The Scholastic Games quiz show has begun its 35th season as a showcase of excellence in education in Lorain County, Ohio. Its unbroken history includes a modified “Zoom” season in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In-person production resumed with our original format in 2022. Or programs are now available from Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Search “Scholastic Games.”
We apologize to visitors to our website as weekly updates have been complicated by a software “update” by our hosting service. However, since our programs are now podcasts, we advise that our latest programs can be found at podcast sites, Apple podcasts and Spotify, for example. Past shows and other information about our program are still available here.
PGM 1-FIRST PROGRAM OF 2025 SEASON: Firelands HS vs. Lake Ridge Academy
PGM 2-The companion feature: DIALOGUES ON EDUCATION 1-The Community Foundation of Lorain County
PGM 3- SG2-Elyria High School vs. Olmsted Falls High School
PGM 4-The companion feature: DIALOGUES ON EDUCATION 2-The Oberlin Heritage Center – BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPECIAL #1
PGM 5- SG3-Avon High School vs. Black River High School
PGM 6-The companion feature: DIALOGUES ON EDUCATION 3-The Big Read-Toni Morrison’s book -BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPECIAL #2
PGM 7- SG4-Avon Lake High School vs. Amherst Steele High School
PGM 8-The companion Feature: DIALOGUES ON EDUCATION 4-Inventor Garrett Morgan’s grandson-BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPECIAL #3
PGM 9 – SG5-North Ridgeville High School vs. Vermilion High School
PGM 10 – The companion Feature: DIALOGUES ON EDUCATION 5 – Lorain County Community College president, Dr. Marcia Ballinger
PGM 11 – SG6-Keystone High School vs. Midview High School
PGM 12 – The companion Feature: DIALOGUES ON EDUCATION -6- Fred Ode of the Ode Foundation on his philosophy of education and the “test of life”
PGM 13 – SG7-Open Door Christian School vs. Horiz)on Science Academy
PGM 14 – The companion Feature: DIALOGUES ON EDUCATION -7- Amanda Sears of Amherst City Schools (Amherst, Ohio) on Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) in the classroom
PGM 15 – SG8-QUARTERFINAL #1: Vermilion High School vs. Keystone (LaGrange, Ohio) – Follow this link: https://traffic.libsyn.com/standoutscholars/24SG08_QF_Firelands_vs_Vermilion-podcast.mp3
PGM 17 – SG9-QUARTERFINAL #2: Amherst Steele vs. Black River High School Follow this link: https://traffic.libsyn.com/standoutscholars/24SG09_Amherst_vs_Black_River-Podcast.mp3
PGM 18 – The Companion feature: DIALOGUES ON EDUCATION -9- School security advances in Vermilion City Schools…coming soon.
PGM 16 – The Companion Feature: DIALOGUES ON EDUCATION -8-A new Charter School for Lorain…Follow this link: https://traffic.libsyn.com/standoutscholars/Dialogues_on_Educ_25-8_Horizon_Sci-JVarnerSArifoglu.mp3
LINK HERE TO THE WEOL ARCHIVE OF COMPETITIONS
The Scholastic Games high school quiz was first broadcast in 1990. It is now a creation of Standout Production Group, a 501(c)(3) organization formed during the 2021-22 school year, headed by a Board of Directors. Our charter corporate supporter is the Nordson Corporation. Other major support comes from designated educational funds of the Community Foundation of Lorain County, and the Nord Family Foundation. Our home radio station is WEOL, AM930/FM100.3 in Elyria, with sponsorship and venue support from the Elyria Public Library System, and the Community West Foundation. We are now a Podcast as well as a radio program. Just search for “Scholastic Games” at your source, such as Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
Links to our latest archived programs are below. Participants may link HERE for our format and sample questions, Check out our link to the Standout Scholar honor roll, the students voted mot valuable to their teams over the years, and check the list to the right for links to other program information.
Our program includes a Tuition Credit Award Program in cooperation with area colleges and universities linked here. At least $1000 of tuition credit for the following year is offered by one of these institutions to each participating high school each year. The awards are designated in a random fashion and a student must be accepted for admission at the college or university for the award to be made.
SELECTED FROM PAST SCHOLASTIC GAMES SEASONS:
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The 2021 Championship-VIDEO ZOOM Version Click here to See
SCHOLASTIC GAMES’ COMPANION PROGRAM IS DIALOGUES ON EDUCATION:
Click on the program listing below to hear the program. Some are unavailable for the reason given above. (Listings are coming soon.)
Take this link to read about the Dialogues Series THE PROGRAM LINKS ARE ABOVE
Nine Colleges and Universities participate in our TUITION AWARD PROGRAM. Click for details!
FROM THE PRODUCER OF THE SCHOLASTIC GAMES, A SPECIAL 2020 DOCUMENTARY: “HAPPY BIRTHDAY RADIO” [ Sorry.This program is currently not available.]
Scheduled commercial broadcasting in America began on Nov. 2, 1920, with election returns presented on KDKA radio in Pittsburgh. Sixty-five years later, Jim Mehrling, the host and producer of the Scholastic Games quiz, was able to locate and interview Leo Rosenberg, the man who had been the announcer on that broadcast. At age 89, Rosenberg recalled the event in vivid detail. Beginning with that interview, Mehrling has compiled a documentary on radio’s evolution and history on the occasion of radio’s centennial (November, 2020). The link to this program is temporalily unavailable. We will restore it soon.
Meanwhile, thanks for your support of the Scholastic Games of Lorain County.