A podcast discussing education in the Brunswick, ME community and beyond.
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Join us on this powerful episode of the Brunswick Buzz as we dive into the heart-wrenching issue of student homelessness. Phil sits down with Andrew Lardie, the Executive Director of Tedford Housing, and Shawn Lambert, Brunswick's Assistant Superintendent and Student Homeless Liaison. Brace yourself for an eye-opening discussion that sheds light on…
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On this episode of the Brunswick Buzz, Phil speaks with Meg Whithed, Executive Director for Arts are Elementary. Arts are Elementary works in partnership with the Brunswick School Department (BSD) to provide every public pre-K-5 classroom in the BSD with professional artist residencies and has been doing so since 1980. They also provide opportuniti…
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Episode 16- Maine State Department of Education's Director of School Finance
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This time on the Brunswick Buzz, Phil interviews Paul Gravelle. Paula is the Maine State Department of Education's Director of School Finance. We discuss the Maine's Essential Programs and Services (EPS) funding formula. The EPS determines both the state and local share of funding needed for each School Administrative Unit (SAU) to have Essential P…
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Episode 15: BHS Career Exploration and ELOs
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On this episode of the Brunswick Buzz, Phil speaks with Maddie Chaput, Jonas McGrath, and Garrett Countway, seniors at Brunswick High School. Each is exploring career exploration and extended learning opportunities with Ms. Myers and Mr. Wilson. Listen and learn how a student engages with engineers from Wright-Pierce, Sitelines, Reed, and Reed, exp…
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Episode 14: Brunswick Junior High School’s Community Outreach
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On this installment of the Brunswick Buzz, we talk to students and staff from the Brunswick Junior High School's Community Outreach class. Join us as we engage in insightful conversations with diverse students, exploring their personal journeys. Listen to get an understanding of how these students step out of their comfort zones to enhance their co…
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Episode 13: Cathance River Education Alliance
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Welcome to another exciting episode of the Brunswick Buzz! In this installment, we're thrilled to have Sarah Rodgers from the Cathance River Education Alliance as our special guest. Join us as we dive into the vital role the alliance plays in supporting the science curriculum in Brunswick schools. Sarah shares insights into the innovative programs,…
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Episode 12: Brunswick Community Education Foundation
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🎙️ This time on the Brunswick Buzz, Phil speaks to Brunswick Community Education Foundation members. The Brunswick Community Education Foundation is an independent non-profit organization committed to supporting students in Brunswick’s public schools. So if you are passionate about shaping the future of education in the Brunswick School Department?…
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This time on the Brunswick Buzz, Phil speaks to Teens to Trails staff - Alicia Heyburn, Executive Director, and Samantha Andrews, Outdoor Program Manager. 🎙️Teens to Trails is an organization Brunswick High School partners with by providing extra-curricular opportunities for students to explore the great outdoors through the eyes of passionate youn…
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Episode 10: Reinventing, Remote, Education, Venture (RREV)
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On the Brunswick Buzz, we speak with Heather Blanchard, Principal, and Tracy Kinney, Teacher from Harriet Beecher Stowe School, about the Reinventing, Remote, Education, Venture (RREV) grant they received from the Maine Department of Education.By ppotenziano
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Episode 9: Ben Martens, Executive Director of the Maine Coast Fisherman Association
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This time on the Brunswick Buzz, Phil talks with Ben Martens, Executive Director of the Maine Coast Fisherman Association. Maine Coast Fisherman Association partners with schools to provide fresh, locally sourced fish for school lunches.By ppotenziano
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This time on the Brunswick Buzz, Phil talks with Jess Anderson, Executive Director of CountMeIn. CountMeIn student partners with schools, businesses, families, youth, and state and community organizations are focused on reducing chronic absenteeism by improving student and family school engagement and school attendance, and academic achievement.…
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On this month's podcast, Phil talks with Stacy Frizzle-Edgerton, Executive Director of the Brunswick Area Teen Center. The Teen Center provides opportunities for students in the Brunswick School Department and the greater Brunswick community, a place to go outside of school where they can have fun and feel safe. The Teen Center is a central place w…
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On this episode of the Brunswick Buzz, Phil speaks with Justin Strasburger, Executive Director of Full Plates Full Potential. Full Plates Full Potential works to identify and break down barriers to food access faced by too many children.By ppotenziano
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Episode 5: Say Something Anonymous Reporting System
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On this month’s podcast, Phil talks with Anathea Chartrand the Associate VP SS-ARS of Account Management & Program Delivery of Sandy Hook Promise, the non-profit that has helped implement the Say Something Anonymous Reporting System ( SS-ARS) in the Brunswick School District. The SS-ARS)m allows students a safe and anonymous way to report issues 24…
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On this month’s episode Phil talks with Brunswick School Department’s Technology Integrators; Ashley LaCroix (Kate Furbish Elementary School), Janice Rodriguez (Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School), Michelle Russo (Brunswick Junior High), and Dan Dearing (Brunswick High School) about how they teach about Media Literacy to students at various gr…
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Episode 3: 2022 School Board Election Candidates
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On this episode Phil talks to three candidates running for the Brunswick School Board as well as Brunswick Town Clerk Fran Smith on the upcoming School Board Election.By ppotenziano
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On today’s episode Phil talks with Dr. Elizabeth J. Allan (University of Maine, STOP HAZING) and Dr. Dacve Kerschner (STOP HAZING) from Stop Hazing. STOP HAZING is an organization dedicated to violence prevention and to disrupt ways in which abuses of power are normalized. They will be working with the Brunswick School Department to assist in helpi…
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On this episode we talk about some new hires in to the BSD for this upcoming school year and some amazing grants be put into place at a couple of our schools.By ppotenziano
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A brief teaser introducing the new Brunswick School Department Podcast.By Phil Potenziano
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