Beyond Our Bell

Beyond Our Bell

By Cory & JoseEducation
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Beyond Our Bell episodes

  • S2 Episode 1 - Going to College

    Going to College  might be one of the most emblematic decisions of growing up and transitioning into adulthood. Join us as we interview students and staff about how to be prepared and what to expect from this process

    36 min
  • Episode 6 - GLOW
    The co-presidents of the GLOW club, or Gay, Lesbian or Whatever gay-straight alliance share with us their journey  toward creating  a safe LGBT environment for our community.  Along this journey they will address the many road blocks and achievements towards a more inclusive and caring school for everyone.
    31 min
  • Episode 10 - ECONIC

    Teaching partners, Joelle Hernandez and Elizabeth Salinas, along with their students, seek to address the learning styles of the iGeneration through ECONiC, their innovative approach to AP Economics education. 


    36 min
  • Episode 9 - Casa Monarca

    Casa Monarca is an organization located in Monterrey that responds to the most urgent needs of migrants, promoting their human rights and supporting them through humanitarian aid, civic education, and legal advice. A group of volunteers share with us the stories behind the institution. For more information visit https://www.casamonarca.org.mx/index.html

    39 min
  • Episode 8 - Mountain Slayers
    The Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt or Sierra Madre is a volcanic belt that covers central and southern Mexico. The highest peaks in Mexico and even some in North America can be found here among central states such as Puebla, Morelos, and Veracruz. A group of ASFM students continues to challenge such elevations. This is their story, told by themselves.
    53 min
  • Episode 7 - Near Space

    Do you have what it takes to send a capsule at an  altitude of 40 kilometers (120,000 feet) above Earth's sea level? Can you retrieve and process the data from the environmental experiments you sent up there? We know a group of students who can, and this is their story. 

    Here is some trivia about this episode in case you are not familiar with Monterrey, Mexico or our school: 

    Min 8.28  / An Oxxo is a Mexican chain of convenience stores, with over 14,000 stores across Latin America

     Min 11.28 / "Kiko"  (Air Recovery Team) is not one of our students, he is an engineer and one of the mentors of the project. And, yes; he does have an helicopter (A helicopter company actually). 

    Min 25.4 / The  Presa Rompepicos or Rompepicos Dam is a 71 meters structure in the middle of the Huasteca National Park a few kilometers away from our school. This structure was built to filter on high rainy seasons the water from the rio Santa Catarina into the city with a capacity of over 1400 cubic meters per second.  

    Min 27.2 / The Huastequita campus is the Building that holds our Elementary grades Nursery to 5th, is built on a 50 acre parcel of land located to the west of Garza Garcia, Monterrey, Mexico

    36 min
  • Episode 5 - Live Curious go Beyond
    The Live Curious, Go Beyond 2019 Technology and Innovation in Education Conference is a two-day educational event that brings together K-12 educators from throughout the Americas.

    Join a group of presenters, attendees, and organizers for a more intimate look at what this conference is all about.

    Join us this February 15th - 16th, 2019 at ASFM.
    17 min
  • Episode 4 - The Robotic Eagles
    Join the members of the American School Foundation of Monterrey robotics team as they share what it takes to succeed inside and outside competitions and why STEM education matters.
    21 min
  • Episode 3 - The Huasteca Project

    The Huasteca Canyon, or “El cañón de la Huasteca”, is an ecological park located in the municipality of Santa Catarina near the city of Monterrey in the state of Nuevo León.


    Today, the park is being pulled in all directions by private companies and municipal, state, and federal agencies on a number of different development projects and recreational interests. Future exploitation of the park for residential areas is casting its menacing shadow over these mountains but more importantly, the impact of its visitors is taking an alarming toll.

    Joins us for this episode to explore the Huasteca and what is next for this majestic but endangered natural beauty.

    35 min
  • Episode 2 - Green Schools

    When we chose to approach the subject of green schools early on, we decided to ask students and staff how they would define a ‘Green School’ and if they believed that we were one. After reviewing those interviews, we noticed that everyone had a personal notion of what a green school was, but no idea where the term came from, or how long had it been in our culture; the name made sense--green--but since when have we been using it? Join us in this first introductory dive into environmental education. If you like this episode you will be interested in visiting these websites: 

     - Green School Alliance

    - United Nations 17 Goals to Transform the World



    39 min

About Beyond Our Bell

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We are Cory Austen and Jose Alvarez. Jose is a Librarian and Cory is an Innovation Coach at the American School Foundation of Monterrey, Mexico.