Susan Gray, the publications adviser at Wichita Southeast High School, has earned KSPA’s 2012 Ad Astra Award, which honors teachers who continually improve their journalism programs and make significant contributions to the advising profession. Gray received nominations from two peer advisers, three students at Southeast and a former student who…...
Canton-Galva principal wins Administrator of the Year award
Canton-Galva Principal Jack Koehn has been named the 2012 KSPA Administrator of the Year because of his full understanding of the Kansas Student Publications Act and his proper application of the statute at his school. In her nomination letter on behalf of Koehn, Canton-Galva journalism adviser Jessica Bowman describes an…...
Mill Valley student wins national JEA award
Kansas’ Journalist of the Year has proven herself one of the nation’s top scholastic journalists. Sarah Darby, a senior at Mill Valley High School in Shawnee, earned $2,000 by being named a runner-up in the Journalism Education Association’s Journalist of the Year competition. Last month, Kansas named Darby its 2012…...
Kansas schools clean up at NSPA awards show
SEATTLE — Four Kansas publications from three schools earned Pacemaker Awards Saturday afternoon at the National Scholastic Press Association’s awards ceremony at the Washington State Convention Center. Shawnee Mission East led by earning Pacemakers for the Harbinger Online website and the Hauberk yearbook. Yearbooks from Shawnee Mission North (The Indian)…...
Satanta teacher named top journalism adviser
Jennifer Hanson, business teacher and publications adviser at Satanta High School in Satanta, Kan., was named the 2012 recipient of the Jackie Engel Award, which honors the best of high school journalism advising in Kansas. Hanson has been the journalism adviser at Satanta for 12 years. Previously, she worked as…...
Stories about storytelling, male cheerleaders earn top honors for March
Rachel Anderson’s story about male cheerleaders at Blue Valley North, along with Erin O’Neill’s feature about Blue Valley Northwest’s Storytelling program led the winners in the March Story of the Month contest. Here’s a list of the winners with links to their stories: News 1st Place — Rachel Anderson, Blue…...
March Photo winners announced
Students from Maize South, Sterling, Blue Valley West, Blue Valley North, Shawnee Mission North, Olathe Northwest, Blue Valley and Blue Valley Northwest earned first place finishes in the March Photo of the Month contest. Here’s the complete list of winners: Academics 1st Place (tie) — Jaden Hilgers, Maize South 1st…...
March Story of the Month winners announced
Students from Mill Valley, Blue Valley North, Shawnee Mission Northwest and Blue Valley Northwest all earned first place in the March Story of the Month contest. Here’s a complete list of winners with links to their stories: News 1st Place — Rachel Anderson, Blue Valley North, “Cheerleading squad invites boys…...
2012 Fall Conferences set
KSPA’s annual Fall Conference schedule has been set, and advisers should start planning now to bring students from newspaper, yearbook, web and broadcast programs for the educational sessions and on-site critiques. The conference slate opens on Monday, Sept. 24 at the Kansas Union on the campus of the University of…...