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We Are Ankeny — 93 episodes

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Let's Talk About Being... TK Strong!

2

Let's Talk About... Now Loading- New Student Leaders

3

Let's Talk About... The Foundation Behind Ankeny Schools

4

Let's Talk About... B/ASP & the Kids Who Came Back

5

Let's Talk About... In Step & In Sync, The Sound of Ankeny

6

Let's Talk About... After the bell rings, summer starts here.

7

Advancing The Vision, A message from Dr. Pruitt (March 2026)

8

Let's Talk About... Potential To Purpose: Stepping Into Leadership

9

Let's Talk About... If you Build It, They Will Park

10

Let's Talk About... 2026 Action Teams Kick-Off

11

Let's Talk About... Demystifying ISave 529 & FAFSA

12

Let's Talk About...Understanding Special Education

13

Let's Talk About...The Fastest Minds In The Room

14

Let's Talk About... Ankeny Schools' Reading Revolution

15

Student Takeover: Heritage Elementary Edition

16

Let's Talk About... G.O. Bond- You Have Questions!

17

Let's Talk About Making the Middle Work: Secretary Tips for Grades 6-9

18

Let's Talk About... Building Secretaries: Forms, Facts & First Day Feels

19

Let's Talk About... How G.O. Bonds Benefit Student Activities

20

Let's Talk About... The Student Voice Symposium

21

G.O. Bond Defined (10-Year Academic & Facility Plan Series)

22

Let's Talk About... How Schools are Funded, Ep. 2 (10-Year Academic & Facility Plan Series)

23

Let's Talk About... The Big Picture, Ep. 1 (10-Year Academic & Facility Plan Series)

24

Learning Series: Nourishing Schools... Student Volunteers

25

Let's Talk About PreK, TK, Kindergarten & Building a Foundation

26

Let's Talk About It... From Student to Staff

27

Let's Talk About... The It's Been SAId Podcast

28

Learning Series: Pt. 2 Restorative Practice In Action

29

Let's Talk About... Voices of Learning: Connecting Through Language

30

Learning Series: How Leader In Me is Shaping ACSD Student Leadership

31

Learning Series: Nourishing Schools Part 2

32

Student Takeover: Maxx Tyler & Alli Macke Have Questions about the Innovative Hub

33

Learning Series: Nourishing Students Introduction

34

Student Takeover: Ella, CeCi & Lucy Want Answers

35

Learning Series... Introduction to Restorative Practices

36

Community Engagement is At Your Service

37

New to District Teachers Talk about the Ankeny Experience

38

Student Takeover: Miles & Friends Take on 8th & 9th Grade

39

Let's Talk About It Student Takeover... Soundtrack of Life

40

Let's Talk About It Student Takeover... High School Entrepreneurs

41

Let's Talk About... the ACSD Summer Food Program

42

Let's Talk About It: Parkview Middle School Student Takeover

43

Let's Talk About... Student Leadership

44

Let's Talk About... The Teacher's Academy

45

Let's Talk About... Core Skills, Soft Skills, and Mental Health

46

Let's Talk About... Project-Based Learning in Ankeny Schools

47

Let's Talk About... Opening Abbie Grove Elementary

48

Let's talk about... Renewal Vote for Physical Plant & Equipment Levy

49

Let's Talk About... Stepping into 6th Grade

50

Let's Talk About... The Superintendent's Life

51

Let's Talk About... Middle to High School Transitions

52

Let's Talk About... Filling. Up. Every. Learner. (FUEL)

53

Let's Talk About... Ankeny HS's The Talon News

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Let's Talk About... Ankeny Area Historical Society

55

Let's Talk About... Social Emotional Learning

56

Let's Talk About... Employee & Family Services' Student Assistance Program

57

Let's Talk About... Student Teaching

58

Let's Talk About... Junior Achievement of Central Iowa

59

Let's Talk About... Senior Year, The Road to Graduation

60

Let's Talk About... School Budgets and Property Taxes

61

Let's Talk About... Innovative Secondary Schools

62

Let's Talk About the... Mentors In Violence Prevention Program

63

Let's Talk About... Secondary Math and Computer Science

64

Let's Talk About... Teachers & Mentors

65

Let's Talk About... the City of Ankeny

66

Let's Talk About... The Robotics Program

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Let's Talk About... Community Partnerships

68

Let's Talk About... Winter Weather, Delayed Starts, and Closings

69

Let's Talk About... Volunteers In Public Schools

70

Let's Talk About... Ankeny Activities & Athletics

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Let's Talk About... The Facility Master Plan Committee

72

Let's Talk About... The High Schools

73

Let's Talk About... The Neveln Center and New Elementary Building

74

Let's Talk About... Back to School

75

Let's Talk About... Safety, Security and Ankeny Schools

76

Let's Talk About... Facility Maintenance 2022-23

77

Let's Talk About... School Bus Transportation

78

Let's Talk About... Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

79

Let's Talk About... New Curriculum Part 2: Computer Science

80

Let's Talk About... New Curriculum Part 1: Math

81

Let's Talk About... Nutrition Services

82

Let's Talk About... Heritage Elementary STEAM Night

83

Let's Talk About... Why Ankeny?

84

Let's Talk About... Memorial Day

85

Let's Talk About... Profile of a Graduate

86

Let's Talk About the Strategic Plan

87

Let's Talk About... Post High School Planning

88

Let's Talk About...Ankeny's History

89

Let's Talk About... Literacy with 2021 Miss Iowa, Grace Keller

90

Let's Talk About... The Ankeny Experience

91

Let's Talk About... the district budget

92

Let's Talk About... School Enrollment

93

Let's Talk About... the new Ankeny Schools Podcast