Mercer County Podcast Club

Welcome to 2024! What a crazy month we have had at MCHS. The weather has pushed us back to release this right at the end of the month and we are sorry! We start out with Payton Ruggles, Tikeena Lang, and Johna Dellitt in our Student Talk, talking about how they dealt with their snow days. Next up with have Claire Fowler interviewing our new counselor Mrs. Staker. She talks about why she became a c...

Happy Holidays everyone and welcome to the December episode of the Mercer County Podcast Club. This month we Gabriella McPeek, Riley King, Tikeena Lang and Claire Fowler taking over our student talk. They get to pick the topic and off we go! Next up we have our Faculty Interview with Mrs. Simpson and Mrs. Simpson. Yep, we have two of them. Payton Ruggles interviews them about their careers in teac...

We are back without technical difficulties this time! Our November Episode features Gabriella McPeek, Riley King, Claire Fowler, and Johna Dellitt talking about a variety of issues. Next we have Tikeena Lang interviewing our new assistant principal Ms. Dornon. We learn about what she likes about Mercer County and what brought her to being a school administrator. Lastly we have Payton Ruggles inter...

Well, we had the whole podcast done and when I went to upload it, the files got corrupted somehow. We lost a great interview with Ms. Dornon and we will try and do it again for November. We also lost an interview with Keeghan Benson done by Claire Fowler. Today we tried to salvage what we could so please enjoy our podcast this month!

Welcome back to Season 4 of the Mercer County Podcast Club! We have a great new group of kids wanting to record and interview folks for your entertainment! Our first Student Talk is Claire Fowler, Johna Dellitt, Payton Ruggles, and Tikeena Lang. They talk about Homecoming and new school rules. Next up we have Riley King interviewing Ms. Estes. Ms. Estes is new to Mercer County and is teaching in o...

The 2023 Aledo Rhubarb Fest is quickly approaching! We had Pam and Pam of the Rhubarb Fest Committee come in and tell us all about the great things that Rhubarb Fest will have to offer! Lots of info and great historic conversations on this great traditional Festival.

Hey all! It is our Season Finale to the 2022-23 school year with a great one! We start out with our Seniors of the Podcasting club talking about their High School careers and how fast the time has gone! Next up we have the great Mrs. Hucke talking about her retirement and all of her years here at Aledo/Mercer County HS. Lastly we have Hunter Smith interviewing Sophomore Carter Lane about the Bass...

Welcome to the April Episode of the Mercer County High School Podcast Club! This month we have a great conversation with Miles Showalter, Riley King and Kellan King for Student Talk....what are you looking forward to next year and how is your vehicle doing? Next up we have Hunter Smith interviewing Mr. Pihl from the Social Studies Department. We see what is Mr. Pihl's favorite part of history...

Sorry so late getting the March episode out, but we have a great episode lined up for you. First off we have Hunter Smith and Miles Showalter talking with me about random stuff. Then we have Mr. Murray talking about the upcoming softball season and his new role as Athletic Director next year at MCHS. Lastly we have our new 2023-24 FFA President Caleb Wagner. He will be talking about the future of...

Hey everyone!  Glad that you are here to listen to the February Podcast Episode from the Mercer County Podcasting Club.  First up we will have our Student Talk where Hunter, Riley and Kellan all come in with a random topic to talk about.  Then we have Ms. Guidinger talking about the MCHS Art program and some of the 21st Century clubs that she leads.  Lastly we have Eden Mueller...

Happy 2023 everyone and welcome to the January episode of the Mercer County Podcast Club.  We start out with Mackenzie Thurston, Miles Showalter and Hunter Smith talking about what comes to our minds in our Student Talk section.  Next up we have Mrs. Swanson who teaches PE/Body Conditioning and Drivers Ed here at Mercer County.  Kellan King does a great job of finding out what Mrs....

Happy Holidays everyone!  Welcome to the December Episode from the Mercer County Podcasting Club.  This month we will have the entire club in studio to have a nice gift exchange.  It turned out to be a lot of fun.  Next we will have Kellan King interviewing Mr. Hankins from the English department about being a new teacher in the Mercer County School District.  Lastly we wi...

Hey everybody!  Welcome to our November podcast!  This month we will be talking with the ladies of the podcast club with special guest Mia Ward.  Mia will tell us what this year's musical will be in 2023!  Next up we have Mrs. Hainds talking about college and scholarship season.  We will also be talking about MCHS's new member Cheerio!  Lastly we will have Miles and H...

Welcome back to the Mercer County Podcast Club for the month of October!  We start out with the boys of the club doing the Student Talk.  We will talk about Homecoming, the Football Season and Miles likes nothing that everyone else likes.  Next up we finally get to our MCHS Science Department with Mrs. Pirog!  Mackenzie Thurston will ask her how she got started teaching in the...

Hey everybody! The Mercer County Podcasting Club is back for a 3rd Season!  This month we have Hunter Smith and Riley King talking about all the new fun things going on here at Mercer County and what they did interesting over the summer.  Next up, Kellan King introduces to you our new principal Mrs. Cooper!  She is loving Mercer County and tells her a little about herself and what she has planned...

Hey all.  Kind of a mixed bag on the May episode this month!  We talk with Mrs. Day and our Seniors about Graduation and all their years at MCHS. Then we speak with my 4 nieces.  Lastly we talk to our Juniors about what it is like in the HS without all the Seniors!  Thanks for listening!

Everything you wanted to know about Aledo's Rhubarb Fest with Pam Myers and Pam Ricke!  A special edition of the Mercer County Podcast Club.

Welcome back!  We are in the wonderful month of April and our Student Talk is being recorded in the morning for the first time this year!  Mr. Ruggles isn't in the best of moods when Cydnee, Sidney, Hunter and Monica want to talk about Prom, End of the year and other things.  Then we move along to our interview with our English teacher Mrs. Mehl. She will be retiring after this year...

Hey everyone!  We are back for our March Podcast.  Cydneee Stockham, Miles Showalter and Sidney Quam run our Student Talk with some interesting topics.  A little Musical, Windows or Doors and many other subjects.  We then have Sidney Quam interview our own Mr. Kenney on how he became a Math teacher and Coach in the Mercer County School District.  Lastyly, we have Monica McKnight interviewing Sopho...

Here is the Podcast episode for February!  We start out with our Student Talk.  The kids and I will be talking about Sadie Hawkins dance, new mask optional weirdness and all kinds of other stuff.  Next up we will have Sydney Quam interviewing our Ag teachers Mr. Livingston and Ms. Libby.  They will be telling us a little about their history and all the programs that they teach....

We are back for 2022!  The Student Talk kids talk about how their breaks went and whether or not they like all the snow that we have been having.  Then we bring Griffen Kernan back to see how is Fall semester at Grinnell College went.  Lastly, we have Miles Showalter interviewing Isaiah Earl on his future on being a musician and their new band "Bonafide Vagabond".  Enjoy and pl...

A special episode from the Mercer County Podcasting Club.  Brian Dennison worked for the Mercer County School District from 2003 - 2020.  He was a Coach, Athletic Director, Teacher and Mentor to many.  We along with many special guests will remember Brian's time at Mercer County and his influence on the District.  Guest include - Gary Heard, Jim Taylor, Cully Welter, Tom Hasson...

Hey all!  Happy Holidays and welcome to our 4th Episode from our 2nd Season.  Our December Student Talk will be led by Hunter Smith.  Hunter will talk about some of his favorite Holiday traditions and there may even be a surprise visitor!  Next up, Sidney Quam will be interviewing Deputy Pruitt who has been working as our Resource Office at MCHS this year.  Last but not le...

For our November Podcast we will have our Student Talk talking about their ILMEA experience and how their Thanksgiving Day break is going go.  Next up for our Faculty Spotlight Monica McKnight will talk with Mr. Deirikx from the English Department.  Finally we will speak with Sophia Santiago and talk to her about all of her activities at the High School.  Thank you for listening and...

We are back for our October Episode!  We start with our Student talk and our topics will be Homecoming and Halloween.  Next up we have Hunter Smith interviewing Mr. Whan.  We will find out a little background on Mr. Whan and then he will announce what the Spring Musical will be!  Lastly we have MacKenzie Thurston interviewing Kellan King about all of his activities here at MCHS...