Congratulations to the winners of the November 2015 KSPA monthly contest.

Two schools tied for the most awards during November: Mill Valley and Shawnee Mission East. Mill Valley earned three first places in Multimedia News, Photo Illustration and Student Life & News. Meanwhile, the Lancers of SME earned one first, two seconds and two thirds. Kapaun Mt Carmel Catholic High School earned the second most in the month by a single school with four awards.

Please mark your calendar for Jan. 29, the deadline for the next monthly contest. 

Academics Photo

1st Place: Courtney Spaulding of Shawnee Mission South

2nd Place: Margaret Uhler of Free State High School

3rd Place: Sherrick Rogers of Pittsburg High School 

News Writing

• 1st Place: Zia Kelly of Lawrence High School  http://tinyurl.com/ndyym45
• 2nd Place: Sydney Gard, Maya Hodison of Lawrence Free State HS  http://tinyurl.com/q2xnq2m
• 3rd Place: Victoria Goetzinger of Augusta High School  http://tinyurl.com/jsympas

Infographic Design

1st Place: Alli Williams of Blue Valley High School

2nd Place: Brock Burnett of Shawnee Mission West

3rd Place: Baylee Dobler of Maize High School

Opinion Writing

• 1st Place: Meredith Chapple of Lawrence High School  http://tinyurl.com/hssf9x4
• 2nd Place: Anna Kanaley of Shawnee Mission East http://tinyurl.com/h2jjdzd
• 3rd Place: Logan Peterson of Shawnee Mission West High School http://tinyurl.com/zly7gjj

Photo Illustration

1st Place: JagWire staff of Mill Valley High School

2nd Place: Peter Ercolani of Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic HS

3rd Place: Sophia Ragomo of Blue Valley High School

Multimedia News

• 1st Place: Staff Report of Mill Valley High School http://goo.gl/P69xwR
• 2nd Place: Natasha Vyhovsky, Emily Staples, Olivia Baird of Blue Valley Northwest  http://goo.gl/t66uOc
• 3rd Place: Sabrina Cline of Blue Valley West  http://bvwnews.com/?p=9837

Sports Photo

1st Place: Logan Brockschmidt @LJBrockschmidt of Olathe East @OEHawksEye

2nd Place: Nikki Bulger  of Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic HS

3rd Place: Ciarra Fonseca of Wichita Northwest

Sports Writing

• 1st Place: Lauren Dwyer  of Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic HS  http://tinyurl.com/j4aqrfx
• 2nd Place: Robbie Veghlan of Shawnee Mission East High School smeharbinger http://tinyurl.com/zslb3e6
• 3rd Place: Tori Aerni of Mill Valley High School  http://tinyurl.com/hcbbulv

Features Writing

• 1st Place: Trevor Mahan of Wichita East High School  http://tinyurl.com/hbjm94j
• 2nd Place: Morgan Plank  of Pittsburg High School  http://tinyurl.com/hn5l85m
• 3rd Place: Grace Apodoca of Shawnee Mission East High School  http://tinyurl.com/zt6xmxq

Student Life & News Photo

1st Place: Rachel Schulte of Mill Valley High School

2nd Place: Kylie Hawkins of Free State High School

3rd Place: Madison Ames of Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic HS

Video News

• 1st Place: Quinlyn LaFon and Lauren Drimmel of Blue Valley Southwest https://vimeo.com/144823882
• 2nd Place: Broc Putnam and Fritz Lienemann of Blue Valley Southwest https://vimeo.com/144823892
• 3rd Place: Giang Vu and Grayson Lacour of Wichita High School West https://youtu.be/NbFWmEzlw6E

Portrait/Personality Photo

1st Place: Callie McPhail of Shawnee Mission East 

2nd Place: Meagan Fleming of Blue Valley Northwest 

3rd Place: Ryan Barrett of Blue Valley West

Yearbook Copy

• 1st Place: Lauren Garcia of Blue Valley West  http://tinyurl.com/zrtj3qb
• 2nd Place: Alea Beaman of Blue Valley Northwest  http://tinyurl.com/j8k9b6s
• 3rd Place: Angela Machado of SM South  http://tinyurl.com/jb65elp

Yearbook Spread

1st Place: Shannon Wray and Mariana Orrego of Shawnee Mission North

2nd Place: Chloe Willems, Allison Evans of Maize High School

3rd Place: Kate Ocker of Mill Valley High School

News Publication Page or Spread

1st Place: Chloe Guillot of Salina Central High School

2nd Place: Logan Brockschmidt of Olathe East

3rd Place: Chloe Stanford of Shawnee Mission East