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Jessica Sadler

Jessica Sadler

HPPR Radio Readers Book Club Contributor

Jessica Sadler has taught third, fifth, and sixth grades in Lawrence and Olathe Kansas, holding bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education and special education. A STEAM facilitator with an ESL endorsement, Jessica has won numerous teaching awards, including The Spirit of Education Award and being named Kansas Asia Scholar and 2013 Best Teacher in Lawrence. She has served as a volleyball coach and was nominated as Kansas Teacher of the Year in 2019-20. Jessica is currently a Teacher Professional Development Fellow at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington D C.

  • The Blue Whale of Catoosa is a waterfront structure, located just east of the town of Catoosa, Oklahoma, and it has become one of the most recognizable attractions on old Route 66. Hugh Davis built the Blue Whale in the early 1970s as a surprise anniversary gift to his wife Zelta, who collected whale figurines. The Blue Whale and its pond became a favorite swimming hole for both locals and travelers along Route 66 alike.
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    2026 Spring Read: The List Goes On
    Jessica Sadler
    Thank you for joining us on the High Plains Public Radio Station. My name is Jessica Sadler. I can usually be found in a secondary science classroom, but I am currently a Teacher Professional Development Fellow at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. I am here with the other book leaders to discuss The American Dream? A Journey on Route 66 by Shing Yin Khor.
  • The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
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    A Modern Christmas Carol?
    Jessica Sadler
    Thank you for joining us on the High Plains Public Radio Station. My name is Jessica Sadler and I am a Science Teacher, STEAM facilitator, and coach in Olathe, Kansas. I am here with the other book leaders to discuss Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds.
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    Why Didn’t I Keep a Journal?
    Jessica Sadler
    Thank you for joining us on the High Plains Public Radio Station. My name is Jessica Sadler and I am a Science Teacher, STEAM facilitator, and coach in Olathe, Kansas. I am here with the other book leaders to discuss The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ros.
  • Oklahoma is a state literally populated on the haunches of relocated peoples.
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    Oklahoma and Forced Relocation
    Jessica Sadler
    Thank you for joining us on the High Plains Public Radio Station. My name is Jessica Sadler and I am a Science Teacher, STEAM facilitator, and coach in Olathe, Kansas. I am here with the other book leaders to discuss Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri.
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    Feeling Like You Fit
    Jessica Sadler
    Thank you for joining us on the High Plains Public Radio Station. My name is Jessica Sadler and I am a Science Teacher, STEAM facilitator, and coach in Olathe, Kansas. I am here with the other book leaders to discuss Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.
  • New Zealand Maori funeral rites, between 1800 and 1899
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    The Sky is Weeping
    Jessica Sadler, Kathleen Holt
    Thank you for joining us for the High Plains Public Radio Readers Book Club. I’m Jessica Sadler, a Science Teacher and STEAM facilitator in Olathe, Kansas. I am here with the other book leaders to discuss Once Were Warriors by Alan Duff.
  • Banished is set in China in 1969 at the height of the Cultural Revolution during which time many urban dwellers were sent to the countryside and a whole new way of life.
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    Homeland and Landing in a New Home
    Jessica Sadler
    Thank you for joining us on the High Plains Public Radio Station. My name is Jessica Sadler and I am a Science Teacher and STEAM facilitator in Olathe, Kansas. I am here with the other book leaders to discuss Banished by Han Dong.
  • SOur Radio Reader BookByte finds much to remind her of today’s children and the traumas they’ve faced through school shootings and COVID losses in the quote from the book, “I wish I could escape my mind, that I could be free of this world and everything I have seen in the last few years.”
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    It Does Have Something to Do with Me
    Jessica Sadler
    Thank you for joining us on the High Plains Public Radio Station. My name is Jessica Sadler, and I am a Science Teacher and STEAM facilitator in Olathe, Kansas. I am here with the other book leaders to discuss The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri.