On this episode, we celebrate an outstanding senior from each of our high schools and meet the newly named 2025 Waterford Foundation Teacher of the Year.Guests: Vanaya Hill, Waterford Kettering High SchoolDeAngelo Pierfelice, Waterford Durant High SchoolJakob VanZweden, Waterford Mott High SchoolMeg Grossnickle, 2025 Waterford Foundation Teacher of the YearHosts: Sarah Davis, Director of Communications and Community RelationsLisa Eldredge, Interim Superintendent Producer: Jane Tekiele, Video Production Coordinator

Learn more about the Waterford School District Lifetracks Program which provides post-high school instruction for students between the ages of 18 and 26. The focus is on developing and expanding the skills students will need to reach their adult living goals as identified in their Individualized Education Programs and transition plans.

Guests: Nadine Milostan, Executive Director, Student Support Services

Kristen Robinson, Lifetracks Program Coordinator

Hosts: Sarah Davis, Director of Communications and Community Relations

Lisa Eldredge, Interim Superintendent

Producer: Jane Tekiele, Video Production Coordinator

Waterford School District has numerous organizations that provide untold amounts of resources and opportunities for our students and staff. We sat down with two of our biggest community supporters to discuss the importance of schools and the community working together.

Guests: Director of the Waterford Chamber of Commerce Nikki Tippett

President of the Waterford Foundation for Public Education John Himmelspach

Hosts: Sarah Davis, Director of Communications and Community Relations

Darin Holley, Interim Superintendent

Producer: Jane Tekiele, Video Production Coordinator

Interim Superintendent Darin Holley; Director of Instructional Technology, Data and Assessment Elizabeth Kutchey; and Director of Communications and Community Relations Sarah Davis discuss the historic investments in curriculum and technology Waterford School District has made since 2020. When combined together, WSD has invested over $15 million dollars in those two areas. Guest:

Director of Instructional Technology, Data and Assessment Elizabeth Kutchey

Hosts: Sarah Davis, Director of Communications and Community Relations

Darin Holley, Interim Superintendent

Producer:

Jane Tekiele, Video Production Coordinator

This September, Waterford School District invested $30 million in early childhood education when it opened its brand new Stepanski Early Childhood Center - the district’s first building in over 50 years.

In this episode, Interim Superintendent Darin Holley, Stepanski Principal Andrea Bratton, Assistant Superintendent of Business and Operations Sandy Elka, and Director of Communications and Community Relations Sarah Davis discuss the details of the grand opening and what it took to complete this amazing project.

Guests:

Stepanski Principal Andrea Bratton

Assistant Superintendent of Business and Operations Sandy Elka

Hosts:

Sarah Davis, Director of Communications and Community Relations
Darin Holley, Interim Superintendent

Producer:

Jane Tekiele, Video Production Coordinator

In this episode, we focus on some of the amazing accomplishments both staff and students achieved during the 2023-2024 school year. First, we talk to three of our Waterford School District 2024 graduates to learn their plans for the future. Next, we meet April Lennox, our 2024 Waterford Foundation Teacher of the Year.

Guests for the 2024 graduates discussion: Thomas Kauwe, Senior, Mott High School

Avery Stretten, Senior, Durant High School

Aiden Reynolds, Senior, Kettering High School Guests for the 2024 Waterford Foundation Teacher of the Year discussion:

April Lennox, 4th grade teacher, Haviland Elementary

Hosts: Sarah Davis, Director of Communications and Community Relations

Scott Lindberg, Superintendent

Producer: Jane Tekiele, Video Production Coordinator

Waterford School District's Department of Human Resources is the recipient of a $ 2-million grant from the Michigan Department of Education. This grant will allow any WSD staff member interested in either obtaining an initial teaching certification or hoping to add more endorsements to attend college for free, fully covered by this grant. Guests: Susan File (Executive Director of Human Resources) Nichole Rinehart (Teacher, Grayson Elementary, Donelson Hills Elementary) Ergys Hasa (Building Substitute Teacher, Mott High School) Hosts: Sarah Davis, Director of Communications and Community Relations Scott Lindberg, Superintendent Producer: Jane Tekiele, Video Production Coordinator

This past year, our middle schools started using a new teaching method known as "teaming." In this episode, we explore the advantages and challenges of implementing this innovative approach to learning for our WSD sixth through eighth graders.

Guests:

Radhika Issac (Principal, Mason Middle School)

Kyle Schultz (Principal, Pierce Middle School)

Joe Brown (Teacher, Pierce Middle School)

Kolbe Sudgen (7th grade, Pierce Middle School)

Hosts:

Sarah Davis, Director of Communications and Community Relations

Scott Lindberg, Superintendent

Producer: Jane Tekiele, Video Production Coordinator