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Eight students earned places in the February Design of the Month contest. SM East took the most points with a first and second place and Pittsburg followed close with two second places. The extended results and entries are below: News Publication 1st—Grace Heitmann, SM East 2nd—Phoebe Aguiar, SM East 3rd—Delaney…...

Sixteen students earned places in KSPA’s February Photo of the Month contest. Pittsburg high school topped the chart this month with three students earning first places. Here are the winning students and their photos: Student Life 1st—Abby Harris, Pittsburg 2nd—Ashley Oades, BV West 3rd—Ethan Stone, SM South HM—Hannah Hollander, SM…...

Fifteen students took places in KSPA’s February Story of the Month. There was a tie for third place in the Sports category. SM East took this one with two students receiving 1st places and two receiving 2nd places, and SM South swept the Yearbook Copy category. Manhattan came up close…...

Our judge for Multimedia of the Month has said the quality of entries “has improved greatly” since earlier in the year. BV Southwest is on the rise in Video News, having swept 1st and 2nd place for the past two months and BV Northwest has shown a consistent presence in…...

January’s Photo of the Month contest features award-winning work from fourteen high schoolers from around Kansas. Students were allowed to submit work from December as well due to the absence of a contest that month. Take a look at their places and some of their top-of-the-line photos below in our…...

KSPA gave awards to eight students for its January Design of the Month contest. Grace Amundson, SM Northwest, and Sam Bollinger, Pittsburg, received perfect scores. The winning students and their work is below: News Publication 1st—Grace Amundson, SM Northwest 2nd—Miranda Gibbs, SM East 3rd—Mariem Towaoli and Anna Glennon, BV Southwest…...

After examination from our judges, 17 students earned places for the January Story of the Month contest. There were ties for third in the sports and feature categories. Students were also allowed to submit work from December due to the absence of a contest that month. Issues discussed this month…...

KSPA’s Multimedia of the Month contest awards students from schools in the Blue Valley and Lawrence area for their work in December and January. Check out their award winning entries below. Video News 1st—Meagan Holloway, BV Southwest, “Thoroughly Modern Millie” 2nd—Maddie Carrigan and Lexie Logue, BV Southwest, “Snowball Diversity” 3rd—Michaela…...

Exceptional online multimedia stories impressed judges in November’s Multimedia of the Month Contest. Blue Valley Northwest dominated the Online-only Story category with Laney Breidenthal and Sidney Hallak’s in-depth feature package on Veteran’s Day and Liz Kuhlmann’s extensive coverage of the Boys State Soccer Championships. Links to the winning students and…...

Eight students earned places in KSPA’s November Design of the Month contest with a tie for third in the News Publication category. Here are the names of the students who placed and their winning work: News Publication 1st—Meredith Johnson, BV Northwest 2nd—Hailey McEntee, BV High 3rd—Meredith Johnson, BV Northwest 3rd—Cale…...