Shawn LavoieThe Three TentsA modified version of the 2023 YIHS graduation address…Jun 15, 2023Jun 15, 2023
Shawn LavoieSophomores Reading Sophomore WritingVoice is what we imagine while reading text on a page and what we hear while listening to a recording. It’s both in our minds and in the…Jun 10, 2021Jun 10, 2021
Shawn LavoieFive Lessons for Moving Forward: Inspired by Inauguration DayLet Go, Let Come: We all just needed to hear and see Trump leave. However unwilling and awkward, he just needed to do it. And he did…Jan 21, 20211Jan 21, 20211
Shawn LavoieChristmas on Quarantine: Or how a family manages to eek out beauty in challenging timesA hearty welcome from our farmhouse, where we’ve been making music. From our isolated family to yours…may this all end soon!Dec 15, 2020Dec 15, 2020
Shawn LavoieOur Brave New Social WorldWhat does it mean to be social now? Listen to high schoolersNov 24, 2020Nov 24, 2020
Shawn LavoieQuaranteenagers Podcast“We are teens, we are teens on quarantine, we are quaranteenagers.”Jun 6, 2020Jun 6, 2020
Shawn LavoieOde to the InessentialSometimes what we need is not a need at allMay 15, 2020May 15, 2020
Shawn LavoieCrackingFragile things crack and the strongest things crack. Ice formed over the night from a spring freeze cracks under the boot of an excited…Apr 13, 20201Apr 13, 20201
Shawn LavoieAudio-Stories with StudentsBoy is it fun to make audio-stories with teenagers. Hearing the sound of your voice over the radio (or through earbuds plugged into a…May 2, 2018May 2, 2018