Host: Matt Watson Guests: Meredith Harper-Houston, Pam Ripling On today’s show, your host Matt Watson talks with Meredith Harper-Houston about her 12 year old daughter, Dove.  Meredith talks about the great opportunities and overall help that SCVi and iLead Exploration has offered to her daughter.  Go to ileadexploration.org In the second half of the show, Matt welcomes Pam Ripling of ...

Host: Matt Watson Guests: Chris Velona, Jenny Sosso and her group of  seventh grade learners On today’s show, your host Matt Watson talks with Chris Velona of Project Sebastian, which is a non-profit founded by Chris.  He founded the organization after his son was diagnosed with Batten disease at a young age. They discuss the upcoming Rare Stair Challenge taking ...

Host: Matt Watson Guests: Martha Spansel-Pellico, Chad Powell, Jason Gibbs On today’s show, your host Matt Watson talks with Martha Spansel-Pellico and Chad Powell.  Together, they make up the Leadership Team at SCVi and have been working together since 2021. SCVi is a network of free, public charter schools with campuses in Castaic, Lancaster and Agua Dulce as well as ...

Host: Matt Watson Guests: Allison Bravo, Jade Aubuchon On today’s show, your host Matt Watson talks with Allison Bravo, Director of School Initiatives with iLead network of schools. Together, they talk about the  beginning stages of Empower Generations, a program through SCVi and iLead that focuses on teen parents, giving them the chance to advance in their schooling, while offering ...

Host: Matt Watson Guests: Kate Wolf, Casey Miller On today’s show, your host Matt Watson talks with Kate Wolf, Director of iLead Online.  Together, they talk about the benefits of their online program that allows learners to create their own schooling schedule.  iLead offers credentialed teachers that guide the learners through their customized curriculum.  SCVi is offering a summer program ...

Host: Matt Watson Guests: Desiree Lopez, Kari McCoy, Elana Strazzulla On today’s show, your host Matt Watson talks with Desiree Lopez, a Kindergarten Facilitator at SCVi.  They talk about the basic daily learnings the children experience as a TK or Kindergarten student.  SCVi is hosting their TK/Kindergarten Roundup on March 13th as well as their Spring Family Literacy Night on ...

Host: Matt Watson Guests: Cindy Williams, Kathy Norris On today’s show, your host Matt Watson talks with Cindy Williams, Lead Academic Coach at iLead online. iLead offers their learners the flexibility to work at their own pace while achieving academic goals as well as focusing on their career pathways, or CTE.  SCVi and iLead is a group of free, public ...

Host: Matt Watson Guests: Kris Nilsen, Chris Najarro, Mandy O’Connor On today’s show your host Matt Watson talks with Kris Nilsen, College and Career Counselor at SCVi and iLead schools.  Kris and Matt talk about the college acceptance letters coming in for their learners, with some heading to local California schools, others heading to Hawaii, Washington, Oregon and even overseas.  ...

Host: Matt Watson Guests: Cameron Smyth, Kate Wolfe On today’s show, your host Matt Watson talks with Cameron Smyth, former Mayor of Santa Clarita.  He served as Mayor five different times and recently ended his time as Mayor.  They reminisce about Smyth’s time in office and his accomplishments including forming a committee assembly of the local government committee, serving as ...

Host: Matt Watson Guests: Grayson, Ryder, Capri, Bradley Grose On today’s Eye on the Valley, your host Matt Watson welcomes siblings Grayson, Ryder, and Capri in studio.  They are apart of the SCVi and iLead Exploration program.  Currently in 8th grade, they talk about the benefits of being able to school from home at their own pace and schedule.  They ...