The GNSF ”We Belong Here” Podcast
Weekly update on the latest news and information in the Grinnell School District
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Episodes
Monday May 05, 2025
Monday May 05, 2025
Episode #15 -Lori Elliott- of the We Belong Here Podcast. The special guest for this week's podcast is Lori Elliott, Grinnell Davis Elementary 4th Grade Teacher. We will take a journey over the past 38 years of Lori's teaching career at Grinnell as she will retire at the end of the 24-25 school year. Lori is a great example of our teacher’s hard work and dedication to our students over the years making Grinnell Schools a place where "We Belong Here".
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Episode #14 of the We Belong Here Podcast. Special guest for this week's podcast is Amy Skouson, Grinnell High School Family Consumer Science Teacher. We will discuss Amy's involvement with two GNSF Mini Grants and how her students were able to interactive with a local Read2Lead literacy program by reading with Head Start kids and also providing quilts to the kids as part of the project. The second mini grant is a follow-up to the growing pods mini grant that we discussed two weeks ago. Amy is another great example of our school's teachers working to make Grinnell Schools a place where "We Belong Here".
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Episode #13 of the We Belong Here Podcast. Special guest for this week's podcast is Doug Cameron, retired teacher and principal from Grinnell Schools. Doug will take us on a journey of his experiences at the Grinnell schools starting as a new teacher, through his years as an administrator, to his continued commitment to the school system after his retirement. Doug is another great example of our school's teachers/administrators/retires working together to make Grinnell Schools a place where "We Belong Here".
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Episode #12 of the We Belong Here Podcast. Special guests for this week's podcast are Ashley Wolfe, Agriculture Teacher and Michele Barker, At Risk Teacher, both Grinnell High School Teachers will discuss the GNSF Mini Grant they applied for to purchase growing pods to help add fresh produce to the GHS Food Closet and give the vocational ag students an opportunity to learn in the process. Ashley and Michele are another great example of our school's teachers working together to make Grinnell Schools a place where "We Belong Here".
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Episode #11 of the We Belong Here Podcast. Special guests for this week's podcast are Allison Pease, K-4 librarian and Chelsey Kolpin, 5-12 grade librarian. Allison and Chelsey will discuss the education curriculum and activities at the Grinnell K-12 Libraries and why the month of April is a special month for the programs. Allison and Chelsey are another great example of our school's librarians working together to make Grinnell Schools a place where "We Belong Here".
Monday Mar 31, 2025
Monday Mar 31, 2025
Episode #10 of the We Belong Here Podcast. Special guests for this week's podcast are Holly and Adam Kelley-Chown, GHS spring play directors. Holly and Adam will discuss what it is like to choose a play and then the process of planning, involvement of the students and and bringing all of the pieces together to have a final production for "Opening Night". Holly and Adam are another great example of individuals i the Grinnell community working together to make Grinnell Schools a place where "We Belong Here".
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Episode #9 of the We Belong Here Podcast. Special guests for this week's podcast are Chelsey Kolpin, GNSF Board Member, Maggie Kaup and River Haenfler, student GNSF Board Members and Advisory Committee Members. The three board members will review the recent student lead mini grants and past years student lead grants. Another great example of student and adult leaderships working together making Grinnell Schools a place where "We Belong Here".
Monday Mar 17, 2025
Monday Mar 17, 2025
Episode #8 of the We Belong Here Podcast. Special guest for this week's podcast is Brian Conway, Davis Elementary Principal. Brian will discuss Grinnell-Newburg's summer school program and the success over the past years that this program has had on the student's literacy scores in our schools.
Monday Mar 10, 2025
Monday Mar 10, 2025
Episode #7 of the We Belong Here Podcast. Special guest for this week's podcast is Barb Baker, Director-Advertising & Community Relations at Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance. Barb will discuss Grinnell Mutual's involvement in the Partners in Education program with the Grinnell Middle School.
Monday Mar 03, 2025
Monday Mar 03, 2025
Episode #6 of the We Belong Here Podcast. Special guests for this week's podcast is Julie Gosselink, Ahrens Family Foundation and Chad Nath, Ahrens Park Foundation. Julie and Chad discuss the gift of the land from Ahrens Family and the Foundation to the Grinnell-Newburg School District for the purpose of building a new K-4 elementary schools.