MCEC Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Muskegon Community Educational Center (MCEC) is an alternative high school designed to prevent high school dropout through the use of unique traditional and non-traditional programs. MCEC is an essential step to earning a high school diploma, identifying a career path, or transitioning into college. MCEC provides a place where education is magnified using a collaborating community. The podcasts on this page are the work of a network of MCEC student journalists.
The experiences of an MCEC student who participated in the Michigan Poetry Out Loud Finals for the first time.
A MCEC Class assignment, students in this podcast present their opinions regarding their views of the future and discuss how to solve some of the problems of today in the future.
MCEC students discuss metal casting and foundry work that was presented by the American Foundry Society West Michigan Chapter and experience hands on metal casting experience.
MCEC students interview a Muskegon Realtor and learn about what to do and what not to do when buying real estate for the first time.
MCEC students interview a person enlisted in the Army and discuss his daily routine, duties, and the merits of being in the Army of the United States.
Muskegon Community Education Center students Charles Winston, America Figueroa and Colbert Bankhead talk about their learning experiences with the Michigan Works Readiness Program. The Michigan Works Readiness Program is a four week “Work Ready” Soft Skills Program for youth 16 to 24 years old.
Jayden Williams and Damari Ortiz, students from the Muskegon Community Education Center, discuss MCEC’s City as School program and their learning experiences with the Muskegon Fire Department.
Opportunities from the Muskegon Career Tech Center in the Culinary Arts Program and in Sports Broadcasting.
Chauncy Williams from MCEC interviews the artist and creator of two murals in Muskegon, JayJuan Agnew.
In this podcast MCEC student Jayden Bevans interviews Tony Williams as he speaks about growing up in Muskegon, civil rights, the challenges that he faced racially, in employment, and gaining acceptance both in the community and the workplace.
Join Mr. Williams, Jordan and Amanda as they recap their experiences from the Muskegon Rotary National Arbor Day Tree Planting Project.
MCEC student Amanda Maxwell speaks with Chauncy Williams, the MCEC Coordinator of Student Success, about MCEC, life at school and her experiences with bullying.
The spoken word performance group The Diatribe presents an original spoken word composition and reading by Sprout, a Diatribe member.
Student Journalists Jayden Bevans and Jordan McMillan offer insight into racism and their experience dealing with the problems created by racism.
Join MCEC Student Journalists Jayden Bevans and Jordan McMillan as they discuss their experiences with COVID and how it has affected their daily life. Their unique take on the pandemic and its hardships provides an interesting look by teens and their feelings during a national heath crisis.