AZYEP | Classroom Collaborations
AZYEP empowers youth from diverse backgrounds to express themselves, build self-confidence, and develop leadership skills through community broadcasting. AZYEP offers an inclusive, safe space for students to discover and use their voice. We facilitate learning opportunities through four programs on KDNK: live music broadcast, public affairs, youth news team and classroom collaborations.
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Seventh and eighth grade students in Mrs. Hernandez's class at Carbondale Middle School wrote and recorded original "I Rise" poems to share with our community. -
Seventh grade students at Riverside Middle School in New Castle wrote original poems to entertain our community. -
6th grade students from Glenwood Springs Middle School wrote and recorded “Two Voice” poems, sharing Native American history through multiple perspectives over time. The poems are accompanied by PSAs about caring for Native lands and people. -
6th-8th grade students in Mr. Buirgy’s PEAK class at Glenwood Springs Middle School created podcasts about topics that are meaningful or interesting to them. Listen to learn about conspiracy theories, women’s rights, drug addiction, social anxiety, and the Apollo 13 mission. -
4th grade students from Basalt Elementary School wrote informative public service announcements about composting. They detail the process of composting, how to do it at home, and what BES does to compost. -
Students from Aspen High School worked with the Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program to write and record environmental public service announcements about issues and solutions in our community. -
Students from Crystal River Elementary School in Carbondale worked with the Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program to write and record original poems. -
On this month’s episode of Dimensions in Diversity, host James Steindler speaks with LGBTQIA+ youth counselor and advocate Janet Gordon about mental health and LGBTQIA+ resources in the valley in the wake of the Club Q tragedy. Support for Dimensions in Diversity comes from AspenOUT. -
Roaring Fork High School students in Ms. McCracken's composition course wrote 90-100 word personal narratives to submit to the New York Times' Tiny Memoir contest. Here's a glimpse into the lives of the valley's teenagers. -
Students in Be Heard, AZYEP's middle school radio exploration class, wrote and recorded mental health awareness PSAs. Click below and scroll to "Carbondale" to hear them all. https://azyep.org/en/mental-health-is-important/
