28 MAY 2021 · First broadcast on Dam Daily radio show, Wednesday 26 May 2021. Show post, here: https://broadcastamsterdam.nl/podcast/pop-packed-with-news/

28 MAY 2021 · Margaret Kearns called into the station to update us on easing of measures and testing for Amsterdam's middlebare schools. First broadcast on Dam Daily radio show, Wednesday 26 May 2021. Show post, here: https://broadcastamsterdam.nl/podcast/pop-packed-with-news/

17 MAR 2021 · In this episode Margaret wraps up the process of choosing a middlebare school in Amsterdam. We look at our final school Cygnus Gymnasium in Amsterdam East and discuss organisations that support parents and pupils in secondary school education in Amsterdam, for example OCO (https://www.onderwijsconsument.nl) and Stichting VSA (http://www.stichtingvsa.nl). Also an explainer on how the digital registration lottery system works plus a digression on the Dutch test marking system - just for fun. #MiddlebareMashup - Margaret Kearns on searching for a middlebare school in Amsterdam in the middle of a pandemic, a mini-series within the Dam Daily Wednesday slot on Broadcast Amsterdam radio station (https://broadcastamsterdam.nl) and shared via our Families of Amsterdam podcast. January to March 2021 Presenters: Geli Carney & Margaret Kearns Editor: Cathy Leung #FamiliesofAmsterdam

12 MAR 2021 · Margaret updates us on the Amsterdam schools her family have researched over the last week; Hyperion Lyceum in Noord (VWO), Barlaeus Gymnasium in Centrum (VWO), and CSB in Zuid (MAVO, HAVO, VWO). #MiddlebareMashup - Margaret Kearns on searching for a middlebare school in Amsterdam in the middle of a pandemic, a mini-series within the Dam Daily Wednesday slot on Broadcast Amsterdam radio station (https://broadcastamsterdam.nl) and shared via our Families of Amsterdam podcast. January to March 2021 Presenters: Geli Carney & Margaret Kearns Editor: Cathy Leung #FamiliesofAmsterdam

4 MAR 2021 · Margaret updates us on the Amsterdam schools her family have researched over the last week; Spinoza Lyceum, MLA (Montessori), DENISE and Metis Montessori. #MiddlebareMashup - Margaret Kearns on searching for a middlebare school in Amsterdam in the middle of a pandemic, a mini-series within the Dam Daily Wednesday slot on Broadcast Amsterdam radio station (https://broadcastamsterdam.nl) and shared via our Families of Amsterdam podcast. January to March 2021 Presenters: Geli Carney & Margaret Kearns Editor: Cathy Leung #FamiliesofAmsterdam

6 FEB 2021 · Margaret updates us on the Amsterdam schools her family have researched over the last week; Ignatius Gymnasium, Vinse School and Fons Lyceum. #MiddlebareMashup - Margaret Kearns on searching for a middlebare school in Amsterdam in the middle of a pandemic, a mini-series within the Dam Daily Wednesday slot on Broadcast Amsterdam radio station (https://broadcastamsterdam.nl) and shared via our Families of Amsterdam podcast. January to March 2021 Presenters: Geli Carney & Margaret Kearns Editor: Cathy Leung #FamiliesofAmsterdam

27 JAN 2021 · Margaret and her daughter continue the search for a middlebare school in Amsterdam in the middle of a pandemic and report back on the experience. This week: Het Vossius Gymnasium and Gerrit van der Veenschool. Plus an explanation of kopklas, the extra option of a bridging year for language coaching, and a look the Klassen documentary (NPO1) on the middlebare school system, filmed in Amsterdam Noord. #MiddlebareMashup - Margaret Kearns on searching for a middlebare school in Amsterdam, a mini-series within the Dam Daily Wednesday slot on Broadcast Amsterdam radio station (https://broadcastamsterdam.nl) and shared via our Families of Amsterdam podcast. January to March 2021 Presenters: Geli Carney & Margaret Kearns Editor: Cathy Leung #FamiliesofAmsterdam

27 JAN 2021 · Margaret explains the lottery system for middlebare school places in Amsterdam. #MiddlebareMashup - Margaret Kearns on searching for a middlebare school in Amsterdam, a mini-series within the Dam Daily Wednesday slot on Broadcast Amsterdam radio station (https://broadcastamsterdam.nl) and shared via our Families of Amsterdam podcast. January to March 2021 Presenters: Geli Carney & Margaret Kearns Editor: Cathy Leung #FamiliesofAmsterdam

23 JAN 2021 · Margaret and her daughter commenced the search for a middlebare school in Amsterdam in the middle of a pandemic and reported back on the experience. This week: Barlaeus Gymnasium, Alasca, and Amsterdams Lyceum. Useful link: https://scholenopdekaart.nl #MiddlebareMashup - Margaret Kearns on searching for a middlebare school in Amsterdam, a mini-series within the Dam Daily Wednesday slot on Broadcast Amsterdam radio station (https://broadcastamsterdam.nl) and shared via our Families of Amsterdam podcast. January to March 2021 Presenters: Geli Carney & Margaret Kearns Editor: Cathy Leung #FamiliesofAmsterdam

23 JAN 2021 · Margaret shares a brief overview of the three levels of middlebare school that kids can attend in the Netherlands and how the teacher/school arrives at the ‘advies’ for the child. #MiddlebareMashup - Margaret Kearns on searching for a middlebare school in Amsterdam, a brand new mini-series within the Dam Daily Wednesday slot on Broadcast Amsterdam radio station, and shared via our Families of Amsterdam podcast. https://broadcastamsterdam.nl January to March 2021 Presenters: Geli Carney & Margaret Kearns Editor: Cathy Leung #FamiliesofAmsterdam