I can’t believe how this year has ended. It is hard to imagine that we aren’t clapping our our 5th graders and helping them envision their next step in education. I am relieved that most of our students will be transitioning to a wonderful building at PCMS. Some additional resources mentioned in the podcast: new student virtual tour. Dr. Miller’s e…

Mr. Middleton was recently hired as the district's Activities director for the upcoming school year. He shares his philosophies and vision about his new role.

The 40 Developmental Assets are a list of assets that help our students feel successful. The list can be found here, and are briefly discussed in this podcast. Dr. Tulipana shares with us the impact that youth will have in their lives if we commit to supporting at least one of these assets with consistency. Bobby challenges our thinking about the t…

Want to know more about the roles and responsibilities of a school board member? Check out Buffy's answers to these questions and more. Featuring an experienced Rylee Peeler as visiting student podcaster. If you want to reach Buffy please feel free to contact her on her school email [email protected]…

Wow! This student podcaster had some amazing questions, and is a true natural. If you are wanting to know more about Kindergarten Kickoff and what to look forward to this spring as you plan for an incoming child, check out this episode. Student podcaster- Claire Alley, Guest - Mrs. Anna Bohn, Pathfinder Elementary…

Share in our new learning about how to increase our capacity to help set guidelines, discipline and support our children as they live up to the behavioral expectations of our society.

Ms. Madison Dunn (visiting student podcaster), asks Dr. Alex Williams, a clinical Psychologist, some great questions, and we dive into the ever interesting topic of mental health, changes in culture, how to find resources, and dispel some myths. I couldn't get enough of his insights, and invited him back to talk more about Trauma, strategies, etc. …

Dr. Beutel returns to talk about how we can become more educated and practice strategies that help our children heal from trauma. In this episode the Ted Talk given by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is referenced, and can be found at this link. Our student pod caster was sick, so we didn't get the joy that they bring to the studio. We hope you enjoy this …

Our administrative team wishes you all a wonderful Thanksgiving! Please enjoy this episode where we share what we are most thankful for during this Thanksgiving season.

Winter is coming! How do you keep your kids moving when TV, technology and other indoor activities have them tied to the house? Listen for some good ideas. Also, stay tuned to the end to find out if a cucumber is a fruit or a vegetable. What is your guess? Visiting student podcaster Maddon Britz has some fun questions for our panel.…

Join us for a quick look at the layers of support we provide students in the areas of academics, social/emotional and behavior Dr. Beutel is the Executive Director of Pupil Services. Her departments provide the net that all of our students are supported by in one way or another. If you ever wanted to know how many layers, levers or inner workings a…

If you want to reminisce about the good old days, 80s bands, hairstyles....then pick up some juicy insight on snow day decisions, and hiring in Platte County, this episode if for you. It is a bit longer than most of our episodes, so pick this one if you want you workout to be a bit longer. Thank you to Anna Kampmeyer (or should I call her Chloe), s…

Dr. Mike Reik, Superintendent of Platte County School District shares the exciting future developments in our area as wells as the legislative rumbles regarding education. We welcomed a new visiting student podcaster, Zoey W. who wowed us with some great questions. Spoiler alert: Dr. Reik taught Music and Art for a year!…

Fundraising Dcan be a very confusing effort and we are thankful that Laura Hulett (Director of Communications) and Jennifer Wilson (PTA) came to talk with Maddon, Kali and I about fundraising in our school district.

Dr. Mike Brown, Asst. Superintendent of Continuous Improvement and Academic Services shares why it is so important to live your "WHY". A special guest host, Maddon Britz, asks Dr. Brown questions, and we discuss the important of embracing the differences we share as humans on this planet.

“Success Ready Students”is a focus area for Platte County School District. What is a Success Ready Student and what are we doing to prep them for future success? Check this out to learn a little about preparing our students for a full life.

Jay Harris, Exec. Director of Operations of the Platte County School District joins us to discuss the steps our district is taking to keep our kids safe. As a bonus we talked him into sharing a bit about our new food service , Southwest Food Excellence, that our children will be enjoying this school year.…

Kristen Walker is a school coach with Franklin Covey. Her work is focused on schools in the Missouri and Chicago area. She provides critical training on the 7 Habits (which were synthesized by Steven Covey as the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People), as well as guidance for schools as they create their own journey with Leader in Me. Schools across …

I APOLOGIZE THAT THERE WERE SOME EDITING ISSUES in this episode. Still learning. Stick with us. Here are a couple of tidbits from the LiM Global Summit. Today’s guests are Ashley Richardson and Matt Wick.

This episode features Dr. Alicia Wilson, Director of Academic Services at the Platte County School District. Dr. Wilson, Jen and Kali discuss what standards based grading is, how to interpret the marks as a parent, and other questions. If you have further questions feel free to contact Siegrist Elementary or Dr. Wilson at the Platte County School D…

Today's podcast is featuring guest, Dr. Devin Doll from Pathfinder Elementary. He shares with us why being a Leader in Me school is important to him. We also discuss the best ways to incorporate the 7 Habits language at home. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to reach out to Siegrist Elementary in the Platte County School District. Mu…

Here are some great ideas and tricks for parents before school starts. Talking points are: fun summer activities, communication tricks, back to school events and few more!