The 9th Grade Experience - Season 3, Episode 16: New York Times Best-Selling Author and Educator Jessica Lahey

Season 3, Episode 16: New York Times Best-Selling Author and Educator Jessica Lahey

01/07/21 • 30 min

Jessica Lahey is a New York Times bestselling author, podcast host, keynote speaker, wife, and mother. But at her core, she is an educator. She has worked with a wide variety of students at all levels from sixth through twelfth grade. In this interview, she gives tips and strategies from her teaching career and her 2015 book “The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed” for students, teachers, and parents to apply during that all-important 9th grade year.

Where to find Jessica online:

Website: https://www.jessicalahey.com/

Twitter: @jesslahey

Instagram: @teacherlahey

Get any of the books mentioned during today’s show at Let’s Play Books in Emmaus, Pa. https://www.letsplaybooks.com/

Where to find Jessica online:

Website: https://www.jessicalahey.com/

Twitter: @jesslahey

Instagram: @teacherlahey

Get any of the books mentioned during today’s show at Let’s Play Books in Emmaus, Pa. https://www.letsplaybooks.com/

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Season 3, Episode 15: Freshman Year Perspectives from Chicago and New Jersey

Sometimes it is fun to look outside of our school community to see what other students around the country are experiencing during their 9th grade year. During this holiday break, I chatted with my nieces, Catalina and Maddy, about their freshmen year experience. Catalina, who is attending the largest high school in Chicago and second largest in the state of Illinois, has not stepped foot in her school since a tour last spring; Maddy is attending a high school in Central New Jersey that has been in a hybrid setting since the start of the school year. They share stories similar to what many of our EHS students have experienced during these beginning months of school.

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Season 3, Episode 17: Student Spotlight - Grant Gallagher

On this episode, we catch up with student Grant Gallagher, whose post on our podcast message board for the Class of 2024, invited us to tell his story of how Covid-19 impacted him and his family earlier this year. Gallagher, who is currently enrolled in the Jasper Learning Initiative Program, discussed both the physical and mental strains that students encounter as they battle through this illness. Gallagher also talked about how, even in a hybrid setting, he has found a sense of belonging and growth through academics and activities at EHS.

Production note: Gallagher disclosed information about his Covid-19 test results in his original post on the message board post, which asked students to talk about their 9th grade year thus far. Permission was granted by his mother for him to tell his story on the podcast.