Rossford Schools Podcast

In this episode, we recap Speech and Debate's showing at state this past weekend and celebrate our DECA programming going to state. Two of our RHS wrestlers are off to state competition as well. We feature two interviews with wrestlers Noel Reinhart and Ayden Wilson. The two talk about the keys to success in Columbus this weekend and more. Good luck to all of our Bulldogs.

Newly inducted RHS Hall of Fame Soccer Coach John Vargo joins the Rossford Schools Podcast. Coach Vargo discusses his time coaching at Rossford which included four sectional championships, a district championship and Division II Coach of the Year award. He talks about the importance of education, coaching his kids, and the joy of seeing his former students succeed later in life.

You will hear from our six students heading to state competition in Speech and Debate. Each student will talk about their speeches, preparing for them and the nerves that come with it - then we share a portion of the speech as rehearsed this week. Good luck! And if you eat at Panera Bread in Perrysburg this Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. a portion of the proceeds go to this club.

Today's podcast visits Andrea Iman's Rossford Elementary STEM Class and Rachel Hood's Junior High Science Class as Northwestern Water & Sewer District delivers our teachers water grants. Theresa Pollick of NWWSD tells the class what her organization does and our teachers explain to the class how we will utilize the grants. Thank you for listening as always.

Hear from a handful of sixth graders at Sixth Grade Camp at Camp Michindoh. After hearing from students we talk to teachers Mrs. Hood and Mr. Dorn about the week. Find out what our students are up to!

School Resource Officer Jodi at Rossford Junior-Senior High School joins our podcast to discuss safety precautions and parent controls on TikTok. Go to this link to learn more https://www.tiktok.com/safety/en-us/guardians-guide/.

Mr. Brashear is retiring at the end of this school year. We spend some time talking to him about Rossford, his memories and time here, retirement plans, advice for the next principal and thanking him.

The Rossford Schools Esports team had its first competition this week. We talk with RHS alumni Nolan McHugh who coaches the team. Learn more about what Esports is, how our team did, and the lifelong benefits of Esports to our students. Coach McHugh discusses the four C's of educational technology (creativity, collaboration, communication and critical thinking).

We talk to Varsity Choir Members Sophia Shinavar and Sadie St. Mary along with Choir Director Jessica Witulski this week. Our Varsity Choir has recently performed its holiday choir concert, which we hear at the beginning and end of the episode, at The Toledo Club, at the Toledo Zoo, for Rossford Elementary and more. Our guests talk about those performances and more. Have a Happy Holidays!

One of our own Rossford Schools families, Crystal & Ben Hammond, recently joined our fifth grade STEM students to talk about building prosthetic legs. RHS Alumni Crystal Hammond discussed how a prosthetic leg gives her such a better quality of life. Ben Hammond, a Certified Prosthetist and Residency Director at Perry Prosthetics, discusses the engineering behind the prosthetics. The Rossford parents talk about their STEM visit. We also hear from our Wind Ensemble during the RHS Holiday Band Concert, and from NWOCA professional John MP discussing the Google for Littles second grade program.