NEWS · B2 Level - Part 7
Indiana Superintendent Dances Into New School Year
A new school year in full swing and one Indiana educator is bringing the jams and busting a move to help his students succeed; check it out!
Level: B2 · 17 sentences
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- A new school year in full swing and one Indiana educator is bringing the jams and busting a move to help his students succeed; check it out!
- Everybody rock that eagle pride... school is back, all right...
- Superintendent Mike Allen, also known as the parody principal, produces these elaborate pop music parody videos
- starring the students and staff at Evansville Christian School.
- The educational earworms turn ordinary announcements into full-blown dance parties and help relay information...
- ...about everything from snow days to spring break.
- Allan says he started the videos back in 2014 as a way to spice up the school year
- and they quickly became a fan favorite.
- Now 11 years and more than 50 videos later, he's still at it,
- parodying everyone from the Beatles to the Fresh Prince of Belair.
- He says the videos have been a great way to get everyone from faculty to family members excited for the school day.
- "I can't believe that the thing that I get to do this as a part of my job as a superintendent..."
- "...to have a way that I can connect with families and kids in the community of people that don't even go here just to let them know,"
- "hey man, let's not lose the joy of what's happening in life and specifically around the really fun moments to celebrate around the school year.
- What a great example, it's not what we go through, it's how we go through it.
- You can turn even the mundane into something mighty.
- Well done!