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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…...

Students from SM East, Maize, SM South, and Wichita East took first place in this month’s Story of the Month contest. A total of 12 students placed in the top three in five separate categories. Here is a full list of the October winners and their pieces: News 1st—Jordan Watkins…...

A video on how local bands make it in Kansas City earned McKinnon Walsh of Shawnee Mission Northwest first place in the September KSPA Multimedia of the Month contest. The winning video, despite having no traditional voice-over from a reporter, is logically organized and features great interviews, fun graphics, excellent…...

Two Shawnee Mission students took the spotlight in September’s design contest. SM Northwest student Bailey Kopp took first and second place in News Publication Design and SM East student Andrew McKittrick took third. There were no entries in or Yearbook or Infographic Design. Here are this month’s winners and their…...

Eleven students from seven schools earned recognition for April in the final KSPA Photo of the Month contest for 2011-2012. Here are the list of entries the judge from Texas deemed worthy of special recognition: Sports Photo 1st: Jacob Wilson, Shawnee Mission North 2nd: Jessica Curlee, Pittsburg 3rd: Marisa Walton,…...