The Prism Podcast

As we initiate a new podcast season, we'll be discussing some current issues our students will encounter this year: college applications to AI trends in social media. Before we jump into all of that, we want to frame everything we plant to talk about with a posture of faith, not of control. In this podcast, Superintendent Misty Newcomb and Principal Lindsey Nichols talk about what it looks like in...

In this episode, Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Lindsey Nichols as they discuss the new year and the position of faith they are holding as parents and staff members this year.

In this week's podcast, Misty Newcomb, Caitlin Honasan, and Lindsey Nichols talk about the importance of prioritizing your bond as husband and wife as you raise your children.

In this week’s podcast, Misty Newcomb, Caitlin Honasan, and Lindsey Nichols talk about what healthy authority looks like in the home. They compare modern parenting trends and discuss how those trends stack up against Biblical patterns.

In this week's podcast, we are talking about conflict. Where there is community, there's bound to be conflict. This week, we are talking about peer-to-peer conflict and student-teacher conflict. As parents and teachers, we want to make sure that we engage with conflict in a way that allows our individual children and our whole community to mature and develop. This is a good one for parents of all...

In this week's podcast, Superintendent Misty Newcomb, Principal Lindsey Nichols, and Dean of Students Caitlin Honasan talk about some of the risks associated with social media and practical approaches to manage these risks with your child.

In this week's podcast, Superintendent Misty Newcomb, Dean of Students Caitlin Honasan, and Principal Lindsey Nichols talk about building routines and systems in your home. Their take is a little different than the standard advice you'll hear. We think it's so good we're even saying it might be the best podcast you've ever heard on building routines and habits in your home. Take a listen and let u...

This week Superintendent Misty Newcomb, Dean of Students Caitlin Honasan, and Principal Lindsey Nichols meet up to continue our conversation on building home structures. This week they look at the end game of parenting and have a pop-up homework assignment for families who are listening. We strongly encourage you to take a listen to this one and really engage these conversations in your home.

In this week’s podcast, Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Lindsey Nichols and Caitlin Honasan. Listen as they introduce a new series.

We have a special podcast this week. Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by High School scholars Zakyla Nobie, Andrew Petersen, and Briana Weldon as they share about the most recent High School wilderness trip.

In this week's podcast, Misty Newcomb, Caitlin Honasan, and Lindsey Nichols wrap up the first series of the year by talking about the cultural paradigms surrounding individualism and how these subtle ideas about children and parenting can influence how we think and parent.

In this week’s podcast Misty Newcomb, Caitlin Honasan, and Lindsey Nichols talk about the importance of social connections and delve into some of the challenges to staying connected in 2024. They offer practical tips for engaging the trends of this time in order to build stronger relationships.

This week Superintendent Misty Newcomb, Dean of Students Caitlin Honasan, and Principal Lindsey Nichols continue the conversation about the habits and lifestyle changes we can incorporate into our family’s lives to help our human bodies be healthy and focused. This week, they discuss the power of getting a little sunshine in and experiencing the great outdoors. Not only will you hear some surprisi...

In this week’s podcast, Caitlin Honasan, Lindsey Nichols, and Misty Newcomb take a look at what’s going on with the brain, body, and social experiences that occur during the middle and high school years and how parents can support, protect, and strengthen their students during this crucial time. They also add some context around some of the initiatives that we have at Prism during these years and...

Superintendent Misty Newcomb, Dean of Students Caitlin Honasan, and Principal Lindsey Nichols are back this week with an interesting podcast focused on the importance of unstructured play. They discuss what happens to children’s brains when they play, the social dynamics of play, and what happens when children don’t get engage in enough play. They also share how they are bringing more unstructured...

In this podcast, Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Caitlin Honasan and Lindsey Nichols as they discuss the imperative to get our kids moving not just in bursts of exercise, but throughout the day. Learn more about the benefits and how you can partner with school leaders to build your child’s fitness this year.

In our inaugural podcast of the year, school leaders highlight a big push to help students and families develop holistically. Misty Newcomb is joined by Dean of Students Caitlin Honasan and Principal Lindsey Nichols as they introduce some of the overarching goals of this school year and how parents can connect inside of them.

In this weeks podcast Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Brandy Mashburn and Jessica Newcomb as they discuss how to respond when issues within your home bring up internal issues.

Often we talk about the importance of awareness of our peer interactions from the standpoint of who to avoid. As parents, it is our responsibility to monitor and protect our kids from bad influences. But an often overlooked—and equally important responsibility—is the extent to which we proactively connect our children to their community and the importance of that connection. In this podcast, Linds...

In this week’s podcast Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Sarah Denison, Josh Spielmaker, and Ben Lagrone. They continue the conversation on Building Strong Families by sharing how they have worked through the internal noise—mindsets, attitudes, and insecurities—that can be hindrances—if not overcome—to building strong homes.

Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Bethany Arp and Lindsey Nichols this week as they continue the series on Building Strong Families. In this week’s podcast we talked about the importance of quieting the noise in your home so that you can have that meaningful communication that we’ve been discussing in our prior podcasts.

We interrupt our regularly scheduled podcast series on Building Strong Families to share some information about spring events that are coming up in the next couple of months including enrollment, family camp, and our first ever High School Formal!!!

In this weeks podcast, Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Lindsey Nichols and Jessica Lagrone in a discussion on how to come together as a couple to make decisions, interpret circumstances, or build family routines.

This week we continue our series on Building Strong Families with guests Malachi Nichols, Jessica Lagrone, and Josh Spielmaker. These guests join Superintendent Misty Newcomb as they discuss how they have worked to build balanced structures in their home that help build their child’s identity and help them find security in their place in your home.

In a continuation of their conversation last week, Josh Spielmaker and Clay Newcomb join Superintendent Misty Newcomb this week as they talk about practical steps to building Strong Marriages.