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Nancy's retiring! Our Assistant Superintendent and educator of 42 years, Nancy Gordon, came in to talk to us not once, but twice. Unfortunately, for the first time ever on the podcast, the audio file corrupted and Nancy graciously offered to come back for a redo, this time with multiple backups. Mark Turpin and I ask her about her career, legacy, and also what it was like being the parent of a student who graduated from Delview. Nancy has been strong supporter of our school community over the years and I have had the pleasure of working with her on a number of occasions. We wish her a happy retirement!

Mr. Sahli and I speak to the very talented Kaydee Deane about Radiohead, violin, guitar, and her Live At Lunch performances at our school. We talk a lot about music we like and how to deal with nerves before performing for an audience. Music has taken Kaydee on a path that she loves and we will be hearing more from her in the near future!

Who doesn't love Mr. Sahli? You'll love him even more after you listen to him talk about his interests in music, sports, and how he got into teaching. Besides being a really nice person and a talented teacher, Mr. Sahli loves collecting records and playing the drums. After many episodes of him as a co-host, it was about time we had a chat just about him!

Alexa tells us more than the latest weather or sports scores (she's never heard that one). She talks about how a knee injury changed her life, growing up in North Delta, and what it's like to be graduating high school. We get into sports, Formula 1 racing, driving, and much more. Ms. Hanson joins us for this chat with the ever positive Alexa Liptak. Episode somewhat sponsored by Forte Physiotherapy please.

Delview teacher Dave Yuill tells us some stories about growing up as an army brat, his own time in the military, his business experience, the pharmaceutical industry, and how all of that lead to him finally becoming a teacher with a ton of life experience to share with others. The man has so many stories that he could have his own podcast! Mr. Turpin joins us for this episode.

After a long pandemic hiatus, we are back! We talk to Marten and Nele, two of our International Students from Germany. They discuss their experiences growing up in Germany and about what surprised them when they arrived in Canada for the first time. Both Marten from Hamburg and Nele from a town near Frankfurt have been wonderful additions to our school and throughout the interview I was impressed by how well-adjusted they were for young people from a country 8000 kilometres away and also how well both of them have been able to understand and speak English. At the beginning you will hear Nele and I wait patiently as Marten decides on what chair he will sit on (after bringing several different chairs into the room). Bonus: a special surprise song at the end!

Grad 2008 and Embedded Engineer Edwin Chand talks about the challenges and rewards of his career at Apple, how he got there after going through SFU Engineering and Blackberry, and the most important ingredients for success in any endeavour. Edwin also talks about how his family immigrated from Fiji and the challenges of becoming Canadians. This episode was recorded on Zoom and the video version has been published on the Delview YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/delviewsecondaryschool

Aleysha Johnson, Grad 2018, model, actor, and activist joins us after famously trolling the President of the United States by posting a video on Tik Tok showing how easy it was for her to reserve free tickets to the Tulsa Oklahoma rally and not show up (she was busy organizing lint from her carpet). We got in touch when I spotted her on a Late Show with Stephen Colbert segment about the Oklahoma rally. We also discuss how she has dealt with the pandemic, how she became an activist, and how young people can use their know-how of social media to make their voices heard and do something positive to help create a just society. Mr. Turpin and I join Aleysha in the "Zoom" where it happens! Aleysha's Video The Late Show

This year, Delview alumna Jenaya Robertson (Grad 2015) won the U SPORTS Chantal Navert Memorial Award which is awarded to the most outstanding player in Canada for university women's soccer. As the 5th year captain for the Trinity Western University Spartans, Jenaya broke her school's scoring record with 14 goals while leading her team to a first place division finish with a 12-1-1 record. We talk about her experiences with her team helping out in Africa and South America and looking forward to a future playing pro soccer in Europe and applying her marketing skills to help charitable organizations. As we close out 2019 I feel very thankful to have the opportunity to speak to so many remarkable people. Merry Christmas and see you in 2020!

Ashley Prasad, Delview Grad 2013 talks to us about her latest project, an eBook she helped out with as a volunteer for Empower The Future Association entitled, "Life After High School: A Post-Secondary Student's Guide to Success". She also reminisces about her time at Delview, Poli Sci at SFU, career discovery, and finding your own way in life. She also may or may not be a secret agent. Go grab the excellent book at: http://bit.ly/afterhighsch and like Ashley says, take care of yourselves!

Mr. Minichiello, a relatively new staff member at Delview talks about growing up Armenian / Italian in Squamish and East Van, History, how he got into Teaching, and Super Smash Bros. He also shares his experiences being someone who is talented enough to teach anything at Delview (or will figure out how). Mr. Sahli and I interrogate our fellow colleague.

Class of 2009 alumna Angie Grant is the Education Coordinator at the Delta Cultural Centre in Ladner. Mr. Sahli and I talk to her about her Incredible experiences being a huge part of Patti Hillman's drama program at Delview, her role in the city of Delta, and the Heritage Week Three-minute Film Festival which anyone can enter before December 20th (e-mail agrant@delta.ca).

Cam Cunningham (Class of 2017) pays us a visit to talk about his sciencey world and how much he's learned since he started working in grade 11. He talks about his criminology program at KPU and how wonderful and stressful university life can be. Then we all travel back in time at 88 mph to talk to our younger selves.

Talented, funny, and eager to learn, twins Kristie and Kassie Lind join us to talk at length about musicals, acting, memes they love, morse code, languages, movies, and lettuce burgers. They are in grade 8 and just finished playing mafia heavies / pastry chefs in Delview's production of The Drowsy Chaperone which featured their big musical number, "Toledo Surprise" (delicious recipe / veiled threat). Turpin and I are speechless after Kassie's top-locker math but I Toledo surprise them with some of my own nerdy trinkets.

Mark Pocock, PE teacher and Athletic Director, stops in to talk to Mr. Sahli and I about his obsession with movies, composing music and playing guitar for a rock band ("Between Takes" on streaming and iTunes), and what led up to his first teaching gig at Delview. I forget to ask him about being a poster boy in the late 80's for Nintendo but I'll post something on social media (@raideopodcast).

Diaz is back along with two of our HEROS - Isabelle Levy and Bhawna Handa! The students demonstrate ASMR (leaving Diaz confused), talk about the mission of the HEROS (Helping Everyone Respect Our Society) program, debate about phones and social media, and for the first time, reveal their career aspirations after they graduate. An amazingly fun and enlightening conversation with these terrific people!

Maya, daughter of our day custodian Cecelio chats with us about her experience traveling by herself as a young girl to Japan, her aspirations to become an elementary school teacher, and balut. Mr. Sahli co-hosts in the first episode ever without an intro (student council is on hiatus due to a restructuring - some exciting news to come after Spring Break)!

Longtime Delview teacher and co-founder of Thanks For Giving Ron McNeill, now retired, helps us walk down memory lane as we celebrate our 50th year as a school. He tells stories about what the school was like in the past and also what makes us culturally special as we move into the future. Wendy Goltz makes her first appearance ever at the start of the episode to talk about #Delview50 which is our open house on February 22nd.

Delview alum (Grad 2015) Agape Mngomezulu sheds some light on the movie and television industry in B.C. As a professional stage and screen actor, Agape has appeared on shows such as "Supernatural" and most recently landed a recurring speaking role on "The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco" (IMDB). He also talks about life in Swaziland where he was born and raised until he was 10. Deora and Taman visit for some Student Council business.

Delview alums Nathan Naiker and Shivneel Reddy talk to us about life after high school, what it's like to be a YouTuber, videography, Riverdale, the burger challenge, 3D movies, Disney, drama, designated survivors, and politics - wha?! Also, Khushi and Amrika join us for the last time as high school students for their final Student Council update of the year! This episode sponsored by [insert corporate sponsor here]. Thanks [insert corporate sponsor here] for the brand new studio and limo service for our guests!