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The Prism Podcast episodes

September 29, 2024 A Brief Evaluation of Paradigms That Influence Our Parenting
In this week's podcast, Misty Newcomb, Caitlin Honasan, and Lindsey Nichols wrap up the first series of the year by talking about the cultural paradigms surrounding individualism and how these subtle ideas about children and parenting can influence how we think and parent.
33 min
September 22, 2024 Let’s Get Connected
In this week’s podcast Misty Newcomb, Caitlin Honasan, and Lindsey Nichols talk about the importance of social connections and delve into some of the challenges to staying connected in 2024. They offer practical tips for engaging the trends of this time in order to build stronger relationships.
26 min
September 15, 2024 Walking on Sunshine
This week Superintendent Misty Newcomb, Dean of Students Caitlin Honasan, and Principal Lindsey Nichols continue the conversation about the habits and lifestyle changes we can incorporate into our family’s lives to help our human bodies be healthy and focused. This week, they discuss the power of getting a little sunshine in and experiencing the great outdoors. Not only will you hear some surprising research about the impact of being outdoors, but you’ll also hear how they incorporate getting time outdoors into their homes.
24 min
September 08, 2024 The Middle and High School Years: A Time of Growth and Identity Development
In this week’s podcast, Caitlin Honasan, Lindsey Nichols, and Misty Newcomb take a look at what’s going on with the brain, body, and social experiences that occur during the middle and high school years and how parents can support, protect, and strengthen their students during this crucial time. They also add some context around some of the initiatives that we have at Prism during these years and how these experiences connect to student development.
34 min
September 01, 2024 What Happens When Children Play?
Superintendent Misty Newcomb, Dean of Students Caitlin Honasan, and Principal Lindsey Nichols are back this week with an interesting podcast focused on the importance of unstructured play. They discuss what happens to children’s brains when they play, the social dynamics of play, and what happens when children don’t get engage in enough play. They also share how they are bringing more unstructured play and social interactions into both our elementary and middle school/high school experiences.
In our overview of research on play, we pulled from our institutional knowledge as educators and from the following research articles.
Play Science: What we Know so Far
Brain Building through Play.
Prosocial foundations of academic achievement
The Decline of Pay and the Rise of Psychopathology in Children and Adolescents
The Importance of Play in Promoting Health Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds
1 Juster et al. “Major Changes Have Taken Place in How Children and Teens Spend Their Time,” 2004
31 min
August 25, 2024 Let's Get Moving!
In this podcast, Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Caitlin Honasan and Lindsey Nichols as they discuss the imperative to get our kids moving not just in bursts of exercise, but throughout the day. Learn more about the benefits and how you can partner with school leaders to build your child’s fitness this year.
27 min
August 18, 2024 2024-25 Podcast Kickoff
In our inaugural podcast of the year, school leaders highlight a big push to help students and families develop holistically. Misty Newcomb is joined by Dean of Students Caitlin Honasan and Principal Lindsey Nichols as they introduce some of the overarching goals of this school year and how parents can connect inside of them.
25 min
October 08, 2023 Kicking off the 2023-24 Season
As we kick off the new season, join Superintendent Misty Newcomb and Elementary Principal Lindsey Nichols as they discuss the upcoming focus the Prism Podcast for the 2023-24 school year.
18 min
April 02, 2023 How to Respond when Family Issues Reveal Internal Issues
In this weeks podcast Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Brandy Mashburn and Jessica Newcomb as they discuss how to respond when issues within your home bring up internal issues.
28 min
March 26, 2023 Connecting Your Family to Community
Often we talk about the importance of awareness of our peer interactions from the standpoint of who to avoid. As parents, it is our responsibility to monitor and protect our kids from bad influences. But an often overlooked—and equally important responsibility—is the extent to which we proactively connect our children to their community and the importance of that connection. In this podcast, Lindsey Nichols and Sierra Rose join Superintendent Misty Newcomb in talking about how they make this happen with their kids. There’s a special encouragement in here to parents of older children as well, so be sure and listen along.
33 min

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The Prism Podcast is designed to discuss questions we hear most often at the Prism campus from parents of PK-12th grade students. Limited to around 20 minutes, they are designed to be heard on your…