Making the Grade September 29, 2016

Tim Haist, the Superintendent of Big Rapids Public Schools, hosts the first Making the Grade of Fall 2016. Starting with the Big Rapids Middle School, who had a video go viral from a very simple gesture.

Introductions are in order for the new Middle School Principal, Mitch Cumings and also joining the show is U.S Air Force Vet Mark Brejcha, who is currently in his fourth year teaching sixth grade Social Studies. They all discuss teaching tactics to involve their students as much as possible, and for students to retain the knowledge learned in the classroom.

To wrap it all up, we hear from Clay Oosterhouse, a seventh grader at the Big Rapids Middle School. Oosterhouse gives us a different perspective on the video gone viral and how proud he is to be a part of something that is getting so much positive attention.

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Making the Grade April 14, 2016

On today’s informative episode of Making the Grade host Tim Haist, superintendent of Big Rapids High school sits down with middle school teachers Darin Hooker and Julie Jancek along with middle school student Will King to discuss bullying.

Throughout the show they talk about how bullying is affecting students in today’s society with social media, and how the schools are counterattacking it. They also talk about how Big Rapids has been implementing bullying prevention programs into the school, and the newest program they made called #231.

We hear straight from our guests how effective it has been in the school, and how bullying is decreasing amongst the student population. They also discuss other methods on how they inform students about preventing bullying and the many different forms of it.

So don’t miss this exciting episode of Making The Grade!

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