Public Television 19 Inc.

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2011 to Jun 30, 2012

Signed

Nov 6, 2012

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$7,385,944

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Educational activities (k-12, early education, kc reache distance learning, ged/adult education): kcpt's k-12 media service provides curriculum based classroom media services to approximately 210 area schools, which includes 7,000 teachers and 94,000 students. The video content is correlated to state standards and enables teachers to actively engage students in any subject matter. Teacher professional development is included in this service at no additional charge. Kcpt also facilitates a 10 week martha speaks reading program with area 4th grade students reading to kindergartners. Martha speaks is a vocabulary/language arts program and website with outreach components that teaches new words to children. Kcpt also places raising readers library corners in area libraries. The corners house several activity books tied to pbs children's literacy programs. In addition, quarterly early education professional development sessions are held at kcpt and are offered free of charge to area early education providers such as parents as teachers and head start family advocates, librarians and early education teachers. Kc reache is an alliance between kcpt and 7 accredited post-secondary institutions with a mission to provide time-flexible distance learning options to students in the kc area. Kcpt's web site offers, free of charge, ged connection, workplace essential skills and financial fitness providing a convenient web alternative for adults to get their ged certificate and improve their lives. The population served by all educational efforts includes infants through adults.

Activity 3

Kcpt community engagement efforts for 2012 include: kcpt partnered with the health care foundation of greater kansas city to bring greater attention to the issue of mental health that included a four part series on suicide. Kcpt continues to partner with the mid-america regional council on the series imagine kc to educate and engage people from throughout the greater kansas city area to imagine the future of the regions built environment as one that is sustainable and offers a high quality of life for all residents. Generation xl, a partnership with blue cross and blue shield of kansas city, tackles the growing problem of childhood obesity and sedentary lifestyles in partnership with educators, health experts and policy makers. Kcpt brought the kansas city symphony to its viewers by broadcasting the annual celebration at the station on memorial day and by producing and broadcasting homecoming, a performance with kansas city native and renowned soprano, joyce didonato, at the kauffman center for the performing arts. Kcpt also partners with tivoli cinemas to offer monthly special sneak preview screenings of films scheduled for upcoming broadcast on the emmy award-winning pbs series independent lens. The screenings are offered free of charge.

Filer

EIN

23-7114952