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Mural Arts Program Tour

On Jan. 3rd, the entire school went on a guided Mural Arts Philadelphia Mural Arts Program tour. We had a wonderful day viewing gorgeous murals while exploring the city! After our guided bus and walking tour, we all enjoyed lunch at the newly renovated "The Bourse"....

Shakespeare Festival 2019

TCS had another wonderful Shakespeare Festival this year with our rendition of "Taming of the Shrew". Students and teachers spent the last two weeks before break tirelessly preparing for this entertaining and thought-provoking performance. The script was written,...

Shakespeare Assembly

TCS was entertained on December 5th by Theater majors from DeSales University, who performed scenes from Shakespeare for us. Some of the plays were familiar to the students who have been at TCS, as we performed them during our Shakespeare week in prior years. Examples...

Officer Andrew Clauhs

Officer Andrew Clauhs, a TCS graduate, talked with our students at an assembly on Monday, December 3, 2019. Officer Clauhs explained to the students that he had been at many schools before finding TCS. When he graduated he did not know what he wanted to do until he...

Thanksgiving Feast

On Tuesday, November 26, TCS had our annual Thanksgiving Feast. The food was prepared and served by our wonderful parents, and it was delicious, to say the least! Turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, carrots, and cheese puffs were some of the incredible food that we...

Black Plague Skits

Mr. Loux’s Modern Europe class recently entertained us by performing skits that demonstrated their understanding of The Black Plague. Although the audience was entertained, and it was quite funny, the students made it evident that they understood the severity of that...

Cruisin’ Smart Presentation

On November 8th, the entire student body at TCS experienced Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospitals's "Cruisin' Smart" presentation. Our students were engaged and eager to participate in the discussion about safe driving! Crusin' Smart is a community education initiative of Bryn...

Author Visit

On November 6th, Mr. Daniel Birch, a children's book author, came to speak to Mrs. Culler's Authors and Illustrators class and Mrs. Griffiths' Creative Writing Class. He explained his writing process, what working with an illustrator is like and answered questions...

TCS School Halloween Party

Halloween was a fun and interesting day for TCS Students. A majority of our students and staff dressed in Halloween costumes to celebrate the occasion! Our morning schedule remained unchanged, with some of the classes studying Halloween related concentrations,...

Family Halloween Party

The PTO sponsored a fun Halloween Party on Saturday, October 26, 2019. Games, food, and fun were the highlights of the evening. It was well attended by a large group of our students and their families, and staff, as well! There were numerous games, such as trying to...

The Mer

For their summer reading, students had the privilege of reading one of their beloved teacher's books. Mrs. Mary Culler, our resident author, is writing a book series titled The Mer which our former art teacher, Miss Abel, helped illustrate. Students engaged with the...

Back to School!

It was back to school on September 3, 2019! Everyone was excited to start the new school year! Students and faculty were happy to see familiar faces and welcome each other back. TCS welcomed 7 new students this fall! We talked about how great our summers were and...