This Ranger Life
By Salinas Elementary
This Ranger LifeMay 02, 2022
Ready for STAAR Testing in 2022!
What does the acronym STAAR mean? Join the This Ranger Life crew as we discuss STAAR testing coming up next week. We give our best guesses as to what the letters stand for...and give some great advice to help you be ready for any standardized testing!
Welcome to our guest crewmember, Lunden!
Salinas Spring Fling and Book Fair...on April Fool's Day!
This Ranger Life crew talks about the upcoming Spring Fling and the continuation of our Book Fair. Spring Fling is on Friday, April 1, 2022 from 6:00-8:00 PM. During Spring Fling the Book Fair will be open for browsing and purchasing!
No joke, it's going to be a fun event!
Episode 13 - Got a Problem? We May Have a Solution!/Inspirational Quotes for Black History Month
The TRL crew talk about interpersonal problems that happen at school, and ways we think you can solve them. We also read some inspirational quotes to celebrate Black History Month and discuss what they mean to us in our lives today.
Episode 12 - What's Special About Our Specials?
In this episode, we talk about all the Specials classes here at Salinas Elementary. In Rangerland, we love our Specials classes. Students have the opportunity to go to S.T.E.A.M., Physical Education, and Music.
Join Andre, Corey, Gabs, Yatharth, and Naomi as we share our thoughts and experiences about our Specials classes!
Episode 11 - Getting Ready for Winter Break 2021
In this episode of This Ranger Life the crew talks about different events that are coming up at Salinas in the next few days before Winter Holiday Break. We have our Jump Rope Contest on Friday morning, our PTO Movie Night on Friday evening...and tomorrow we have our 3rd-5th grade Spelling Bee - which includes three members of our This Ranger Life crew (Bre, Yatharth, and Chase).
We also discuss what we are planning to do over our break...from travel, to sleeping in.
From all of us here in Rangerland on This Ranger Life...a very happy holiday season to all our listeners!
Episode 10 - Daylight Savings Day and Veteran's Day
Join the This Ranger Life crew as we learn about Daylight Savings Day, and Veteran's Day!
We introduce two new Ranger staff members, Mrs. Knaus (4th grade teacher), and Mrs. Shaner (SPED Aide).
We also have a guest today who is reading something he wrote about Veteran's Day. Welcome to Noah!
Ephraim and Chase share their Veteran's Day thoughts as well.
Lots going on in this episode...have a listen!
Episode 9 - Red Ribbon Week
On this episode of This Ranger Life we learn about Red Ribbon Week and how it came about. Also, we interview new PK teacher Mrs. Moilanen, and our counselor Ms. Murphy. New to the crew welcome to Corey as well!
Every day is a special dress day this week. Learn about that by listening to this episode!
Episode 8 - First Episode of the 21/22 School Year!
We are so excited to be back on This Ranger Life! In this episode, Avery interviews our new Assistant Principal, Ms. Allen, Yatharth and Ephraim talk about Columbus Day, and Corey interviews Coach Schievelbein to learn more about the upcoming Bike Rodeo. In addition, we welcome one of our new crew members, Chase. Also appearing is new crew member, Andre!
Our returning and new crew members welcome you to This Ranger Life. Please subscribe, like, and share this podcast to spread the good news about Salinas Elementary, and hopefully inspire other kids to start their own podcast as well.
Connect with us on Facebook at Salinas Elementary, on Instagram @salinas_ranger_view or drop us a line at salinaselementary07@gmail.com
Episode 7 - Are You Ready for Summer? A Look Back at 2020-2021
In this episode, the This Ranger Life podcast crew looks back at this school year and reminisces about some of the highlights and lowlights. We look forward to bringing you much more content in the 2021-2022 school year on This Ranger Life!
Congratulations to our crew members who are moving on to middle school...Isaiah, Brody, and Caitlin!
Episode 6 - It's Almost Field Day!
Field Day is a fun, springtime activity designed to have some fun, friendly competition and get ourselves outdoors and moving! On this episode we talk to some of our old and new friends about Field Day, and Bre even does an interview with Coach Schievelbein. Alyssa, Sammara, Gabs, and Hugh are interviewed as well.
The song "You-Nique" is sung by Adelynn, Jaliyah, and Irie as a beautiful closing to this episode. Thanks for joining us on This Ranger Life!
Episode 5 - Armed Forces Week
Join the This Ranger Life crew as we salute our military service members...Armed Forces Day is on May 15!
We interview two members of the Salinas staff who are military veterans - Ms. Hampton (Air Force) and Mrs. Vega (Marines). We also present two patriotic poems to stir up our American pride!
Thank you to all who serve and who have served in our military. Salinas Elementary salutes you!
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week from This Ranger Life
We would like to wish out favorite teachers a Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! In this episode, we interview some of our favorite Salinas teachers. Avery interviews Ms. Vasquez, Isaiah interviews Ms. Ermer, Brody interviews Ms. Simmons, Bree interviews Ms. Oblitas, and Yatharth interviews Ms. Wiltz!
We hope everyone celebrates the amazing teachers that work in their school. We love our Ranger teachers best!
Episode 3 - Exciting News about PK and Meeting Ms. Moore!
In this episode of This Ranger Life we learn some exciting news about PK3 and PK4 for the upcoming school year! We also get to meet one of our PK4 teachers who uses music to build relationships with students. You may even get to hear us singing one of our favorite songs from when we were smaller :-)
We welcome two new members to the This Ranger Life crew...welcome to Avery and Brody!
Please like, follow, and comment on our podcast...and don't forget to ask a friend to listen to This Ranger Life!
Happy Administrative Professionals Week - Episode 2
Our Rangers want to wish a Happy Administrative Professionals Week to our favorite office people...Mrs. Bowker, Ms. Quarles, and Mrs. Daley! We appreciate all you do for our students and community here at Salinas Elementary!
We also want to introduce a new member of This Ranger Life, Breanna. Breanna is excited to join the podcast crew this episode. We have a few more new members of the podcast staff joining us as well. You can hear Avery in the outro of this episode. You will meet her and Brody next episode and learn more about them.
Don't forget to share and like our podcast...and remember that at Salinas...Knowledge is Power!
Welcome to This Ranger Life!
Welcome to the first episode of This Ranger Life, a podcast highlighting the people, places, and excitement here at Salinas Elementary School in beautiful Universal City, Texas!
In our first episode we introduce some of our student hosts, and tell about some of our experiences here at Salinas. We can't wait to have you learn about our school!