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The Stadium School

The Stadium School began in 1994. It is the first public school designed and operated in collaboration with teachers and parents. Currently TSS serves approximately 200 students and serves grades five through eight. The school began as an experiment, when teachers and parents petitioned the Baltimore City Board of Commissioners requesting an opportunity to create a new community school with the autonomy to write its own curriculum and to establish its own governance model. In exchange, the school would be required to meet or exceed both city and state standards.

Curriculum

I have come to the conclusion that helping children find their way is as much a part of pediatric care as curing asthma attacks and an ear infection. - Mel Levine

Goals

The goals for TSS curriculum are:

1.     Students who attend TSS must meet and exceed state and city standards.
2.     Students who attend TSS must impact the community.
3.     Teacher curriculum planning will show alignment to voluntary state standards and connections between subject areas.
4.     Students who attend TSS will be engaged in relevant curriculum that extends learning into real-life situations.

Pedagogy at TSS

There are three essential partners in the educational process: the student (child), the parent(s) / guardian(s), and the teacher. These partners must be thoroughly empowered to ensure effective learning and to build a successful learning community. Each partner must hear (listen) to the voice of the other, e.g.,

  • I want to be successful, but also want school to be fun and engaging.
  • I want my child to take tests, e.g., MSA, High School ASsessment, and CTBS/Terra Nova and pass them.
  • I want to feel supported for my effort to teach.

Every student who attends TSS will experience two types of course work: core and project. Core classes are made-up of the traditional model of school, where every student will have an English, Science, and Mathematics. Students at TSS are assigned to core classes 4 days a week.

Project Classes are one of the hallmarks of TSS.  For 1 day a week students class work and learning takes place outside of the classroom.  At the beginning of the school year, every student (Middle School only!) selects a project class based on their tailored educational, social, and spiritual needs.  In these projects, students learn an array of skills: writing grants, creating a budget on Excel, developing partnerships with civic groups, and service learning skill, growing vegetables and flowers in the community garden.

Today, TSS has thirteen specifically designed project groups:

  1. Green Neighbors
  2. The Youth Dreamers
  3. Dance
  4. Tomorrow's Professionals
  5. Choose Life: HIV Prevention
  6. National Academic League
  7. MESA
  8. TSS Times
  9. Urban Debate League
  10. Zoo Exchange
  11. Thespian Theater Drama Club
  12. World Foods and Culture
  13. The Jason Horich Art Project Class
 

The Stadium School, BCPSS #15 *1300 Gorsuch Avenue Baltimore, MD 2121 * 443.984.2682
Baltimore City Public School System
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