Emerald City Echoes

Engaged intellectually. Connected socially. Distracted minimally. 
Beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, Mercer Island School District's high school and middle school will implement a new policy on cell phone usage during the school day. Superintendent Rundle joins the podcast to talk through the process and reasoning of going phone-free, an effort known as MI-Phone Free Schools. Rooting the decision in data from the Healthy Youth Survey, this decision aims to promote healthy social and emotional development with the assistance of Yondr phone pouches. 

What is Emerald City Echoes?

For Seattle's historical soundscapes, tune in to Mercer Island High School's Chloe Yang for consumable stories about the region's movers, shakers, and grassroots veterans. Listen live on Sundays at 12pm (PST) on KMIH 88.9 FM.