Manchester Academic Charter School – Songs in Spanish

In the Fall of 2011, Students in Grades K-5 at Manchester Academic Charter School performed and recorded songs in Spanish, as part of their Spanish class lessons with Adina Castillo.

This project was created under the guidance of Sra. Castillo and Music Teacher Sarah Rodack, and inspired by family members’ desire to help students learn and use this valuable language. Special thanks to Vasilios Scoumis and Beth McCaskey.

Manchester Elementary After School

2nd and 3rd grade students at Manchester Elementary share their thoughts, stories and poems about math and how it is fun to use in daily life. Students also shared their plan for Summer.

Vietnam – Stories from U.S. Veterans

On May 7th 2012, nine veterans met with Winchester Thurston School eleventh graders to share experiences and stories from their service during the Vietnam War. The accounts below include these student interviews as well as reflections based on these conversations, all of which were conducted as part of a U.S. History class and The City as Our Campus program (directed by Ms. Teresa DeFlitch). Special thanks to Dr. Alexis Macklin at the Senator John Heinz History Center.

PBS KIDS GO Write On! Writers Contest 2012 Storybox

As part of a partnership between SLB and WQED, winners and runners up of the PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest recorded their stories live in our studios. Listen to these wonderful stories from children grades K-3.

Radio Camp 2012 – Day 24 – Last Day…

Time flies when you’re having fun. That couldn’t be more true for Radio Camp 2012! We had SUCH a blast this summer, and these past five weeks have just soared on by. We will miss each and every one of you, big dreamers!

Our last day was a choose-your-own-adventure day: we recorded with the H1s, drew on the board, played games, talked, danced and reflected on our time with Radio Camp. The second block showed off our blossoming interview skills by talking to Mr. Akeel of MCG’s Art Activism program.

Thanks to all of you for coming to SDA, showing up with smiles, trying new things, sharing pieces of yourselves, showing off your talents, developing your creative mojo, and teaching your teachers what you know best: how to be awesome. We’ll be practicing our new skills until we meet again next year!

Radio Camp 2012 – Day 23 – CD Release *Surprise* Party!

P-A-R-T-Y!! That’s how you spell it, and that’s what we did. We went over to the Children’s Museum for our “surprise” and it was SO fun. We looked at this blog here, danced to music, listened to our new CD, decorated our album art, ate pizza, and played with effects boxes that changed the sound of our voices. We didn’t want to leave!

And we shouldn’t forget, in the morning we had a few talented campers perform on stage, and also had a few all-camp award winners! We are SO PROUD of our amazing kids at SDA!!

Radio Camp 2012 – Day 22 – Game Day!

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Radio Camp 2012 – Day 21 – DIY Radio

It’s hard to believe, but this is our last audio posting from Radio Camp! The time FLEW by, and we are all so sad to be leaving Camp King. We decided on our own pieces to record in the SLB broadcast studio – some of us sang songs, some told us about themselves, and one even showed of his beat-boxing talents! We surely do have a talented and creative group of kids here in Radio Camp. They are also unbelievably SPIRITED – KWHB was chosen to have the spirit stick again today. I think that makes FIVE days (out of 25 – that’s pretty amazing!) that we were the most spirited kids in all of camp. YAY US!

Radio Camp 2012 – Day 20 – More about me…

Today, Ms. Sarah and Ms. May showed us a game called reverse storytelling, where you tell the plot and have friends guess what story you are trying to tell. We figured out that telling a story about chocolate or meatballs gives away the answer really quick! A few of us stumped our classmates though.

We used the H1 recorders again too, answering some more questions about ourselves and our lives. Once we finished that, a few of us sang some songs and performed some chants too.

Did we mention we had the spirit class AGAIN!? Congrats, campers from WHRS!

Radio Camp 2012 – Day 19 – What I’ve learned in Radio Camp (LIVE!)

Today, we simulated a live radio broadcast from our studio. Miss May was our host, and we all got a chance to talk about our favorite things from Radio Camp and Summer Dreamers Academy. We certainly learned a lot about radio and got hands-on experience with different kinds of equipment and experiences. We did such a great job in the studio, that we went outside to Cloud Arbor (our second favorite place to visit when we leave King!), where Miss May became our towel. Til next week, campers!