Podcasts: Sup with the Sup

Episode 19: Provo High Band with Deven Halcomb

Welcome everyone to the next episode of Provo City School District’s What’s Up with the Sup podcast. I am Superintendent Wendy Dau. For this week’s episode, I will be visiting Provo High School to speak with Deven Halcomb, the Provo High Band Director. We will talk about the school band program and even hear some music performed by the Provo High Jazz Band.
Episode 18: Centennial Acapella Choir

Welcome everyone to the next episode of Provo City School District’s What’s Up With The Sup podcast. I am Superintendent Wendy Dau. For this week’s episode, I crashed a class at Centennial Middle School where I was able to visit with choir director Heather Williams and her acapella students. We will talk about all that goes into preparing for their holiday concert and get a sneak peek at a few of their songs.
Episode 17: Sub for Santa at Timpview

Welcome to the next episode of Provo City School District’s What’s Up With The Sup podcast. I am Superintendent Wendy Dau and this week I am joined by Cassidy Baker, the student government advisor at Timpview High School, as well as two members of Timpview’s student government, Caleb Ngatuvai and Sarah Lee. We will be discussing the Sub for Santa program that Timpview runs every year around the holidays.
Episode 16: Grateful District Leadership

Welcome to the next episode of Provo City School District’s What’s Up with the Sup podcast. I am Superintendent Wendy Dau. I hope that you have all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and have had a chance to relax a little bit. For our episode this week, I was joined by our district leadership team. They each took a minute to share their gratitude for the people and important work happening across Provo City School District.
Episode 15: Seniors Grateful for Teachers

Welcome, everyone, to the next episode of Provo City School District’s What’s Up With The Sup podcast. I am Superintendent Wendy Dau, and we have a great episode for you this week. We recently sat down with seniors at all three of our high schools to talk about teachers that have made an impact on their education, and in some cases, their lives.
Episode 14: Veterans Day with Michael Bradley

Welcome to this week’s episode of Provo City School District’s What’s Up With the Sup podcast. I am Superintendent Wendy Dau, and I am very excited for the podcast this week. I am going to be joined by Michael Bradley, a World Language and Social Studies teacher at Provo High. Mr. Bradley is also a veteran of the United States Army, and we will be talking about his service in honor of Veterans Day.
Episode 13: Elementary Students and Gratitude

Welcome to our next episode of Provo City School District’s What’s Up With the Sup podcast. I am Superintendent Wendy Dau, and I am very excited for our podcast this week. We are talking to elementary school kids about what they are grateful for at school, and their answers are sure to brighten your day.
Episode 12: Suzy Cox and Universal Design Learning

Welcome, everyone, to the next episode of Provo City School District’s What’s Up With The Sup podcast. I am Superintendent Wendy Dau. For our podcast this week, I am joined by Suzy Cox, the Director of Innovative Learning for Provo City School District. We will be discussing universal design learning – what it is, how it is applied in the classroom, and how it can benefit all students.
Episode 11: Richard Culatta and Digital Citizenship

Welcome to the next episode of Provo City School District’s “What’s Up With The Sup” podcast. I am Superintendent Wendy Dau. We have a special guest this week. I had the opportunity to sit down with Richard Culatta, the CEO of the International Society for Technology and Education, when he recently visited our district.
Episode 10: CTE with Clay Bingham

Welcome, everyone, to the next episode of Provo City School District’s What’s Up With the Sup podcast. I am Superintendent Wendy Dau, and I am excited to be with you again this week. In continuing our efforts to highlight the many opportunities and choices provided in our schools for students, I am joined by Clay Bingham, our District CTE Director, to discuss the plethora of CTE courses offered to our district. As well as how students can become more involved in these types of classes. And by the way, CTE stands for career and technical education.
Episode 9: LIA at Dixon Middle

Welcome, everyone, to the next episode of Provo City School District’s What’s up with the Sup’ podcast. I am Superintendent Wendy Dau in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, I am speaking with three guests from Dixon Middle School. Lucy Ordaz Sanchez is a FACS and Food Sciences teacher at Dixon Middle. She is also the advisor for the Latinos in Action Program at Dixon. I will also be joined by two students at Dixon who are part of the Latinos in Action Program. And we will be discussing LIA, as well as Hispanic Heritage Month and how these guests strive to share and promote their heritage.
Podcast 8: Provost Musical with Kirsti and Claire

Welcome, everyone, to the next episode of Provo City School District’s What’s Up With the Sup podcast. I am Superintendent Wendy Dau. For this week’s episode, I am joined by two guests. They are Kirsti Kirkland, the Library Media Specialist at Provost Elementary and Claire Moreira, a current Timpview student that attended Provost for Elementary School.They will be telling me all about the musical that Provost puts on every year and the impact that it has on students.
Episode 7: Independence with Rhianna Russell

Welcome everyone to the next episode of Provo City School District’s “What’s Up With The Sup” podcast. I am Superintendent Wendy Dau. We have a great episode this week. I am talking with Rhianna Russell, a student at Independence High School. She will be talking about all of the great programs and opportunities at Independence High School, as well as talking about her Native American heritage.
I will also be talking with Principal Jacob Griffin, who will discuss with us why Independence might be a great option for many of our students here in Provo City School District.
Episode 6: The Constitution

Welcome to our next episode of Provo City School District’s ‘Sup With the Sup!” Today is September 15th, 2023. I am Superintendent Wendy Dau, and we have an exciting episode for you this week.
Earlier this year, the state legislature passed a new law which states that the month of September is “American Founders and Constitution Month”. This is in addition to Constitution Day, which has long been recognized on September 17th. My guests today are here to talk about how the Constitution is taught and celebrated in our schools.
Episode 5: Amelia Earhart Literacy Community

Welcome, everyone, to the next episode of Provo City School District’s “What’s Up With the Sup” podcast. I am Superintendent Wendy Dau. This week, I will be speaking with Ladale Tobler, a third grade teacher, and Olivia Guanuna, a sixth grade student, both from Amelia Earhart Elementary. We will be discussing the Amelia Earhart Literacy Community.
Episode 4: 6th Grader Emi Kim

Welcome, everyone, to the next episode of Provo City School District’s What’s Up With The Sup podcast. I am Superintendent Wendy Dau. Thank you for joining me for our fourth episode of our podcast. This week, I am speaking with Emi Kim, a sixth grade student at Westridge Elementary School. Emi has done some extraordinary things over the past couple of years to provide books to our libraries.
Episode Three: Catching Up With Students at the Start of the School Year

Welcome everyone to the next episode of Provo City School District’s What’s Up with the Sup’ podcast. Today is August 25th, 2023. I am Superintendent Wendy Dau and I am super excited for the podcast this week. With the school year in its early stages, I wanted to catch up with a few students to see how the school year is going and to talk to them about their experiences at school.
Episode 2: District Theme “Find Your Swing”

Welcome to this week’s episode of Provo City School District’s What’s up with the Sup’ podcast? I am Superintendent Wendy Dau, and this week I am joined by our Assistant Superintendent over Secondary Education, Darrell Jensen. Before I introduce him more, let’s go over this week’s updates.