The February monthly contest had 137 entries submitted. The schools earning the most awards are Blue Valley West High School and Shawnee Mission East High School with a total of five awards each. Bishop Miege High School, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Lawrence High School, Maize Career Academy and Mill…...
2023 Regional Contest Results
Congratulations to the students who submitted thousands of entries for the 2023 KSPA Regional Contests and won the awards below. A REGIONAL RUNDOWN Over the past month, 73 Kansas high schools submitted more than 2,000 entries to the KSPA Regional Contest. Here are your winners! Notes on the contest results:…...
Alena Gillespie of Bishop Miege High School earns 2023 Kansas Student Journalist of the Year
The Kansas Scholastic Press Association congratulates Alena Gillespie on winning the statewide honor of the 2023 Kansas Student Journalist of the Year. Gillespie is the web editor-in-chief of The Miegian, Bishop Miege’s student newspaper. The overall winner is chosen among the winners of different enrollment classifications. Grace Logan of Shawnee…...
Congratulations to the December 2022 – January 2023 monthly contest winners!
The December-January monthly contest had 152 entries submitted. The school earning the most awards is Maize Career Academy High School with a total of seven awards. Bishop Miege High School, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Lawrence High School and Mill Valley High School finished with a four-way tie with five…...
Congratulations to the November 2022 monthly contest winners!
The November monthly contest had 142 entries submitted. The school earning the most awards is Mill Valley High School with a total of eight awards. Lawrence High School came in second with six total awards. Video News 1st Place: Sydney Lampkin, Stahley Sears, Haley Barnard, Kinsley Morrison from Maize Career…...
Unveiling the 2022 All-Kansas Yearbook winners
Congratulations to the following KSPA-member yearbook staffs who earned All-Kansas yearbook status in the 2022 All-Kansas critiques. As of Nov. 30, our judges have critiqued at total of 47 books and awarded 24 All-Kansas awards. Judges were supplied a critique booklet and a copy of the yearbook in October. The…...
Congratulations to the October 2022 monthly contest winners!
The October monthly contest had 182 entries submitted. The school earning the most awards is Shawnee Mission East High School with a total of six awards. Maize Career Academy came in second with five total awards. Video News 1st Place: Natalie Partridge, Stahley Sears, Spencer Rich, Adrian Sanders from Maize…...
Congratulations to the August/September 2022 monthly contest winners!
The August/September monthly contest had 151 entries submitted. The school earning the most awards is Shawnee Mission East High School with a total of seven awards. Wow, a four-way tie between Blue Valley Northwest High School, Lawrence High School, Maize Career Academy and Olathe South High School with six awards…...
Congratulations to the April 2022 monthly contest winners!
The April monthly contest had 113 entries submitted. The school earning the most awards is Shawnee Mission East High School with a total of nine awards. Mill Valley High School came in second with six awards. Video 1st Place: Bianca Salazar from Trinity Catholic High School 2nd Place: Noah Byer,…...
Announcing the 2022 All-Kansas publications
Congratulations to the following KSPA-member staffs for earning All-Kansas status for their news publications, news websites and video news publications during the 2021-2022 academic years. This year, our judges critiqued a total of 20 news publications, 12 news websites and 3 video news publications. Twenty of those publications were awarded…...
