Michael A. Dunlap, 44, the newspaper and yearbook adviser at Blue Valley West High School, died unexpectedly of an aneurysm at his home on Monday, Aug. 2. Dunlap taught journalism at Blue Valley West, served as Mass Communication Department chairman, and was program facilitator for journalism for the Blue Valley Unified…...
Eight Kansas students win awards in national NFPW contest
Kansas entries placed in eight categories in the National Federation of Press Women high school journalism contest. Winners were announced this week by the NFPW. Kansas winners included: Rachel Ferencz, Rachel Avery and Lauren Komer, Shawnee Mission Northwest, First Place, News Story; Ian Wiseman, Shawnee Mission East, Second Place, Sports…...
KPC announces winners in Write-Off Competition
Students from Phillipsburg, Shawnee Mission Northwest, Shawnee Mission East, Blue Valley Northwest and Lawrence High School won first place in the Kansas Professional Communicators and KSPA All-Kansas Write-Off Competition for 2009-2010. View the results in this link. All first-place winners in national categories are forwarded for competition in the National…...
Salina South grad wins a Pulitzer Prize
Colleen McCain Nelson, 1992 graduate of Salina South High School, has won a 2010 Pulitzer Prize for her work as an editorial writer for the Dallas Morning News. McCain Nelson, along with editorial colleagues Tod Robberson and William McKenzie, was awarded the Pulitzer for an ongoing series of editorials examining…...
Mill Valley teacher wins 2010 Jackie Engel Award
Kathy Hill Habiger, the journalism adviser for Mill Valley High School, Shawnee, has won a prestigious journalism teaching award for 2010. Habiger is this year’s recipient of Jackie Engel Award, sponsored by the Kansas Associated Collegiate Press and named in honor of Jackie Engel, a former journalism teacher at McPherson…...
SM Northwest student wins state t-shirt contest
Stephanie Spicer, Shawnee Mission Northwest, is the winner of the 2010 state t-shirt contest. Her design was selected out of 15 unique entries, and she will receive an award of $50 for her efforts. Spicer is the newspaper design editor for the SMNW Passage and assistant yearbook designer for the…...