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Seven schools win KSPA state journalism sweepstakes

A hotly contested tie in Class 2A led to seven schools earning sweepstakes titles in six classes at Saturday’s Kansas Scholastic Press Association State Contest in Lawrence. Chase County and Canton-Galva each earned 63 points overall to tie for the Class 2A sweepstakes. Other winners included: Class 1A: St. Francis…...

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Looking for State ID Numbers?

Each student competing in the 2012 KSPA State Contest should have only one ID number.  The only exception to this is if they are also competing on a team contest (Theme & Graphics or Video News). State ID numbers are listed below.  If you see any mistakes such as misspellings,…...

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April Monthly Contest Entry Form Now Available

The monthly contest entry form is now available for April.  You may access it here. If you have difficulties accessing the form, please contact Claire or Amanda at contests@kspaonline.org....

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Mill Valley student wins national JEA award

Kansas’ Journalist of the Year has proven herself one of the nation’s top scholastic journalists. Sarah Darby, a senior at Mill Valley High School in Shawnee, earned $2,000 by being named a runner-up in the Journalism Education Association’s Journalist of the Year competition. Last month, Kansas named Darby its 2012…...

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March Photo winners announced

Students from Maize South, Sterling, Blue Valley West, Blue Valley North, Shawnee Mission North, Olathe Northwest, Blue Valley and Blue Valley Northwest earned first place finishes in the March Photo of the Month contest. Here’s the complete list of winners: Academics 1st Place (tie) — Jaden Hilgers, Maize South 1st…...

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Shawnee Mission students lead March Design winners

Bailey Kopp from Shawnee Mission Northwest, and Tucker Love and Kristin Enyart from Shawnee Mission North lead the list of winners in the March Design of the Month contest. Kopp created winning designs in both the Infographics and News Publication categories, while Love and Enyart tied for first in Yearbook…...

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February Photo of the Month winners announced

Students from Shawnee Mission East, Blue Valley West, Blue Valley North and Olathe Northwest are the winners in KSPA’s February Photo of the Month contest. Our photo contest judge chose a portrait of Shawnee Mission East lacrosse players taken by Grant Kendall as the top overall photo for the month.…...

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2012 KSPA State T-shirt Winner Announced

Jordan McEntee of Blue Valley High School is the winner of the 2012 State T-shirt Design Contest. T-shirts with McEntee’s design will be available to purchase for $15 at the 2012 State Contest on Saturday, May 5 in Lawrence.  Advisers who pre-order shirts with their state registration will receive a…...

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2012 Regional results posted

The 2012 Regionals results from our six contest sites are rolling in this week. We will post the results as we get them on our Regional page and we are also tweeting KU regional results from our Twitter account (@KSPAstaff) as they come in. All results will be posted by…...

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Mill Valley and SM East websites earn national honor

Two news websites from Kansas high schools — Harbinger Online from Shawnee Mission East and Jagwire News Online from Mill Valley — have been named finalists in the National Scholastic Press Association’s Pacemaker competition. Both websites will be up for scholastic journalism’s highest honor in April at the NSPA national…...

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