"High School Quiz Show" Goes into Production at WGBH.BOSTON -- A new weekly television competition was announced today by Boston public broadcaster WGBH. Premiering on WGBH in March 2010, High School Quiz Show quiz show n. A television or radio program in which the contestants' knowledge is tested by questioning, with some contestants winning money or prizes. will celebrate and showcase academic achievement in Massachusetts schools statewide. High School Quiz Show will feature up to 144 students from 24 Massachusetts schools competing in a fast-paced question and answer format, both as teams and in head-to-head lightning rounds. Questions will be drawn from the core Massachusetts high school curriculum, including literature, history and science, together with current events, sports, entertainment, and general knowledge. "We want to shine a spotlight on intellectual curiosity and the pursuit of learning in a fun, lively, and encouraging way," said WGBH President Jon Abbott. "Academic quiz shows across the country attract a broad following of students, their families, schools, and communities in support of the home teams. Most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , High School Quiz Show enables WGBH to further align with the education goals of the Commonwealth." The weekly series will begin taping at WGBH's Brighton studios in January in front of a live audience of school supporters who will cheer on their home teams through semi-finals and finals, all the way to the championship in June. Producing the show is veteran WGBH producer Hillary Wells, whose recent Project Dropout (1) On magnetic media, a bit that has lost its strength due to a surface defect or recording malfunction. If the bit is in an audio or video file, it might be detected by the error correction circuitry and either corrected or not, but if not, it is often not noticed by the human addressed a "silent epidemic" in Massachusetts education. A host has yet to be named. "We are incredibly fortunate to have a media leader like WGBH in our backyard Our Backyard was a series for pre-school children which aired at lunchtime on ITV from August 1984 until January 1987.It was produced by Granada Television. The format was simple. , here in Massachusetts," said Education Commissioner Mitchell D. Chester. "High School Quiz Show is another example of the outstanding educational programming they have the capacity to offer--and of their interest in supporting education in the Commonwealth. This show will inspire our students to stretch themselves both academically and competitively, and I look forward to seeing the results." "High School Quiz Show is yet another outcome of WGBH's longstanding commitment to the education of young people," said Carol R. Johnson, Superintendent of Boston Public Schools. "WGBH has always been a great community partner for the Boston Public Schools. Beyond being a spirited competition for students, High School Quiz Show will be educational and fun. This truly will be must-see TV." Major production support for High School Quiz Show is provided by the University of Massachusetts The system includes UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth (affiliated with Cape Cod Community College), UMass Lowell, and the UMass Medical School. It also has an online school called UMassOnline. . Research and development funding is generously provided by Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. Charitable Foundation. Additional funding is provided by Comcast and Massachusetts Teachers Association. "Massachusetts must support the highest-quality academic preparation for our students in order to succeed in the 21st century's global economy," said University of Massachusetts President Jack M. Wilson. "The University of Massachusetts is pleased to partner with WGBH on this academic competition, which will feature some of the Commonwealth's brightest and hardest-working high school students. We applaud the competitors and their teachers and hope to see many of them on our campuses." "At Bank of America, we know the importance of engaging teens and challenging them to reach their potential," said Bob Gallery, President, Bank of America Massachusetts. "We took an early interest in the High School Quiz Show concept, as it represents a unique opportunity for students statewide to demonstrate academic excellence and pride in their schools." About WGBH WGBH Boston is America's preeminent public broadcaster, producing such celebrated national PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, series as Masterpiece, Antiques Roadshow, Frontline, Nova, American Experience, Arthur, Curious George, and more than a dozen other award-winning prime-time, lifestyle, and children's series. Boston's last remaining independent TV station, WGBH produces local TV productions (among them, Greater Boston, Basic Black and Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One) that focus on the region's diverse community, while WGBH 89.7 is Boston's NPR NPR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Nepal Rupee. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. Arts & Culture station, offering a rich menu of classical, jazz, blues, news programming and more. WGBH is the leading producer of online content for pbs.org--one of the most-visited dot-org sites on the Internet--a major producer for public radio and a pioneer in developing educational multimedia and new technologies that make media accessible for people with disabilities. For its efforts, WGBH has been recognized with hundreds of honors, including Oscars, Emmys, Peabodys, and duPont-Columbia Journalism Awards. Visit WGBH on the Web at www.wgbh.org |
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