NPTV IS AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE

Did you know that every program that airs on North Penn Television is available on line 24 hours a day?  From our main webpage http://nptv.npenn.org/ you can link to our long format programming (games, concerts, school board meetings, etc.)  The direct link for this site is http://nptv.pegcentral.com/
You can also find all of our short stories, news programming and videos from our middle school and elementary television clubs on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/nptv Our content looks great on an ipad, ipod or iphone too!  Become a a subscriber of our youtube page and get updates everytime we upload a video.  Want taste of some of our youtube fair?  Enjoy this video created for the Olweus Kick off at Oak Park Elementary School.  In addition to the outstanding work of our high school students entering a career in communications, we have content from students working at Oak Park Elementary (OPTV), Knapp Elementary (Knapp TV), Penndale Middle School (PDTV), Pennbrook Middle School (PBTV) all on our youtube channel.  We have had segements from OPTV and Bridle Path Elementary (BPTV) on our North Penn News Program too.  Look for the great work of the students at Pennfield Middle School, Walton Farm Elementary, Gwynedd Square Elementary in the near future.  All of these Elementary and Middle School video stations were made possible by the North Penn Educational Foundation and funds received through the Eduational Improvement Tax Credit EITC.  Learn more about the EITC here 

SNOW BLOG! Learn how mornings go during a snowy morning.

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 2 or 3 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. We pride on ourselves on seeing how fast the notification goes up on the channel. This morning, we posted the information as John finished his sentence. .002 seconds!
New World Record!

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 snow coverage take a look at our facilities department in action here for the video and here for the photos.  To see how all of our busses are cleared on a snow morning click here. Please feel free to comment. We look forward to hearing from you. Stay Warm!

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!