Teaching Gwinnett Gwinnett County Public Schools
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"Teaching Gwinnett" is a Gwinnett County Public Schools podcast that tackles important, relevant, and timely topics that impact the school district's more than 200,000 students and staff. Each episode features in-depth and informative interviews and a special segment called… “Pop Quiz?”
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S5: Episode 6: New Parents Guide to Kindergarten Registration
Attention: All families planning to send their child to kindergarten in the fall. It’s time to get active! Kindergarten registration is underway. Kim Holland, Gwinnett County Public Schools executive director of Early Learning and School Readiness, drops by the show to explain how to register for kindergarten and, “going mobile”. The latest innovative and progressive way GCPS is hitting the road to help parents and caregivers be their child’s first and best teacher. We end the show with another edition of Pop Quiz.
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S5: Episode 5: The Impact of Community: A Community Schools Discussion
Drivers Education, after-school care, community events, classroom and gym rentals... Gwinnett County Public Schools' (GCPS) Community Schools Program does it all.
GCPS' Director of Community Schools, Soraia Felgenhauer, stops by to discuss how the Community Schools Program and its partners support students and families while also meeting the needs of the community. Listen in and learn about the amazing opportunities available to you, then stick around for another edition of Pop Quiz!
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S5: Episode 4: All About GCPS Sports!
This edition of Teaching Gwinnett is all about sports! Some stellar student-athletes and coaches, from Brookwood and Mill Creek High Schools, stop by to talk about their respective softball and football seasons and:
Making it to the title game
Setting school records
Building and maintaining a winning culture
Reflecting on the end of their high school athletic career
We close the show with an extended version of Pop Quiz featuring their take on who would win an epic 2 on 2 basketball game between stars of yesterday and today.
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S5: Episode 3: Eagle Takeover! Students from McKendree ES talk about the history of shoes and hosting their own podcast.
The student hosts and teachers behind Eagle Talk! McKendree Elementary School's informative, engaging, and fun podcast "take over" Teaching Gwinnett.
In this episode, we learn about the history of shoes, when, why, and where they were created, the different types, and which popular sneaker brands the hosts like the best. We also hear from the educators who started Eagle Talk! Why they created it, what it's like working with the talented hosts and the response from their school community. We close the show with another edition of "Pop Quiz."
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S5: Episode 2: GCPS Mentoring Program Relaunched
Community-Based Mentoring is an opportunity to pair caring adults with students in grades 4 through 12 to provide guidance, encouragement, and support to help them become successful young adults, both in and out of the classroom.
Join us as we discuss the relaunch of Community Based Mentoring with James Rayford, Director of Academic Support, dedicated mentor Bill Merritt, and former mentee Bryanna James.
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S5: Episode 1: Social Media Threats- Their Impact on Schools
They make students, staff, and parents feel unsafe and are causing panic in schools. We're talking about threats made on social media to "shoot up" a school. It is a nationwide problem that is disrupting teaching and learning and causing police to work overtime.
On this episode of Teaching Gwinnett, students share their thoughts on who is making the threats, why we are seeing so many, and what can be done to stop them. We also hear from GCPS Police Chief Tony Lockhart, who explains what authorities are doing to stop the threats and what happens to those who are caught. And as always, we end the show with another edition of Pop Quiz.
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