Congratulations NPHS Class of 2012

It's an exciting time of year for our North Penn High School Class of 2012 Seniors and North Penn Television is right there with them capturing these once in a lifetime events.  Look for the NPHS Senior Prom, NPHS Senior Awards, NMTCC Senior Recognition Night, NPHS Reflections and the NPHS Class of 2012 Commencement Ceremony on NPTV Comcast 28 and Verizon FIOS Channel 29.  If you can't make it to the event watch the NPHS Reflections and Commencement Ceremonies live on television and live at http://nptv.npenn.org/.  You can order all of these events on DVD.  Click here to order.  Congrats and enjoy your success North Penn High School Class of 2012.

INNOVATION CELEBRATION II

The North Penn School District invited you to Innovation Celebration II at the North Penn High School on Wednesday, April 18 beginning at 6:00 p.m.  Come check out and provide feedback on cost saving and revenue enhancing ideas.  North Penn Television will begin live coverage at 6:00 p.m.  Come back to view on nptv.pegcentral,com after you visit to see what you missed.  For more infomation on Alternative Revenue click here

LIVE Community Forum Tonight at 7:00 p.m.

Join Superintendent, Dr. Curt Dietrich for a discussion on the Financial Status of the North Penn School District.  The Community Forum will take place at the North Penn High School Auditorium starting at 7:00 p.m.  If you are unable to attend, watch the forum live on North Penn Television Comcast 38, Verizon 29.  You can also particpate online at http://nptv.npenn.org/North_Penn_Television/Community_Forum.html

Getting Ready for Mornings

Monday is always a hectic day preparing for the Tuesday morning live broadcast of Mornings. Here Steve Cameron records an interview with students of the Family Consumer Science Department promoting the upcoming Fashion Ahow.

NP Ice Hockey Playoff Game

Tonight the crew is at Hatfield Ice World for playoff action against the Pennsbury Falcons. Game airs at 7:30 pm Thursday Night

HELLO TO THE COORDINATING COUNCIL

Tonight, the Coordinating Council has invited North Penn Television to speak at their monthly meeting.  Bob Gillmer, Coordinator of Communications Media for the North Penn School District and 1989 North Penn High School Grad will talk about NPTV production, curriculum and student accomplishments.  Thanks Coordinating Council for all you do and keep on watching North Penn Television!

Thanksgiving Day Football

NPTV will be airing the Classic NP v LC Thanksgiving Day Games all day today.  Watch 1997 through to the last game in 2001.  The perennial success of both these teams have kept them from playing this classic on Thanksgiving Day.  We all love the continued success of the students from both teams, but sure do miss those blustery Thanksgiving mornings when the whole community converged on Crawford Stadium for this signature Classic.  We'll bring you the next best thing, so enjoy your family, friends and turkey.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

NPTV Remembers 9-11

Throughout the day on Sunday, September 11, North Penn Television will be re-airing the programming created in the days, weeks and months that followed.  some of the highlights include the NSPRA Award of Excellence winning "Together We Stand" hosted by Betty Robinson and David Page.  In the this program we speak to members of our community and then Class of 2002 Seniors.  We will also be playing programs that showcased student efforts to raise funds for the victims of 9-11 and also the final NP v LC thanksgiving Day game which included a pre-game 9-11 remembrance ceremony.

Congrats Class of 2011 and Congrats to NPTV Seniors!

Well this was a busy couple of weeks for North Penn Television.  We graduated eight seniors from NPTV and nearly 20 from the Academy of Communications at NPHS.  This group of seniors have certainly accomplished much in their time with NPTV.  Over the last three years, NPTV has captured four National Student Television Awards, two young Producer Awards and scores of honorable mentions from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.  During these three years, NPTV has created over 1200 hours of programming for the North Penn Community.  The end of the school year is always a busy time, but with the main activities focused on senior events, this becomes a time for our sophomores and juniors to shine in production.  We produced our 4200 edit senior awards a three hour program showcasing and celebrating over 400 awards given to over 250 seniors, we rolled out the red carpet and interviewed scores of seniors and their dates in all their splendid attire, we captured the sincere and thoughtful performances from the NPHS Reflections Ceremony and captured every one of the 1064 seniors who earned the high school diploma from NPHS.  However, our work doesn't stop at graduation.  While evening activities are limited to school board meetings, we have much work to complete over the summer training new students, producing segments covering summer activities, and preparing for our new school year which is only eight short weeks away.  We will also be holding our middle school camp for the second year in a row.  Last year, the camp was a huge success.  The students in this camp produced three shows in just one short week.  The production never stops at North Penn Television and we'll be sure to keep you up to date all summer long.

Commencement is almost here!

It's the last week for the Class of 2011 and North Penn Television will be there every step of the way.  Tuesday, June 14 at 7:00 p.m. North Penn Television will be covering Reflections live from the North Penn High School Auditorium.  The big day - Graduation- will also be covered live starting at 6:00 p.m. On Wednesday, June 15th.   If you are going to commencement remember to keep traffic in mind and get there early!

To order a copy of all the year end Senior Activities click here

NPHS SENIOR PROM DEBUTS FRIDAY NIGHT!

The kick off event to begin the Class of 2011 Commencement season begins tonight.  The NPHS Class of 2011 Senior Prom airs at 9:00 p.m. on Friday night.  Join hosts Selma Robinson and Kevin Manero as they interview our North Penn Seniors.  For additional dates and times Click here

NP SPRING SPORTS HAVE SPRUNG

On Wednesday, we started our NP Spring Sports coverage with Girls Lacrosse taking on the Souderton Indians.  You can watch the full game at http://nptv.pegcentral.com/.  We have a whole lot of Boys and Girls Lacrosse scheduled for April and May.  It's difficult for us to cover tennis, cross country, baseball and softball, but we are going to try and make sure we at least have some highlights for our Mornings and North Penn News programs.  With our coverage of sporting events, keep in mind that weather plays a big role in our ability to cover the game.  At the turf stadium, most games will continue despite the rain.  Unfortunately for us, there is no cover for our cameras and sound equipment.  If we expect rain or if it begins, our coverage of the game might be delay or cancelled.  Most of our games will be aired live.  We post our expected airtime based on the published game time, however depending on the JV game prior, the actual start may begin a little earlier or a little later.  Stay tuned, it's going to be a busy month of production for NPTV.  Keep on watching and let us know how we are doing! nptv@npenn.org

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!

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