa.
The Community School has worked closely with the JHU Center for Social Concern since its inception and we are thankful for their support. The students had a meaningful discussion with Dr. Blanks Jones and we all look forward to a long and fruitful relationship.
Concerned about the rise of shootings in America? Hear a youth view in this week’s lead story in TCS Student News. Learn about an amazing play the students saw at Coppin University called “Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery” and a memorable field trip the students took to Neumann University. Producers Rhys Guilfoyle and Danny Buck report on a Conversation with centenarian Doris Hollister, a special seminar with staff members Leah Culotta and Leandra Laird with personal family trips about World War II and more happenings around the school.
Our study on World War II became very real today. Two of The Community School’s regular volunteers did presentations on WWII veterans that personalized our studies. Ms. Leah spoke about her husband (and Mr. Tom’s uncle) Samuel Culotta who enlisted in the Navy at the age of 17 and was part of 9 landing invasions in the Pacific during the war. Ms. Leandra spoke about her father, Roger Evans, who also enlisted at 17 and was a submariner during the war in the Pacific and ended up in a Japanese Prison Camp for over 3 years.
They shared stories, photographs, articles and artifacts of these young men who were the same age as our students.
These deeply personal and meaningful stories about courage, sacrificing for something bigger than yourself, perseverance in the face of death and unimaginable conditions touched everyone in very profound ways.
It is a goal of this school to make the curriculum come alive, to not just see or hear it, but feel it and think about how it relates to your life and understanding of the world.
We honor the memory of Roger Evans and Samuel Culotta and thank Leandra Laird and Leah Culotta for sharing them with us.