Plugged In - The Official Podcast for JSerra Catholic High School Podcast
1) Gentle Parenting: The Winning Formula?
Citing the latest and most thorough scientific research, Dr. Leonard Sax discusses the differences between the four major parenting styles and compares them based on their proven outcomes. One of them...Show More
2) Five Years, One Hundred Converts - With Sr. Miriam, O.P.
JSerra Catholic High School has had nearly tripled its average number of student converts to the Catholic faith in the past five years, with 130 baptisms since 2016 and almost 100 of those since 2021....Show More
3) The "It Factor" of Catholic Education
According to Dr. Peter Kilpatrick, Catholic Education is distinct not only in that it offers classes in theology or “religion.” Integration of the curricular and co-curricular is the true hallmark of ...Show More
4) School Cell Phone Bans: Brilliance or Bunk
From Florida to Los Angeles, from public schools to private, school cell phone bans are on the rise. Is this just fear mongering? Is there any sound evidence to support radical school policies such as...Show More
5) Ending the Mean Girl Era - With Cara Morales
Cara Morales returns to the JSerra podcast studio, this time to share with parents of teen and tween girls the causes of and solutions to a growing social epidemic: mean girls. Having spoken to the en...Show More
6) High School is Not the Finish Line
Adolescence does not end when young men and women go off to college. In a sense, their education for life has only just begun. That’s why it is crucial to send our sons and daughters to universities t...Show More
7) Helping Teens Pray with Hallow
Every parent and every educator who has tried knows that getting teenagers interested in daily prayer requires perseverance and a commitment to the long game. Getting Gen Z-ers to put down the cell ph...Show More
8) Parents as Primary Educators, Part 3: It Starts with You
“You don’t build the house; you give them the foundation.” In this inspiring podcast, the “Dynamic Deacon” and father of five outlines practical tips for how to build your sons’ and daughters’ spiritu...Show More
9) Parents As Primary Educators, Part 2: What is a "Primary Educator?"
In this second part of our series on, “Parents as Primary Educators,” Catholic school leader, Debbie Nearmeyer, shares some basics on how to move forward confidently in our vocation as mothers and fat...Show More
10) Parents As Primary Educators, Part 1: Powerfully Connected Parenting
In this first episode in our series on “Parents as Primary Educators,” former JSerra teacher and personal counselor, Cara Morales, LMFT, explains why that is more than an overused cliché. Cara attests...Show More