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  • S3 Ep56: Episode 56 - Happy 100th Birthday Ardenwald Elementary!

    S3 Ep56: Episode 56 - Happy 100th Birthday Ardenwald Elementary!
    2025/05/15
    In 1924-25, the world surrounding the North Clackamas School District looked very different. In fact, NCSD itself wouldn’t exist for nearly another 50 years. Homes didn’t have microwaves, refrigerators, or even bathrooms. But that same year, a brand-new school opened in Milwaukie, becoming a cornerstone of local education that still welcomes smiling students and staff members (in a beautiful new building) every day! This year marks the 100th birthday of our own Ardenwald Elementary, and this episode takes a unique approach to celebrating this historic milestone as current students take over hosting duties and interview former Ardenwald alumni from the 2000s…all the way back to the 1960s!
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    31 分
  • S3 Ep55: Episode 55 - Improving Kindergarten Vocabulary? That’s Child’s Play!

    S3 Ep55: Episode 55 - Improving Kindergarten Vocabulary? That’s Child’s Play!
    2025/05/01
    Ask anyone who works in the wonderful world of kindergarten, and it’s no secret that teaching reading and vocabulary to a lively group of feisty five- and six-year-olds is certainly rewarding, but never easy! Especially with varied learning levels in classroom, how do teachers make sure ALL students understand new words and how to incorporate them into conversations? The answer: a structured and scheduled part of every NCSD kindergarten day called “Language For All (LFA),” which includes kids playing pretend roles in scenarios as they use new vocabulary. In this episode, meet NCSD kindergarten teachers Kristin Blaine (Oregon Trail), Kapo Chan (Cannady), and Summer Smith (Sunnyside), along with Sunnyside ELD teacher Katie Lynn and district consultant Erin Moulton, who explain why kids’ favorite part of the day includes “Play During LFA.”
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    35 分
  • S3 Ep54: Episode 54 - Loving To Teach...All About Speech

    S3 Ep54: Episode 54 - Loving To Teach...All About Speech
    2025/03/06
    Admittedly, sometimes NCSD students spend more time talking in class than working on assignments. But what about those students who have all the words in their head, but can’t quite get them to sound correctly? That’s where our amazing NCSD Speech & Language Pathologists come in! in this episode, we hear the voices of five NCSD SLPs: Stephanie Gaslin (Milwaukie High), Ambyr Henderson (Spring Mountain), Katie Lee (Linwood, Sojourner), Malory Manderfield (Oak Grove), and Heather Tomsky (Cannady), who share about their unique profession and why they love to teach…all about speech.
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    34 分
  • S3 Ep53: Episode 53 - Never a Bad Hair Day in These Classes

    S3 Ep53: Episode 53 - Never a Bad Hair Day in These Classes
    2025/02/20
    There’s quite a buzz happening each week in our Sabin-Schellenberg’s Cosmetology program, and it’s not just the electric clippers snipping the final touches on a perfect haircut. Fridays in February are Client Days, when NCSD community members make appointments with Cosmetology students getting hands-on training in haircuts to highlights and perms to pedicures. In this episode, we make an appointment with Cosmetology’s lead instructor Jeri Davis, who says 20+ years of helping students pursue their passions post high school never goes out of style.
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    19 分
  • S3 Ep52: Episode 52 - When Every Day is Career Day

    S3 Ep52: Episode 52 - When Every Day is Career Day
    2025/01/30
    Forget pressure-packed athletic events or attending first prom dances, many NCSD students say their stomachs start to churn most when facing their first-ever job interview. But thanks to unique College & Career courses required for 9th and 11th graders, NCSD students are more confident than ever answering tough interview questions and planning for careers after high school. In this episode, we dust off our resume and visit with NCSD College & Career teacher Aaron Hazel, along with Kim Amador and Brittanie Strutz- two Teachers-On-Special-Assignment who have helped develop this hands-on curriculum that has students researching college and potential career paths, perfecting resumes, and of course, mastering the job interview.
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    25 分
  • S3 Ep51: Episode 51 - Lovable Lunch Ladies Care Beyond The Cafeteria

    S3 Ep51: Episode 51 - Lovable Lunch Ladies Care Beyond The Cafeteria
    2025/01/16
    If you know any young readers, you’ll want to keep sliding your tray along into this week’s episode! Our story begins once upon a time in the Oak Grove Elementary library, where staff can’t seem to keep up with orders for Lunch Lady, a set of popular graphic novels in which the school Lunch Lady solves captivating cafeteria capers. That’s until NCSD Nutrition Services managers Kris DeHut and Raimi Kaan said “Hold Your Horseradish!” to the Oak Grove book shortage—donating an entire set of books to the school and providing a cooking demonstration for students dressed as the Lunch Lady herself! Pass the condiments, as you’ll relish the chance to find out more behind-the-scenes information about NCSD’s Nutrition Services Department!
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    23 分
  • S3 Ep50: Episode 50 - Inside the Huddle with our District Athletic Directors

    S3 Ep50: Episode 50 - Inside the Huddle with our District Athletic Directors
    2024/12/12
    You may hear music in a mall or snow projections in a weather report, but the first true signs of winter in NCSD are heard in all of our high school gyms, in pools, and on the wrestling mats. December means the tip-off of the Winter athletic season! Ever wondered who hires all the coaches, arranges the busses, and schedules all the practice and game times? It’s our four high school Athletic Directors! In this episode, we whistle Tom Moore (MHS/MAA), Tricia Halonen (RPHS), John Arntson (CHS), and Dana Cappelucci (ANHS) into the studio to share the joys and challenges of their unique job, how they build relationships with their student athletes and coaches, and perhaps most importantly, what’s it’s like to see their students using skills learned in athletics…way beyond high school.
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    21 分
  • S3 Ep49: Episode 49 - A Day in the Principal's Office

    S3 Ep49: Episode 49 - A Day in the Principal's Office
    2024/11/14
    Sure, you might see them outside the front doors in the morning greeting families…or roaming the hallways throughout the day checking in with students…but have you ever wondered what a day in the life of an NCSD principal really looks and sounds like? In this episode, host Curtis Long keeps the microphones rolling as he spends an entire Friday as the substitute principal at Spring Mountain Elementary School. Can he calm the crabby kindergartner visiting his office? How about settle a squabble on the playground between frustrated fourth graders? And what happens when he’s suddenly put in charge of leading a schoolwide assembly first thing in the morning?
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    35 分