Kairos Community Podcast: Recent Episodes
Kairos Public Schools
Kairos Public Schools Community Podcast is hosted by Kairos Public Schools, A TK-8th grade school located in Vacaville, CA. Kairos Public Schools operates a TK-8th grade site-based public charter school and a K-8 non-classroom-based (Home School) charter school.
In this episode, Student Services Director Betsy Madigan interviews Kairos Public Schools Co-Founders Jared Austin & Leslie Shebley on the process for launching the new Kairos High School, the Kairos Luminary Academy. We discuss- Why a high school? Why a Flex-based high school? The path to approval (hopefully) and what families and community members can do.
In this episode, the Kairos Public Schools team talks with the Vacaville Boys & Girls club Executive Director, Anna Eaton on the new partnership being offered at Kairos.
Kairos Team Members, Betsy Madigan - Student Services Director, Patricia Hobbs - Academy Coordinator, Jon Sibug - Operations & Accountability Coordinator, Marissa Hanneman - School Counselor, Carrie Pedersen - KISP Teacher discuss a culture of kindness, community and building leaders at Kairos
In this episode, Co-Founders Leslie Shebley & Jared Austin interview Ashley & Tim Burrell, a long time Kairos Public Schools family and wonderful volunteers. We talk about the benefits of volunteering and how we need more families involved.
In this episode, Co-Founders Leslie Shebley & Jared Austin speak with KPAC President, Adi Luna and Vice President, Amanda Cullinan about the Kairos Parent Advisory Council. The important role it plays at Kairos Public Schools and why we need more Parents involved.
In this episode, our team discusses Parent and child communications around screen time during school breaks. Team members Chelsie Fonseca - TK Teacher, Lauren Goff - 4th grade Teacher, Lisa Courtney - Middle School Teacher, Marissa Hanneman- School Counselor, Betsy Madigan - Student Services Director, & Patricia Hobbs - Academy Coordinator share ideas for the different age -spans they serve.
Resource Links
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Sid the Science Kid (TK-1)
Khan Academy Kids (TK-2)
Khan Academy (3-8)
Word World (TK-1)
Story Bots (TK-1)
Raz Kids (TK-5)
Splash Learn (TK-5)
ABC Mouse (TK-3)
Llama Llama (TK-1)
Wild Kratts (TK-5)
Art Hub for Kids (TK-3)
National Geographic (Disney Plus) (2-5)
Go Guardian (3-8)
PBS Kids (TK-2)
This Parent University podcast is all about emotional regulations, and what we as adults need to be aware of in order to best support our kiddos when it comes to helping them regulate and cope with their emotions.
In this podcast you will hear from 5 of our staff members and their discussion about this big and important topic.
Patricia Hobbs: Foundations and Leadership Academies Coordinator, Facilitator
Betsy Madigan: Student Services Director, Facilitator
Julia Rodriguez: School Psychologist, Expert and Panelist
Marissa Hanneman: School Counselor, Expert and Panelist
Caitlin Emery: Speech and Language Therapist, Expert and Panelist
In this episode, Kairos Public Schools interviews Solano County Public Health Officer, Dr. Bela Matyas who provides perspective on COVID in our County.
In this episode we have a conversation with Kairos Board Member and Vacaville City Council Member - Elect, Gregory Ritchie about the importance of local community involvement.
In this episode we discuss screen time usage with scholars, summer screen time, what is social and emotional learning (SEL) and more with the Kairos Public Schools School Counselor.
In this episode we discuss the origins of our Kairos Innovative Scholars Program (KISP) and we interview one of our parents who has had children at the Elm campus and at KISP.
This episode discusses the origins of Kairos Public Schools, how it was started, the concept and the reflections of a founding parent of the school.
This is episode one of the Kairos community podcast. In this podcast we discuss the goals of the podcast, why are we starting a podcast and what our community can look forward to in the podcast.