HOPEWELL VALLEY SOURCES OF STRENGTH
The Sources of Strength Podcast and Blog is a collaboration between a diverse group of student leaders and caring adults within Hopewell Valley Central High School. The goal of Sources is to spread messages of hope, help, and strength throughout our school and community. We recognize that we all go through good times and bad times and our mission is to make sure that during the rough times no one gets so overwhelmed or hopeless that they want to give up.
Recent Podcast Episodes
Chemistry of Leaf Slugs
Learn about some of the weird chemistry going on inside leaf slugs with hosts Nick and Anushka.
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Chemistry of Lightning
Lightning is more than just bright light and loud sound – learn about some of the chemistry going on with your host Chris.
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Chemistry of a Crocodiles Stomach
Learn about the chemistry of the extreme environment inside a crocodiles stomach with hosts Josh and Henry.
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Chemistry of Candles
Learn about candles, candle composition, and candle chemistry with your host Devon
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Chemistry Behind Advil
Learn about the exciting chemistry of advil and how it works with hosts Sofie and Xavier
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Cookware Chemistry and Glowing Glass
Learn about radioactive glassware and other cool cookware chemistry stuff with host Alex
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Dealing with the Whispers
Whispers is a short story that was published in Panorama and was written by Veronika Rembowski, a freshman at Hopewell Valley Central High School.
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“What Defines the Music of Frank Zappa?”
In this “Connect the Dots” episode, we go over several commonalities that occur in the works of Frank Zappa.
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Five Video Games and Their Music
In this “Connect the Dots” Episode, we connect five unique songs from five unrelated video games and examine what they have in common despite being very different songs.
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Taylor Swift Head to Head
Today’s blog is a head to head where we’ll be looking at two of Taylor Swift’s most recent songs, dorothea, from her album Evermore, and seven, from Evermore’s sister album, Folklore.
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The Art of Curses and the Devils who Use Them
The Art of Curses and the Devils who Use Them is a short story by Hopewell Valley Central High School sophomore Samiyah Syed & was published in Panorama, the literary arts magazine.
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The Tiny Demon Child . . . Or Lack Thereof
The Tiny Demon Child . . . Or Lack Thereof is a poem by Hopewell Valley Central High School sophomore Samiyah Syed & was published in Panorama, the literary arts magazine.
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