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April 7, 2016

The students received their CPR and First Aid certifications today from Iacoboni Site Specialists Safety Officer Mark Henckel.  Every student and several staff earned their certifications in an all day seminar conducted by Mr. Henckel several weeks ago. The CPR certification is good for 2 years and the First Aid certification is valid for 3 years....

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April 7, 2016

Though usually wearing his hat as the longtime Creative Writing Seminar teacher at the school, Don Riesett filled in as the gym teacher today.  The school's physical education teacher, Sasha Draper, is on maternity leave and our terrific substitute, Eduardo Viana, was unable to teach today so Mr. Don stepped up to the plate. All of the students really enjoyed the class. Student Sadie Greenwood stated, "We never sweated so much in gym before!" Thanks, Mr. Don!!...

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April 4, 2016

Longtime neighbor of the school Mohammad Farouk Islam spoke to the Year 2 class today about the religion of Islam.  He shared some stories about growing up in Bangladesh and working in Saudi Arabia before becoming a permanent resident of the United States many years ago.  Mohammad talked about the pillars of Islam and explained his view that it is a religion of peace and a guide to living, and not a belief to be forced on everyone.  When asked about ISIS, Mohammad said that groups such as that distort Islam and are not what he considers true followers.  The students were very interested in his presentation and hope to have him back to continue the conversation...

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March 25, 2016

All of the students expressed their appreciation to Dr. George Tilson as he wrapped up his last class of the year as leader of the Year 1 Job Readiness Seminar. George has served as adjunct faculty at a number of colleges and universities including George Washington University. Today's seminar focused on entrepreneurship as he divided the class into 3 groups to each design a free standing business. The students had a terrific time presenting their "businesses" to the school.  Thank you George!...

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March 25, 2016

Students in Year 2, including Dyrrell Moon, gained valuable life skills today as part of their Job Readiness Seminar.  Today's class focused on "the job interview" and students role played interviews with Mitchell Brown, TCS Advisory Board member and Chief Operating officer of Compco Digital.  Class leader Peggy Lashbrook gave the students tips as well as led a critique session after each interview.  This skill will be put to use by many students over the next several weeks as they apply for summer jobs, camps, and internships....

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March 25, 2016

[embed]https://youtu.be/ZUpIt0dOJo0[/embed] Check out today’s broadcast of TCS Student News. This week's stories include the bombings in Brussels, the warming of US relations with Cuba, the zika virus, new developments in knee surgery, and loads of news from this busy week at The Community School. This week's broadcast was researched, written, anchored and produced by Kelsey Larrimore and Donavin Hooper. Stay tuned every week for a weekly roundup of news from the school to the world....

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March 21, 2016

With Year 1 class and shadow students watching on, Year 2 class was dropping eggs off the greenhouse deck.  This was part of an experiment conducted by JHU-CSI as part of their weekly lab series. The students each designed containers with straw and masking tape to absorb the energy of impact and protect the egg.  Students Sadie Greenwood, Janiah Tillery, Kelsey Larrimore, Natasha Martin, Chris White and Daj'a White each were successful with their designs.  Everyone had a lot of fun!...

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March 18, 2016

  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lSQks4_8zA[/embed] Check out today's broadcast of TCS Student News. Today's stories include the elections, the new Supreme Court nominee, news from around The Community School, and a special student commentary about racism. This week it was researched, written, anchored, and produced by students Dyrrell Moon and Donald Lacy. Stay tuned every week for a weekly roundup of news from the school to the world. Check it out ...

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March 16, 2016

Special thanks to writer and photographer Jim Burger for writing a story about The Community School that was published in the B today. Jim spent several months at the school and shared a lot of time with the students. He talked to dozens of people from students and alumni to families and volunteers in an effort to truly capture what goes on at the school and what it means to those who are a part of this effort. You can read the article here: The Community School, a one-room schoolhouse in Remington thrives...

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March 10, 2016

With the wrap up of the 2nd Trimester, a meeting was held for all Year 1 & Year 2 students and sponsors at the school. There was a special presentation from art teacher Miko Veldkamp with a showing of art work produced by the class.  Students shared insights into their work with Donald Lacy explaining his work reflected an "explosion of happiness." This was followed by a talk on highlights of the trimester before each class broke into separate sessions.  Teachers Genira Nelson-Lewis and Tom Culotta led discussions with students and sponsors about progress and issues. Substantive concerns about student habits and stress were discussed as well as the pace needed for graduation in three years.  The meeting ended with report card distribution.  The next sponsor meeting will take place on June 2nd....

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