It's really hard to find a time where planning for life after high school actually begins. Is it during the bliss of Freshman year? Maybe the settling-in period of Sophomore year? What about during the stress and hubbub of Junior year? Dare it be said that planning starts during the last year of high school? As you may have guessed, there is not ju…

Hey there! Thanks for checking out this brand new episode of EduCentral. I'm excited to voice my own perspectives of both the high school and college applications process experiences, and I hope to see you in the first episode of EduCentral! -- LINK TO EPISODE POST: https://educentral.mynt.pw/article.html?id=617e1aa1-747b-4510-836d-14ba65036b81 INS…

Hey there! Thanks for tuning into this episode of Open Floor. After quite a while with no episode, we hope that our conversation with Mr. Flynn can help give you a perspective on the importance of teachers, education and history within our society! Mr. Patrick Flynn is a World History teacher at Lexington High School. Aside from having graduated fr…

Hey there! Thanks for tuning into Episode 17 of the Open Floor podcast! We hope you enjoyed our discussion with Emory Admissions Officer Ms. Jetaun Davis as much as we did! High School Seniors: we wish you the best of luck on your journey to higher education and, as Ms. Davis said, "everything will be OK in the end"! Jetaun Davis is the Associate D…

Hey there, thanks for tuning into another episode of the Open Floor Podcast! We really enjoyed talking with Annika about her experiences of education during the pandemic, and we hope you did too! Annika Johnson is a rising senior at Lexington High School. She is involved in many extracurricular activities and is interested in law and environmental …

Hey there! Thanks for listening to Episode 15 of the podcast! Although it has been a while, we hope you enjoyed listening to Mr. Pato's perspectives on politics in Lexington! Joe Pato has been a Lexington, MA Board Select member since 2013 and has focused on issues such as environmental sustainability and infrastructure development. Check out his w…

Hey there! Thanks for listening to a (very delayed) Episode 14 of the podcast! It has been too long since our last episode, but we hope that the awesome insights provided by Mr. Casey help to make up for that time! Education during such a challenging time has been difficult, and thus we found it important to get the crucial perspectives of a teache…

Hey there! Thanks for listening to today's special episode of the podcast! Although election day was almost two weeks ago, it's still important that your voice can be heard. Register to vote in all of your state's elections, and make sure that your voice has the opportunity to make a change. Akshay Jha and Rohan Balachander are both Juniors at Lexi…

Hey there, thanks for tuning into today's episode of Open Floor! Sorry for not following our upload schedule; school has been more work than we thought, especially adapting to Remote Learning! Additionally, today's episode was more on the somber side and we decided not to include our normal intro and outro music, so as to fully respect the long leg…

Thank you so much for tuning into today's episode of Open Floor. We were really excited to bring on Dr. Hackett, and I hope that you guys learned a lot from listening to the episode! Dr. Julie Hackett is the current superintendent of the Lexington, MA Public Schools. Her career begun in Maine, where she worked her way up from a High School English …

Hey, thanks so much for tuning into our Pilot Episode for Season 2! All the support we've been receiving with the podcast has allowed us to grow so much and it means a lot! As stated, the Season will officially begin on September 13th, with Episode 1. For notifications on when it comes out, follow us on Instagram @openfloorpodcast, or on Twitter @t…

Hey there, thanks for listening to this episode, and thank you for joining us on our journey through the first season of Open Floor. Your guys' continual support means so much to us! Thanks again to Emily and Sophia from Sophrosyne for coming onto this episode. Sophrosyne is a non-for-profit organization combating the stigma through mental health e…

Thank you for listening to this episode of Open Floor. We were so delighted to bring on YMAA Lexington to come discuss with us about Dementia and Alzheimer's. YMAA (Youth Movement Against Alzheimer's) is a group of young individuals committed to changing the perception of Alzheimer's Disease. Their members can be found in high schools and college c…

Welcome to the 8th episode of Open Floor. In this episode, we brought on Anya Rao and Robin Pan, members of the leadership team for the Lexington Branch of the Sunrise Movement, to discuss what we can do in response to climate change. Ever since the pandemic started, a lot of the major issues that we face have gone on the back burner, especially Cl…

Hey guys! Thanks for listening to this episode of Open Floor. We want to thank Sunrise Lexington for taking the time and coming onto this episode. Make sure to tune into the next episode where Sunrise Lexington will talk about activism on climate change. As a reminder, make sure to check us out at openfloor.me/home, and follow us on Instagram @open…

Hey there! Thanks for listening to this episode of Open Floor. A big thanks to Chris, Danny, and Vera for coming onto this week's episode. This episode is a bit more chill and laid-back, but I do hope it opens your eyes to a new thing that is being affected by COVID-19. As always, our website is openfloor.me/home. Our Instagram is @openfloorpodcast…

Hey there! Thanks for listening to this episode of Open Floor. Thanks to Dr. Farukhi for coming onto the podcast and enlightening us on how to stay healthy while staying indoors. It truly is something important to be knowledgable about during this time. Hopefully, this episode was informative for you as it was for us. If you have any questions for …

Hey there! Thanks for tuning in to this episode of Open Floor. I know, today's episode is on a slightly different topic, but again we thought it was super important to talk about in today's day and age. We want to continue the discussion with you though! If you have any thoughts on this episode and its topics, send us a message @openfloorpodcast on…

Hey there, thanks for listening to this episode of Open Floor. Although this is a shorter episode and the format is a bit different, Aryan and I decided that it was important that these new updates be talked about, so that you can be better informed. Link to sources used: openfloor.me/sources. Our site is openfloor.me/home. Follow us on wherever yo…

Hey there! Welcome to episode 2. Sorry, this isn't the part 2 to the police brutality episode; the interviews lined up for part 2 didn't work out in this week's timeline, so here is this episode on Covid-19's effect on schools and school closures. I interview Bryce Zhang, Matt Wang, and Anthony Zhao: thanks to them for coming onto the podcast! Our …

Welcome to the first episode of Open Floor. Thanks for listening to this episode. This episode was a really informative episode (at least for me), as it brought to light a lot of emotions present during these times. I hope that these discussions serve useful for you as well! Here is the link to a set of resources which Aryan was referring to in his…

Hey there! Thanks for listening to the pilot episode of Open Floor! I know the audio sounds rough, but I promise it will get better with time! Here's the link to our website: tiny.cc/openfloor. Follow us on Instagram too @openfloorpodcast. At our site, you can submit questions to the podcast, and even fill out a form to come onto Open Floor. I hope…