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Homeroom Huddle

Homeroom Huddle

Written by: Issaquah School District
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Join host Robert Miller on Homeroom Huddle for candid conversations with the teachers, students, staff and community members shaping the evolving world of education in the Issaquah School District.

Issaquah School District 2025
Episodes
  • Portrait of a Graduate
    Jan 5 2026

    What essential skills do students actually need to succeed in today’s world, and how does our school system guarantee they learn them? On this episode of Homeroom Huddle, we're discussing the "Portrait of a Graduate" -- a framework formerly known as the "Profile of a Graduate" at the time of recording -- which shifts the focus from high-stakes testing toward mastery-based learning and durable skills like resilience and collaboration.

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    44 mins
  • Fueling Success with School Meals
    Oct 30 2025

    What does it take to serve over 7,000 meals to students every school day? To find out, we headed to the kitchen with our Food Services Director, a kitchen manager, and other rockstars from in and around the classroom to discuss school meals and their impact on student success. Packed with compliments and criticisms from our students, we'll pick apart the vegetable color rotation, sprinkle regulations over sodium and sugar, and ultimately discover the care and planning behind every single bite.

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    42 mins
  • Developing Durable Skills Through CTE
    Sep 26 2025

    In a rapidly changing world, what skills do students really need to succeed after high school? In this episode of Homeroom Huddle, we explore "durable skills" and how Career and Technical Education (CTE) classes create an ideal environment to learn them. Joined by a teacher, a student, an industry engineer, and our CTE director, this conversation uses real-world examples to show how these hands-on pathways prepare every student for a future-ready life.

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    35 mins
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