Who doesn’t love the magic of "Finding Nemo"? Our latest episode bursts with excitement as we welcome Steve Ahl, our new French teacher at Olean, and a dedicated member of the Summer STAR Program since 2011. Steve takes us on his journey from being an Olean native to becoming an indispensable part of this beloved program. We dive into the STAR program's unique structure, where kids explore activities ranging from cooking and coding to robotics and poetry, all while being free from the pressures of traditional grading. The highlight? The Junior Musical, where this year’s students are gearing up to perform "Finding Nemo," a story close to many hearts.
Feel the buzz of anticipation as we discuss the upcoming "Finding Nemo" performance set to grace Olean’s newly renovated, air-conditioned auditorium. Steve and I share our enthusiasm for the comfortable venue and the sheer joy of seeing our favorite underwater adventure come to life on stage. This episode is a celebration of creativity, fun, and stress-free learning. Join us in our mutual excitement and hear why the STAR program holds a special place in our hearts and how it continues to foster a love for learning in such a unique way. Don't miss out on this engaging conversation that wraps up with our eager anticipation for the big performance on August 2nd!
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
so welcome to my next episode of the husky huddle and
, by the way, you are the veryfirst episode of the 24 25
school year.
I am honored, yeah, yeah, youare it.
So I'm so excited to have SteveAul on our newest episode and
(00:28):
you are able to tell useverything about the summer
school program, which I'm soexcited about.
And so we're going to startwith the introduction, because
you're new to this program andto our school district, we're so
excited to have you.
So why don't you tell me aboutyou and then tell me about your
role in the summer schoolprogram and, more importantly,
(00:49):
finding Nemo?
Yeah, wonderful.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Thank you for having me.
I do appreciate it.
Yeah, I'm just starting back atOlean this September as the new
French teacher, woo-hoo.
So yeah, I'm excited about that.
I'm an Olean native, so Igraduated in 2020, sorry, no
2012.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Wow, I'm a self-represent 2012.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
But I've been working in the Summer Star Program
since 2011.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Oh, that's a fun fact for me, I've been working at it
quite some time.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Okay, you know I've always thought the Star program
is like the crown jewel of thedistrict.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
We have employed high school students to work at.
We have, you know, over 150kids in the program last summer.
I think it was 163 on the firstday.
So you know, it gives our kids,you know, half a day.
You know where they arelearning, where they are
exploring, where they arecreating, you know, and it's not
(01:48):
in the traditional.
Okay, here's a worksheet,here's a lesson.
Right, you know that sometimeswe get to really make concrete
connections in school, but theyget to explore a little bit more
here.
Right, there's no grades,there's no pressure on that.
Yeah, we're just here to havefun and give them a little more
(02:10):
education than they might havegotten, you know, elsewhere.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
And the best part, I think, is everyone gets free
lunch.
So, yeah, yeah, that's alwaysgood, that's always good.
I see the kids walking throughthe halls and they look so
relaxed.
Yeah, yeah, they just, they'rejust happy to be here.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Yeah and it's really been that since its inception.
I mean, mean, I was a kid inthe STAR program back all the
way in 1999 when I was inkindergarten and have come all
the way up through to working itto now being a teacher in it,
so it's a really special programthat we have here.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Oh, that's wonderful.
That's great to hear.
So can you tell us, in yourvision, what makes our STAR
program special, different froma traditional summer school
program?
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Great, yeah, thank you.
So the STAR program reallyfocuses on enjoyment.
Right, we want to get the kidsin with something they're
excited about.
So the center, kind of nucleus,of the STAR program is the
Junior Musical.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
So in the past we've done the Lion King, we have done
Frozen, we have doneSchoolhouse Rock.
You know things that the kidsyou know know about through you
know Disney, through learning inschool, and it gives them a
chance to be on stage, you know.
So they get excited from thatand then we try to tease out
what else are the kidsinterested in.
(03:27):
Are they interested in cooking?
Is it coding?
Is it robotics?
Is it poetry?
Is it robotics, is it poetry?
Is it journalism?
Is it a drum circle?
All of these have been coursesthat we've offered in the STAR
program in the past.
That's fantastic, and then wedo try to encourage growth in
the areas of math and reading aswell.
So this year we are bringing itback.
It's the first year since COVIDthat it's been the traditional
(03:49):
STAR program.
So the kids come in for fourperiods.
Every student gets to be onstage one period, wow.
Then they have a period thathelps them with math, a period
that helps them with reading andthen a period of those
enrichment.
You know it might be cookingone day, it might be robotics,
it might be poetry, and so it'severy day is a little bit
different.
You know, normally we do havekids pre-K through going into
(04:14):
eighth grade in the program.
This year we're trying to getit back since COVID, so we kept
it to kids going into firstgrade to kids going into sixth
grade, ok, and it's really doinggreat, you know.
So they are putting on FindingNemo this year, yes, so, which
is a big undertaking for them.
(04:35):
They are completely rising tothe challenge.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Wow, wow.
Well, first of all, that was mydaughter's favorite movie.
We watched it over and over andover again.
I always complain because youknow, the mom dies in the first
scene.
I'm like why are you guysalways watching this movie?
Are you trying to tell mesomething?
You know we did some bad thefirst scene.
I'm like why are you guysalways watching this movie?
Are you trying to tell mesomething you know we did?
Speaker 2 (04:53):
some bad things to moms, Like I don't understand A
mom.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
She seemed so nice, she had a great sense of humor
and she was eating.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
In a movie.
You need a problem.
That's true, and we know thatmoms really solve the problems
for us, don't they?
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Right.
So I was just like wow, themovie would be 10 minutes.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
We need a longer movie.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
That's true, and now we have like spinoffs, so I
agree it could have neverhappened if mom was there.
Yeah, mom was there, darn.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
We find Nemo in five minutes.
She wouldn't have lost him.
Now the dads, on the other hand.
We get it.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
Okay, well, that explains the entire finding Nemo
to me.
But I okay, well, that explainsthe entire finding nemo, uh, to
me, but I used to alwayscomplain about that.
So why did you all choosefinding nemo so?
Speaker 2 (05:39):
really finding nemo comes from kind of a two, two um
sides.
Number one is the lesson itteaches.
So it is all about inclusion,it is all about coming together,
right, you know, nemo has a finthat's not quite as large as
the other fin.
His father becomes extraprotective of him because of
that and through his journeyshe's meeting other fish that
(06:03):
aren't the cookie cutter fish.
You know, fish that you knowmaybe get distracted very easily
.
Or you know, one of the squidshas a tentacle that's shorter
than the other one.
Yeah, dory has a really hardtime remembering things, right?
So you have bruce.
Um, we do have bruce, okay,good, I can't wait.
Shark that is dedicated hislife to not eating the fish.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
They're friends, not food friends are not, you know.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
So it just shows that it does take all of us, and no
matter what our abilities are,what we look physically, you
know what we have struggles, andthat we can all come together
to make a really complex andbeautiful world Right.
So the message is reallyimportant to us.
Yes, and the other side of it is, you know, working with all
these kids.
We wanted something thatshowcases every single kid.
(06:53):
Yes.
So Finding Nemo offered usdifferent sea creatures that
could be different grade levels,oh nice.
So the kindergartners arelittle fish that swim with Dory
or just keep swimming.
The first graders are jellyfish.
They have a song of their own.
We have a group that are thesharks oh, that's it.
You know, they sing about fishor friends don't have food.
(07:16):
We have a group that are justthe sea turtles.
We have a group that are allthe pelicans, which made it so
when we were splitting it up,every kid, it doesn't matter if
you're in kindergarten or you'refifth grade, you're going to
have a moment to shine.
Oh, I love that.
And so, between the message andthe ability to really showcase
all of our beautiful talent here, I mean it was a great show.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
That's the perfect choice.
That's absolutely wonderful.
So are the kids able to tobalance that academic
participation here in the STARprogram with all the fun that
comes through being in a musical?
Do you feel like they're ableto balance that?
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Yeah, I think you know, because I don't think
anybody, even if you love thearts, you know to the extreme
you don't want to be in that24-7, right.
So it helps them kind of focusback and get a center.
I mean, we are doing some funstuff on the stage, but we went
outside for a fire drill lastweek and we saw the math games
(08:14):
written in chalk on the side.
Oh, that's awesome.
And the kids were after thefire drill had ended.
They were looking Mr, oh, look,there's our game and we did
multiplication here.
So they were even excited aboutthe academic part, you know.
So I I always say the showreally brings them in and we are
able to keep them climbing tobe their best selves.
In all that I love that.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
So, um, let's see, do you think all the, do all the
teachers also work on this, oris it coordinated through you?
Speaker 2 (08:46):
so I um am directing the show, so you know, I tell,
basically I point and tell thekids where to stand.
That's kind of what I thinkabout myself.
But we have a lot of the music.
Teachers are directly in,obviously, with the um show,
yeah, but the classroom teacherseven they try to gear lessons
to.
If they're going to take like alittle brain break, you know
they work on something with fishand shark fact, I like that.
(09:07):
And if they're going to takelike a little brain break, you
know they work on something withfish and shark fact, I like
that.
And if they're just doing, youknow, some multiplication tables
, when the kids get someindependent time they all have
the music and they'll just startplaying the music in the
background for the kids.
Oh, I love that.
It's kind of inspired, like youknow a little bit of a science,
you know component to it.
I had a group of first gradersgoing into second grade come in
(09:30):
and they said we learned allthese facts today about the
squids and the octopus and theyhave a beak.
Did you know they had a beak?
oh, I didn't know that, yeahthey have a beak to to open the
muscles.
Yeah, so they the teachers,have been really great about
integrating love it what we'retalking about in the show with
their curriculum.
It just makes makes it come tolife.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
I love that.
Okay, so do the parents andcommunity get to see this?
Speaker 2 (09:54):
Yes, that's one of the best things you know.
So normally, if you were acommunity member who knows about
the STAR program in the past,the last day was usually at
night and we did a nighttimeperformance.
Okay, this year we are luckyenough to have busing and that
has been a huge help.
So, because we've had busingand we want to make sure all the
kids can still get here,because we're not sure if they
(10:14):
can be driven at night, right,right, right.
This year we are going to do itin the morning.
Nice, so it is on Friday,august 2nd.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
I'm so happy I have it in my calendar.
I'm my calendar.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
I'm ready.
I can't wait to see you there.
I'm gonna wear aqua coloredclothes, okay, yes, you know
it's gonna be.
It's gonna be really special.
We're gonna start the show at10 o'clock on that friday, great
um, and the show will probablyrun between 45 minutes and an
hour.
Okay, um, it's not just theshow, which is nice.
When you come in you will seethe artwork that the kids have
been working on, a little bitimmersive in the hallways.
You'll come in.
(10:49):
We have our kindergartnersworking on miniature violins.
They're going to open our showby playing the violins.
Mick spoil has been workingreally hard with them.
They'll be able to see apicture slide show of the
different things and activitiesthat they've been doing in
during the star program thatmaybe you can't hang on a wall,
you know, like the differentactivities, and then we will
(11:10):
jump right into the show, whichis probably in around about 45
minutes.
Okay, and we're looking to havesome cookies and punch as low
reception at the end.
So any community memberswelcome to come in.
We hope to see you, Our parentsare hoping to show up and we
have a nice newly renovatedauditorium.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Yes, come on.
Perfect Enjoy.
If it's a hot day, in aircondition, that's right.
It is the best place to be inOlean, that's for sure, on a hot
day, so that's wonderful.
So thank you so much for thework that you're doing this
summer.
Thank you for having me theSTAR program, and I can't wait
(11:49):
to see Finding Nemo.
It is one of our familyfavorites and I just can't wait
to see what you guys do with iton the stage.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Thank you so much.
Thank you for having me and welook forward to seeing you all
on that.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
Friday, august 2nd of time.
I will be there in Aqua, I loveit, I love it.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
I will see you back there, thank you, wonderful Bye.
so welcome to my next episode of the husky huddle and
, by the way, you are the veryfirst episode of the 24 25
school year.
I am honored, yeah, yeah, youare it.
So I'm so excited to have SteveAul on our newest episode and
(00:28):
you are able to tell useverything about the summer
school program, which I'm soexcited about.
And so we're going to startwith the introduction, because
you're new to this program andto our school district, we're so
excited to have you.
So why don't you tell me aboutyou and then tell me about your
role in the summer schoolprogram and, more importantly,
(00:49):
finding Nemo?
Yeah, wonderful.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Thank you for having me.
I do appreciate it.
Yeah, I'm just starting back atOlean this September as the new
French teacher, woo-hoo.
So yeah, I'm excited about that.
I'm an Olean native, so Igraduated in 2020, sorry, no
2012.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Wow, I'm a self-represent 2012.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
But I've been working in the Summer Star Program
since 2011.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Oh, that's a fun fact for me, I've been working at it
quite some time.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Okay, you know I've always thought the Star program
is like the crown jewel of thedistrict.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
We have employed high school students to work at.
We have, you know, over 150kids in the program last summer.
I think it was 163 on the firstday.
So you know, it gives our kids,you know, half a day.
You know where they arelearning, where they are
exploring, where they arecreating, you know, and it's not
(01:48):
in the traditional.
Okay, here's a worksheet,here's a lesson.
Right, you know that sometimeswe get to really make concrete
connections in school, but theyget to explore a little bit more
here.
Right, there's no grades,there's no pressure on that.
Yeah, we're just here to havefun and give them a little more
(02:10):
education than they might havegotten, you know, elsewhere.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
And the best part, I think, is everyone gets free
lunch.
So, yeah, yeah, that's alwaysgood, that's always good.
I see the kids walking throughthe halls and they look so
relaxed.
Yeah, yeah, they just, they'rejust happy to be here.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Yeah and it's really been that since its inception.
I mean, mean, I was a kid inthe STAR program back all the
way in 1999 when I was inkindergarten and have come all
the way up through to working itto now being a teacher in it,
so it's a really special programthat we have here.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Oh, that's wonderful.
That's great to hear.
So can you tell us, in yourvision, what makes our STAR
program special, different froma traditional summer school
program?
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Great, yeah, thank you.
So the STAR program reallyfocuses on enjoyment.
Right, we want to get the kidsin with something they're
excited about.
So the center, kind of nucleus,of the STAR program is the
Junior Musical.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
So in the past we've done the Lion King, we have done
Frozen, we have doneSchoolhouse Rock.
You know things that the kidsyou know know about through you
know Disney, through learning inschool, and it gives them a
chance to be on stage, you know.
So they get excited from thatand then we try to tease out
what else are the kidsinterested in.
(03:27):
Are they interested in cooking?
Is it coding?
Is it robotics?
Is it poetry?
Is it robotics, is it poetry?
Is it journalism?
Is it a drum circle?
All of these have been coursesthat we've offered in the STAR
program in the past.
That's fantastic, and then wedo try to encourage growth in
the areas of math and reading aswell.
So this year we are bringing itback.
It's the first year since COVIDthat it's been the traditional
(03:49):
STAR program.
So the kids come in for fourperiods.
Every student gets to be onstage one period, wow.
Then they have a period thathelps them with math, a period
that helps them with reading andthen a period of those
enrichment.
You know it might be cookingone day, it might be robotics,
it might be poetry, and so it'severy day is a little bit
different.
You know, normally we do havekids pre-K through going into
(04:14):
eighth grade in the program.
This year we're trying to getit back since COVID, so we kept
it to kids going into firstgrade to kids going into sixth
grade, ok, and it's really doinggreat, you know.
So they are putting on FindingNemo this year, yes, so, which
is a big undertaking for them.
(04:35):
They are completely rising tothe challenge.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Wow, wow.
Well, first of all, that was mydaughter's favorite movie.
We watched it over and over andover again.
I always complain because youknow, the mom dies in the first
scene.
I'm like why are you guysalways watching this movie?
Are you trying to tell mesomething?
You know we did some bad thefirst scene.
I'm like why are you guysalways watching this movie?
Are you trying to tell mesomething you know we did?
Speaker 2 (04:53):
some bad things to moms, Like I don't understand A
mom.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
She seemed so nice, she had a great sense of humor
and she was eating.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
In a movie.
You need a problem.
That's true, and we know thatmoms really solve the problems
for us, don't they?
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Right.
So I was just like wow, themovie would be 10 minutes.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
We need a longer movie.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
That's true, and now we have like spinoffs, so I
agree it could have neverhappened if mom was there.
Yeah, mom was there, darn.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
We find Nemo in five minutes.
She wouldn't have lost him.
Now the dads, on the other hand.
We get it.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
Okay, well, that explains the entire finding Nemo
to me.
But I okay, well, that explainsthe entire finding nemo, uh, to
me, but I used to alwayscomplain about that.
So why did you all choosefinding nemo so?
Speaker 2 (05:39):
really finding nemo comes from kind of a two, two um
sides.
Number one is the lesson itteaches.
So it is all about inclusion,it is all about coming together,
right, you know, nemo has a finthat's not quite as large as
the other fin.
His father becomes extraprotective of him because of
that and through his journeyshe's meeting other fish that
(06:03):
aren't the cookie cutter fish.
You know, fish that you knowmaybe get distracted very easily
.
Or you know, one of the squidshas a tentacle that's shorter
than the other one.
Yeah, dory has a really hardtime remembering things, right?
So you have bruce.
Um, we do have bruce, okay,good, I can't wait.
Shark that is dedicated hislife to not eating the fish.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
They're friends, not food friends are not, you know.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
So it just shows that it does take all of us, and no
matter what our abilities are,what we look physically, you
know what we have struggles, andthat we can all come together
to make a really complex andbeautiful world Right.
So the message is reallyimportant to us.
Yes, and the other side of it is, you know, working with all
these kids.
We wanted something thatshowcases every single kid.
(06:53):
Yes.
So Finding Nemo offered usdifferent sea creatures that
could be different grade levels,oh nice.
So the kindergartners arelittle fish that swim with Dory
or just keep swimming.
The first graders are jellyfish.
They have a song of their own.
We have a group that are thesharks oh, that's it.
You know, they sing about fishor friends don't have food.
(07:16):
We have a group that are justthe sea turtles.
We have a group that are allthe pelicans, which made it so
when we were splitting it up,every kid, it doesn't matter if
you're in kindergarten or you'refifth grade, you're going to
have a moment to shine.
Oh, I love that.
And so, between the message andthe ability to really showcase
all of our beautiful talent here, I mean it was a great show.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
That's the perfect choice.
That's absolutely wonderful.
So are the kids able to tobalance that academic
participation here in the STARprogram with all the fun that
comes through being in a musical?
Do you feel like they're ableto balance that?
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Yeah, I think you know, because I don't think
anybody, even if you love thearts, you know to the extreme
you don't want to be in that24-7, right.
So it helps them kind of focusback and get a center.
I mean, we are doing some funstuff on the stage, but we went
outside for a fire drill lastweek and we saw the math games
(08:14):
written in chalk on the side.
Oh, that's awesome.
And the kids were after thefire drill had ended.
They were looking Mr, oh, look,there's our game and we did
multiplication here.
So they were even excited aboutthe academic part, you know.
So I I always say the showreally brings them in and we are
able to keep them climbing tobe their best selves.
In all that I love that.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
So, um, let's see, do you think all the, do all the
teachers also work on this, oris it coordinated through you?
Speaker 2 (08:46):
so I um am directing the show, so you know, I tell,
basically I point and tell thekids where to stand.
That's kind of what I thinkabout myself.
But we have a lot of the music.
Teachers are directly in,obviously, with the um show,
yeah, but the classroom teacherseven they try to gear lessons
to.
If they're going to take like alittle brain break, you know
they work on something with fishand shark fact, I like that.
(09:07):
And if they're going to takelike a little brain break, you
know they work on something withfish and shark fact, I like
that.
And if they're just doing, youknow, some multiplication tables
, when the kids get someindependent time they all have
the music and they'll just startplaying the music in the
background for the kids.
Oh, I love that.
It's kind of inspired, like youknow a little bit of a science,
you know component to it.
I had a group of first gradersgoing into second grade come in
(09:30):
and they said we learned allthese facts today about the
squids and the octopus and theyhave a beak.
Did you know they had a beak?
oh, I didn't know that, yeahthey have a beak to to open the
muscles.
Yeah, so they the teachers,have been really great about
integrating love it what we'retalking about in the show with
their curriculum.
It just makes makes it come tolife.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
I love that.
Okay, so do the parents andcommunity get to see this?
Speaker 2 (09:54):
Yes, that's one of the best things you know.
So normally, if you were acommunity member who knows about
the STAR program in the past,the last day was usually at
night and we did a nighttimeperformance.
Okay, this year we are luckyenough to have busing and that
has been a huge help.
So, because we've had busingand we want to make sure all the
kids can still get here,because we're not sure if they
(10:14):
can be driven at night, right,right, right.
This year we are going to do itin the morning.
Nice, so it is on Friday,august 2nd.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
I'm so happy I have it in my calendar.
I'm my calendar.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
I'm ready.
I can't wait to see you there.
I'm gonna wear aqua coloredclothes, okay, yes, you know
it's gonna be.
It's gonna be really special.
We're gonna start the show at10 o'clock on that friday, great
um, and the show will probablyrun between 45 minutes and an
hour.
Okay, um, it's not just theshow, which is nice.
When you come in you will seethe artwork that the kids have
been working on, a little bitimmersive in the hallways.
You'll come in.
(10:49):
We have our kindergartnersworking on miniature violins.
They're going to open our showby playing the violins.
Mick spoil has been workingreally hard with them.
They'll be able to see apicture slide show of the
different things and activitiesthat they've been doing in
during the star program thatmaybe you can't hang on a wall,
you know, like the differentactivities, and then we will
(11:10):
jump right into the show, whichis probably in around about 45
minutes.
Okay, and we're looking to havesome cookies and punch as low
reception at the end.
So any community memberswelcome to come in.
We hope to see you, Our parentsare hoping to show up and we
have a nice newly renovatedauditorium.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Yes, come on.
Perfect Enjoy.
If it's a hot day, in aircondition, that's right.
It is the best place to be inOlean, that's for sure, on a hot
day, so that's wonderful.
So thank you so much for thework that you're doing this
summer.
Thank you for having me theSTAR program, and I can't wait
(11:49):
to see Finding Nemo.
It is one of our familyfavorites and I just can't wait
to see what you guys do with iton the stage.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Thank you so much.
Thank you for having me and welook forward to seeing you all
on that.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
Friday, august 2nd of time.
I will be there in Aqua, I loveit, I love it.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
I will see you back there, thank you, wonderful Bye.
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