Jim Rapsas is a Canadian

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and

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best known for creating the children's science-fiction series '' Strange Days at Blake Holsey High''.

Biography

Rapsas spent several years developing programs for the Discovery Kids Channel and served as executive producer on many of the channel's series including ''

Scout's Safari ''Scout's Safari'' is an American teen comedy-drama television series that aired on Discovery Kids and Saturday mornings on NBC. The series was created by Thomas W. Lynch (''The Secret World of Alex Mack'', ''Caitlin's Way''). Premise The show ...

'', '' Growing Up Creepie'', ''

Kenny the Shark ''Kenny the Shark'' is an American animated television series produced by Discovery Kids. The series was first premiered on Discovery Kids' Saturday morning block on NBC on November 1, 2003, and ended with the last episode on February 19, 2005. S ...

'', ''

Truth or Scare ''Truth or Scare'' is an American television series on the Discovery Kids network. The show aired from October 25, 2001 to January 1, 2003. It was hosted by Michelle Trachtenberg in a style similar to Maila Nurmi as horror host "Vampira" and Cass ...

'' (hosted by Michelle Trachtenberg), '' Endurance'', '' Flight 29 Down'', ''

Operation Junkyard ''Operation Junkyard'' is an American television series that aired from October 5, 2002 to February 15, 2003 on Discovery Kids. Essentially a spin-off of TLC's popular series ''Junkyard Wars ''Scrapheap Challenge'' is a British television s ...

'', '' Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls'', ''

Time Warp Trio ''Time Warp Trio'' is an animated television series based on the children's book series of the same name. Created by Jon Scieszka, the series was produced by WGBH Boston in association with Soup2Nuts. The series aired from July 9, 2005 to July ...

'', ''

Animal Jam ''Animal Jam Classic'', formerly known as ''Animal Jam'', is a massively multiplayer online game that is developed by WildWorks and recommended for kids up to the age of 12. It was launched in 2010, in collaboration with the National Geographic ...

'' and others. Rapsas is a two-time Daytime Emmy Award winner for his role as executive producer on 2007 Outstanding Children's/Youth/Family Special ''Saving a Species: The Great Penguin Rescue'' hosted by actor Elijah Wood and 2008 Outstanding Children's Series '' Jack Hanna's Into the Wild''. He has earned thirteen Daytime Emmy nominations over his career. He is also credited as writer and executive producer on the 2007 Animal Planet special ''Saving a Species: Gorillas at Risk'' hosted by actress Natalie Portman. He has also been the Executive Producer of many other series including '' Roseanne's Nuts'', ''

America's Most Wanted ''America's Most Wanted'' (often abbreviated as ''AMW'') is an American television program whose first run was produced by 20th Television, and second run is under the Fox Alternative Entertainment division of Fox Corporation. At the time of i ...

'', ''

Royal Wedding of a Lifetime Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Royal, Iowa, a ...

'' and ''

America's Supernanny ''America's Supernanny'' (also known as America's Supernanny: Family Lockdown) is an American reality documentary television series broadcast on Lifetime. It is a spin-off on the ABC series ''Supernanny''. The series aired from November 29, 2 ...

''.

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@blakeholseyhigh
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Black Hole High
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