'PRIDE: Maryland Public Schools' Press Conference Featuring First Lady of Maryland Kendel S. Ehrlich, MSDE and Comcast Available Via the Internet

'PRIDE: Maryland Public Schools' Press Conference Featuring First Lady of Maryland Kendel S. Ehrlich, MSDE and Comcast Available Via the Internet

BALTIMORE, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast announced today that the "PRIDE: Maryland Public Schools" press conference is available via the Internet. By accessing http://www.comcastnews.com/media/Partner/650280.wmv, anyone can view the entire press conference, which took place at 10 a.m. this morning at Fallston Middle School in Fallston, Md. The link to the press conference will remain active for the next few weeks.

To celebrate American Education Week, First Lady of Maryland Kendel S. Ehrlich, State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick and Comcast today unveiled the new "PRIDE: Maryland Public Schools" public service campaign before hundreds of students, parents and community partners. The "PRIDE: Maryland Public Schools" campaign is a statewide initiative that recognizes and applauds the outstanding accomplishments made by those attending and working for Maryland's Public School System. Comcast announced that it has added $500,000 in airtime and production to its existing gift of $500,000 to total $1 million.

The PRIDE campaign highlights many amazing accomplishments of Maryland public school students. The 2004 - 2005 school year graduating class in Maryland was offered nearly half-a-billion dollars in scholarships and test scores improved in all 24 school districts. Students in Maryland led all other jurisdictions in the Middle States region in SAT scores and the State leads the nation in increased participation among students in Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Additionally, there was a 132 percent increase in the number of AP exams taken by students in Maryland, which translates into students earning college credit and being more prepared for college coursework.

Featured in the unveiled PSA Campaign are -

Harford County -- Kelly Kundratic, an 11-year-old seventh grader from
Fallston Middle School, was one of 12 students nationwide chosen to speak
by telephone to scientists onboard the mother ship 'Atlantis' and its
submersible 'Alvin' operating several hundred miles off the Mexican Coast
in the Pacific Ocean highlighting quality science programs statewide.

View Kelly's PSA: http://www.comcastnews.com/media/Partner/550167.wmv

Montgomery County -- Tracy Li, a recent graduate of Walter Johnson High,
was honored by the Achievement Initiative for Maryland's Minority Students
Steering Committee for championing and founding an organization to address
needs of Asian American students. She is currently attending Harvard
University.

View Tracy's PSA: http://www.comcastnews.com/media/Partner/628429.wmv

Calvert County -- Timothy Ancarrow, a senior at Huntingtown High School,
was a gold medalist at the National 2005 Skills USA competition where he
represented Maryland with a new plan for workplace safety.

View Timothy's PSA: http://www.comcastnews.com/media/Partner/811413.wmv

Worcester County -- Matthew Record, a second grade teacher and a "rising
superstar educator," just completed his first year of teaching at Snow
Hill Elementary School, a Title I and 2005 National Blue Ribbon School.
He comes from a family of educators. His father is a principal of Snow
Hill School and his mother is principal of Cedar Chapel Special School.

View Matthew's PSA: http://www.comcastnews.com/media/Partner/311169.wmv

Wicomico County -- Melva D. Wright, the principal of West Salisbury
Elementary School (2nd year), where Kindergarten students are reading up
to a 2nd grade level.

View Melva's PSA: http://www.comcastnews.com/media/Partner/483898.wmv

Last year's Comcast PRIDE PSA campaign included students from Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, and Worcester counties.

About Comcast

Comcast Corporation (http://www.comcast.com/) is the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services. With 21.4 million cable customers, 7.7 million high-speed Internet customers, and 1.2 million voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable networks and in the delivery of programming content.

The Company's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, OLN, G4, AZN Television, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One and four regional Comcast SportsNets. The Company also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.

Source: Comcast

CONTACT: Stephanie Offen for Comcast, +1-410-568-8821 or
soffen@nevinspr.com

Web site: http://www.comcast.com/

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