McNeill Merlin Podcast is a community based podcast for students, parents, and teachers to talk about school life, current events, and informative topics across all genre. This podcast is made in McNeill Elementary, part of Lamar CISD.
In this episode, we sit down with Principal Jordan to discuss our goals and vision for the 2024-2025 academic year.
We also reflect on our back-to-school weeks and the tragic loss of a dear student. Throughout this challenging time, our community has shown incredible support and unity.
We extend our heartfelt thanks to the district representatives and our community for their unwavering support of our staff and students during this difficult period.
27 May 2024
McNeill Moment Ep 7 - Poetry
Here are the links for our previous poems:
I Wish - https://youtu.be/plRfwUQRxW8?si=IQjaUoOpXN8vzSso
Because - https://youtu.be/RloXq1N83XM?si=Wj4EPWYmvLoiwkbd
Still - https://youtu.be/ajXGzNBrCGE?si=xp8P_58fl1WV5f-7
And here are some of our earlier productions:
Be The One - https://youtu.be/npriAjt3-rA?si=7S1KiDvlpG-0rsai
One Day I Will - https://youtu.be/Upl7dvZyRH4?si=vX0Xsfrx9la2SfLU
Our three stars of the school, Olivia, Charlotte, and Julian joined our podcast to talk about poetry, why it is so important, and their own personal experience of making the poem into production.
12 Sept 2023
McNeill Moment Ep 5 - Memory Lane
Before we began our school year, we invite our newly promoted middle schoolers (Merlin Alumni) to talk about their new school and the great memory they made while in McNeill Elementary.
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We express our gratitude to Ranya L, Emilyn F, and Jaden K for generously dedicating their time to record with us, and we extend our heartfelt wishes for their success as they embark on their new school adventure.
11 Sept 2023
McNeill Moment Ep 4 - Last Quarter 2023
We are now on our last quarter of the 22-23 school year. For this episode McNeill Moment Podcast, we asked our 5th grade representatives (Michaela, Gianna, and Kai) what they need and wants to do for their remaining years in McNeill.
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11 Sept 2023
McNeill Moment Ep 3 - Holiday Podcast 2022
For this special "Vlog" edition of our podcast, we asked two questions to our students:
"What are you thankful for this year?"
"What do you wish for this Holiday season?"
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6 Oct 2022
McNeill Moment Ep 2 "Academic Readiness & Success"
It is now well over month into our 2022 school year, and for this episode of the podcast, we asked the two top students of our school, their parents, and the teachers about what needs to be practiced for their academic success.
22 Sept 2022
Plastic! What is it good for?
This episode is a research-based discussion among two students (Aleiah J., Oladiran A.) about plastic. How it is being made, the good use we make out of plastic, and the problem that we are dealing with plastics.
Our student's quote and additional part of the informations from this podcasts were cited from Bloomberg's article 'Curing Our Plastic Problem' and Mark Rober's '#TeamSeas'' video.
29 Aug 2022
McNeill Moment Ep 1 "Back To School 2022"
Our Back-To-School adventure of 2022 is officially in the book! We asked our students, teachers, and our new principal to talk about their experiences of having their first week of school.
20 Apr 2022
Technology Now & Future Part 2
THE STUDENTS HAVE TAKEN OVER OUR PODCAST!!! The show was entirely discussed among students (Aleiah J., Ava R., Oladiran A.) to discuss modern technology we use now and what technology would take over in the future.
The intro part of the podcast was the 'CBS Morning News' about self-driving cars, and as they accelerate, experts weigh in on their status and just how long until they think it will be until autonomous automobiles take over.
19 Apr 2022
Technology Now & Future Part 1
THE STUDENTS HAVE TAKEN OVER OUR PODCAST!!! The show was entirely discussed among students (Aleiah J., Ava R., Oladiran A.) to discuss modern technology we use and the both positive and negative sides of implementing tech in our daily lives.
The intro part of the podcast was an interview from Scientist Bill Nye and the question about how would technology be changed in 50 years from now.
13 Jan 2022
Food and Nutrition Part 2
Food is what we love to eat and to talk about, so we asked our fellow 4th grade Merlins (Ava A, Collin N, Jethra E) about healthy food vs junk food, their thoughts about ways to fight food shortage that are happening around the world and more.
30 Dec 2021
Food and Nutrition Part 1
Food is what we love to eat and to talk about, so we asked our fellow 4th grade Merlins (Ava A, Collin N, Jethra E) about their favorite food, their thoughts about school lunch, and why it is important to eat healthy meals.
29 Oct 2021
Video Games and Digital Playtime
With certain countries trying to ban or limit playing time for kids on digital games, we asked our fellow 4th grade Merlins (Michaela C, Kye M, Aiden L) about their thoughts, and the reasons for why we should play video games or not. The intro for this episode is presented by the NBC's "TODAY" show, and their interview of Fortnite World Cup winner, Kyle 'Bugha' Giersdorf and his parents.
16 Oct 2021
Test Time in School Part 1
From standardized tests to weekly quizzes, we spend many hours in school taking assessments. Our group of students, (Aleiah J., Ava R., Oladiran A.) and their teacher join together to discuss their experiences with taking assessments in school.
29 Sept 2021
Extreme Weather Part 2
The students of McNeill gather to talk about their past experience of Hurricane Harvey. We also talked about the possible solutions to global warming and helping our environment.
22 Sept 2021
Extreme Weather Part 1
The students of McNeill gather to talk about their experience with the Texas Snowstorm in February. We also talk about the prior extreme weather conditions we have faced and what we need to do help our environment.
15 Sept 2021
Life as a Virtual Student Pt 2
Ever since the Global Pandemic of 2020, schools all over the world have transformed into remote-learning hubs to stop the spread of the disease. This is a conversation between 3 students and their teacher about the life of being the "Virtual" student. This is part 2 of the episode.
12 Sept 2021
Life as a Virtual Student Pt 1
Ever since the Global Pandemic of 2020, schools all over the world have transformed into remote-learning hubs to stop the spread of the disease. This is a conversation between 3 students and their teacher about the life of being the "Virtual" student. This is part 1 of the episode.
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