Goooood Morning, Birches!
“Good Morning Birches” Hits the Birches Elementary School Airwaves Even During Remote Learning
The Birches Elementary School “Good Morning Birches” announcement team includes fifth-graders (left to right): Bottom row – Dakota Milou, Lianna Turk, Mia Sheeran; Middle row – Jillian Fineman, Alexis Furman; Back row – Ignacia Pinto Cueto, Olivia Pentz, Jimmy Norton, Chase Huffman (photo illustration by Mrs. Nicole Strate).
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP – Remote learning can’t keep the morning announcements team at Birches Elementary School from bringing their messages to the staff and student body. Advised by computers teacher Nicole Strate, the fifth-grade “Good Morning Birches” group creates a live broadcast that runs every Friday during the school year. Now, they’re bringing their show on the road.
“Our principal, Jessica Rose, reached out to me about the possibility of continuing with our morning broadcasts during remote learning,” Strate said. “The students and staff love watching our live broadcasts. So, I found a way to continue our morning announcements, just in a different way.”
Strate found an easy-to-use voice-recording resource online called Vocaroo and then contacted the “Good Morning Birches” team.
“I sent them a script for our first announcements and directions on how to record their part of the script and send it back to me,” Strate said. “The team was excited, and I loved hearing their voices as they sent their recordings back to me.”
The student team was able to get the broadcast up and running, and the first episode was sent out to students, staff and parents on Friday, March 27th.
“The feedback has been so incredibly positive and heart-warming!” Strate said. “I love that our team is able to help our students and staff feel connected to Birches while we are in this situation.”
To check out the first remote broadcast of “Good Morning Birches,” click here. And a library of all “Good Morning Birches” broadcasts that will run during remote learning can be found at Mrs. Strate’s Weebly site.
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