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Green Acres: Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center

This week, the Anita Gorman Discovery Center is celebrating its 10th anniversary. For many visitors, The Discovery Center at 47th and Troost continues to be their first introduction to nature.

In 2002, the Missouri Department of Conservation opened a unique facility on Troost Avenue in the heart of Kansas City designed to get young people in urban neighborhoods more connected with nature and the outdoors.

This week, The Anita Gorman Discovery Center is celebrating its 10th anniversary. For many visitors, The Discovery Center at 47th and Troost continues to be their first introduction to nature.

Surrounded by 10 acres of gardens, forests, wetlands and prairie, the Discovery Center beckons urban residents to visit and to learn. Randy Mason spoke with Stacey Davis, the center’s manager.

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Under the Sea: Kansas City’s SEA LIFE Aquarium

KCPT partnered with the new SEA LIFE Aquarium on a journalism contest where we invited high school broadcasting students to cover the arrival of the fish to their new home in Kansas City. The Local Show proudly presents the winning entry from Park Hill South High School.

Five thousand sea creatures, including sharks and stingrays, are finding a new home in Kansas City, as the new $15 million SEA LIFE Aquarium finally opens its doors tomorrow at Crown Center. There are 30 display tanks including a massive ocean tank with a walk through underwater tunnel where visitors are surrounded by fish and sharks. A Legoland Discovery Center is being built next door, but that won’t open for a few more weeks.

KCPT partnered with the new SEA LIFE Aquarium on a journalism contest where we invited high school broadcasting students to cover the arrival of the fish to their new home in Kansas City. Using the theme “The Fish Are Coming,” ten high school teams put together a two minute news account about the sea creatures arriving at the aquarium.

The winning high school team would have their report featured on The Local Show and we are pleased to announce the winner is…Park Hill South High School.

Winners of the SEA LIFE Kansas City Aquarium and KCPT Video Journalism Contest: Park Hill South High School and the reporting team of Sung Huh, Jacob Orlowski and Raymond Hadlock. Congratulations!

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Gordon Parks Celebrates

Kindergarten and 4th grade students at Gordon Parks Elementary School enjoyed a treat after successfully completing the Martha Speaks Reading Buddies program, a 10-week literacy program.

On Friday, March 30, KCPT helped kindergarten and 4th grade students celebrate the successful completion of the Martha Speaks Reading Buddies Program by treating to pizza and ice cream. The 10-week literacy program paired Big Buddies with Little Buddies to help encourage the Little Buddies to read and learn new words each week. Gordon Parks was the first school in the Kansas City area to go through the 10-week program. Many more Martha Speaks Reading Buddies programs are anticipated in the Kansas City area.

Anxiously Awaiting Ice Cream

Crystal Whitmore, KCPT Board Member, Helps Kids Celebrate

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SEA LIFE and KCPT Announce Winners!

The Park Hill South High School's broadcasting class, <em>The South Side Scoop</em>, was the winning team of the SEA LIFE Aquarium - KCPT's High School Broadcast Journalism Contest.

The Park Hill South High School’s broadcasting class, The South Side Scoop, was the winning team of the SEA LIFE Aquarium – KCPT’s High School Broadcast Journalism Contest. The winning spot will air on KCPT Channel 19 during The Local Show April 5 at 7:30 PM. Tune in to watch how students were able to capture the arrival of the fish to their new homes at the SEA LIFE Aquarium in Kansas City.

Pictured from left to right is Instructor – Justin Ford, Producer – Raymond Hadlock, Reporter – Sung Huh, Producer – Jacob Orlowski, and Account Manager for SEA LIFE – Matt Lowe.

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