Talk the Wauk

Hear from cast members from Waukee Northwest High School's production of Anastasia. 

Hear from cast members of the Waukee High School spring musical Pippin! 

Tune in as Waukee CSD APEX associates sit down with NWHS marching band students to learn more about their spring break trip to Ireland! 

Hear from Waukee CSD students on their thoughts on possible updates to the District's cell phone policy. 

Hear from the '24-'25 student body presidents, Alexis Moore and Greta Paulsen about their goals for next year!

Listen to Sam Graeve and Ethan Keller talk about their experiences with esports at Waukee High School!

Listen in to hear students Jack Anderson, Colin Gach, Alex Siegle, and Ashlyn Yu talk about the spring musicals!

Hear from Northwest speech and debate students, Grace Fisher and Lily Severson, about their experiences, stories, and advice regarding the activity!

Hear from South Middle School's cricket club about what the sport means to them and how it got started at the school!

Hear from Intro to Ed students Rachel Coon, Haidi Duong, and Ellie Straka. Listen in to hear about their advice, experiences teaching, what they've learned about the education field!

Hear from Northwest and Waukee High School's Student Body Presidents Finley Habgood and Quinn Monson. Listen in to learn more about their experiences, advice, and what they love about the Waukee Community School District!

Learn more about the Waukee and Northwest High School's show choir groups! Hear from Abby Banwart, Caleb Briggs, and Noah Kohtz about the upcoming season, their show choir experiences, advice, and more! 

Hear from our 2023 volleyball state champions! Coach Jodi Vogt interviews two of her Northwest players, Chloe Jones and Kate Hoover, to hear more about the season, the amazing win at state, future plans, and more! Listen in to learn more!

Coming soon — The Waukee Community School District Career Center. The Career Center will be at the Waukee Innovation & Learning Center (WILC), which currently houses the District's other work-based learning programs. Hear about the new Career Center from Career Services Coordinator — Mindi Heitland and Work-Based Learning Director — Michelle Hill.  

Learn more about our amazing Performing Arts programs here in Waukee from two of our students. Also, hear more about our upcoming Spring musicals, Mary Poppins and Chicago. 

Discussing student mental health is a priority for Waukee Community School District. Hear from Mental Health Coordinator about the supports in place for students, staff, and families, community partnerships, and ways in which students are supporting students. 

Girl's wrestling makes a historic debut as a sanctioned sport in Iowa high school athletics. 

Waukee Community School District continues to innovate and prepare students for life beyond high school. During our podcast meet three staff members intimately involved in work-based learning, career exploration, and planning for our student's future careers. 

Kick-off to the 2022-23 school year with Dr. Brad Buck. 

The Waukee Northwest Softball team captured the 2022 Class 5A State Championship! 

Liz Griesel is the first principal in Sugar Creek Elementary history. 

Our latest episode of Talk the Wauk features Adrianne Towe, the Executive Director of the Waukee Community Schools Foundation. 

Our featured guest is Waukee CSD Superintendent Dr. Brad Buck. The topic for this episode is school vouchers. Listen as Dr. Buck explains the issue and the impact education savings accounts could have on our district. 

Two Eason Elementary students have started their own podcast, Eason Top Five. We created a special podcast with Eason Top Five and Talk the Wauk, featuring Clint Prohaska. 

This episode celebrates Women's History Month with a mother-daughter duo in our district. 

We are celebrating National School Counselor Week with a special episode of Talk the Wauk. Our featured guests are Melissa Stone and Betsy Atwood. We explore the role of school counselors and the importance of their position in our buildings. 

Katie Dinnebier is a freshman basketball player at Drake University. She also helped the Waukee Warriors captured the Class 5A State Championship in 2021. Dinnbier is the latest guest on Talk the Wauk. 

Tucker DeVries and his basketball teammates captured a state basketball title in 2021. He's now a freshman at Drake University and is our featured guest on Talk the Wauk. 

Our latest conversation features Michelle Hill, Waukee CSD's Director of Work-Based Learning. We explore Waukee's APEX Program and preview next week's APEX Fall Showcase and Career Fair. 

Our conversation features the Waukee Girls Swimming and Diving team, the 2021 Iowa High School State Champions. It's the first team title in program history! 

Waukee CSD Social Worker Lesley Christensen joins our podcast to explore her hopes of her position and preview our Family Mental Health Night on Monday, November 15. 

Join us for a conversation with South Middle School Principal Doug Barry. 

Mindi Heitland, a School-to-Work Coordinator joins us for our latest episode of Talk the Wauk. 

Our latest conversation features Kaitlin Punelli, 4th Grade Teacher at Grant Ragan Elementary. We explore her love of teaching elementary students and the role teachers play during a pandemic. 

Tommy Stroud (Waukee High School) and Bailie Kroll (Waukee Northwest High School) are the two Student Body Presidents for the 2021-22 school year. The two seniors share their goals for the year in our latest podcast!  

Our latest episode of Talk the Wauk features Dr. Fairouz Bishara, the principal of Waukee Northwest High School. Northwest opens to students in the fall of 2021! 

Join us for a conversation with Maple Grove Principal Kim Tierney. We discuss the 2020-21 school year and preview the return of students next month! 

Episode 4 features Jim Duea and Eric Boyle, the Waukee Northwest and Waukee High School Activities Directors. 

Join us for a conversation featuring Kirk Johnson, COO of the Waukee Community School District. 

Our latest conversation features Cary Justmann, Waukee High School Principal. Principal Justmann discusses the 2021 school year, the upcoming graduation ceremony and answers the "Kid Question of the Week."

Superintendent Dr. Brad Buck joined the Talk the Wauk podcast to discuss all things Waukee CSD. Listen as Dr. Buck explains the 2020-21 school year, the decisions that shaped the school year and answered the very first Kid Question of the Week. 

We are excited to debut our brand new podcast, Talk the Wauk, presented by the Waukee Community School District. The Waukee CSD Communications Department explains what's to come in our podcast series.