San Ramon Student Wins C-Span Documentary Contest

From C-Span: C‑SPAN and Comcast will visit Gale Ranch Middle School on April 19 to honor a local winner for C‑SPAN’s annual student video documentary competition, StudentCam. During the visit a C‑SPAN Representative will present a StudentCam certificate of merit to Sanjana Ranganathan during a ceremony in front of classmates, teachers and family members to recognize her winning achievement in the national competition. The winning video will also be viewed during the congratulatory event.

StudentCam encourages middle and high school students to think critically about issues that affect our communities and nation. This year, students were asked to create a 5-7 minute video documentary about the topic, "Your Message to Washington: What is the most urgent issue for the new president and Congress to address in 2017?" In response, C‑SPAN received 2,903 video submissions from over 5,600 students in 46 states and Washington, D.C. 150 student and 53 teacher prizes were awarded, totaling $100,000 in prize money. Visit here to watch all the winning videos for 2017.

Assembly to honor winning students at Gale Ranch Middle School

• 9:00AM-9:45AM
• 6400 Main Branch Road, San Ramon, CA 94582
• Student Name: Sanjana Ranganathan
• Grade: 8th
• School: Gale Ranch Middle School- San Ramon, CA
• Topic: "Clicking Forward"
• Prize: Honorable Mention, $250

"Comcast is honored to partner with C-SPAN on their annual documentary contest, StudentCam, and are happy to congratulate local winner, Sanjana Ranganathan . These next generation documentary filmmakers tackled an issue that was important to them, their community and our nation after a historic election year. Education is important to Comcast, and we applaud C-SPAN as they continue to offer educational opportunities to young leaders to voice their opinions," said John Gauder, Regional Vice President of Comcast California.

In San Ramon, C‑SPAN programming is provided by Comcast on channel 22, 29; C‑SPAN2 on channel 109; and C‑SPAN3 on channel 110 as a commercial-free public service. All funding for C‑SPAN operations is provided by local TV providers.

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