High School Students From Loudoun County To Appear On 'It's Academic' In December

ASHBURN, VA – An Ashburn high school will be featured on the world’s longest-running TV quiz show, “It’s Academic,” in December.

According to an announcement from WETA, the public television channel that airs “It’s Academic,” students from Ashburn’s Independence High School will appear in an episode airing on Dec. 26.

Schools from across the Washington metropolitan area will compete throughout the month.

The show’s head-to-head intellectual competition format challenges student teams to answer questions on a variety of topics from history to science, geography, current events and more. The celebration of academic achievement has been airing since 1961.

See the full list of episodes featuring Washington area students below.

Episode airing on December 5 at 10 a.m.:

• St. Charles High School in Waldorf, MD
• James Hubert Blake High School in Silver Spring, MD
• Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries, VA

Episode airing on December 12 at 10 a.m.:

• Alexandria City High School in Alexandria, VA
• Washington International School in Washington, D.C.
• Edmund Burke School in Washington, D.C.

Episode airing on December 26 at 10 a.m.:

• Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C.
• Washington Latin Public Charter School in Washington, D.C.
• Independence High School in Ashburn, VA

Viewers can watch the episodes on WETA platforms, including its YouTube channel.