The JIS Podcast

We’re all familiar with the importance of STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) in preparing students for the technologically driven world outside of school. But did you know that the learning approach has been expanded to STEAM to include the arts? In this episode of the JIS Podcast, host Joanna Sommers speaks to Middle School Vocals Teacher Morgan Banino and Middle School Band Teacher Ri...

In this episode of the JIS Podcast, our steadfast host Joanna Sommers, Middle School and High School Curriculum Coordinator, explores the various mental health issues and concerns that have affected students during the pandemic and Home & Online Learning. Her special guests are Early Years/Elementary School Counselors Lyndsy Duet and Brian Krembs, as well as School Psychologist Hayley Edmonds,...

Please join Joanna Sommers, MS/HS Curriculum Coordinator, in conversation with Ryan Campbell, High School Vice Principal of Curriculum and Learning. Ryan shares his insights and understanding gained from extensive research into Cognitive Science and its role in education. How can we use and apply the evidence-based findings of cognitive science in the classroom to enhance the way our students lear...

This week, Joanna Sommers is joined by Barbara Wiemers, High School Vice Principal of Student Affairs and Heather DeVore, High School Counsellor. Together they talk about Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and how it informs all aspects of our students' development and educational experiences. Whilst SEL is not new, it has certainly come to the forefront this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an...

Join Joanna Sommers, Middle and High School Curriculum Coordinator, in conversation with JIS's new Middle School Principal Noah Bohnen. They discuss Noah's arrival at JIS during a pandemic; what makes JIS middle school - and middle schoolers - so special; some of the unintended benefits of online learning for our students and how parents can support their children at home.