Episodes

On this week’s episode of Ridgefield Tiger Talk we welcome two East Ridge Middle School teachers, Michael Settanni and Maureen Tyra to the tell us about their Veterans Day ceremony. We learn the history of the ceremony, all the hard work that goes into the event, and the community connection that has been a part of Ridgefield for over 20 years. Thanks for listening.

This Saturday, November 5th Ridgefield High School is hosting a huge robotics competition! For more information click here. Joining us on this week’s Tiger talk is Physics/Robotics Teacher, Michael Murphy, and two RHS robotics team members Aidan Fremed and Kayleen Smith. They tell us about this year’s game, the hard work that goes into creating a robot for competition, and the amazing event Ridgefield High School is hosting. You should definitely pop in this Saturday, but if you can’t, the compe...

Election season is upon us! Recently Ridgefield High School held an event where local political candidates got to field questions from our very own students. Joining us on this week’s episode of Tiger talk is Danny Martin’s Social Studies Department Head and two high school students Charlotte Norcross and Tor Petersen to tell us all about it. They cover the history of the event, RHS’s mock election, and the topics concerning our students. Thanks for listening!

Halloween is almost upon us and to get ready for this spooky event Ridgefield Tiger Talk has a very special guest. Joining us on this week’s show is First Selectman of Ridgefield, Rudy Marconi! We talk about all of the really cool activities happening this weekend and the weekend of Halloween. Main street will be shut down for trick-or-treating opportunities, there are haunted ghost walks, and much more! Make sure you don’t miss this episode and thanks for listening!

Ridgefield Tiger Talk Podcast is excited to be back for a third season! In this week’s episode Kim Moran joins us to talk about district technology and Digital Citizenship. We cover what types of devices our students use, some of the new technology we are deploying in the district, and all the different ways we teach Digital Citizenship. Here is the link to the website mentioned in the show for Common Sense Media. Thanks for listening!

This will be the last Tiger Talk for the 2021-22 school year! But don’t worry we will return at the beginning of the school year in the fall! In this week so we welcome superintendent Dr. Susie Da Sil

Tiger Talk welcomes back Dane Street, Ridgefield High School’s Athletics Director. He tells us about the awesome spring sports achievements our RHS students have made, who is still finishing up their

On this week’s episode of Tiger Talk we welcome Ridgefield High School’s Teacher of the Year Mike Murphy and his two students Alex Yates and Logan Tole. They tell us about a new innovative course that

In this week’s podcast we welcome Lori Bran and Stacy Marchionni, both are School Counselors at Ridgefield High School and run the Senior Internship Program. We learn about the 20 plus year history of

This week’s Tiger Talk features in amazing story about Scotland Elementary School fifth graders raising money for the “A Walk to Water” charity. Joining us is Principal Jill Katkocin, fifth grade teac

In this week’s Tiger Talk we welcome two East Ridge Middle School Counselors Amy Jonsson and Caitlin DeMello. They tell us about some really cool things going on at ERMS. We cover their “Speak Up” pre

We’re Back! In this week’s episode Dane Street, The Athletics Director for Ridgefield High School returns to give us a sports update. We cover the really amazing Winter Post Season, the current Spring

In this week’s podcast we welcome back to the show Terence Houlihan the department head for the RHS Counselors Department. He has some exciting news for us after an over 20-year hiatus, Ridgefield Hig

Joining us on this week’s show are Jennifer Bray and Merryl Polak of Scotts Ridge Middle School. They’re here to tell us all about Legally Blond Jr the musical playing This Friday the 25th & Saturday

In this week’s podcast we invite Scotts Ridge Middle School History Teacher Thomas Broderick to the show. He brings with him five amazing 8th grade students to talk about their entries into the Nation

In this week’s episode we talk to James Reed the English teacher in charge of the student newspaper The Ridgefielder and two of its student editors Kavya Podila and Michael Stamatis. We learn about th

In this week’s Tiger Talk we welcome Principal Tim Salem and Assistant Principal Lisa Frese of Scotts Ridge Middle School to talk about RULER at the middle school level. We discuss how it was a helpfu

In today’s show we get down to business (pun intended). Joining us on Tiger Talk is Jesse Peterkin the lead teacher for the RHS Business Department and 11th grade business student Corrie Vakil. We cov

It’s budget season for Ridgefield Public Schools! Joining us on this week’s episode of Ridgefield Tiger Talk is Superintendent of Schools Dr. Susie Da Silva and her leadership cabinet. In this show we

Big sports update on this week’s episode! We welcome back to Tiger Talk Dane Street the Athletics Director for Ridgefield High School. In this show he updates us on the current COVID protocols with wi

In this week’s episode we get a quick update from the Director of Nursing Services, Aaron Crook. We discuss the new changes in Covid policy/procedures for schools, answer some commonly asked questions

For our last podcast of 2021 we welcome Nancy Caron the Principal of Farmingville Elementary School to the show. We talk about FES’s Be Kind program, Ben’s Bells, teachers/students creating a school w

Joining us on this week’s show are the Teen Talk counselors from East Ridge and Scotts Ridge Middle Schools. Alexandra Avila and Audrey Camino-jara tell us about their role in their school, how the po

In this week’s podcast we have two middle school music teachers joining us. Tiger Talk welcomes Shane Peters and Hilary Brown back to the podcast to talk about all the exciting things happening at Eas