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Kansas Scholastic Press Association

Providing support and leadership in scholastic journalism

Kansas Scholastic Press Association

Simply Better

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SIMPLY BETTER

Each year, the KSPA staff gathers the top entries in the State Contest for “Simply Better,” a showcase of what journalism students in Kansas can accomplish. The pages below include design, photography, writing, editing, cartooning and video winners from the past few years. While older years of “Simply Better” were formatted as pdf text documents, the more recent pages will provide web galleries and hyperlinks for categories like social media and multimedia storytelling.

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5A_6A Student Life Photography- Hon Men- Elise Baker of Shawnee Mission East High School
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5A Academics Photo 2nd Pittsburg Maddy Emerson
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Student Life Photography second Meg Shearer 4A Piper
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P (digital) Sports Photography	Spring Hill High School	3A/4A	Second Place	Cassidy	Kuehl
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Erin Dory- Shawnee Mission Northwest High School- Student Life Photography- Second Place
Brooklyn Ellis- Humboldt High School- Sports Photography- Third Place
Anna Campa- Paola High School- At One With Nature- First Place
Reading a letter from her husband, Lady Macbeth, played by senior Kyra Tatge, describes Macbeth’s encounter with three witches. The theatre department performed “Macbeth” on Nov. 18-20 in the Performing Arts Center.
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