Congratulations to the winners of the April 2017 KSPA monthly contest. Winning seven awards each, Blue Valley Southwest and Mill Valley tied for the most awards in the April contest. Hot on their tracks was Shawnee Mission East with six awards. Sports Writing 1st Place: Lila Tulp of Shawnee Mission East http://tinyurl.com/n6gs8sz 2nd Place: Gary Schmidt of Lawrence…...
2017 State Contest Results
Congratulations to the students who provided hundreds of entries for the KSPA State Contests and won the awards below. Thank You The contest would not be possible without the help of . . . Judges from all over the country Volunteers and judges from the University of Kansas William Allen White School…...
Congrats to March monthly contest winners!
Congratulations to the winners of the March 2017 KSPA monthly contest. Winning six awards each, Blue Valley Southwest and Shawnee Mission East tied for the most awards in the March contest. Hot on their tracks was Blue Valley Northwest and Mill Valley, each with five awards. Deadline for April submissions is April 29. Sports Writing 1st…...
2017 All-Kansas Spring Winners
Congratulations to the following KSPA-member staffs who earned All-Kansas status for their news publications, news websites or video news programs. For news publications, our judges critiqued at total of 37 books and awarded 20 All-Kansas awards. Two video news programs from the four submitted were awarded All-Kansas. And in news websites, five entries were…...
2017 KSPA Board Election Results
The following candidates were elected to the KSPA Board of Directors in balloting that closed today. Thanks to all of the candidates who stepped forward and to all of the members who voted. President Elect Kristy Nyp of Manhattan High School Secretary Amy Morgan of Shawnee Mission West High School Area…...
Middle School workshop gives students a jumpstart
Derby North Middle School hosted the Middle School Workshop on April 1. Mary Patrick began the workshop sharing all the opportunities available through KSPA. Twenty-four middle school students experienced a packed day of presentations from basics of theme, photography, and design to alternative copy, marketing, and leadership. Two tracks were…...
Bill Gasper of Hays High School wins Jackie Engel Award 2017
KSPA joins Kansas Collegiate Media in congratulating the 2016 Jackie Engel Award winner. Please read the press release below from KCM: The Indian Call yearbook and The Guidon newspaper adviser at Hays High School has won a top journalism teaching award for 2017. Bill Gasper is this year’s recipient of…...
