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Hidden Treasures of Our Town

Hidden Treasures of Our Town

Di: Ms. Uribe's 5th graders at Ruth K. Broad K-8
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In this special 5-episode podcast series, the students in Ms. Uribe's 5th-grade class at Ruth K. Broad Bay Harbor K-8 in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida, turn into local historians. "Hidden Treasures of Our Town" explores the forgotten stories, landmarks, and extraordinary people that make our community unique.

These students have dug through archives and uncovered the "treasures" that most people walk past every day.

This project was researched, written, and recorded by students: Mikaela Alarcon-Rojas, Rinat Arutiunov, Ezekiel Culbreth, Lillian Dattilo, Ty Fidelis,, Emily Flores, Ilan Koren, Nicolas Kusnier, Paloma Laszlo, William Makselis, Matteo Marzano, Noam Moya, Aaron Pinto, Lukas Sanchez, Sol Schwartz, Noemi Staron, Andrew Stolar, Nicolas Sussman-Posso, Amelia Vorostsova, Sofya Yeshchanka, Aditya Singh, and their teacher Monica Uribe

Podcast Production Assistant: Zoey Ader-Zabielins

This project was made possible through grant funding from the Shepard Broad Foundation and the RKBBH PTA.

MU 2026
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