We Are The Ville! https://wearetheville.podbean.com Westerville City Schools presents We Are the 'Ville!: a podcast about the ins and outs of WCSD

]]> Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:53:34 -0300 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2025 All rights reserved. Education 1440 episodic Westerville City Schools presents We Are the ’Ville!: a podcast about the ins and outs of WCSD Westerville City Schools Westerville City Schools No false https://feed.podbean.com/wearetheville/feed.xml https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/21435592/WCSD_1400929q4.png We Are The Ville! https://wearetheville.podbean.com 144 144 We Are the 'Ville! Episode 14 We Are the 'Ville! Episode 14 https://wearetheville.podbean.com/e/we-are-the-ville-episode-14/ https://wearetheville.podbean.com/e/we-are-the-ville-episode-14/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:53:34 -0300 wearetheville.podbean.com/08d0cc6b-b5b2-31d0-a483-1cfcdd48ecc8 Westerville City Schools presents We Are the 'Ville!: a podcast about the ins and outs of WCSD Episode 14: "This is about creating a sisterhood." - the rise of Girls Flag Football at the 'Ville

With special guests Coach Peyton McBride, Coach Emily Swank-Kavanaugh, Coach Stanley Jackson, and athletes Audrey, Henrieta, Gabby, Kimora, and Kacee.

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Episode 14: "This is about creating a sisterhood." - the rise of Girls Flag Football at the 'Ville

With special guests Coach Peyton McBride, Coach Emily Swank-Kavanaugh, Coach Stanley Jackson, and athletes Audrey, Henrieta, Gabby, Kimora, and Kacee.

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Host Melanie Amato welcomes WCSD Global Scholars students Kacee, Quinn, Anna, and Austyn to discuss their "Take Action" community service projects and how they can help their fellow students.

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Episode 13: Global problems, local solutions

Host Melanie Amato welcomes WCSD Global Scholars students Kacee, Quinn, Anna, and Austyn to discuss their "Take Action" community service projects and how they can help their fellow students.

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Host Melanie Amato welcomes Director of Career and College Pathways Matthew Misener to discuss the ways students and families can use WCSD scheduling to get a head start on college, careers, and more.

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Episode 12: Setting a Course for Graduation and Beyond


Host Melanie Amato welcomes Director of Career and College Pathways Matthew Misener to discuss the ways students and families can use WCSD scheduling to get a head start on college, careers, and more.

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Episode 11: Black History Month

 

Host Melanie Amato welcomes our first student guests, as Imani, Rodav, Isaac, Milani, Mel B, and Lanaiah join us to preview the student-directed Black History Month performances, highlighting the rich cultural influences and diversity that make Westerville City Schools an enriching and wonderful community.

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Episode 11: Black History Month

 

Host Melanie Amato welcomes our first student guests, as Imani, Rodav, Isaac, Milani, Mel B, and Lanaiah join us to preview the student-directed Black History Month performances, highlighting the rich cultural influences and diversity that make Westerville City Schools an enriching and wonderful community.

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Episode 10: A "Super" Conversation

 

Host Melanie Amato welcomes Superintendent Angie Hamberg to discuss the first half of the 2025-2026 school year, and how she came to be known as the "Queen of Snow Days." 

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Episode 10: A "Super" Conversation

 

Host Melanie Amato welcomes Superintendent Angie Hamberg to discuss the first half of the 2025-2026 school year, and how she came to be known as the "Queen of Snow Days." 

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Episode 9: Winter Athletics Preview

 

Host Melanie Amato welcomes our three high school athletic directors, Wes Elifritz from North, Andy Ey from Central, and Jeff Good from South, to discuss the 2025-2026 Winter Sports season and how each school balances the competitive fire with good sportsmanship and district pride. 

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Episode 9: Winter Athletics Preview

 

Host Melanie Amato welcomes our three high school athletic directors, Wes Elifritz from North, Andy Ey from Central, and Jeff Good from South, to discuss the 2025-2026 Winter Sports season and how each school balances the competitive fire with good sportsmanship and district pride. 

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Episode 8: Music Makes the People Come Together

 

Host Melanie Amato welcomes Annehurst Elementary School music teacher Mary Rebekah Fortman and Westerville South High School choir teacher Darius McBride to discuss the ways music education helps enrich and nurture our students, and the efforts made by WCSD's music educators to bring students together. 

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Episode 8: Music Makes the People Come Together

 

Host Melanie Amato welcomes Annehurst Elementary School music teacher Mary Rebekah Fortman and Westerville South High School choir teacher Darius McBride to discuss the ways music education helps enrich and nurture our students, and the efforts made by WCSD's music educators to bring students together. 

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Episode 7: The 11-Minute History of Westerville City Schools

 

Host Melanie Amato welcomes Chief Personnel and Policy Officer and local history buff Scott Reeves to the podcast to introduce our new series, "They Are ALL Our Kids."

This series will explore how the WCSD boundaries have grown and changed over the last 200 years to become the district we know today.

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Episode 7: The 11-Minute History of Westerville City Schools

 

Host Melanie Amato welcomes Chief Personnel and Policy Officer and local history buff Scott Reeves to the podcast to introduce our new series, "They Are ALL Our Kids."

This series will explore how the WCSD boundaries have grown and changed over the last 200 years to become the district we know today.

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Episode 6: The Rise and Fall of the Win-Win Agreement with special guest Dr. Nancy Nestor-Baker

 

Host Melanie Amato welcomes Chief Personnel and Policy Officer and local history buff Scott Reeves to the podcast to introduce our new series, "They Are ALL Our Kids."

This series will explore how the WCSD boundaries have grown and changed over the last 200 years to become the district we know today.

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Episode 6: The Rise and Fall of the Win-Win Agreement with special guest Dr. Nancy Nestor-Baker

 

Host Melanie Amato welcomes Chief Personnel and Policy Officer and local history buff Scott Reeves to the podcast to introduce our new series, "They Are ALL Our Kids."

This series will explore how the WCSD boundaries have grown and changed over the last 200 years to become the district we know today.

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Episode 5: Central Ohio's Boundary Free-For-All with special guest Dr. Nancy Nestor-Baker

 

Host Melanie Amato welcomes Chief Personnel and Policy Officer and local history buff Scott Reeves to the podcast to introduce our new series, "They Are ALL Our Kids."

This series will explore how the WCSD boundaries have grown and changed over the last 200 years to become the district we know today.

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Episode 5: Central Ohio's Boundary Free-For-All with special guest Dr. Nancy Nestor-Baker

 

Host Melanie Amato welcomes Chief Personnel and Policy Officer and local history buff Scott Reeves to the podcast to introduce our new series, "They Are ALL Our Kids."

This series will explore how the WCSD boundaries have grown and changed over the last 200 years to become the district we know today.

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Episode 4: The Great Expansion

 

Host Melanie Amato welcomes Chief Personnel and Policy Officer and local history buff Scott Reeves to the podcast to introduce our new series, "They Are ALL Our Kids."

This series will explore how the WCSD boundaries have grown and changed over the last 200 years to become the district we know today.

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Episode 4: The Great Expansion

 

Host Melanie Amato welcomes Chief Personnel and Policy Officer and local history buff Scott Reeves to the podcast to introduce our new series, "They Are ALL Our Kids."

This series will explore how the WCSD boundaries have grown and changed over the last 200 years to become the district we know today.

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Episode 3: Township Partnerships

 

Host Melanie Amato welcomes Chief Personnel and Policy Officer and local history buff Scott Reeves to the podcast to introduce our new series, "They Are ALL Our Kids."

This series will explore how the WCSD boundaries have grown and changed over the last 200 years to become the district we know today.

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Episode 3: Township Partnerships

 

Host Melanie Amato welcomes Chief Personnel and Policy Officer and local history buff Scott Reeves to the podcast to introduce our new series, "They Are ALL Our Kids."

This series will explore how the WCSD boundaries have grown and changed over the last 200 years to become the district we know today.

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Episode 2: They've Been Our Kids All Along

 

Host Melanie Amato welcomes Chief Personnel and Policy Officer and local history buff Scott Reeves to the podcast to introduce our new series, "They Are ALL Our Kids."

This series will explore how the WCSD boundaries have grown and changed over the last 200 years to become the district we know today.

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Episode 2: They've Been Our Kids All Along

 

Host Melanie Amato welcomes Chief Personnel and Policy Officer and local history buff Scott Reeves to the podcast to introduce our new series, "They Are ALL Our Kids."

This series will explore how the WCSD boundaries have grown and changed over the last 200 years to become the district we know today.

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Episode 1: They are ALL our kids

 

Host Melanie Amato welcomes Chief Personnel and Policy Officer and local history buff Scott Reeves to the podcast to introduce our new series, "They Are ALL Our Kids."

This series will explore how the WCSD boundaries have grown and changed over the last 200 years to become the district we know today.

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Episode 1: They are ALL our kids

 

Host Melanie Amato welcomes Chief Personnel and Policy Officer and local history buff Scott Reeves to the podcast to introduce our new series, "They Are ALL Our Kids."

This series will explore how the WCSD boundaries have grown and changed over the last 200 years to become the district we know today.

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