Podcast Central

I recently became aware of a new energy drink called Cocaine when several of our students told us that they drank 5 of them in one sitting! They became very ill. I then began to investigate these drinks and was rather shocked by what I learned. I encourage our parents and students to listen carefully to this brief interview with Mr. Dess. Not only is what he says eye opening, I suspect it is also widely unknown.

The Mabry Middle School Band was invited to audition for The Midwest Clinic, an international band and orchestra conference which is certainly one of the most prestigious school music honors in the United States. Performance at the conference is by invitation only. Our band students and teachers work very hard and are among the very best middle school bands in the country. Congratulations to them for earning this distinguished honor. This first podcast from their recent recording session is a recording of their performance of Among the Clouds. These podcasts are among the recordings included in their audition package. To listen to each podcast in your browser, simply click on each link. Congratulations students and teachers. We are very proud of you!

The Mabry Middle School Band was invited to audition for The Midwest Clinic, an international band and orchestra conference which is certainly one of the most prestigious school music honors in the United States. Performance at the conference is by invitation only. Our band students and teachers work very hard and are among the very best middle school bands in the country. Congratulations to them for earning this distinguished honor. This second podcast from their recent recording session is a recording of their performance of Miss Liberty. These podcasts are among the recordings included in their audition package. To listen to each podcast in your browser, simply click on each link. Congratulations students and teachers. We are very proud of you!

Students in Mrs. Kaplan's 8th grade Language Arts class studied a collection of works by Edgar Allan Poe. In this studentpodcast, Thomas' opening sentence sums up the quality of this student project: "Welcome to Mrs. Kaplan's class' literary theatre..." And theatre it is! We post this podcast now as a celebration of the author's birthday, which happens to be in just 2 days: Friday, January 19, 1809. Student producers: Collin and Kyle Student readers: Kaitlyn, Jillian, Kristen, Kyle, and Vance Student Narrator: Thomas

My Howard's students completed this clever little 1 minute enhanced podcast about Mabry Middle School. Enjoy!

At the beginning of each school year Mabry welcomes parents to an Open House meeting. The meeting begins with a general session to introduce the PTSA and in which Dr. Tyson speaks about Mabry's direction and mission. Parents then start with their child's homeroom and actually attend each of their student's classes, meeting the teachers and getting a sense for what a day in the life of their child at Mabry is like. This is a podcast of Dr. Tyson's Open House presentation--which he did on the interactive whiteboard. The presentation introduced the parents to how this technology can be used in the classroom with students and also provided Mabry with survey information to facilitate our future planning. Additionally he spoke of Mabry's mission statement and the role parents play in helping us continue our school's rich tradition of academic excellence.

This podcast by our orchestra director, Mr. Chris Doemel, is an excellent overview of the orchestra program at Mabry Middle School. He provides a comprehensive overview of the program that will answer our most frequently asked questions. I invite all of our rising 6th grade students and parents to listen carefully to this wonderfully executed podcast!

Georgia state law requires each middle school student reads 25 books each year. The majority of our Mabry students greatly exceed that goal. Hundreds read over 50 books, and many students even came close to 300 books read and documented in 1 year! This podcast features the top reader in each grade level. Of these three students, the one (Katherine, 8th grade) with the highest number of books read and correctly documented on the Mabry reading logs received an iPod Nano. The second highest (Wade, 6th grade) received a 240 song Shuffle. And the third highest (Chelsea, 7th grade) received a 120 song Shuffle. Listen to these students talk about their reading, their favorite books and authors, and how to pick interesting books. (Katherine, Wade, and Chelsea)

On May 3rd, in Podcast Central, I published Mission Possible. Our objective was to award an iPod Nano to the student whose essay, designed to help students excel at Mabry next year, was the best. The contest was so close we just had to have three winners! An iPod Nano was awarded to Katie (pictured). Two students, Gretchen and Kyle, tied for second place just just one point less than Katie! This podcast, by Katie, is the first in the series, Mission Possible, from our three winners. Students and parents both, listen carefully to Katie's excellent advice on how to achieve our school goal. If you follow her advice, I guarantee you will have even greater success at Mabry! We are making each of these mp3 podcasts so the students can actually download themselves into their new iPods! Congratulations to all of the students who participated. Everyone submitted excellent entries!

On May 3rd, in Podcast Central, I published Mission Possible. Our objective was to award an iPod Nano to the student whose essay, designed to help students excel at Mabry next year, was the best. The contest was so close we just had to have three winners! An iPod Nano was awarded to Katie. Two students, Gretchen and Kyle (pictured), tied for second place, each with just one point less than Katie! This podcast, by Kyle, is the third in the series, Mission Possible, from our three winners. Students and parents both, listen carefully to Kyle's description of our school programs and his excellent advice on how to achieve our school goal. If you follow his advice, I guarantee you will have even greater success at Mabry! We are making each of these mp3 podcasts so the students can actually download themselves into their new iPods! Congratulations to all of the students who participated. Everyone submitted excellent entries!

On May 3rd, in Podcast Central, I published Mission Possible. Our objective was to award an iPod Nano to the student whose essay, designed to help students excel at Mabry next year, was the best. The contest was so close we just had to have three winners! An iPod Nano was awarded to Katie. Two students, Gretchen (pictured) and Kyle, tied for second place, each with just one point less than Katie! This podcast, by Gretchen, is the second in the series, Mission Possible, from our three winners. Students and parents both, listen carefully to Gretchen's excellent advice on how to achieve our school goal while maintaining active involvement in sports. If you follow her advice, I guarantee you will have even greater success at Mabry! We are making each of these mp3 podcasts so the students can actually download themselves into their new iPods! Congratulations to all of the students who participated. Everyone submitted excellent entries!

A parent of 2 Mabry students shares what her families experience has been at Mabry Middle School. She shares her ideas about community and about volunteering and contributing to her childrens' school experience. She gives advice to parents new to our school. She talks about what our listeners all over the world need to know about our school. We have posted podcasts from students, teachers, and administrators. This is the first from one of our parents whose contributions to our school community make a positive difference for everyone's child.

The music program at Mabry is widely respected. Our students and their teachers work very hard to attain a level of mastery and artistic expression rarely found among students this age. I have often bragged on their dedication and hard work as well as their commitment to making our world a better place by creating exemplary expressions of beauty. With great pleasure and pride, I present this third of three podcasts of a recent band performance by our eighth grade band. Mr. Alfred Watkins, head band director at Lassiter High School, stated that this was the best middle school band performance he has ever heard. Pause a moment and enjoy!

The music program at Mabry is widely respected. Our students and their teachers work very hard to attain a level of mastery and artistic expression rarely found among students this age. I have often bragged on their dedication and hard work as well as their commitment to making our world a better place by creating exemplary expressions of beauty. With great pleasure and pride, I present this second of three podcasts of a recent band performance by our eighth grade band. Mr. Alfred Watkins, head band director at Lassiter High School, stated that this was the best middle school band performance he has ever heard. Pause a moment and enjoy!

The music program at Mabry is widely respected. Our students and their teachers work very hard to attain a level of mastery and artistic expression rarely found among students this age. I have often bragged on their dedication and hard work as well as their commitment to making our world a better place by creating exemplary expressions of beauty. With great pleasure and pride, I present this first of three podcasts of a recent band performance by our eighth grade band. Mr. Alfred Watkins, head band director at Lassiter High School, stated that this was the best middle school band performance he has ever heard. Pause a moment and enjoy!

With just a few weeks left in the school year, I want to remind all of our students to do their best work and to accomplish our school's mission statement, which I shared with you on the second and third days of school this year.  In fact, I made our students a promise in those meetings at the beginning of the school year. I stated that when you least expected it, I would post a podcast that would tell you how to compete to win an iPod Nano.  This podcast, entitled Mission Possible, gives you the directions on how you can compete for the iPod Nano.  Follow them carefully. Good luck!

I am proud of our students who participated in the District Science Fair. We had a number of students who placed and earned recognition for their work. This enhanced podcast features some of the students (Jeffrey, Kaleigh, Skylar, Chris) who won an award. Each student briefly describes his or her project. Enjoy!

I am at Jekyll Island with our 7th grade students. This field trip is just an awesome learning experience for our Mabry students. Be sure to keep up with the event "as it happens" at our Jekyll Blog, which features hundreds of pictures and important information related to the trip. This year we are even posting podcasts. I have consistently been impressed with the quality of the instruction our students get from the instructors at the 4-H Center. These young men and women are knowledgeable, energetic and enthusiastic about environmental studies, and work very well with middle school students. Unexpectedly this year, one of the instructors is himself a former Mabry student. Naturally, we did a podcast interview. Meet former Mabry student, Geo!

I am at Jekyll Island with our 7th grade students. This field trip is just an awesome learning experience for our Mabry students. Be sure to keep up with the event "as it happens" at our Jekyll Blog, which features hundreds of pictures and important information related to the trip. This year we are even posting podcasts. This podcast is a highly compressed version of the student class about the living organisms around the docks. Despite the drizzly rain, we had a great time! Click the icon below to download our podcast. Then open the file in iTunes to watch it!

I am at Jekyll Island with our 7th grade students. This field trip is just an awesome learning experience for our Mabry students. Be sure to keep up with the event "as it happens" at our Jekyll Blog, which features hundreds of pictures and important information related to the trip. This year we are even posting podcasts. This podcast is a highly compressed version of the student class about the living organisms around the docks. Despite the drizzly rain, we had a great time! Click the icon below to download our podcast. Then open the file in iTunes to watch it!