Educationally Speaking

In this episode, we are talking about the countywide school's writing tournament and speaking with three student and two teachers about the experience. We spoke with students Sadie Kingsforth, Dylan Prouty, and Elsa Gray along with teachers Jenn Lukenbill and Brian Ellis.

Superintendent/Principal of The Twin Ridges Elementary School District Erik Crawford and Nevada County Superintendent of Schools Scott Lay speak with Twin Ridges Elementary School ELOP coordinator Kristen Snell about the program she oversees. They are joined by two Grizzly Hill School students, Stan and Alice.

Nevada County Superintendent of Schools Scott Lay and Superintendent/Principle of the Twin Ridges Elementary School District speak with County Office of Ed head of Foster Services Helena Heinzelman and Angel Albiso, Youih Engagement project and Independent :iving ambassador.

Scott Lay speaks with Solomon Henson Education Program Director and Evan Portier Education Project Manager of The Sierra Streams Institute about a joint project with the Nevada County Superintendent's office, Sierra Streams Institute and UC Davis.

Scott Lay speaks with Ready Springs School 8th grade teacher Cameron Cox and students Johnny and Elizabeth about the skateboarding elective taught by Cameron.

Nevada County Superitendent of Schools Scott Lay speaks with Teachers of the Year, with Jen Lubarsky (Clear Creek School) and Audra Delany (Chicago Park School).

  Scott Lay, Nevada County Superintendent of Schools, speaks with schools homeless education staff, Melissa Perrett, student services coordinator and homeless liaison for Nevada County, Katy Dyer, case manager and Charlotte Peterson, homeless education specialist.

Scott Lay speaks with Jen Lubarsky, teacher of the year from Clear Creek School  and Audry Delaney, teacher of the year at Chicago Park School.

Nevada County Superintendent of Schools, Scott Lay, speaks with Associate Superintendent for Special Education, Eli  Gallup, about mental health supports in Nevada County.

Director of School Safety for the Nevada County Superintendent of Schools office talks about the "behind the scenes" work that goes into keeping our students and staff safe.  Fires, PSPS, intruder, and Covid are several of the topics that are discussed and what our schools response will be to each event.

Tonight’s guest on Educationally Speaking is Jinnae Anderson, parenting specialist for the Partners Family Resource Centers in western Nevada County.

Nevada County native John Baggett has been an educator for  years as teacher, principal and superintendent in Nevada, Placer, and Sacramento counties and member of the Banner Mountain Baggett  Boys Bottle Band.

On Educationally Speaking , host Kimberly Ewing invites the Nevada County Library staff to talk about what this summer programs will look like at our libraries, including reading challenges, a Recreation Collection for check out, summer events and activities for everyone in the family. Fun begins June 13 to August 13, 2022. Guests are Jill Davidson, Children's Youth Services Librarian and Ian Boal...

On Educationally Speaking , host Kimberly Ewing talks with high school students who are winners in the Nevada County Reads county-wide writing contest, along with high school librarian Josie Andrews and local writer Kirsten Casey who were instrumental in the success of this year's high school writing contest. 

On Educationally Speaking , hosts Scott Lay and Kimberly Ewing talk with KVMR General Manager, Ali Lightfoot and Coordinator, Kelley Rees about the YOUTH NEWS Corp that is happening at KVMR. Student reporters on the show are: Fiona Baker on Social Justice, Maya Cruz on Mental Health, Liv Des Autels on Environment, and Avary George on Education. 

Tonight on Educationally Speaking , hosts Scott W. Lay and Kimberly Ewing invite Executive Director, Melody Easton, of First 5 Nevada County to talk about April being Child Abuse Prevention Month and all that's going on to support that cause. 

Tonight on Educationally Speaking , hosts Scott W. Lay and Kimberly Ewing highlight upcoming community events: Schools Job Fair on March 26 and "Raise Them Up" Foster Youth Celebration Day on May 14. Guests include: Sara Cory, Human Resources from NCSoS and Morgan Welty-Geisick with Foster Youth along with event coordinators Skyy and Rose promoting their important community event.

Tonight on Educationally Speaking , hosts Scott W. Lay and Kimberly Ewing talk about Nevada County Reads, a long-standing community literary event with the idea of One Book, One Community. Guests include Sydney Joyce from Nevada County Libraries, Josie Andrews, NUHS Librarian/Teacher, and Logo Art Winner from BRHS, Austin Reyes. 

Tonight on Educationally Speaking , hosts Scott W. Lay and Kimberly Ewing talk with Education Leaders Teena Corker, Associate Superintendent of Schools for Education and Carrie Ferrero, STEAM EXPO Lead Teacher in Science & Math, about the upcoming VIRTUAL S.T.E.A.M Science & Arts Competition using the ZFair platform in March, 2022.

Tonight on Educationally Speaking , hosts Scott W. Lay and Kimberly Ewing chat with NUHS's Drama Department Teacher Rob Metcalfe about the challenges and successes with producing a theatre arts play production among COVID surges. 

Tonight on Educationally Speaking , hosts Scott W. Lay and Kimberly Ewing discuss a new Restorative Practice Program happening in local high schools called R.A.Y.S. Restorative Accountable Youth Solutions. Guests include Director of program, Marlene Mahurin, Program Coordinator, Steve Hansen, and two high school trained facilitators, Kaylie and Lyric.

Tonight on Educationally Speaking , hosts Scott W. Lay and Kimberly Ewing chat with founder of the Bicycle Recycle Project in Nevada City School District, Steve Davis, and the current teacher of bike program, Ben Preston and how he's moving project forward. Industrial Arts in the middle schools is beginning to take hold with elective programs and these two teachers share how their program started...

Tonight on Educationally Speaking , hosts Scott W. Lay and Kimberly Ewing chat with Kelly Moreno from the Twin Ridges Elementary School District, discussing the new programs at the school sites and happenings going on up on the Ridge and at their one-room schoolhouse in the little town of Washington.  

Tonight's Educationally Speaking hosts Scott W. Lay and Kimberly Ewing talk with school principals from Ready Springs, Chrissy McKeown, Deer Creek, Robin Black and Seven Hills, Sam Schug about their Maker Spaces and STEAM projects going on at their schools. Student guests on the show are Koa, Willem, Lilja from Deer Creek, Xander & Lev from Seven Hills, and Seamus, Bella, and Alexis from Ready...

Tonight on Educationally Speaking , Scott Lay talks with county-wide Geography Tournament Coordinator, Dan Zeiser, and several 7th grade winners from this Fall's Geography Tournament. Some of the student guests are Gilbert, Jason, Xanian from Seven Hills Middle School and tournament winner, Ella from Magnolia.