30 The Courier SUN • kids & education • SEPTEMBER 24, 2015 for breaking news visit www.couriersun.com s kids & education St. Francis Prep students check out C-SPAN campaign bus by the QUENS COURIER STAF editorial@queenscourier.com/@queenscourier Fresh Meadows was a stop on the “Road to the White House” for the C-SPAN Campaign 2016 bus, which visited students at St. Francis Preparatory School and provided them with lessons regarding the upcoming presidential election. Students at St. Francis Prep’s AP government and American history classes toured the bus and learned more about the C-SPAN “StudentCam” competition in which the teenagers talked about the issues they wanted the presidential candidates to discuss during the campaign. A C-SPAN marketing representative also spoke with the youths about the channel’s new history series, “Landmark Cases: Historic Supreme Court Decisions,” which premieres on Oct. 5 at 9 p.m. C-SPAN is the public access network available through cable and satellite providers that covers public affairs including live sessions of Congress and committee hearings. During the 2016 presidential campaign, the network will also cover an array of campaign rallies, the political party conventions and presidential debates. “Time Warner Cable is proud to partner with C-SPAN to bring the C-SPAN Bus to Fresh Meadows, giving Queens residents a hands-on opportunity to learn more St. Francis Prep School students pose for a picture outside the C-SPAN Bus after their tour. about the programming the network offers,” said Brien • in-depth public affairs programming and educational Kelley, area vice president of operations for Brooklyn and Queens at Time Warner Cable. Aboard the C-SPAN Bus, visitors experience the following through interactive technology: Private Contract Bus Service to… The Bronx High School of Science & High School of American Studies at Lehman College VALLO TRANSPORTATION, ltd. SCHOOL BUS CHARTERS Safe, Prompt, Professional, Courteous and AFFORDABLE Service 1-800-VALLO-99 • 718-961-7600 www.ValloTransportation.com THE SAFEST WAY TO TRAVEL “Just the best little bus company in the City of New York” WINNER 3 YEARS IN A ROW resources; • touch-screen quizzes on C-SPAN and the three branches of government; • mobile devices demonstrating how C-SPAN is Photo courtesy of C-SPAN used on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube and mobile apps; • and HD cameras and production equipment capable of producing public affairs programming aboard the bus.
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