BG CAST

In this episode, we are talking with teacher Gracelyn Crum and Director of Instructional Leadership Mike Michaud about some new steps our district is taking to teach pre-k kids in our community. Our spotlight is on Kara Martin, to talk about some of what she does as an early childhood special education teacher at Prairie.  As usual, we get started with a game called short stories.

In this episode we are talking with Tamra Scheetz, district director of instructional interventions, and Tamra Vanegas, a counselor on special assignment, talking about everything our district is doing to support the social and emotional well-being of our students. Our spotlight is on Ryan Wilson, to talk about some of what he does as a counselor at Pleasant Valley Primary School.  As usual, we get started with some fun, random trivia.

In this episode, we are talking with Andrea Sperry, the principal at Maple Grove, and Angela Knight, the principal at Captain Strong. We will be talking about professional learning communities and why they're important. Our spotlight is on Mandy Waugh to talk about her efforts to create a community of kindness and Prairie High School's "Inspire Week." As usual, we get started with some fun, random trivia.

In this episode we are talking with Erin Thompson, an Assistant principal at Prairie High School and Taylin who is serving as the current ASB president. We will be talking about Prairie's work to build connections between the school and community. Our spotlight is on Danaka Ross, the ASB adviser and as usual, we have a little fun to get started with a game called "get to know you."

In this episode, we take some time to talk with Dave Cresap and Amy Fredericks, who work in the Curriculum adoptions department for the district, about the process for adopting a new curriculum. Our spotlight is on Jean Markuson, who is volunteering on one of the curriculum adoption teams. But to get us started we play a game called "Top Three."

In this episode, we take some time to get to know Mark Watrin, president of the school board. We are shining the spotlight on Sora, the newest student representative for the School board. As usual, we get things started with a fun round of "This or That?"

In this episode, we're talking about what the district is doing to keep our students safe. We take some time to get to know Police Chief Mike Fort and Tom Adams, director of Student Services for BGPS. We are shining the spotlight on Phil Anderson, the School Resource Officer for Battleground High School, and Mike Kesler, the district security supervisor, and we get things started with a game called "Riff Off."

Welcome to the BG CAST, a podcast seeking to bring the battleground community and schools together. In this episode, we take some time to get to know Matt Stanfill and Mike Woodward from Battleground High School Athletics, we are shining the spotlight on Noah, a student-athlete at Battleground High School, and we get things started with a game called "Banana For Scale."

This week we will be talking with Josh and Ivie who are members of the CAC, aka the Citizens Advisory Committee. We'll be talking about the purpose of this committee and some of our insights from the first year.

Our spotlight will be on two seniors, Evan and Kaeyln who just graduated.

And as usual, we kick things off with the top ten quotes about dads.

One of the characteristics of being a smaller community is the fact that many people have lived in the area for generations. You'll hear that today as we talk with Allison Tuchardt & Dave Cresap about their roots in the Battleground community.

Our spotlight will be on a couple of teachers who are also alumni of the Battleground Public Schools, and who were inspired to become teachers because of the teachers they had.

As usual, we get things started off with the top ten signs your cat may be trying to kill you.