Ridgeview Pawcasts

Welcome to the first weekly pawcast from Ridgeview Middle School.  This week we interview school counselor, Mr. Ken Damron about Education Go Get It Week and school librarian, Mrs. Linda Kay about the “Read it Forward” program.

African Folk tales continues with it’s 8th story – “Congolese Princess” written by Nicky from Mrs. Sihalla’s World Cultures class.  Ms. Odil’s theater student, Keisha, reads this new twist on Rapunzel.

The next installment of African Folk Tales is “The Three Little Goats and the Fire-Eyed Bat” by Jaycie of Mr. Cudjo’s World Cultures class and read by Danielle of Ms. Odil’s theater arts class.   This folk tale takes place in the African country of Cape Verde.

“Little Blue Flying Bird” is written by Isabel in Mr. Cudjo’s World Cultures Class and read by Ms. Engelhardt.  This story is the remake of Little Red Riding Hood – Comoros style.   Listen as Little Blue learns the value of staying focused and following her mother’s directions.

Mrs. Kay reads the next installment of African Folk Tales.  “The Real Story of the Three Little Birds: The Giant Tortoise’s Perspective of the Story as Told by Gary P. Tortise” is written by Karly in Mrs. Sihalla’s World Cultures Class.

Our fifth folk tale is set in Benin and is titled “The Little Brown Monkey.”  This story is written by Kyle, a student in Ms. Appl’s World Cultures class, and is read by Mr. Parrack.

African Folk tales continues with “Brother Zebra” was written by Karina, a student in Ms. Conner’s World Cultures class, and is read by Mrs. Dodd. 

Episode #6 features “Acalayong: An African Fairy tale from Equatorial Guinea” written and read by Caitlin.  Caitlin is a student in Ms. Conner’s World Cultures class and is one of a few students chosen to share their original stories.

African Folk Tales continues in Episode 5 with “Maseru and Angora: An African Version of Little Red Riding Hood” written and read by Lily, a member of Ms. Conner’s sixth grade World Cultures class. 

Episode 4 features an African folk tale “Fiddlenickskin, I Mean Thumplepigskin” written by Elijah  and read by Mrs. McLinden.  Students in 6th grade World Cultures classes researched African and used that information to set classic folk tales in Africa.

The third installment of Ridgeview’s Pawcasts was produced by Bailey, Nathan, and Jovani.  The students interviewed our resident musical expert, Mr. Spratlan about playing instruments and being an orchestra director at Ridgeview Middle School.

The second installment of Ridgeview’s Pawcasts was produced by Aimee, Alex, Echo and Ashley.  The students interviewed Dr. Galloway about her dreams, her decision to become a principal and how she came to work at Ridgeview Middle School. 

Welcome to Ridgeview’s first podcast. This broadcast is produced by sixth grade students in the Ridgeview Podcasting club. This inaugural episode discusses “What Makes Ridgeview Great?” The students interviewed several teachers to get their take on this topic.