April 26, 2012
Kris Sork, Communications Director
360-313-1230, 360-823-9765, kris.sork@vansd.org
Vancouver Public Schools (VPS) was the only school district
to receive an Emmy nomination from the Northwest Chapter of the National
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
VPS was nominated in the category ÒHealth/Science—Program/SpecialÓ
for ÒScience, Episode 1.Ó
ÒScienceÓ is an educational program hosted by Nate Macon, a physics
teacher at Skyview High School. Producers of the program are Nick Voll and Ian Southworth.
In this program, Macon and his ÒPhysics TeamÓ of Skyview High School students pull off impressive, albeit
somewhat crazy, experiments to demonstrate the laws of physics. In the nominated episode, they show
viewers how gravity works. Rather
than using the clichŽd example of an apple falling from a tree, Macon and his
team shoot a stuffed monkey with an air cannon. Viewers learn that all objects (even stuffed monkeys) fall
at the same rate, regardless of mass.
ÒScienceÓ is shown on cable channel 28 and Vancouver Public SchoolsÕ
YouTube site, www.youtube.com/VanSDTV.
The Northwest Chapter region includes Washington, Oregon,
Idaho, Montana, and Alaska.
Nominations were announced April 20. In their category, the Vancouver Public SchoolsÕ two-person
television production team of Voll and Southworth are up against these giants for an Emmy
Award: KOMO-TV in Seattle, KATU-TV
in Portland, and PBS in Montana.
Final awards will be announced in June.
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