Extracurricular

Today I had a chance to sit down with Nicholas, an 8th-grade student here at GOC. We start our chat discussing the 2026 NBA Playoffs and specifically the Round 1 matchup between our Atlanta Hawks and the New York Knicks. Nicholas is an NBA expert and shares his views on the Hawks, the Knicks, the NBA draft, questionable referees, and his past and upcoming trip to Las Vegas to check out the NBA Summer League. We chat about a recent trip to New Orleans and all the great food available there. And we finish up our conversation discussing Michael, the new Michael Jackson movie, and all the great music Michael Jackson made over his career. Nicholas is always a knowledgeable and very fun guest to have on the podcast, and you're going to enjoy our chat. Here's Nicholas. If you have a question or want to be on the podcast, please email me at [email protected].   If you’re interested in Gwinnett Online Campus, you can head over to our website and find out all about the school and the great things we have going on. Special thanks to Mr. Ford for making this podcast possible.   Music for the podcast is "Blue Ska" by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.

Today, I had a chance to sit back down with GOC 9th-grader Mia. This is the second time Mia has been on the podcast. She was on just a few episodes back with Langdon where they did a deep dive discussing GOC's spring musical, Freaky Friday. Make sure to check out that episode if you haven't listened yet. In this episode thought, it's just me and Mia and she shares some of her favorite hobbies and interests outside of school. We talk about sewing, knitting, crochet, patterns, sewing machines, thread, Dragon Con, Ren Fair, Star Wars, costume design, and co-writing a book. Mia is a student of many talents, and you are going to really enjoy our conversation. Here's Mia. If you have a question or want to be on the podcast, please email me at [email protected].   If you’re interested in Gwinnett Online Campus, you can head over to our website and find out all about the school and the great things we have going on. Special thanks to Mr. Ford for making this podcast possible.   Music for the podcast is "Blue Ska" by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.

Today, I had a chance to sit back down with GOC senior and one of my current 12th Lit students, Langdon, who you may have heard just a few weeks ago on the podcast. He and Mia joined me to discuss their roles in GOC's Freaky Friday. Today, I got to continue that conversation one-on-one with Langdon. We chatted about Langdon's favorite movies, video games, music, live music, theatre, Greek mythology, acting, cooking, sports, his drama productions at GOC, and his recent and future travel plans. It's a great conversation, so let's get to it. Here's Langdon. If you have a question or want to be on the podcast, please email me at [email protected].   If you’re interested in Gwinnett Online Campus, you can head over to our website and find out all about the school and the great things we have going on. Special thanks to Mr. Ford for making this podcast possible.   Music for the podcast is "Blue Ska" by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.

Today I had a chance to sit down with Karl and Monica from - I mean Langdon and Mia from Gwinnett Online Campus. Karl and Monica are the characters in GOC’s production of Freaky Friday that Langdon and Mia play. And they were phenomenal. I hope you all had a chance to see the musical - everyone was great. Langdon and Mia are no exception. We talked for over an hour about everything related to their performances - auditions, rehearsals, the shenanigans, the live performances, the improv, the choreography, the rest of the cast, Ms. Maggie. Really a deep dive on the musical, but also a deep dive with two amazing GOC students and friends. You're going to laugh a lot. Here are Langdon and Mia. If you have a question or want to be on the podcast, please email me at [email protected].   If you’re interested in Gwinnett Online Campus, you can head over to our website and find out all about the school and the great things we have going on. Special thanks to Mr. Ford for making this podcast possible.   Music for the podcast is "Blue Ska" by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.

Today I had a chance to sit down and chat with Nicole, a podcast guest way back in 2022 and new ITS Board President - we chat about that leadership role here. But we start by diving right into her role as Savannah in GOC’s recent production of Freaky Friday. Nicole shares what it’s like to play the villain and her approach to playing a new role. We talk about what can only be described as a hilarious play and production. We talk about the play as well as backstage in the weird GOC kitchen, some dead frog props, and all sorts of hijinks that went on with the cast and crew. And we chat about her busy summer. Nicole is helping her dad with work in Iowa for a week, then she has summer camp, and then she has a big mountain biking trip to Arkansas planned - fingers crossed for no more injuries! We finished our conversation talking about singing, songwriting, composing, prom, and volleyball. If you have a question or want to be on the podcast, please email me at [email protected].   If you’re interested in Gwinnett Online Campus, you can head over to our website and find out all about the school and the great things we have going on. Special thanks to Mr. Ford for making this podcast possible.   Music for the podcast is "Blue Ska" by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.