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VIDEO 		AUDIO	
			
NAT FULL'WENDY WINS'COVER TOP W/'ALL CONTESTANTS' @ 5709 WS & THEN TO THE CU'S EACH CONTESTANT		(nat full)
'Are we ready? Ok, why don't you unseal the envelope?	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
the finalists wait....	
		'... and the winner is ... Wendy Panor! (long applause)	
HOLDING VIDEOCG - MAY 8, 2009         COLUMBIA, MD		(narrator track)
queen anne's county's wendy panor wins the 2009 comcast parent involvement matters award.	
		superintendent nancy grasmick, and comcast's fred graffam congratulate panor. 	
CUT SHOT AUDIENCE CLAPPING & BACK TO WENDY POSING 'IN WINNER'S CIRCLE'		comcast and the maryland state department of education created this first of-its-kind program to honor the hard work parents do daily -- in schools across the state.	
			
NAT FULL WS EXT. OF WILDE LAKE HS		(nat full)
'harmonica'	
HOLDING VIDEO OF HIGH SCHOOLERS GOING TO PROM		(narrator track)
the EVENING starts AT WILDE LAKE HIGH -- 	
NAT FULLCG - BARBERSHOP QUARTET         PATAPSCO HS & CENTER FOR THE          ARTS		(NAT FULL)
'I aye-aye... feel a song coming onnnnn......	
PAN 'HALLWAY TILTED?TUCK MUSIC & FADE		(NARRATOR TRACK)
where students sing the praises of parents who get involved. 	
SOT DEBBIE RITCHIECG - DEBBIE RITCHIE         PRES., MARYLAND PTA 		(sot debbie ritchie)
'From the parent who comes into the classroom to help the teachers with copying and cutting, from the parent who testifies before the board ...'	
SOT DEBBIE RITCHIE 'GREAT HONOR RECOG WORK'(COVER W/PIC OF SKYE IN WHEELCHAIR'		(sot debbie ritchie)
'without parent involvement we wouldn't have student success.'	
PIC OF KRISSY		(narrator track)
krissy gozzi hails from charles county.	
SKYE WAITING TO START ROLLING 'SHE ROLLS' @ TOPGOZZI 'MOM GETS OVER'  & FINISH W/MORE OF SKYE ROLLING		her daughter skye uses a wheelchair.	
		gozzi realized early on skye's world would be so much better, if she could only use the playground.	
		it had no access.	
NAT FULL 'READY SMILE!' (MOM TAKES PICTURE OF KRISSY)		(nat full)
'Ready?... Smile!'	
SOT KRISSY GOZZI(COVER W/KRISSY SMILES 'MOM GETS OVER' @ 320)& 'NAT MOVE CLOSER'CG - KRISSY GOZZI         FINALIST, CHARLES COUNTY(USE POTATO CHIP CRUNCH SOMEWHERE IN HERE)		(sot krissy gozzi)
'She needed some changes in the school. So, I just stepped in and asked for many meetings and worked with the board, with a very small budget and they listened and we thought of inexpensive ways to make the school accessible for her.'	
SOT SKYE HAGHVERDICG - SKYE HAGHVERDI         1ST GRADE		(sot skye haghverdi)
'She built a playground for me so I can go on the playground...'	
SOT KRISSY GOZZI		(sot krissy gozzi)
'and doing it the right way, not the legal angry way.'	
NAT FULL 'SHE BUILT A PLAYGROUND'		(nat full)
(JR) ' ... so you can be with all the other kids right?'	
		'Yes!'	
NAT FULL KRISTEN RUIZUSE QUICK REAX SHOT OF KUSE SHOT OF HER PLACARD		(nat full kristen ruiz)
'It's Kristen, Kristen Ruiz.'	
		(NSG) 'it's so nice to meet you...'	
		(K) 'Thank you, it's nice to meet you too.'	
		(NSG) 'And it's great, great in terms of your contributions. I've read all of these things ... and it's amazing, absolutely amazing.'	
NAT FULL KRISTEN 'WHEN THEY WENT'		(nat full kristen ruiz)
(K) 'I feel like when they went to school, I went back with them...(smiles)	
		(NSG) 'Well thank you!' 	
HER PIC CU		(NARRATOR TRACK)
kristen RUIZ helps out in three schools in prince george's county. 	
		she says they're like second homes.	
SOT MARIA RUIZCG - MARIA RUIZ         DAUGHTER		(sot maria ruiz)
'I feel happy for my mom, and I feel proud of her...'	
SOT KATIE RUIZCG - KATIE RUIZ         DAUGHTER		(SOT KATIE RUIZ)
'I'm glad she got as far, I hope she wins, but I know that it was very -- (pause) good to get this far. (smile)	
NAT FULL 'WHOLE SONG'		(nat full)
'....song comin' onnnnnn.'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
the song -- 	
NAT FULL 'WATCH THEN CLAP'		(nat full)
'girls clapping'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
and the spirit carry into the auditorium.	
SOT FRED GRAFFAMCG - FRED GRAFFAM         COMCAST REGIONAL SR. V.P.		(sot fred graffam)
'As you may know several years ago Comcast and the MD State Dept. of Education created a new statewide initiative to recognize outstanding parent volunteers...'	
CONTESTANTS		(narrator track)
the contestants  -- one from each of maryland's two dozen school systems --	
		are honored.	
MUSIC FULL -- ALL CONTESTANTS		(music full)
'tba'	
CG - STEPHANIE TURBIN         FLINTSTONE ES, ALLEGANY CO.		(music full)
	
CG - CAROLYN FIUME         PARENT, ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY		(music full)
 	
CG - TRACIE MARTIN         INNER HARBOR EAST ACADEMY,            BALTIMORE CITY		(music full)
	
CG - MARK LEWIS         PATAPSCO HS, BALTIMORE CO.		(music full)
	
CG - JAMES CARROLL         CALVERT MS, CALVERT CO.		(music full)
	
CG - JEMIMA CLARK        DENTON ES, CAROLINE CO.		(music full)
	
CG - LAURIE LONG         NORTH CARROLL HS, CARROLL CO.		(music full)
	
CG - KATHY JOSEPH         PARENT, CECIL COUNTY		(music full)
	
CG - KRISSY GOZZI         J.P. RYON ES, CHARLES COUNTY		(music full)
	
CG - VALERIE JORDAN         CAMBRIDGE-SOUTH DORCHESTER HS         DORCHESTER CO.		(music full)
	
CG - BRIAN BARRON        MYERSVILLE ES FREDERICK COUNTY		(music full)
	
CG - CHRISTINE BRENNEMAN         GRANTSVILLE ES, GARRETT COUNTY		(music full)
	
CG - MARK DAGHIR         DARLINGTON ES, HARFORD COUNTY		(music full)
	
CG - SANDRA HOLT         BOLLMAN BRIDGE ES, HOWARD          COUNTY		(music full)
	
CG - KIKI JONES         GARNETT ES, KENT COUNTY		(music full)
	
CG - ANN ENGLISH         ROCKVILLE HS, MONTGOMERY          COUNTY		(music full)
	
CG - KRISTEN RUIZ         BOND MILL ES, PRINCE GEORGE'S         COUNTY		(music full)
	
CG - WENDY PANOR         CENTREVILLE MS, QUEEN ANNE'S          COUNTY		(music full)
	
CG - MARIA SCOTT         PARK HALL ES, ST. MARY'S COUNTY		(music full)
	
CG - ROBERT WELLS         DEAL ISLAND ES, SOMERSET COUNTY		(music full)
	
CG - JENNY SCHMIDT         EASTON ES, TALBOT COUNTY		(music full)
	
CG - STEVEN O'FARRELL         FOUNTAINDALE ES, WASHINGTON          COUNTY		(music full)
	
CG - GINNY STEUART         GLEN AVENUE SCHOOL, WICOMICO            COUNTY		(music full)
	
CG - MARILYN JAMES         OCEAN CITY ES, WORCESTER          COUNTY		(music full)
	
NAT FULL NSG		(nat full nancy grasmick)
'On February 25th of this year, Maryland families lost an incredible champion...'	
JOANNE PIC & THEN STILLS		(narrator track)
assistant superintendent joanne l. carter died after a long battle with breast cancer.	
		her role in helping maryland schoolchildren stands alone.	
		maryland has created a parent award in her name.	
SOT NANCY GRASMICKCG - NANCY S. GRASMICK         MD SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT		(sot nancy grasmick)
'And so it is with tremendous pride, and pleasure and great remembrance of this amazing woman, that I'm able to announce this year's winner. Kristen Ruiz, from Prince George's County. (claps)	
NAT FULL 'KRISTEN RUIZ'		(nat full)
'Kristen you have our enormous gratitude and respect.'	
NAT FULL 'KRISTEN ACCEPTS'CG - KRISTEN RUIZ         WINNER, JOANNE L. CARTER          MEMORIAL AWARD		(nat full)
'I can't do all that I do without all of the parents that work with me. You can be a great PTA president and not have any volunteers and nothing will happen. But I have the three best schools in the whole state of Maryland ...'	
NAT FULL -- MORE APPLAUSE		(nat full)
'more applause'	
NAT FULL WENDY		(nat full)
'Wendy Panor!'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
and finally -- wendy panor's moment as 2009 parent involvement matters top prize recipient.	
NAT FULL -- MORE APPLAUSE		(nat full)
'applause'	
FOUR FINALISTS 		(narrator track)
her award panor says, could easily have gone to any of the nominees.	
SOT WENDY PANOR 'WENDY ACCEPTS'CG - WENDY PANOR         WINNER, 2009 COMCAST PARENT         INVOLVEMENT MATTERS AWARD		(sot wendy panor)
'This is just a huge, huge honor, definitely overwhelming because there are so many parents that definitely belong right here. 	
SOT WENDY PANOR		(sot wendy panor)
'I wanna thank Queen Anne's County for always opening the door for me, and being ready to listen to all my crazy ideas. And I want to thank my family for being so supportive, And I want to thank my children for always welcoming me in their school and never telling me to not be there so ... (big laugh)	
SOT WENDY PANOR		(sot wendy panor)
'So thank you very very much.' (applause)	
CUT SHOT AUDIENCE CLAPPING		(narrator track)
the parent involvement matters awards program is the first, and only one of its kind in the nation.	
		this is msde tv.	
CREDITS FULL/FADE		(music full and fade)