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Eight student entries placed in the Design of the Month contest for January. Here is the a list of the students in the top three of each category: Yearbook Design 1st Place—Anna Weaver, Regan Schenck, Jennifer Terrell, Maize 2nd Place—Perri Downey, Shea Gillpatrick, BV West 3rd Place—Madison Allen, BV West…...

Sixteen students placed in the Photo of the Month contest for January. There was a three-way tie in the Sports category for first place and a tie for third in Photo Illustration. Kayla Duarte from Maize High School earned the highest score in any category for her academics photograph. Here…...

Sixteen students placed in last month’s Story of the Month contest. There was a tie for third in the feature writing category. Shawnee Mission East’s Matt Hanson’s news story on Rockhurst drug testing was the only entry to receive a perfect score. Here is a complete list of the students…...

9 students placed in the November Design of the Month contest. Student entries were judged in the Newspage layout category and Yearbook Layout category. Below are the winning entries along with the students who designed them and what school they are from. News Publication Design 1st Place: Olivia Feathers, Shawnee Mission…...

13 students from high schools across Kansas placed overall in the November Story of the Month contest and 2 received honorable mention. Most of the awards went to Johnson county schools in the Shawnee and Blue Valley areas while a few others went to schools across Kansas including Lawrence, Washington, and Manhattan.…...

Seven entries from Kansas high schools earned places in October’s Design of the Month contest. A crew from Maize made up of Anna Weaver, Keaper Czarniecki, Taylor Hall, Reagan Schenck and Kirsten Fisher tied with Casey Witter from BV North for first place in Yearbook Design and SM East’s Morgan…...

A video feature on barbecue restaurant “Papa Bob’s” and its monster sandwich “The Ultimate Destroyer” won Brenna Iskra and Hannah Reichle of Mill Valley first place in October’s Multimedia of the Month contest. While there were no other entries to compete against, the video earned perfect scores in the Audio, Camera, Lighting,…...

Nineteen students placed in last month’s Photo of the Month contest with ties for first in Sports and Student Life, and ties for third in Academics and Photo Illustration. Maria Betancourt from Blue Valley West High School won the contest overall. Here is a complete list of students who placed…...