Lincoln Middle School Broadcast Radio Project

As promised, here is an update on the Middle School Radio Road Show currently in residence at Lincoln MS in Meriden, CT.

I began working with a group of twelve 6th, 7th and 8th graders last November and quickly made a startling discovery: these kids not only have something to say but also the energy and courage to say it! Four successive waves of students have been brainstorming and contributing to radio segments on a range of topics from video game culture to school food, bullying and school re-cycling.

They have recorded their rock songs, raps, scary stories, jokes and even a role-playing dialogue on the idea of using peer mediation to settle student disputes.

The project will conclude in early April with a total of 40 students having cycled through the program. Geno Heiter and I will then proceed to edit the data and post a finished 30-minute radio show for broadcast on WPKN and posting on our web site.

Special thanks to LMS principal Leo Lavallee, to the REACH Afterschool Program administrators and, of course, to Jim Seldner, the Lincoln MS program coordinator, whose generous help has been indispensible in making the Broadcast Radio project a reality at LMS.