Rose Pellett Archives - KCAW https://www.kcaw.org/tag/rose-pellett/ Community broadcasting for Sitka and the surrounding area Sat, 15 Apr 2017 01:21:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Mission Discovery at Blatchley Middle School https://www.kcaw.org/2017/02/24/mission-discovery-blatchley-middle-school/ https://www.kcaw.org/2017/02/24/mission-discovery-blatchley-middle-school/#respond Fri, 24 Feb 2017 23:53:56 +0000 https://www.kcaw.org/?p=36288

This week, Blatchley Middle School was a topsy turvy place. Instead of math class and P.E., students were playing water polo, sewing pillows, baking bread, and learning the finer points of movie makeup. It’s called “Discover Your Potential,” a biennial event where students take a break from regular classes for four days to learn something new from community volunteers. Some students took a radio journalism class at KCAW. They decided to put their newfound skills to the test and report on DYP, from the inside…

Special thanks to Connie McCarty and Kari Sagel. 

]]> https://www.kcaw.org/2017/02/24/mission-discovery-blatchley-middle-school/feed/ 0 Blatchley ditches classes for a week of discovery https://www.kcaw.org/2015/02/24/blatchley-ditches-normal-classes-for-a-week-of-discovery/ https://www.kcaw.org/2015/02/24/blatchley-ditches-normal-classes-for-a-week-of-discovery/#respond Tue, 24 Feb 2015 17:00:25 +0000 http://www.kcaw.org/?p=22158 At Blatchley Middle School, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders spent last week experimenting with classes off the curricular path. It’s called Discover Your Potential Week.

Students took four classes from among 78 distinct choices taught by volunteers from around the community. From junior roller derby to sea kayaking, cupcake wars to Mexican cooking, it was a chance for students to figure out their passions. Reporters with the radio class interviewed fellow classmates and brought back this audio postcard.

Slideshow: Discovery Week Part 1!

Downloadable audio.

That audio postcard was reported by Rose Pellett, Kendall Shamblin, Melissa Gibson, Allen Madigan, Emily Kwong, and Robert Woolsey.

Slideshow: Discovery Week Part 2!

Below images by DYP photography student, Bailey Joens.

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