The 9th Grade Experience - Season 3, Episode 10: Freshmen Class Officers

Season 3, Episode 10: Freshmen Class Officers

10/29/20 • 18 min

While much of the start of the 2020-2021 school year has been anything but normal, there are still time-honored school traditions that have occurred during the first 9 weeks of school, including the the election of class officers. On this episode, you will hear from three out of the four newly elected leaders, including President Bella Desiderio, Secretary Angela Tran, and Treasurer Sarah Greene as they discuss the start of their school year, the beginnings of hybrid learning, what led them to become involved with these positions, and tips going forward to balance a jam-packed academic and extracurricular schedule.

For more information from the class officers, check the Class of 2024 Schoology Page and be on the lookout for a new Class of 2024 Instagram page.

For the full video, go the 9th Grade Experience Podcast on YouTube.

For more information from the class officers, check the Class of 2024 Schoology Page and be on the lookout for a new Class of 2024 Instagram page.

For the full video, go the 9th Grade Experience Podcast on YouTube.

Previous Episode

Season 3, Episode 9: Welcome Back to Hybrid Learning with Our School Psychologists

Week nine of the 2020-2021 school year will present the next in a line of challenges thrown in front our students since March 2020 - the return to our EHS school building for the beginning of hybrid learning. While some students will seamlessly transition back this setup, others may struggle with different worries and adjustments. On this episode, we talk to our school psychologists Mrs. Stephanie Cignarella and Dr. Trevor Pinho about those feelings and when to take action on them.

Topics covered include:

How Mrs. Cignarella’s 9th Grade Experience shaped how she views her work today
The message behind Unity Day and Anti-Bullying
Mental health issues regarding the beginning of the hybrid schedule and effects of the pandemic
When anxiety turns from normal to something requiring adult help
To know it is OK to not be OK
How to navigate and maintain social connections
Tips for social connection for students staying 100 percent remote
Strategies on goal setting, controlling the controllables, and the importance of routines

For the two-part video version of this podcast, search for the 9th Grade Experience Podcast on YouTube.

Next Episode

Season 3, Episode 11: Student Profiles - Elizabeth Samer, Molly Himes, and Victoria Toto

This year’s 9th Grade Experience has been like no other and this week’s episode, recorded during EHS’s Covid-19 one-week closure in November 2020, was yet another memory to add to the digital scrapbook.

On this episode Elizabeth Samer, Molly Himes, and Victoria Toto chat about being involved with in-person school activities during the beginning of the year, strategies for hybrid/distance learning and things they learned about how they work best, and their hopes for a return to normalcy at some point in order to participate in desire events later in the school year.

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