Most Prevailing Stories: Recent Episodes
Milford Public Schools
The Most Prevailing Stories Podcast will highlight all the latest news going on in the school district you need to know throughout the year. Topics will range from sports, to school news, to upcoming events and key dates.
For our season 2 finale we check in with our JFK students to talk all about robotics (3:10)! We also have Grade 5 Teacher Jennifer Shabarekh and Teacher Leader for Instructional Technology Juliet Goraieb join us.
Pumpkin Delight Principal Sherrod McNeill joins the podcast to provide an update on the renovations being done at PDS (3:23).
We've got a very newsy episode this week, we cover graduation dates, celebrate some great faculty news, and go over everything you need to know about applying for our Foran Child Learning Center for 3 and 4 year old students (3:37)! Of course we also give an update from our sports teams over at Foran and Law.
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER...We are live from an actual classroom! Tune in to hear from some of our Meadowside Elementary students (3:54) on career day!
Our Business & Instructional Digital Services department interns join the podcast! Listen to hear all about their experience so far (3:34)!
Today's episode dives into detail about this year's art show (3:50)! Interviews include Instructional Supervisor for Music, Art, and Library Media Amy Perras, Foran Art Teacher Deanna Dotson and four of her students.
In today's episode we have Deborah Rogers, Laura Murphy, Susan Rodrigues, and Michelle Ryan on the podcast to speak about their study abroad fellowships from the Fund For Teachers Organization (4:19).
In our most highly anticipated episode of the year, the time has come to talk about the Milford Public Schools budget for the 2024-25 school year.
We've packed this episode with multiple interviews from Foran band director Jessica Turner (3:00), Superintendent Dr. Anna Cutaia (5:07), STEM Instructional Supervisor for grades 6-12 Lisa Swanson (8:45), Director of Business and Instructional Digital Services Louis Giancola (12:17), Digital End User Services Manager Jeff Cibulas (13:27), and of course we gathered some JFK Elementary Fifth Grade Students (14:38). We also announce GRADUATION DATES for Foran and Law (1:40)!
This week we followed around the Parsons Perks team and learn more about the F.Y.V.E Program (3:38). We have lots of great interviews in this one and get on scene at multiple different locations! As always we also lead with news and sports, including an update with the budget process!
Electrify Your Choir is TONIGHT and we cover everything you need to know about the preparation with some special interviews from our very own students! Don't miss out on this great new episode!!!
In a collaboration with the State Education Resource Center of CT (SERC), we have two students on to discuss what it means to have an Indiviualized Education Plan (IEP) in a rare 20 minute sit down interview, a first for the podcast! SERC Consultant Nicole Vitale also joined to help guide the conversation. You don't want to miss this very productive and informative episode!
In today's episode we get to know our new Principal over at The Academy Amanda Marshall (3:49). We also introduce our newest segment Parsons Perks joke of the day (1:30).
We are back with a fresh new feature story this week with Digital End User Services Manager Jeff Cibulas on the pod to discuss our emerging esports program (5:11). Jeff provides commentary throughout the episode as well alongside Host Cam Wilkitis. The Most Prevailing Stories Podcast is better than ever and we are ready to bring you even more great content moving forward.
In this quick episode we go over the new preschool programming announcement for the 2024-25 school year (3:06).
Budget discourse! Tune in for a recap of last week's interview broken down into greater detail! (4:09)
Dr. Anna Cutaia, Superintendent of Milford Public Schools, joins us today to discuss the proposed budget for the 2024-25 school year (3:38).
It's our New Years Special! Tune in for a 17 minute episode counting down our top 5 most listened to moments of 2023!
It's our final episode of 2023 and we have more interviews pertaining to last weeks episode from our students at Pumpkin Delight (2:16).
For today's feature story, we have Janine Secondi on to talk about her Cool School Crayons Project with elementary students at Pumpkin Delight and high school students at The Academy (3:35).
This year the Milford Elks presented sportsmanship awards to members of the football teams, cheerleading squads, and bands from Jonathan Law and Foran prior to kickoff of our annual Thanksgiving football game. We circle back to that moment on the field (3:35).
Tune into this weeks episode for more information on kindergarten registration with Supervisor of Early Childhood Education Terese Maguire (5:07).
For Season 2 episode 6 we have Kenny Szygiel of Parsons Perks (3:49) on to talk about the Thanks for Giving food drive! As always we also lead with some news and sports.
We get to know our Assistant Superintendent Mr. Steven Autieri as he joins the podcast to discuss his new role with the district (4:20).
Dr. Anna Cutaia, Superintendent of Milford Public Schools, joins us for an interview to discuss our recent Community Conversation held at Foran High School before round 2 at Law on Monday! (3:45)
For our third episode of the season, we interview Annabelle Williamson (3:37), a professional educator and creator of La Maestra Loca, a small business that mentors and trains world language teachers in the art of acquisition driven instruction.
For the second episode of season 2 we have our new Assistant Superintendent of Business & Operations Sean Brennan on for an interview (3:20).
After a long anticipated return, we are back for season 2 of the Most Prevailing Stories podcast. We gathered some first day of school interviews from JFK Elementary School's new Principal Amy Rizzo (6:10). Like last season, we also lead with some districtwide news (1:12) and sports (3:48).
It's our season finale. For the 25th and final episode of the year we interview some of our exiting seniors who give us some of their favorite senior memories and talk about what they'll be doing in life after high school!
Superintendent Dr. Anna Cutaia joins the podcast to discuss budget cuts for the 2023-24 school year (1:30).
In this episode we cover news (0:56)and sports (2:14)before our interview with 2022-23 teacher of the year Kelly Jones (3:27). This serves as part 1 of episode 24, part 2 will be available Friday!
In today's episode, Superintendent Dr. Anna Cutaiajoins us for an interview to speak more on budget reductions that will need to be made for the upcoming school year (4:28). Plus we cover news (1:04)and sports (2:29)as always!
In this episode, we lead our news segment (0:51)with the result from the Board of Alderman vote on the 2023-24 school year budget. Plus more sports (2:13)and a feature story on this years Unfied Prom with an interview from Erin Williams (4:45).
We are back for episode 21 of the Most Prevailing Stories Podcast. Today we dive into some district news (1:00)and do a quick sports update (2:25), with an interview from Foran's girls head track coach Jeff Raucci (4:14)as well.
We've got a packed episode today to kick off the week. We reveal graduation dates in the news (1:02) and also have an exclusive interview with Jonathan Law Baseball coach Greg Simler (4:41)at the end of our sports segment (2:38). Today's feature story covers this years spelling bee with the help of some of our students over at Pumpkin Delight for a mock spellng bee (8:45).
For Episode 19 we cover news (1:14) and sports (3:02) as always before highlighting the upcoming Jay Rowe Smooth Jazz for Scholars Benefit Concert (4:54). We also want to thank our listeners for making episode 18 pt 1 and 2 our most successful release yet! Tune in for another great one!
Part 2 of episode 18 has arrived and we get into all the details you need to know for budget season. From start to finish, we have it all covered! Superintendent Dr. Anna Cutaia also joins for an interview as well (3:16).
Part 1 of our 2 part episode has arrived. We kick part 1 off following the usual format with news (0:58) and sports (2:28), then highlight Foran's Child Learning Center program (4:05), which is now accepting applications! Interviews include our Supervisor of Early Childhood Education Terese Maguireand the Director of Foran's Child Learning Center Rachel Pangu.
We will be back for part 2 with an EXCLUSIVE budget focused episode that you don't want to miss. Make sure to tune in for that on Friday!
It's our Saint Patrick's Day special! In this episode we cover all the latest news (1:28), including information on the board of finance's vote on our budget for education operations and what to expect next (1:55), sports (3:19), and then we play some quick clips from the Milford's Saint Patrick's Day Parade last Saturday (5:13).
In our 16th episode, we highlight the Mayor's Youth Award with an interview from Chief Operations Officer Jim Richetelli (4:15).
In our 15th episode we highlight music in our schools month with an interview from our instructional supervisor for music students PK-12 Amy Perras (4:06). We also cover districtwide news (1:08) and our winter sports teams over at Law and Foran (2:10).
In our 14th episode, we talk about our video submission to the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (4:33). We also cover news (1:03) and sports (2:41)as always. Enjoy!
Wednesday (2/15) was National SRO Appreciation Day! We got some great interviews for this episode with School Resource Officer Steve Loschiavo, students from East Shore Middle School, and our Director of School Safety and Security Jeff Nielsen (4:17).
It's our first episode following a weekly drop schedule and we have a great one in store for you today! Tune in for all the latest news throughout the district and our feature story on kindergarten reigistration (4:57).
In our 11th episode, our main story features two young middle school authors from our very own Milford Public School district who came to Pumpkin Delight for a visit (5:00). Plus we cover more news and sports as always! Episodes will also now be following a weekly schedule, tune in for more!
For our 10th episode, we go over everything you need to know right now about the budget for the upcoming 2023-24 school year (4:55), plus an interview from Superintendent Dr. Anna Cutaia (5:58).We also cover more school news and provide a quick sports update as always. Enjoy!
It's the new year and we're back with a brand new episode to kick off 2023. We fill you in on all the information you need to know about our Milford Adult Ed catalog (1:21), enrollment for our ready to learn preschool program (2:03), provide updates on how our winter sports teams over at Law and Foran did during break (3:06), and we count down the top 5 podcast moments from 2022 (6:07)!
The last episode of the year! Tune in for more information on the expansion of the Community Connections Center (1:33), the reduced price application for school meals (2:39), and a quick winter sports update (3:26).
In this weeks episode we share some upcoming winter concert dates (1:13), highlight some key games to keep on your radar for the upcoming winter sports season (2:45), and take a deeper dive into how this years Thanksgiving football game went between Jonathan Law and Foran High School (4:10). Tune in for more!
Our Veterans Day Episode has finally arrived. Tune in for a glimpse of how our schools honored our Vets (5:55)! We also cover our sports teams over at Law and Foran (4:10), including details on the upcoming Thanksgiving day game (3:50), provide clarity on how snow day announcements will be made this winter (1:52), and more!
In our fifth episode, we cover the 18th annual Thanks for Giving food drive organized by the scouting community of Milford (1:46), and go into detail about United Way, with more from Superintendent Dr. Anna Cutaia and United Way Executive Director Barry Berman (4:52). We also check in on how our sports teams at Foran and Law have fared since we last checked in (3:00). Tune in for more!
Our Halloween Special! In this episode we kick things off with another quick sports update (0:50), talk about our adult ed national external diploma program being approved (3:15), highlight six students from Foran High School who recieved national commended scholarships (3:44), dive into how our district is celebrating halloween this month, and much more fresh October content (4:00). We also got to hear from some students at Mathewson Elemnetary School for interviews (5:37). Tune in for more!
Todays episode is highlighted with interviews by the recent Foran planetarium ribbon cutting ceremony (4:46), but first we talk a little bit about the college process (1:19) and check in on the latest news from Foran and Law's fall sports season (3:05). Interviews include Superintendent Dr. Anna Cutaia (9:40), Chief Operations Officer Jim Richetelli (8:20), Foran Science Teacher Laura Donovan(6:58), STEM instructional supervisor for grades 6-12 Lisa Swanson (7:40), and some Students (5:53)
In this episode we highlight all the latest sports updates to start the fall season (0:50) and cover the recent Pumpkin Delight Groundbreaking Ceremony (2:57).
Interviews feature Pumpkin Delight Principal Sherrod McNeill (4:22) and some of his students (6:20), Superintendent Dr. Anna Cutaia (7:25), Board of Ed chair member Sue Glennon (8:59), Director of Facilities Pat Bradbury (11:10), and Chief Operations Officer Jim Richetelli (11:34).
We're back for the 2022-23 school year with a brand new podcast. We're going to be covering all the latest news ranging from sports, to school events, to important dates you need to know. In this episode we highlight this year's HQI Live (2:05) and One Day for Day One (2:57) events from the summer and asked students about the new school year (3:40).