Adviser of Note: Darren Thomas, Saugus High School, Santa Clarita, California

Yearbook Chat with Jim

English - January 02, 2020 08:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
Courses Education Society & Culture Documentary advisers chatwithjim interviews stories yearbook yearbookadvisers yearbookchatwithjim yearbooks Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: JEA Adviser of the Year Becky Tate, Shawnee Mission North High School, Mission, Kansas

Next Episode: JEA Rising Stars, Part 1: Leigh Rogers, Angie Wolfe and Dan Sidwell

Darren Thomas has been teaching for years, but never advised a yearbook until the 2019 school year. As a new teacher at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, he was looking for a way to feel more connected to his new school. He leaned on his editors that first year, and the staff created an award-winning book.

In his second year, Thomas and his staff have the difficult task of covering a school year that includes a tragic event – a school shooting Nov. 14, 2019 left two students dead. He discusses that monumental task and yearbook life in general with host Jim Jordan.