Scholastic Games Archived radio high school quiz programs

June 23, 2023

Dialogues 23-13 Historical Society Involves Students in Oral History Quests

Filed under: Dialogues On Education — Tags: , , , , , , , — admin @ 3:04 pm

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:35 — 15.9MB)

Barb Piscopo, Executive Director of the Lorain Historical Society, discusses several active programs based around student involvement applied to the Society’s motto, “History is the Foundation for strong, vibrant communities.”  She discusses the efforts of Lorain County Community College students in recording oral histories, particularly from Lorain’s Latino community as well as development of  the society’s newest initiative for the African American community in Lorain.  She also talks about how the Lorain Historical Society will be involved in this year’s 55th annual Lorain International Festival

Dialogues 23-12 Responding to Mental Health Issues Among Adolescents

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , — admin @ 2:52 pm

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:45 — 16.1MB)

American teenagers, particularly young women, are in the midst of a mental health crisis as social media and smartphones are contributing to high levels of depression, loneliness, sadness, and even suicide in some cases.   Rebecca Jones is the Child and Adolescent Services Director of the Mental health Addiction and Recovery Services Board of Lorain County. She describes the types of cases her office has encountered in county schools and successful strategies and remedies that are being employed.

Dialogues 23-11 “Bridges” from High School to College to Career

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , — admin @ 2:47 pm

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:28 — 14.4MB)

Deanna Strauss-Hersko, Manager of the Career Technical Pathway, part of “Bridges to Success” at Lorain County Community College, discusses with Vince Ventresco, an Avon High graduate and early participant in the program, a program developed by LCCC at the request of Avon High School.  It is already benefitting students who had been seeking career paths during their senior year in high school.  Ventresco, one of the program’s first participants, talks about how it led him to pursue an eventual bachelor’s degree for applied science in Microelectronic Manufacturing

Dialogues 23-10 Community Service at a Modern Library

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , — admin @ 2:33 pm

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:26 — 17.3MB)

Jennifer Harmon, the Community Engagement Director of the Elyria Public Library System, describes a new mobile program being introduced by the system to assist people in workforce training and development.  It helps individuals complete paperwork for government assistance programs, and it’s done inside a new mobile training vehicle called the EWOC, short for the Elyria Workforce and Outreach Center.  The new vehicle serves as a mobile classroom with instructors to assist those in need of training

Dialogues 23-09 Students Helping Students: The “We Serve” Program

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , — admin @ 2:24 pm

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:17 — 18.8MB)

“We Serve” is a national program offered to high schools giving students opportunities to assist students from other districts with tutoring or service assistance.  In this interview, Krystine Frisch, a veteran English teacher at Avon Lake High School, gives details on how 60 Advanced Placement English  students from her school tutored first and third graders at Clearview’s Vincent Elementary School to prepare for their state reading exams.  This highly successful program is only one of several involving voluntary participants from Avon Lake high school. She further explains how “We Serve” can be available for other interested schools

Dialogues 23-08 Preparing for School Security Crises

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , — admin @ 2:15 pm

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:28 — 19.2MB)

Ken Trump of National School Safety and Security returns with more detail on a timely topic.  In this second interview, he details the training of building staffs for awareness and response to the possibility of a security breech which can occur unexpectedly on campus.  He also offers additional insights on student safety

Powered by WordPress