The Bethel School District Presents: A Podcast About the Bethel School District

This week we dive headfirst into our school district’s budget to better understand school funding in Washington. Once we finally resurface, we’ll have a caffeinated conversation about coffee.

This week we discuss the difference between "lockdowns" and "modified lockdowns" as we spotlight safety and security here in Bethel. We also get a preview of the upcoming high school football season.

This week, our lead nurse joins us for a conversation about riding quads, true crime podcasts, urban chicken farming, and what parents need to be thinking about as school gets underway.

This week we talk to students and staff who got to travel to Seattle as part of their summer school experience! We also ask them who they consider to be the voice of their generation.

We're kicking off Season 3 of the Bethel School District Presents Podcast with a very special guest! Our new Executive Director of Special Services joins us for a great conversation to talk about how her team supports students across the district. We also talk drag racing, old Volkswagens, and have a summertime trivia showdown!

In the second part of our conversation with GoodRoots Northwest, we find out how students and technology are helping innovate the experience for families suffering from food insecurity in Pierce County.

This week we sit down with the fine folks at GoodRoots Northwest and learn about the ways they're involving our students in their innovative spin on food banks.

Conor and Doug go head to head in a trivia challenge for the ages before chatting with a former student and her teacher about our Careers in Education program and how it's preparing students to become future educators.

This week, we get a little sporty discussing the most popular sports in the world before we revisit an interview with one of our amazing teachers who ran the Boston Marathon!

Happy Independence Day! The podcast crew is off this week and we have a special rebroadcast of an earlier episode for your podcasting pleasure. Bethel legend Ed Niehl joins the show to celebrate the district's 75th anniversary. Ed taught in our district when it was formed back in 1949. Hear about the history of the district from a man who was there, along with plenty of stories, advice, and lots o...

This week we talk summer blockbuster movies and bid a very fond farewell to Superintendent Tom Seigel, who is retiring after 23 years at the helm of the Battleship Bethel! We'll talk to him about movies, history, archaeology, and more in this jam-packed episode!

This week we peruse the list of America's 50 favorite foods and are equal parts surprised and hungry afterwards. Then we venture to the Pierce County Skills Center to learn about the newest happenings there, including a student created video game that's going to PAX West, the new Mechatronics program, and some culinary innovations that are feeding hungry families in our community.

This week we celebrate the Class of 2024 with several seniors who join the show to talk about their high school experiences, their plans after graduation, and which celebs they wish had given their commencement speeches.

This week we're featuring podcasts made by students! Press play for some family fishing fun, near death experiences, and some behind-the-scenes podcast data you'll have to hear to believe!

This week, we find out which states are the happiest in the USA before sitting down with the Bethel High School band to talk about music, life after graduation, and the school's new marching band, which will take the field this fall.

This week, members of the Superintendent’s Student Leadership Council join the show to discuss the way they are helping to influence district and school culture, engagement, policies, procedures, and practices. We also chat about their dreams for after graduation, and find out what song was last stuck in their heads.

This week, we venture to the Pierce County Skills Center's Criminal Justice class to talk with students who are learning Crime Scene Investigation in high school. We also find out where they're heading after graduation, and ask them about a key moment in history they'd like to visit.

Our annual Elementary Battle of the Books is upon us! This week we sit down with students at Katherine G. Johnson Elementary to hear more about the competition, books they recommend, and what their dreams are after high school.

This week we chat with students about how their high schools have prepared them for life after they cross the graduation stage. Conor and Doug also ponder the following question: If you could snap your fingers and instantly become an expert in something, what would it be and why?

This week, we talk with students who are using their middle school years to challenge themselves academically. We also sit down with a principal who played a concert on the Great Wall of China!

This week, Bethel legend Ed Niehl joins the podcast to celebrate the district's 75th anniversary! Ed taught in our district when it was formed back in 1949. Hear about the history of the district from a man who was there, along with plenty of stories, advice, and lots of laughs!

This week, 8th grade students who have been in our Dual Language program since kindergarten talk about the impact it has had on their lives, both socially and academically. Conor and Doug also kick around the age-old question, if you could walk in someone else's shoes for 24 hours, who would it be and why?

This week, all three of our Daffodil Princesses join the show to talk about their high schools, their future plans, and which fictional family they'd like to be part of. Find out why the "Jones family" is a top pick, which student store sells the most iced coffee, and a whole lot more!

On this week's show, a mystery guest stops by the studio to talk about the ways her school is innovating and changing the game when it comes to PLTs. We also discuss social/emotional skills for students, why our elementary schools are talking about high school graduation, and how running, coding, and Dungeons & Dragons are making an impact on students.

Before the COVID shutdown, teachers and principals on our Behavior Task Force were already working hard to create strategies to help educators across the district. This week, Conor and Doug sit down with members of the Task Force to learn more about the work they're doing, how COVID changed behaviors in students, and how they plan to keep our district moving in a positive direction.