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TCS students were honored to attend the play Trinity at Center Stage.  Written by Emmy award winning writer Lena Waithe, this story of the complexity of love captivated the imagination with its uniquely creative staging. Following the play, for the whole audience, TCS junior Mohamed Cisse moderated a talk back with Lena Waithe and the other two actors – Courtney Sauls and Fedna Jacquet.

The play was universally appreciated by all of the students who each took away insights into the relationships presented and how they inform our own lives.

We deeply appreciate what Center Stage offers to the Baltimore community and their inclusion and kindness to our students.

We were honored to have members of student Ethan Jobita Jemadari’s family join us for his Conversation.  His Aunt Emma and cousin Bianca were visiting from London where they live and were joined by his Aunt Penina to share their experiences with the students.  Ethan’s aunts grew up in Kenya and spoke about their journeys leaving home to find opportunity in other lands. Bianca, who was born in England, shared the differences in approaches to education between here and across the ocean.

This was an inspiring and enlightening Conversation and made us even more proud to have Ethan and hiss family as part of our school community.

All the world’s a stage!  That was certainly true at The Lyric where students continued to build and showcase their skills in this monthly seminar. Students ran through a number of exercises before breaking into groups to develop performance skits. Not only are the students developing their theatre skills, but also building their creativity, confidence and bonds with their classmates.

We deeply appreciate our relationship with The Lyric with special thanks to Education Director Denise Gantt and staff Ebony Evans, Mitch Harris and musician Antonio Eyez.

Longtime supporter of the school, Matt Wyskiel, founder & president of Skill Capital Management, came into the school for aa Conversation. Matt talked about growing up in Baltimore and his education and career trajectory.  He also talked his commitment to supporting educational and mentoring opportunities for Baltimore youth including his support for The Community School.

The students have a keen interest in finance from their Financial Literacy Seminars and had a lot of questions for Matt. They also talked about his belief and vision for Baltimore.

We appreciated this opportunity to have Matt visit and talk with us as well as his support for our work.