Episode 54: The Story of Character Strong with Co-Founder John Norlin

Episode 58: Walking The Road To Freedom. A Conversation with Scarlet Road

In this episode, Mr A. talks with the excecutive director of Scarlet Road, Rosie Garbe. Specifically, Scarlet Road is an organization that helps out those who are victims of sexual exploitation and human trafficking. If you are a victim or going through that please check out their website at scarletroad.org or email them at pavingtheway@scarletroad.org

Episode 57: Bonjur, Math, and PE. Tales Of A Super Sub

Mr A. interviews a longtime friend Chelsea Pyper, who has spent the last 10 years as a substitute teacher in a variety of districts. Chelsea shares a lot of insightful and fun stories from her experiences in various districts.

Episode 56: Wrenches And Wisdom. A Teen’s Passion For Cars

In this episode, Mr. A. interviews his old student Tommy Chilson. Tommy was in 8th grade when Mr A. was his school counselor, now, Tommy will be a Senior die the upcoming 2025-2026 school year. Tommy has ALWAYS loved cars back then and still does!

Episode 55: From Pickups To Progress. Hustle, Service, and Community

In this episode, Mr A. interviews K.J. McLean from MC Junk Removal, which is a local junk pickup service in Kitsap County Washington. K.J. shares his passion of wanting to help the community and maintaining a reputation of integrity.

Episode 54: The Story of Character Strong with Co-Founder John Norlin

Mr. A. recently attended an excellent two day conference in Tacoma, WA called “Character Strong” which is an SEL (Social Emotional Learning) curriculum that is being used by Elementary and Secondary School Districts around the nation. Mr. A. was fortunate enough to meet one of the co founders of Character Strong and get his story of how Character Strong came to be and his philosophy on students, school staff, and schools! What came about was a fun conversation which I (Mr.A.) felt like I learned a lot!!