Brick By Brick

Brick by Brick with Heather Cours

From the floor of the California CAPTA conference, the School Zone Podcast is honored to share a conversation with Heather Cours of the Brick Global Education Fund program. We welcome Heather to the podcast. As a mom and a school PTA veteran of 18 years, Heather wondered why schools could not order school supplies in […]

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Harlem Wizards

Harlem Wizards with Eric Jones

The School Zone Podcast welcomes Eric “Broadway” Jones and the Harlem Wizards to the School Zone. Eric Jones has been part of the Harlem Wizards for 18 years and feels fortunate to be able to travel the country entertaining people. In 1962, Howie Davis started the Harlem Wizards. The team is now owned by Todd […]

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Hillary Edmondson PTA Fundraising Considerations

Hillary Edmondson: PTA Fundraising Considerations

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Jeff Ames PhotoPog(1)

Jeff Ames: Photopog

School Zone Podcast is excited to welcome Jeff Ames from Oklahoma with the company PhotoPog. We’ve been in development for a few years, but we just launched our PhotoPog products. Our website is live and we encourage you to check it out. We saw a need for a way to help pay for the pocket […]

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Hutto MS PTSA Volunteers

School Fundraising From A Volunteer Perspective

Today School Zone Podcast welcomes Erika Griffin and Toni Rackley from Hutto Middle School. Erika and Toni are both interested in learning more about how they can involve their children into the community and the real world. This includes fundraising, and allowing middle school students to independently raise money for their school. As their children […]

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STEAM Robotics

Michael Hayes: S.T.E.A.M. Science and Robotics

School Zone Podcast welcomes Michael Hayes from Steam Science & Robotics. Steam & Robotics teaches children about science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics. We use 3D printing, robots, drones, and teach children these topics in a fun environment. The company started in 2007 in Plano, Texas. My daughter and I were looking for a way […]

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My School Calendar App(1)

Brady Campbell: My School Calendar App

School Zone Podcast welcomes Brady Campbell from the cell phone app, My School Calendar. We have four children, and my wife found herself frustrated because she found she missed school events and information constantly amongst all the kids. She suggested someone created an app to download entire school calendars into one application. The schools come […]

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Jim Schrad Red Apple Resources

Jim Schrad: Red Apple Resources

Today School Zone Podcast welcomes Jim Schrad from Red Apple Resources. Jim began as a farmer several decades ago, when he relocated to Dallas, Texas. His business has grown to selling pies, cheesecakes, and cookie dough; all homegrown and handmade. When we began fundraising, we sold jewelry as a fundraiser. But when we adjusted our […]

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Mitch Evers - Fun Abounds SZP

Mitch Evers: Fun Abounds

School Zone Podcast is excited to welcome Mitch Evers from Fun Abounds. Fun Abounds specializes in anything that you would find in a recreational space- picnic shelters, metal canopies over basketball courts and pavilions, concrete works, sidewalk work etc. We also create water features and play places as well that you would find on a […]

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