The TidePod

In the eighth episode of the TidePod's third season, we will be talking to Dr. McDonald about the recent Wall Street controversy surrounding the r/wallstreetbets saga concerning GameStop. Wall Street is located in the lower Manhattan section of New York City and is the home of the New York Stock Exchange. It has also been the historic headquarters of some of the largest U.S. brokerages and in...

In the seventh episode of the TidePod’s third season, we will be talking to Jake Singer about the mock trial team. Mock trial has been a fixture of the RM community for years now, and the mock trial team has won multiple national and statewide championships, including the Maryland State Bar Association’s High School Mock Trial Championship in 2019. In the past, members were given a fictional fact...

In the sixth episode of the third season of the TidePod, we talk to Nick Asante about his role as the 43rd Student Member of the Board of Education (SMOB). The SMOB is a crucial position on the Board of Education that gives a voice to MCPS students through their votes every year. This year, Nick has taken on unique challenges and responsibilities as SMOB because of the pandemic and the start of on...

In the fifth episode of the third season of the TidePod, we talk to two teachers to understand their perspectives on the recent grade change policies enacted in Montgomery County Public Schools. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, we’ve seen many changes made within our school district, MCPS, to accommodate student needs in a new learning setting. Most recently, MCPS has altered its grading policy,...

In the fourth episode of the third season of the TidePod, we talk to RM teachers about their Thanksgiving plans. This episode is part of a special two-part series. The first part will be an interview with teacher couples about their Thanksgiving plans. The second part will be an interview with prominent teachers in the RM community. It’s November, and Thanksgiving is right around the corner. 2020...

In the fourth episode of the third season of the TidePod, we talk to RM teachers about their Thanksgiving plans. This episode is part of a special two-part series. The first part will be an interview with teacher couples about their Thanksgiving plans. The second part will be an interview with prominent teachers in the RM community. It’s November, and Thanksgiving is right around the corner. 2020...

In the third episode of the third season of the TidePod, we talked to members of different political activism organizations to learn more about their contributions and the importance of participating in local elections. Election season has come to the end and we’ve witnessed a lot of attention and energy being dedicated to influencing the outcome of the presidential election, whether that be simpl...

In the second episode of the third season of the TidePod, we told spooky stories in time for the season of scares and horror. As Halloween is quickly approaching, we decided to make a special edition episode for the holiday. For this episode, we will be telling three scary stories. We will be telling an original story by our very own TidePod contributor, Jupleen Kaur about a terrifying monster in...

In the first episode of the third season of the TidePod, we interviewed leadership from four different cultural clubs in RM: the South Asian Student Association, RM’s Asian American Club, the Jewish Student Union, and the Bilingual and Biliterate Spanish Club. Here at Richard Montgomery, we have a variety of academic and special interest clubs. The category that we’ll be looking at today is cultur...

In the eleventh episode of the second season of the TidePod, we interviewed three teachers on their thoughts of the recent outbreak of COVID-19 and how it is affecting their lives and the education system.  Coronavirus has caused schools all around the country and even world to be shut down until further notice. Many schools have announced that they will be closed for the rest of the year. At this...

In the tenth episode of season two of the TidePod, senior contributor Ella Koenig and her friends came up with a list of 50 fun activities to do during COVID-19 school closures. Right now, students find themselves with a lot of time on their hands, as all Maryland schools are currently closed from March 16-27 . Recently, Maryland has seen a spike in COVID-19 cases, and nearby states such as Virgin...

In the ninth episode of the second season of the TidePod, we hosted a trivia game between candidates for this year's Mr. RM. Mr. RM is an annual tradition in Richard Montgomery where senior boys compete head to head in various contests and performances to see who will ultimately be crowned Mr. RM. This is also a charity event sponsored by RM's Student Government Association, where the mo...

 In the second episode of the brand new TidePod SGA segment, hosts Sabrena Carver-Tchagna and Lucy Meyer speak to junior Nick Asante, who is RM's very own Student Member of the Board of Education (or SMOB) candidate for the 2020-21 school year. Asante, who announced his run for SMOB in early 2020, has made it to the final two and is competing against Magruder HS junior Victoria Kidder. The SM...

In the eighth episode of the second season of the TidePod, we interviewed leadership members of RM's Black Student Union, or BSU, about Black History Month, which takes place during the month of February. At RM, the BSU is one of the school’s most active and popular clubs. From February 10th- 14th, the club planned a spirit week consisting of spirit days such as Motherland Monday and Flag Day...

 In the first episode of the brand new TidePod SGA segment, hosts Sabrena Carver-Tchagna and Lucy Meyer discuss an upcoming act that could impact Montgomery County schools, the Menstrual Equity for All Act of 2019. At RM, the SGA is working with the Girl Up club to campaign for menstrual equity. This campaign by Girl Up will include donating menstrual products to be used in the restrooms at RM unt...

 This Valentine's Day, the TidePod interviewed both a student and teacher couple about their thoughts on Valentine's Day. Is Valentine's Day only for couples or a way for friends and family to celebrate their love too? Is it over-commercialized, or sweet? Hear two students and a teacher discuss their opinions on the holiday in the seventh episode of the second season of the TidePod....

 This year, the TidePod is partnering with Richard Montgomery's Student Government Association (the SGA) to publish a podcast segment that will update the RM community on all of the relevant events and information about RM that students, teachers, and staff want to be in the know about. Written, hosted, and edited by SGA student advocacy coordinators Sabrena Carver-Tchagna and Lucy Meyer, the...

In the sixth episode of the second season of the TidePod, we interviewed the student producers of Richard Montgomery's own One Acts festival, an entirely student-run show comprised of four one-act plays that are often student-written and directed. Listen to "A Look Into the Making of One Acts" to find out more about RM's favorite winter show, and to hear from some of the studen...

The TidePod is back for 2020! The fifth episode of season 2 was originally comprised of an interview with four students of different ideologies about their political beliefs. These four students were contacted based on a political demographics survey put out by the Tide in the fall of 2019 as well as their interest in being interviewed. This survey was meant to gather a representative glimpse of R...

In the fourth episode of the second season of the TidePod, we reached out to a few different cultural clubs and honors societies at Richard Montgomery to learn more about their unique Thanksgiving holiday traditions, as well as one of our history teachers, Mr. Beach, to talk about what Thanksgiving means to them. Featured guests: Elizabeth Haupt, Isaac Lim, Ita Teta, and Mr. Pete Beach. Hosted by...