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This podcast is designed to celebrate our amazing students, their teachers, our staff, and administration as we all strive to inspire our school community to achieve their greatest potential! We will share inspiring stories from Sidway, Huth Road Elementary, Kaegebein Elementary, Veronica Connor Middle School and the Grand Island High School on a regular basis.
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This podcast features principal, David Howe and two Kaegebein teachers Stephanie Kwiatkowski and Allie Pellittieri. We explored how Kaegebein students are learning to make a difference — not just in their classrooms, but in their community. From creating colorful placemats for residents at Elderwood Assisted Living to cleaning up debris around the school grounds, students are learning firsthand that small acts of service have a big impact. Stephanie and Allie also share how their classro...
Today, we’re setting sail with the cast and crew of Moana Jr., the latest musical production from Veronica E. Connor Middle School. Joining us are, Dr. Felicia Pallaci, VCMS Principal, Musical Director Sarah Russo, and three of our incredibly talented student performers — Anna Leffler, Cole Hardman, and Haley Tracy. Together, they’ve brought to life the story of courage, friendship, and adventure that’s captured the hearts of audiences worldwide. https://www.grandislandschools.org/ Twitter ...
On this podcast episode we feature our Director of Physical Education, Health and Athletics, Brett Banker and PE Teacher and Coach, Dean Santorio. Brett is in his third year in the district taking over for the King of the North…Jon Roth…who taught, coached and served as our athletic director for 50 years! In this episode we honor the induction of our 2nd Class of the Grand Island High School Athletic Hall of Fame. These honorees represent excellence, sportsmanship, and true commitment t...
In this episode of Inspiring Viking Values we interviewed Mr. Maxwell Pikula the principal of Huth Rd Elementary School. Mr. Pikula shared information about Huth and how we will be creating some podcast episodes designed to chronicle the learning life of 2 second grade students and 2 third graders throughout the school year. This is part 3 of the year long journey. The children/parents who joined us for this recording were: The second grade students are: Josie Dalbo and Lincoln Ihle an...
In this episode of Inspiring Viking Values we interviewed Dr. Felicia Pallaci, the Principal of Veronica Connor Middle School. Felicia, invited 3 students (one from each grade) to discuss what they are most excited about for school and extracurricular activities. This is part 3 in the series. Joining us today were... 6th Grader: Joshua Agnello, 7th Grader: Kane Tower and 8th Grader: Quinn Sugg One more thing...I would like to thank Mrs. Mernitz and her students for si...
In this episode of Inspiring Viking Values we interviewed Mr. Michael Antonelli, the principal of Charlotte Sidway Elementary School in Grand Island NY. Mr. Antonelli shared information about Sidway and how we created some podcast episodes designed to chronicle the learning life of 2 kindergarten students and 2 first graders throughout the school year. This is the third in that series. The children/parents who joined us for this recording were: Aurora Bennett (K), Shep Hassler (K...
In this episode of Inspiring Viking Values we interviewed Mr. David Howe the principal of Kaegebein Elementary School. Mr. Howe shared information about Kaegebein and joined us for the final episode where we have been following the learning life of 2 second grade students and 2 third graders throughout the school year. The children/parents who joined us for this recording were: Raelynn Stevens and Arlo Burgio (2nd graders) and Liberty Maerz and William Schultz (3rd graders). Their pare...
In this episode of Inspiring Viking Values we interviewed Dr. Felicia Pallaci, the Principal of Veronica Connor Middle School. Felicia, invited 3 students (one from each grade) to discuss what they are most excited about for school and extracurricular activities. This is part 2 in the series. Joining us today were... 6th Grader: Joshua Agnello, 7th Grader: Kane Tower and 8th Grader: Quinn Sugg One more thing...I would like to thank Mrs. Mernitz and her students for s...
In this episode of Inspiring Viking Values we interviewed Mr. David Howe the principal of Kaegebein Elementary School. Mr. Howe shared information about Kaegebein and joined us for the second episode where we are following the learning life of 2 second grade students and 2 third graders throughout the school year. The children/parents who joined us for this recording were: Raelynn Stevens and Arlo Burgio (2nd graders) and Liberty Maerz and William Schultz (3rd graders). Their parents a...
On this podcast episode we feature Brett Banker. Brett is the Director of Physical Education, Health and Athletics here in the Grand Island Central School District. Brett is in his second year in the district taking over for the King of the North…Jon Roth…who taught, coached and served as our athletic director for 50 years! In this episode we are joined by 2 senior athletes...Maddie McGowan and Evan Pickering who share their perspective of school life combined with athletics. One ...
In this episode of Inspiring Viking Values we interviewed Mr. Maxwell Pikula the principal of Huth Rd Elementary School. Mr. Pikula shared information about Huth and how we will be creating some podcast episodes designed to chronicle the learning life of 2 second grade students and 2 third graders throughout the school year. This is part 2 of the year long journey. The children/parents who joined us for this recording were: The second grade students are: Josie Dalbo and Lincoln Ihle an...
Joining this episode of the podcast was: Ms. Amy Boutet, Director of the musical. Additionally, 12th grade superstars, Annabelle Linenfelser, Lauren Olendorf, Jayden Kleinschmidt and Alejandro Perez offered their insights and talents to this recording. Something Rotten! is a musical comedy with a book by John O'Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick and music and lyrics by Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick. Set in 1595, the story follows the Bottom brothers, Nick and Nigel, who struggle t...
In this episode, the principal of Sidway (Mr. Michael Antonelli) intorduces us to four first graders who share their perspective on Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas! Our special guests were: Bridget Bruno - Grade 1- Everett Klotzbach - Grade 1- Vinny Martello - Grade 1 and Emily Maslona - Grade 1. https://www.grandislandschools.org/ Twitter - @GrandIsland CSD Instagram - @GRANDISLANDSCHOOLDISTRICT Facebook - GRANDISLANDSCHOOLDISTRICT
In this episode of Inspiring Viking Values we interviewed Dr. Felicia Pallaci, the Principal of Veronica Connor Middle School. Felicia, invited 3 students (one from each grade) to discuss what they are most excited about for school and extracurricular activities. Joining us today were... 6th Grader: Joshua Agnello and his mom, Nicole. 7th Grader: Kane Tower and 8th Grader: Quinn Sugg One more thing...I would like to thank Mrs. Mernitz and her students for singi...
In this episode of Inspiring Viking Values we interviewed Mr. Maxwell Pikula the principal of Huth Rd Elementary School. Mr. Pikula shared information about Huth and how we will be creating some podcast episodes designed to chronicle the learning life of 2 second grade students and 2 third graders throughout the school year. The children/parents who joined us for this recording were: The second grade students are: Josie Dalbo and Lincoln Ihle and the third grade students are Ellesandra Masce...
In this episode of Inspiring Viking Values we interviewed Mr. Michael Antonelli, the principal of Charlotte Sidway Elementary School in Grand Island NY. Mr. Antonelli shared information about Sidway and how we will be creating some podcast episodes designed to chronicle the learning life of 2 kindergarten students and 2 first graders throughout the school year. The children/parents who joined us for this recording were: Aurora Bennett (K) and her mom Morgan Green-Bennett. Shep Hassler ...
In this episode of Inspiring Viking Values we interviewed Mr. Michael Antonelli, the principal of Charlotte Sidway Elementary School in Grand Island NY. Mr. Antonelli shared information about the end of the year activities. He invited 4 children to join us on the podcast. @ choldren mving up to 2nd grade and 2 children moving up to first grade. The children who joined us for this recording were: Margot Moll, Carter Bailey, Jack Zilliox and Jace Antonelli. One more thing.....
In this episode of Inspiring Viking Values we interviewed Mrs. Hillary Kretz-Harvey, the principal of Grand Island High School. Mrs. Kretz-Harvey shared reflected on the school year and she invited 5 seniors to discuss their post high school plans. Also joining the podcast were five senior students. Fiona Joss, Douglas Crowley, Kaitlyn Dudek, Torin Roth, and Addison McNulty One more thing...I would like to thank Mrs. Mernitz and her students for singing the Grand Island Alma...
In this episode of Inspiring Viking Values, we interviewed Mr. Max Pikula, the principal of Huth Road Elementary School. Max shared information on the upcoming Moving Up Day (MUD) activities for his fifth grade students. Joining us on the podcast were our 5th grade students from Huth Rd: Luka Desmond, Brooklyn Lenger, Sammy Szyprowski, and Becca Podlucky! https://www.grandislandschools.org/ Twitter - @GrandIsland CSD Instagram - @GRANDISLANDSCHOOLDISTRICT Facebook - GRANDISLANDSCHOOLDISTRICT
In this episode of Inspiring Viking Values we interviewed Mr. Adam Buffomante, the Interim Principal of Veronica Connor Middle School. Mr. Buffomante, invited 4 of our 8th graders to talk about moving on to 9th grade and highlight some of their most memorable activities throughout their journey in our schools. Joining us today were... Braden Cudzillo, Austin Clause, Eleanor Murray and Alyse Alberalla. https://www.grandislandschools.org/ Twitter - @GrandIsland CSD Inst...
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