By: Kiana Haugg and Anuhea Fevella

Summary of Project
My junior project was a podcast that's goal was to spread positivity
and provide entertainment around my school environment, while
also spreading and bringing awareness to mental health.
 Summary of Project
My junior project was to create a podcast for the
school to listen to. This podcast would focus on
mental health and providing information and
advice
 Mentors

My dad, Coach Jerry, helped

me by originally getting me
and Anu set up on our Ms. Lindsey and Ms. Wilson were also big
original platform (before we promoters of our project, and they also
made the switch), and by offered great advice whenever we were stuck.
getting the word out about
our project. While Anu is not one of my mentors, I Kiana wasn't one of my mentors, but
thought I should mention her on here, she was my partner. I'm so glad I
as I couldn't have done this project choose her as my partner. We're very
without her. She's been an amazing good friends and this podcast wouldn't
partner to work with, and an awesome be here if it wasn't for her. Thank you
friend. Kiana for being an awesome friend.
 Project Vision and Proposal
My initial goal with this project was to
provide a source of entertainment for
my peers, while also promoting and
spreading positivity around my school
environment.
In doing this project, I wanted to learn more
about podcasts, and what type of skills I would
need to have in order to create digestible
content.
 Project Vision and Proposal

My initial idea was to create some

For this project, I wanted to broaden
sort of platform that helped students
my knowledge about podcasts and
with their mental health and
gain more skills for future podcasts
provided personal advice
 Driving Question
Driving Question: How can I spread positivity around my school environment while also providing
entertainment?

I formed my driving question by first thinking about what I wanted to accomplish with my
project. Why was I making this podcast, and what message was I trying to send to my
audience? Once I figured out that I wanted to spread positivity around my school, I made sure
to include that in my driving question. I also already knew that I wanted to entertain my
classmates as well, so I included that in my driving question as well.

Answer: Find a form of media that you enjoy producing, and establish a connection with your
audience. A connection with your audience is crucial because once you know what types of topics
they're interested in learning more about, odds are they're more likely to listen to what you have to say
about that topic.
 Driving Question
Driving Question: How can we create a safe space to talk about mental health and encourage
students to understand what mental health is?

I formed my question around how I could educate students about mental health while also doing
something I've always wanted to do, and that is create a podcast. How could I encourage students
to do their own research? And provide them with information and advice about mental health. I
already knew I wanted to do a podcast, and this platform was perfect for what I wanted to do.

Answer: Create a platform and environment where the audience is comfortable hearing
about mental health, while the host is also comfortable sharing their story or advice.
Also giving positive reinforcement to the audience to do their own research or seek out
help
 Product Process - Beginning

Original planning document for The original distribution channel we were using before
Sunshine Today where we created Anchor, Podbean. This was where the first episode of
the layout for our episodes. Sunshine Today was released, and what the original set up
looked like.
 Product Process - Middle

Q&A survey sheet that was sent out Sunshine Today's Halloween
to all the high schoolers for our Instagram post.
Q&A episode.

Number of followers midway through our podcast

 Product Process - End

Current amount of followers Our podcast's Ranking of our episodes,

performance rate based off viewership
throughout the
semester
 Final Product
While our final product is our podcast series that can be found on Spotify,
we've also made a mini interview style documentary that is a reflection about
our time working on Sunshine Today. Unfortunately, we had technical
difficulties uploading the video to Canva, so instead we will be sending to Ms.
Lindsey separately.
 Project Reflection
This project pushed my communications and networking abilities, while also challenging me technologically.
I was in constant communication with my partner, but I also had to rely on myself at times when Anu was
busy with work.

Skills Strengthened: What Did I Gain?

Communication
Technology Skills
Networking
Promotional Skills
Graphic Design (logo/posters)
Production Skills (producing media)
Entertainment Skills (being comfortable
exposing myself to my audience)
From working on Sunshine Today, I gained a brief
insight into what it takes to be in the media and
entertainment industry (all forms of media are a little
different, but the basic skill set is required in all
formats). I also gained confidence in myself as a
person which made me able to open up, and share
vulnerable parts about myself that I'm not normally
comfortable sharing.
 Project Reflection
This project enhanced my communication, networking, and self-directional skills, while also
challenging my technical skills. I had to communicate with my partner constantly, always
confirming recording dates and topics. I also had to rely on myself and push myself to not
procrastinate

Skills Strengthened

What did I gain?

Since starting Sunshine Today, I've gained lots
Communication
of experience in podcasts and how to produce
Technology Skills
them and how much work it takes to start a
Networking Skills
podcast and keep it going. This podcast also
Production Skills
gave me the chance to speak my mind more
Entertainment Skills
and be more open and outspoken
 Takeaways
I learned a lot from my junior project; a few main takeaways that I will carry forward with me are:
- To pick a project that relates to something that you enjoy doing
- When developing a driving question, tailor your question to fit your project or vice versa
- Listen to what your peers have to say, their feedback is valuable

Advice for Next Years Juniors: When picking a project, make sure to pick something that you enjoy
doing. If you enjoy poetry, create a book of poems, and if you enjoy soccer, start a soccer club. If you really
enjoy your project, then it doesn't feel like work.
 Takeaways
I learned and refined lots of skills during this project, main takeaways I'll keep with me are:
- Pick a project or topic you enjoy discussing or researching
- Get advice from your peers, their advice is valuable.
- Preplan your project timeline, and make a document and write everything down in there.

Advice for next year's Juniors: Don't be dumb, choose a topic

you really enjoy discussing or researching, or have a lot of
knowledge in. Mom told you so.
 Acknowledgements
A lot of amazing people were involved in the production of Sunshine Today. We would like to thank:
Our Parents (Mom and Dad)
Bianca (Kiana's Sister)
Ms. Lindsey and Ms. Wilson
The Rest of Kiana's Family who are on the Mainland
Anu's Trainer (Bethany)
Our Friends (The ones who have been with us through it all, and the new ones we've made through this
experience)
KCS Teachers (We know some of you listened to the podcast, so thank you)
Class of 2023 (our fellow juniors, we hope you all enjoyed the podcast)
KCS High School Student Body (we hope you guys also enjoyed the podcast)