Advisory Committee

Jules Cappelle: 4th Grade Teacher, Monticello Public Schools

Teri Dary: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Service Learning Consultant

Dr. Joyce Hemphill: Lecturer, Educational Psychology, UW-Madison

Jennifer Ingebritsen: 4th Grade Teacher, Lancaster, WI

J.P. Leary: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction American Indian Studies Consultant
Marcy Levine: 1st Grade Teacher, Green Bay Public Schools

Bobbie Malone: Director, Office of School Services, Wisconsin Historical Society

Mike McKinnon: Social Studies Coordinator, K-12, Janesville Public School District

Sally Michalko: 1st Grade Teacher, Waukesha Public Schools

Clif Morton:Social Studies Teacher, New London, WI

Laura Phillips: 1st Grade Teacher, Middleton School District

Beth Ratway: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Social Studies Consultant

John Robinson: Director, Madison Children’s Museum

Dee Runaas: Law-related Education Coordinator, State Bar of Wisconsin

Kathy Sanders: Media Specialist, Taylor Prairie IMC

Christy Tauscher: 1st Grade Teacher, Amherst School District

 

Wisconsin Educational Communications Board

Kurt Griesemer: Project Co-Director

Chad Reuter: Project Co-Director

Andrea Isenbarger: Pilot Development

Kori Oberle: Project Concept

Lucinda Mack: Graphic Arts

Elizabeth Witzke: Editor

Tom Radke: Project Assistant

Mark Silbaugh: Information Technology

Marta Bechtol: Director of School Services

Linda Hanson: Education Division Administrator

Wendy Wink: Executive Director

 

Wisconsin Public Television

Gary Mills: Executive Producer

Kay Klubertanz: Project Development

Fred Wessel: Producer

Mary Pokorney-Donelan: Associate Producer

Mike Eicher: Videographer

Wendy Woodard: Videographer

Butch Soetenga: Videographer

Frank Boll: Videographer

Chuck France: Videographer

Tom Naunas: Audio Recordist

Kerman Eckes: Audio Recordist

Brad Wray: Audio Recordist

Dave Potratz: Audio Recordist

Rick Fatke: Audio Recordist

Andy Soth: Pilot Producer

Steve Doebel: Pilot Producer

Tom Micksch: On-line Editor

 

Opening Credits

McKinley Lukes: Poem

 

Youth Composers (Diedre Buckley, advisor)

Akornefa A.

Nick A.

Divya K.

Britta N.

T.J. T.

Web Site Development

Erin Buck: Web Designer

Charlie Schomaker: Flash and Web Designer

 

Web Site Poem Translators

Pagnia Xiong: Hmong

Lana Nenide: Russian

Stephanie T. Buell: American Sign Language

Alicia Medina: Spanish

Yang Fan: Mandarin

Lisa Pietsch: German

Abdel Aziz Romeo Sereme: French

Judith Benade, PhD: Hindi

 

Video

Produced for the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board
by Wisconsin Public Television.

 

Cast for Programs 1-4 (Click on a name to view their Bio.)

Haley F.

Trent S.

Lily S.

Cast for Programs 5-8
Ashley L.
Alli K.
John Swan
Ulysses Gonzales