By Beth Pellicciotti, Civic Education Portfolio Director, LWV of Washington 

The LWV of the Spokane Area is partnering with its local public television station, KSPS PBS, and Spokane Public Schools to produce a televised civics contest tournament with high school students. The Civics Bowl will be broadcast Mondays, May 2 through June 6, at 7 p.m., on KSPS PBS. Online viewing of the Civics Bowl will also be available on KSPS.org on Tuesdays following each Monday broadcast.   

The Spokane League partnered with KSPS PBS and Spokane Public Schools to produce this unique project of a civics knowledge tournament for students. Students from six schools will compete in this pilot season.  

To learn more about this project, you can watch the Zoom recording and read the PowerPoint presentation of the Spokane League’s March 8 meeting about the KSPS PBS Civics Bowl. The meeting agenda provides the times for each section of the recording. The meeting showcased: 

• How to plan, organize, and produce a civics contest. 

• How League members wrote 400-plus questions from civics textbooks, including the LWVWA Education Fund textbook, The State We’re In: Washington, 8th edition. 

• How Spokane Public Schools teaches civics education.