Ogres and Outcasts

In this episode the What Now? Podcast advisory team spends time reflecting on their year:  the ups and downs, challenges, and take-aways of starting a new club, learning to collaborate with others, and get out of their comfort zones to meet and talk to new people.  Each member records a “dream” podcast and reveals what they will do now that their 8th grade year is coming to an end.  

Travel to the land of Far Far Away with the Shrek crew to learn how each character views the world around them. How does Lord Farquaad feel about losing to an ogre? Why does Donkey stick around? What happens to the crew and Ms. Potoma now? Find out on this podcast episode.

What Now hosts Manny, Emmalise, and Yoniel take the UA class STAY and are always asked by other students, "What's STAY?"  In this episode, listen to the hosts, along with some other STAY students, discuss how the class is structured and all the great benefits of being in the class.

In this episode, follow the Hillside Boys A Basketball team for the 2022-2023 season to learn what the players say it takes to be a member of the team. 

How many times have you been sitting in advisory, and suddenly there are students from either Builders Club or Green Machine at the classroom door asking for donations to a fundraiser, collections for the local food bank, or selling tickets to a school dance? We wondered what these groups did and how they were different from each other. In this episode, we talk to the school's community service groups to find out what they do, who they do it for, and how other students can help.

The What Now team interviews the Hillside Hawks volleyball team and their coach and learns about breaking the team's seven-year-losing streak, dance parties, and bus trips to McDonald's. 

Hillside is launching a podcast and looking for a few more 8th graders to help.