Rossford Schools Podcast

You will hear from our six students heading to state competition in Speech and Debate. Each student will talk about their speeches, preparing for them and the nerves that come with it - then we share a portion of the speech as rehearsed this week. Good luck! And if you eat at Panera Bread in Perrysburg this Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. a portion of the proceeds go to this club.

Today's podcast visits Andrea Iman's Rossford Elementary STEM Class and Rachel Hood's Junior High Science Class as Northwestern Water & Sewer District delivers our teachers water grants. Theresa Pollick of NWWSD tells the class what her organization does and our teachers explain to the class how we will utilize the grants. Thank you for listening as always.

Hear from a handful of sixth graders at Sixth Grade Camp at Camp Michindoh. After hearing from students we talk to teachers Mrs. Hood and Mr. Dorn about the week. Find out what our students are up to!

School Resource Officer Jodi at Rossford Junior-Senior High School joins our podcast to discuss safety precautions and parent controls on TikTok. Go to this link to learn more https://www.tiktok.com/safety/en-us/guardians-guide/.

Mr. Brashear is retiring at the end of this school year. We spend some time talking to him about Rossford, his memories and time here, retirement plans, advice for the next principal and thanking him.

The Rossford Schools Esports team had its first competition this week. We talk with RHS alumni Nolan McHugh who coaches the team. Learn more about what Esports is, how our team did, and the lifelong benefits of Esports to our students. Coach McHugh discusses the four C's of educational technology (creativity, collaboration, communication and critical thinking).

We talk to Varsity Choir Members Sophia Shinavar and Sadie St. Mary along with Choir Director Jessica Witulski this week. Our Varsity Choir has recently performed its holiday choir concert, which we hear at the beginning and end of the episode, at The Toledo Club, at the Toledo Zoo, for Rossford Elementary and more. Our guests talk about those performances and more. Have a Happy Holidays!

One of our own Rossford Schools families, Crystal & Ben Hammond, recently joined our fifth grade STEM students to talk about building prosthetic legs. RHS Alumni Crystal Hammond discussed how a prosthetic leg gives her such a better quality of life. Ben Hammond, a Certified Prosthetist and Residency Director at Perry Prosthetics, discusses the engineering behind the prosthetics. The Rossford p...

We talk to senior Josh Grix who was recently named BCSN Scholar Spotlight honoree. We discuss excelling in band, speech and debate, academic team and more. His speech and debate presentation is driven by wanting to help others improve their mental health. We end the episode listening to part of 13 ABC Meteorologist Ross Ellet's visit with our second grade students.

We are a week after Thanksgiving, but we are still so thankful for so many reasons. We begin the episode with a song from the Ohio State University Marching Band which visited Rossford Jr-Sr High School last week. Then we share some information on The R Open House and fly through video which we are thankful for. Then we share what some of our fourth graders are thankful for! We share the holiday c...

Today's episode is introduced by the Rossford Elementary Choir singing during our Veterans Day Ceremony. We discuss a few ways Rossford Schools thanks and honors veterans before launching into an interview with Rossford Elementary School Principal and Marine Veteran Jeff Taylor. Mr. Taylor talks about his service time, where he went, why Veterans Day is so important. We discuss food in the Mar...

On this week's episode we start off congratulating our band on winning the top honor in the state, Superior at OMEA State Competition. Drum Major Paige Danford joins us again to talk about Sunday's performance, and how she juggles drum major, choir and playing lead in the fall play. We move on to interview Mo Williams too and preview Night of the Living Dead. The RHS Fall Play will be Thur...

Ahead of Sunday's OMEA Band State Finals we talk to Band Director Justin Kelley and Senior Drum Major Paige Danford. The two discuss this year's performance, how much work is involved, keys for Sunday's show, and of course their favorite Halloween costumes. We also share information on the Bulldog Foundation's Reverse Raffle and upcoming Fall Show from Rossford Drama.

This week we hear two pieces from our Rossford High School Marching Band during their performances at the Homecoming football game. We highlight their success as they've qualified for state finals for the fifth consecutive year! We share audio from the Homecoming King & Queen announcement and then recap the Award of Distinction award. Hear from Superintendent Creps introducing and sharing...

Oct. 16-20 is Bus Safety Week so we have Transportation Director Tamara Meehan join the Rossford Schools Podcast to talk about some safety tips on the road and in the bus.

In this episode we hear from Sophomores Leah Matthews and Melody Haase discuss the Serving Our Soldiers Club with the Rossford Schools Board of Education. We also go through some of our Homecoming and upcoming events as well as recognizing our 2023 Homecoming Court. Our Varsity Choir once again sing us in and out of the episode at the direction of Jessica Witulski. Have a great weekend and Go Bull...

We open the show again with our Varsity Choir and go through some Rossford Schools news and notes. This includes an audio clip from BCSN honoring senior Brody Nusbaum with the Unsung Hero award. Then the main portion of our episode is sharing that the Ohio Department of Education honored Rossford Elementary School with Gold for its PBIS team. Jr-Sr High School also received Bronze. Elementary Scho...

After the RHS Varsity Choir sings us into the episode we share details for the Rossford Halloween Parade on Oct. 29. Then we have a discussion with senior Jesse Tanicala who was honored by the College Board National Recognition for excelling with an above 3.5 GPA along with being in the top 10 percent of the PSAT entries. He discusses his classes, future plans and even gives Mr. Rinehart a shoutou...

In this week's episode of the Rossford Schools Podcast we talk to senior golfer Haley Hogan who last week shot a 37 to break the 9 hole girls record at RHS. The episode spends the first minute going over upcoming events, then features the Haley interview and ends with hearing from Mrs. Dunphy's second graders favorite part of the new Rossford Elementary School playground. Follow us on Spot...

School Resource Officer Jodi at Rossford Junior-Senior High School joins our podcast to discuss safety precautions and parent controls on Snapchat. Go to this link to learn more https://parents.snapchat.com/ . Also if any of our students, staff or families need to report bullying or have a safety concern they can always use our Safe Schools Helpline here: https://www.rossfordschools.org/protected/...

This edition of the Rossford Schools Podcast we talk with Beyond the Bell Site Coordinator Cayden Adams and Program Administrator Hilaree Kindelt. Beyond the Bell is the new after-school program at Rossford Junior-Senior High School.

John Tooson joined us for an alumni podcast after his Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony. We are grateful for his time as he discusses his favorite Coach Stalma story, growing up in Rossford, impactful teachers, and what he is doing now.

Mrs. Goldsmith, Class of 1985, discussed some of her favorite Rossford classes and teachers, including a story about Mr. Biler getting caught on fire from the twirlers.

In this Nov. 9, 2022 version of the Rossford Schools Podcast we talk to cast members of the Rossford High School Drama Fall Product The Odd Couple. Hear cast members favorite parts of the show, and come watch it Nov. 10-13!

One of our students taking podcasting class, Makenzi Moncrief, put together a podcast to highlight our band's performance and the upcoming show. Listen to the podcast through the link below.