TCS Thanks Ms. Liz and the GreenMount Community
To start P.E. class today the students met with Ms. Liz Dover, Head of School at the GreenMount School. Ms. Liz told the students about the history of the GreenMount School. In the early 1990s, six parents weren’t happy with the public school system and applied to start a charter school. Back then, there were no charter schools yet in Baltimore and the parent group was denied by the city. The parents started the GreenMount School as a one-room, church basement nonprofit. It has grown over the years to include grades K-8 and hosts 100 students. Much like how our own sponsors volunteer to help TCS run, GreenMount is a “parent cooperative”. Each GreenMount parent agrees to contribute 40 hours a year to the school’s operations.
Ms. Liz also shared a little about herself. She used to be a science teacher, and she particularly loves earth science. She wasn’t sure about being an administrator at first, because she loves the interaction with students that comes with being a teacher. However, she felt the call to grow and take on new roles. Being an administrator in a small school helps, because she still gets to interact with all of the students. Ms. Liz says she knows all of her students names, and their families.
GreenMount loves to give back to the community, and has been working with TCS for several years. In an extension of this partnership, Ms. Liz invited the TCS students to apply to work at the school’s after school program. At the end of the discussion, Salma presented Ms. Liz with a card signed by the students, thanking her and the GreenMount community for the use of the gym and Mr. Eduardo’s P.E. instruction. Ms. Liz said that she looks forward to getting to know the TCS students better. She shared that she lives in Hampden, and “if you see me around in the neighborhood, please feel free to stop and say hi. I love being a part of the community”. Thank you Ms. Liz for talking with our students and for continuing to be a good friend of The Community School!