North Penn vs LaSalle Eastern Semi-Finals on NPTV

Can’t make it to the game?  Don’t miss out on all the opportunities to watch this Saturday’s North Penn vs. LaSalle high Semi-Final contest to determine who will move onto to the state championships in Hershey.  North Penn Television will be taping the game which can be seen on Sunday at both 12:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., WNPV 1440 am will be broadcasting live on the radio and LaSalle High School  WEXP-TV will be streaming live on the web at www.lschs.org/stream

Concert Season Begins

We roll out to all of North Penn's Middle Schools starting on Tuesday for concert coverage season. We have a busy month with a show every night next week.  We'll be bringing you coverage of the NP Board of Schools Director Reorganization meeting, Concerts from Pennfield, Penndale and Pennbrook and possibly the Eastern Division Final on Friday.  Keep checking back here for updates!

NEED MORE FOOTBALL ON THANKSGIVING?

It;s been 9 years since the last North Penn/ Lansdale Catholic Thanksgiving Day Classic, but you can still relive all those great football memories right here on North Penn Television.  Starting at 7:30 a.m., we feature games from 1997 through 2001.  In between, check out the 2007 documentary produced by Kyle Berger's Academies Communication Class.  You might also notice the coach of North Penn during this ERA, a guy who runs the defense for the New York Jets - Mr. Mike Pettine.

North Penn Television makes it above the fold!

If you missed it, North Penn Television was featured in the Reporter this past week. Reporter Tony DiDimizio and photographer Geoff Patton spent an early morning with us last Tuesday during our live production of  our Award Wining "Mornings" program. 

If you didn't catch the article you can read the story and view the video here

Where's the Soccer and Volleyball coverage?

We have had this question over the past couple of weeks. Why do we not see more NP Girls and Boys Soccer games on NPTV? Our main priority is to provide as much coverage as possible of all our sports and activities here at North Penn High School. One of the issues we have is the ability get our cameras in locations that allow us to cover events as professionally as possible. Many of the Boys and Girls soccer teams play many of their games at the Snyder Road field. Unfortunately at the Snyder Road location, we do not have any access to power or stands in which to place our cameras at a proper angle. We have tried generators in the past, but it did not work our very well. We kept popping breakers on our bus and could only run one camera with what a generator could provide for about 20 minutes of the game.

Volleyball, track, cross country, bowling, baseball and softball all have similar issues, where the venue makes it difficult to cover the event. Games that are held in the boy’s gym, pool, stadium and turf field are the locations that are optimal for our sports coverage. For those sports not in those locations, we try to provide features on our Mornings and News Programs.
Good news, senior night for Girls soccer will be Monday, October 18 at the turf field and NPTV will be there!!!
Keep the questions coming; we love to hear from you!

NPHS Back to School Night is tonight!

Welcome parents of current NPHS 10, 11 and 12th graders.  You can view Mr. Hynes' message to parents here

The TV Gears are turning!

After a busy first week before school, the NPTV crew gears up for the full start of our September Schedule.  This week, we have the NP Knights Football Game vs. Lansdale Catholic and the Annual Knight of Sound held at North Penn's Crawford Stadium.  The week will be filled with our school board meeting, field hockey, water polo and a Saturday Football game.  We will also be trying out some live tweeting on at our sporting events.  If you haven't already signed up, join us at twitter/nptv.

Below are a few pictures from Friday Night's game.  For more goto nptv.npenn.org

NP FOOTBALL STARTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3!

Our first game of the season for our 2010-11 crew is tonight in Crawford Stadium.  We are also the 6abc.com game of the week.  Channel 6 will be taking our feed of the game and airing the NP vs LaSalle season opener live on http://www.6abc.com/.  You can watch replays of the game on North Penn Television tonight at 11:00 a.m. and at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday night.

UPDATES AFOOT!

We've been tweaking the NPTV website to add more North Penn News and information.  As we update, you may notice some extra time for loading since we have added new graphics.  We have the power to change anything we want on the site, so please send us your feedback.  We are here to provide the best possible experience on TV an online anytime.  nptv@npenn.org

AIRDATES AND TIME FOR TV CAMP

Our program schedule is posted of our TV newcasts.  Click here for the full schedule this wee.  You can also find the newscasts online here.  All the students did a wonderful job.  Thanks to everyone who participated this year.  I hope to see most of you this fall at middle school.  Keep on watching NPTV!

Press on the TV camp from the Reporter

Great article from Dan Sokil at the Reporter.  Dan will be posting a video later today.

TV Camp Article here


Photos from TV Camp here

TV CAMP ENDS WITH THREE BIG SUCCESSES

What an amazing week at the NPTV Production camp for middle schools students. In four short days, the students went from walking into a TV Studio for the first time, to producing three shows.  On Wednesday, all of the students who wanted to be on-air discussed story ideas, wrote stories, shot video and edited packages.  All of those on the technical side learned more about signal flow, how to use the newtek tricaster, camera placement, interview set-up and most important how to properly wrap a cable.  Over, under, over, under, over, under......

Today we had three hours to prep and tape three separate shows.  We did one practice run (didn't really need it) and one for air.  We had a few hiccups here or there, but overall each show was of broadcast caliber.  You can check out photos from today here.  The Reporter was also here getting the story behind the story.  Look for the article in Friday's or Saturday's issue.  There should also be a video from The Reporter on their site.

Thanks to all the students for a great week.  We look forward to working with everyone this fall.

Day 2 of Camp had a media blitz

As we were preparing for our second day a camp, we had two local media outlets visit today.  First a videographer from Fox29 stopped in to shoot some footage and share some career advice with our students.   A short clip aired in the 5:00 p.m. hour of the newscast.  (Hey TV Campers -What is this type of clip called?)  An Intelligencer photographer visited a short time later and took some photographs for the printed paper as well as their online edition.

Check out the Intelligencer story here

Tomorrow we finish up our studio training and move right into production for our shows on Thursday.  

For our non-TV campers the video clip on Fox 29 is called a VO or voice over because the anchor voices over the video.  We are pretty complex people in the TV business with our complicated TV lingo!

FIRST DAY OF TV CAMP GREAT SUCCESS

We had a busy first day of TV camp for middle school students at the NPTV studios today.  Students ran through all of the positions and even got through most of our first script today.  On Tuesday, everyone will have a chance to be on the air.  We will also make assignments for our final show on Thursday. Below are a few pictures from Monday.

 

Anchor Practice
 

Camera

More Camera
 

Interview Set

TV Camp starts Today!

At 9:00 a.m. this morning we begin our first TV Camp for Middle School Age students.  We are very excited to start this morning.  Our goal for the week is to have the students create a ten minute television program from start to finish.  There are 31 students signed up for this camp and we have the best students and staff to guide them through this journey this week.  Behind the scenes we have our own, Mary Faikish, Chris Doerr, Greg Fisher and Bob Gillmer from the Communications Media Department; Producers - Shayne Dwyer and Rita Kraynak from the NPTV class of 2010; and Shane McElwain Class of 2011 to assist in all of this week's production.  Look for pictures, video and more at nptv.npenn.org all this week!

Time for a Rewind!

It's already started, but it's never too late to catch our rewind!

Have you missed the whole last year of programming for the 2009-2010 school year? Do not worry, for we have the answer! Right now we are replaying the entire year's worth of sports, shows, and events! Check out the schedule at http://nptv.npenn.org/North_Penn_Television/Schedule.html

The new school year is quickly approaching, so prepare yourself for another great year as we gear up for it. We hope you'll tune in.

NPTV Program Schedule - July 12 - 21

NPTV Program Guide


Volume X, Issue 30

Monday, July 12, 2010
CONTACT INFORMATION

Please feel free to contact us anytime at nptv@npenn.org with questions. Our program schedule is released late Friday afternoon or early Monday morning. It is available via email, on the informational scroll on North Penn Television and online at http://www.nptv.npenn.org . You can also follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/nptv. If you would like to subscribe or unsubscribe, just email us at nptv@npenn.org.


FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2010

7:30 pm July 15, 2010 7/15 NP Board of School Directors’ Action Meeting


SATURDAY, JULY 17 & SUNDAY, JULY 18, 2010

8:00 am May 7, 2010 NPHS Class of 2010 Senior Prom

10:00 am June 7, 2010 NPHS Class of 2010 Senior Awards

12:30 pm June 16, 2010 NPHS Class of 2010 Reflections

1:45 pm June 17, 2010 NPHS Class of 2010 Commencement

3:45 pm May 7, 2010 NPHS Class of 2010 Senior Prom

5:45 pm June 7, 2010 NPHS Class of 2010 Senior Awards

8:15 pm June 16, 2010 NPHS Class of 2010 Reflections

9:30 pm June 17, 2010 NPHS Class of 2010 Commencement

MONDAY, JULY 19, 2010

12:30 pm July 15, 2010 7/15 NP Board of School Directors’ Action Meeting

7:30 pm July 15, 2010 7/15 NP Board of School Directors’ Action Meeting


TUESDAY, JULY 20, 2010

12:30 pm July 15, 2010 7/15 NP Board of School Directors’ Action Meeting

7:30 pm July 15, 2010 7/15 NP Board of School Directors’ Action Meeting

WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 2010

12:30 pm July 15, 2010 7/15 NP Board of School Directors’ Action Meeting


INFORMATION

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CLASS of 2010 SENIOR AWARDS NIGHT

After 2200 individual edits, NPHS is prepared to present over 430 Senior Awards to the Class of 2010.  Watch it live tonight at 7:00 p.m. on NPTV. 

Download an order form by clicking here

RIF Live Today at 10:00 a.m.

Watch the annual Reading is Fundamental program held for 1st graders in the North Penn High School Auditorium live at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 2.  Depending on the bus schedule, the show may start a few minutes late.

You can watch RIF this week on NPTV.  Check out the schedule here

Where's the Prom?

The most anticipated show of the year will ready to air next week.  We will send out a schedule on Monday for airdates and times.  Plan your prom viewing parties, get your popcorn and best friends, we are almost finished editing.  You can always check the website, for air dates and times or join our e-mail distribution list at nptv@npenn.org.

Spring Sports Begin!

It's time for the NPHS Spring Sports coverage!  Beginning on Friday, we start the season off with Boys Lacrosse against Souderton LIVE at 3:45 p.m.  This season will include coverage of boys and girls lacrosse, and girls soccer.  Also look for the spring concert season.  As always everything we air is also available online at nptv.npenn.org.

SNOW - AGAIN! What happens on a snowy morning at NPTV?

A good friend of NPTV, took notice to our dwindling blog posts, so this ones for you Brett!

Of course everyone knows that the fastest way to find out about school delays and closings is NPTV.  How do I know this, because we post on NPTV first!  Actually, many people wonder about the process we go through on a snowy morning.  ((quick promotion)) ---Find out more by watching this month's edition of North Penn's Finest. 

Typically, Dave Kelly - Coordinator of Custodial Maintenance and John Strobel - Manager of Support Services- from our Facilities department track the weather overnight and drive the roads as early as 3 or 4 in the morning to assess the conditions.

Dave and John make a recommendation to our Superintendent, Dr. Curt Dietrich then joins a conference call with Superintendents of the sending schools to North Montco Tecnical Career Center to discuss what each district is planning.  A closure of one sending school has a a big impact on the classes for NMTCC.  Dr. Dietrich makes the call based upon the recommendations of our facilities and transportation department.  The very next phone call is to NPTV.  And literally within seconds of John Strobel saying - "Schools are closed"  The information is immediately on NPTV.  IN the spirit of the Winter Olympic games, we pride on ourselves on seeing how fast the notification goes up on the channel. This past storm on 2/26/10, we posted the information as John finished his sentence. .003 seconds! 

Of course we use all means of communications to notify our community of delays, closures or dismissals.  After NPTV, you can find the info at www.npenn.org, Inform-a-Phone (215) 368-7662) as well as all of the local broadcast outlets.  I mean all.  If you would like text notifications, there are two options we utilize.  You can sign-up for alerts at Montgomery County Alert System.  Make sure you select North Penn School District as a notification.  You can also follow us on Twitter/ NPSD.

In cases of unscheduled early dismissals, we will also utilize our School Messenger system to notify parents when we will be dismissing.  In that case we will call all the phone numbers and e-mail addresses that parents have provided on their emergency notification cards.  We do not use School Messenger for standard 2 hour delays or closures due to weather.  For more info on our emergency communication visit the NPSD website.

If you are interested in more blizzard coverage take a look at our facilities department in action here for the video and here for the photos.  Please feel free to comment.  We look forward to hearing from you.  Stay Warm!

We keep cranking out the shows!

January is always the busiest month of the year for our NPTV crew.  Everyone has been working tirelessly day and night to not only bring you all of the events going on this month, but also to keep the feature programming and packages coming.  If you haven't had a chance yet, check out our weekly "Mornings" program featuring North Penn High School students with a dash trivia, fun and a taste of silliness.  Our career study students Rita Kraynak, Jason Barnada, Amber Maiden and Shane Dwyer produced this show in it's entirely.  Take note of our new intro created by Senior Jason Barnada and features the music of "Find Vienna"