The Alumni Pop By

The Alumni Pop By

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The Alumni Pop By episodes

  • The One With The OG Alum Paying $0 For College

    Raney Buist-Holmes, an original founding Meeting Street Academy-Charleston owl is now in his second year at DePaul University. He has deep roots in our community and comes back to visit all the time. Raney recently sat down with us and shared how his college experience has been so far. He is working, takes a full course load with a mighty fine GPA,  and is involved in the @Young Men of Color organization. He attributes his success to his belief in the possibility of succeeding, you will never know what you can get until you just try. We are so proud of Raney and so proud of him earning the prestigious Riversville Foundation Scholarship which allows him to attend DePaul on a full ride graduating with no college debt. We can't wait to see what you do next!

    24 min
  • the one with the first alumna of the year

    Sanaa Belcher, current 9th grader @soa,  to know her is to love her. Hear how she paved the way for all alumni after her. She's a history maker, a barrier breaker, and a world changer. She gives tips and tricks to stay involved, be connected, and make a name for yourself to be the most successful version of YOU you can be! 

    16 min
  • The One With Comeback Kid
    Xavier, founding owl, comes back to his roots to talk all about his journey through Green Heart. Learn how meaningful summer experiences turned into internships!
    29 min
  • Where We Review Alumni Weekend
    During our third annual network-wide Alumni Weekend event in April, we celebrated, reconnected, and shared internships, programs, and community networks with our alums and our graduating classes! We want to remove barriers and provide opportunities, so that these current and future leaders can fully and freely pursue their dreams. This Alumni Weekend was all about opportunities and "March Madness.” During our Community Expo, alumni were connected to select opportunities we vetted and chose specifically with them in mind. These opportunities are offered in partnership with community organizations like Green Heart, Western Golf Association’s Evans Scholarship, Grip Tape, Teen SHARP and more!
    32 min
  • Where We Kick Off March Madness
    Our 7th podcast episode after a smidge of time away... We are KICKING off March Madness with the amazing @wgaesf team + our CEO + an incredible alumna from Brentwood Bulldogs, Kimberly to talk to you about how to earn some great money this summer, network with influential people, and earn a FULL RIDE to college as an #EvansScholar! This episode is chock full of great little morsels.
    27 min
  • Where We Discuss Our Personal Brands
    Wow! We can't believe we are 6 episode in now. This one was super fun and featured an all star cast... Thanks to our Meeting Street Schools Director of Communications, Jen Jordan, our new friend, AJ Leach, and our forever Owl, Lois Vandross for dropping some serious passion, joy, knowledge and - of course - personal branding power. Also, we cannot forget to shout out Mr. Hansen, our Brentwood Bulldogs Director of Operations for officially naming the podcast "The Alumni Pop-by."
    34 min
  • Where We Discuss The Power Of Our Names
    We are at 5 Episodes! Wow, Wow, WOW.This episode is all about the power of our names. Identitiy, belonging, and inclusion is deeply meaningful to the alumni programming. what better way to explore our identity than exploring our names? Shout out to so many alumnae in this episode, as well as our partner school, Ashley Hall, and teacher Ms. Meghan Redel. Always remember, and never forget: "They can spell your name correctly, and they can pronounce your name correctly too!"
    24 min
  • Where they work for MSS (Part 2)
    Here we go, folx! Episode 4 is ON DECK! We have a riveting part 2 of Episode 2 with Chris Holmes as he talks about his journey with Meeting Street Schools: from student at Meeting Street Academy - Charleston to Charleston Catholic School, to Goose Creek High School, then Brentwood Bulldogs intern, and, now, a member of the operations team. Shout outs go to Rainey Buist-Holmes, his partner in all things interning, and his 5th grade teachers, Mr. Watkins and Dr. Ellsworth and, of course, the founding 14.
    12 min
  • Why Heritage Months Matter
    In this episode, we explore why Heritage Months are so important to Meeting Street Schools and our Alumni Services Programming. Make sure to check out America Ferrara's incredible Ted Talk about how your identity IS your SUPER POWER! Shout out to our art teachers @MeetingStreetBrentwoodArt and @ArtWithRamp and our academic teams for bringing great art and literature to our kids every day. Check out the #edistonatchezkussotribe OR #cherokeenation, @asif.tv to learn the difference between terms and why or even @remezcla to explore a little more reading on your own. Happy listening! We love you! Talk soon!
    18 min

About The Alumni Pop By

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Short snippets of joy, light, love and everything in between for Meeting Street Schools Alumni.