CSPA honors three Kansas advisers with Gold Keys
March 31, 2010
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SM Northwest student wins state t-shirt contest
March 25, 2010
Stephanie Spicer, Shawnee Mission Northwest, is the winner of the 2010 state t-shirt contest. Her design was selected out of 15 unique entries, and she will receive an award of $50 for her efforts. Spicer is the newspaper design editor for the SMNW Passage and assistant yearbook designer for the SMNW... Read more »
Journalism scholarships available to students entering college
March 24, 2010
Here is a short list of journalism scholarships available to high school seniors. Some are for seniors wishing to study journalism as a college student and others acknowledge the work that students have done as a journalist. Make sure you pay attention to due dates, and good luck. Quill and Scroll Richard... Read more »
Five Kansas publications win CSPA Gold Crowns
March 19, 2010
Yearbooks from Maize South Middle School, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School and Shawnee Mission East High School, along with Web sites from both SM Northwest and SM East, earned Gold Crown awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. The awards were announced at CSPA’s annual spring... Read more »
BV West, SM East named online Pacemaker finalists
March 11, 2010
Two Kansas student Web publications earned Online Pacemaker finalist designation Thursday from the National Scholastic Press Association. BVWNews.com from Blue Valley West High School and The Harbinger from Shawnee Mission East High School earned the distinction. Only 13 publications nationwide from... Read more »
Blue Valley’s Allison Kohn wins column writing contest
March 9, 2010
Allison Kohn, a senior from Blue Valley High School, won the February Story of the Month contest for her personal column about taking a self-defense class. The class was started in memory of a former BVHS student who was assaulted and murdered in 2002 while working at a Leawood, Kan., pool. The judges... Read more »
East’s Tim Shedor named Kansas HS Journalist of the Year
March 8, 2010
Senior Tim Shedor from Shawnee Mission East High School has been named the Kansas 2010 High School Journalist of the Year. Shedor is the co-editor-in-chief of East’s award-winning newspaper, The Harbinger. “I do journalism because I have not found a class that can teach me, reprimand me,... Read more »
SM North photo of JROTC inspection wins February contest
March 5, 2010
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SM South digital yearbook earns national recognition
March 4, 2010
The 2009 yearbook from Shawnee Mission South High School was named a Pacemaker finalist by the National Scholastic Press Association in its “Digital Yearbook” category. Jack Hochman served as editor of the book, and Linda Barber is the adviser at South. South’s digital yearbook is an... Read more »
