KSPA is thrilled to present the Fall 2024 Showcase, celebrating the exceptional work of student journalists across Kansas. From August through November, students from 30 high schools showcased their creativity and passion in photography, writing, and video journalism. Below, you’ll find their incredible submissions, organized by category.
Disclaimer: Moving forward, only entries submitted in the proper format will be considered. Thank you for your understanding! If you have questions or concerns regarding this matter, please feel free to email us at staff@kspaonline.org.
Sports Action Photo
Sports Reaction Photo
Academic Photo
Student Life/Feature Photo
Newspaper Design
Yearbook Design
Election Print Coverage
- Mill Valley HS, JagWire staff, Kathryn Habiger
- Blue Valley High School, TigerPrintStaff, Emma McAtee
- Blue Valley West, Lauren Wilson, Crystal Sinclair King
- Shawnee Mission Northwest, Sophia Ragan, Christopher Heady
- Humboldt High School, Kamry De La Torre, Hailey Phillips
- Andover High Election, Erica High and Brecken Bogner, Cary Conover
- Derby High School, Maggie Elliott Lindsay Tyrell Blake, Joanna Chadwick
- Bishop Miege, Elaina Gibson, Matt Thomas
- Free State, Abbie Veeder, Jared Shuff
- De Soto, Kayla Tolly, Sean Riley
- Shawnee Mission East, Luciana Mendy, Caroline Clark
Election Online Coverage
- How Important the Election is to Students and Staff
JagWire staff - Trump Safe After Assassination Attempt at Florida Golf Course: ‘My Resolve is Only Stronger’
Grace Rau - Student Reactions to Donald Trump Winning Presidential Election
Nafsiya Hafiz - What You Need to Know This Election Day
Chamiru Liyanawaduge - Editorial: Politics Amongst Peers
Danny Heinen
Trump Wins Presidency
Mallory Marmon - Trump Wins
Emma Searle - Candidates Clash Infographic
Neylana Haque, Logan Dinges - Election: Students Answer Questions About Presidential Politics and Voting
Alex Sanja, Emma Weidman - Senior Brynn Lowe and Social Studies Teacher Laura Mason Discuss Importance of Voting
Callie Tess
Video News Segments
- Molly Hannan – Video News Segment
Molly Hannan - Victoria Guess – Video News Segment
Victoria Guess - Biti Hasabu – Video News Segment
Biti Hasabu - AJ Flickner and Mario Hernandez – Video News Segment
AJ Flickner and Mario Hernandez - Joey Anderson and Shane Kirk – Video News Segment
Joey Anderson and Shane Kirk - Inaya Zaman – Video News Segment
Inaya Zaman - Gordon Alcock – Video News Segment
Gordon Alcock - Video News Segment
Eisenhower High School - Video News Segment
Eisenhower High School - Hayden Farrier – Video News Segment
Hayden Farrier - Maddie Hellerich – Video News Segment
Maddie Hellerich - Video: Can We Talk? Club Spotlight
By Quinton Hice - Video: Behind the Marching Firebirds Competition Success
By Quinton Hice, Miles Beaty - stuco hoco.mp4
- Callie’s guide dog.mp4
Sports Video
- Caden McCracken – Sports Video
Caden McCracken - Maddie Lillich & Chet Salsbury – Sports Video
Maddie Lillich & Chet Salsbury - Madi Lehr – Sports Video
Madi Lehr - Madi Lehr – Sports Video
Madi Lehr - Tyler Hardy – Sports Video
Tyler Hardy - Maddy Mullins – Sports Video
Maddy Mullins - Joey Anderson and Mariyah Williams – Sports Video
Joey Anderson and Mariyah Williams - BVNW VS BVN.mp4
- sports husky.mp4
- Calvin Ochs & Lucy Kolenda – Sports Video
Calvin Ochs & Lucy Kolenda - Kenzy MacBeth – Sports Video
Kenzy MacBeth - Bella Davis – Sports Video
Bella Davis - OS Cheer Hype.mp4
- Sports Video Highlights
Eisenhower High School - Sports Video Highlights
Eisenhower High School - Brooke Wagner – Sports Video
Brooke Wagner - Sydney Duncan – Sports Video
Sydney Duncan - Mason Sanja – Sports Video
Mason Sanja - Video: Powderpuff Football
By Nathan Kramer - Video: Free State vs. Lawrence High Varsity Football Highlights
By Nathan Kramer
Video Full Episode
- Raider Report Six 24-25 Homecoming
- Oct 9 MVTV Episode 3 & Daily Announcements
MVTV staff - Cougar Roundup S7:E7 11/5/2024
- Final November Show.mp4
- Trojan TV, Episode 6 of 2024-25 School Year
- Let’s Talk Homecoming! (ft. Richard Li) – Talon Talk #12
Emi Stone, Kinsey Lake - Ike Media News | Oct. 31st 2024
- 10-7-24 Wildcat Wire Show 1
- EASTPN: Fall Sports Briefing
Alex Sanja, Ben Bagby, Paige Bean, Will Griffith
Multimedia Entries
- Nolan Kruske, Shea Disalvo, Mac Solis, Manahil Fatima, Ally Kempf – Multimedia Entry
Nolan Kruske, Shea Disalvo, Mac Solis, Manahil Fatima, Ally Kempf - Ally Kempf – Multimedia Entry
Ally Kempf - Tornado Damage Affects School Activities
Evan LeRoy, Hannah Stephenson, Madelyn Mulryan - JagWire staff – Mental Health Conversation
JagWire staff - Axsel Guge – Multimedia Entry
Axsel Guge - Savannah Hendry – Multimedia Entry
Savannah Hendry - Video: Meet the Cast of Footloose
By Owen Gerrish, Quinton Hice, Harper Finck
Full Newspaper Entries (PDF)
- Uniontown High School_BlakeErvin – Rebecca Sutterby.pdf
- WichitaEastHS_FullNewspaper – Mackenzie Haas.pdf
- ShawneeMissionEast_TheHarbingerStaff 2 – Caroline Clark.pdf
- BVSW_Staff – Rachel Chushuk.pdf
Full Newspaper Entries (Digital)
- Issue 2.pdf
- JagWire: Issue 1 (24-25) (JagWire Staff)
- 3November.pdf
- Fusion: Volume 4, Issue 1
- NW Passage
- The Express – October Issue
- TROJANNITEMASTER
- The Eyrie – October 2024
- The Miegian Newspaper: October 2024
- Free Press | Issue 1 | Sept. 26, 2024
- The Harbinger Issue 6 2024-2025
- BVSW_Staff.pdf
Sports Writing Entries
- BLHS Boys Basketball Preview
- Raider Football Perseveres Through Challenges
Levi Robertson - Boys soccer season ends with loss to East
Ian Chern - With the Rise of Pickleball, People of All Ages Are Playing Competitively
Maddie Martin, Abby Stidham-Ebberts - BlueValleyHighSchool_JazzmynMeans1.pdf
Jazzmyn Means - BlueValleyHighSchool_KatieKennedy.pdf
Katie Kennedy - The Road to State
- Roll Jags
- No Question
Sofia Ball, Grace Rau - BVNW Ties Against BVN in Boys Soccer Home Opener
Emily Olm-Shipman - Boys Cross Country Goes to State for the First Time, Girls Win State for the Fifth Time
Maddie Walle - Football Goes 1-1 vs Shawnee Mission South, Olathe North
Caleb Robles - Two Sides to a Story
Madi Brown - Run the Course Together
Madi Brown - OlatheSouthHS_BarrettYahnEastonYahn.pdf
Barrett Yahn, Easton Yahn - OlatheSouthHS_EmilyLuedke.pdf
Emily Luedke - Panthers Football Rolls Past Hays in Season Opener
Noah DeVault - Defensive Effort Key in Football’s Win at Hutchinson
Noah DeVault - The Rim Rock Experience
Rakshan Ossen - Sports: The Participation Dilemma
Rakshan Ossen - Seven Going on Sixteen
Brooke Mermis - On the Road to Success
Ria Hudson - Game Changer: Senior Nate Phillips Transferred From Saint Thomas Aquinas High School Last Year to Play Football and Has Improved East’s Record This Year
Sophia Brockmeier - Football Sports Writing
- Boys Soccer Wins State Championship and Finishes Season Undefeated
Addison Boland - Senior Jensen Gibbs Makes History for the Girls Tennis Program
Katharine Lopez-Couto - ShawneeMissionNorth_MacyWilliams.pdf
Macy Williams - Annual Dodgeball Tournament
News Writing Entries
- Students Waltz Through Homecoming
Mariam Mohamed - New Securely Pass System Impacts Students
Carson Fox - Former USD232 Social Studies Teacher Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Attempted Sexual Relations
Hailey Perrin, Madelyn Mulryan - Students and Staff Weigh the Positives and Negatives to a No Phone Policy
Evan LeRoy, Ian Chern - BlueValleyHighSchool_AspenGallentine (1).pdf
- BlueValleyHighSchool_NikooTahmasebi.pdf
- Silent Screens
Maddy Mullins - Full Gerontocracy Story
- Innocent Prank or Serious Issue
Sofia Ball - 07 LUNCH.pdf
- Hiawatha’s Maple Leaf Sculptures: A Work of Art and Heart
Isabel Burnos - New School Year, New Policies
Jacob Gallagher - Traffic Stops Increase at Entrance to Northwest
Madison Kraft, Inaya Zaman - Two Teachers Nominated for State and Regional Awards
Madison Kraft - Owl Post is Leaving X for Bluesky and Threads
Avery Mathieu - Voting Vibes: How High School Seniors Feel About Voting This Election Year
Chamiru Liyanawaduge - Students Participate in Chalk the Walk
Quorynn Harris - Sea Our Spirit
Hannah King - OlatheSouthHS_KimberlyTeeter.pdf
- OlatheSouthHS_ZoeyBerger.pdf
- Community Comes Together for Sophomore
Maggie Elliott - Band Director is Awarded for Hard Work and Dedication
Kaelyn Kissack - New and Improved FAFSA Remodel Intends to Extend College Financial Aid
MC Dunn - Say Goodbye to the Scanner
Lilly Wall - Bending Boundaries
Lauren Jackson - Overpopulated: Larger Class Sizes Are Affecting Students’ Education, Therefore Frustrating Already Stressed Out Teachers
Addie Moore - Reading Strategies: Student and Teacher Discuss Recent Field Trip
Natalie Boland - Band Director Brandon Lesando and Section Leader Reagan Toman Talk About Upcoming Competition
Kerry Espelien
Opinion Writing Entries
- Review of the Green Day Concert in August
Samara Rowe, - 10 years later (inside out)
- Working Through Challenges Helps Develop Long-Term Confidence
Quin Peters - Two JagWire Reporters Argue For and Against the Growth of Comedy Online
Maddie Martin, Madelyn Mulryan - BlueValleyHighSchool_EmilyKozlowski (2).pdf
- BlueValleyHighSchool_CadyReynolds.pdf
- Trump’s America
Liv Snyder - Ai Story
- Soundtrack of My Life
Sage McCarthy - 11_COLUMN 4PRINT.pdf
- The Hoover Problem
Isabel Burnos - Life As A Ginger in a Blonde and Brunette Society: Satire
Kerragan Bachman - No Laughing Matter: Why Rape Jokes Are Never Acceptable
Reagan Wald - Don’t Speak If You Don’t Know What You’re Talking About
Emily Olm-Shipman - Technology Policies: Are They Worth It?
Avery Mathieu - Homecoming Ticket Prices Are Outrageous
Avery Mathieu - Consumerism Takes Over
Macey Chaulk - Editorial: To Pledge or Not to Pledge?
Ava Rushing - OlatheSouthHS_StaffEditorial.pdf
- OlatheSouthHS_KennedySmith.pdf
- Tragically Losing a Loved One Sucks, It’s Even Worse When They’re Young
Persephone Ivy - Fear of School Shooting Far Too Real for Students Today
Olivia Waugh - Student Reflects on Time at Camp
BeBe Preu - Issue 2, Page 12
Maria Mosconi - Letter from the Editor
Lilly Wall - Bumper to Bumper
Maddie Hellerich - Serial Killers, Not Celebrities
Claire Thompson - The Path Ahead: Seniors Shouldn’t Be Expected to Be Committed to a College During Fall
Ada Lillie Worthington - Living Inside a Bubble: Phones’ Impact on Social Development
Lucy Wolf - Thoughts on the TikTok Cake Trend
Lilly Ice - Finding Homecoming Dresses is Too Difficult
Hannah LaCroix
Feature Profile Writing Entries
- Rising Football Talent
Jennipher Ngolwe - Libby Hopkins profile
- I Am Mill Valley: Seville Skinner Volunteers at Camp Barnabas
Kennedy Botkin - Ceramics Teacher Uses Instagram to Grow Interest
Madelyn Mulryan, Evan LeRoy - BlueValleyHighSchool_EmmaMcAteeEllaLim.pdf
- BlueValleyHighSchool_AspenGallentine.pdf
- KSPA Kyler Rose Story
- KSPA EXPECTATION VS REALITY STORY
- Many Stages
- Isolating or Inviting?
- United in Grief
Sofia Ball, Grace Rau - Home is a lock screen
- The Lasting Effects of Perfectionism in High School
Madelyn Keller - The Importance of Transgender Awareness Month
Olivia Hawks - Raising Hope, Raising Awareness
Emily Olm-Shipman, Inaya Zaman - Navigating Grief After Suicide
Danielle Croom, Julia Curotto - Rest and Recovery: The Dangers of Sleep Deprivation
Violet Vallad - Dream of American Life Comes True at Olathe West
Harper Adams - A Slurred Experience
Hannah Mueller - Catherine Hapke Creatively Aligned
Ava Rushing - OlatheSouthHS_CharliRobinette.pdf
- OlatheSouthHS_DamienCourtney.pdf
- Page 2: Mwarema Serves Community One Hour at a Time
Emma Searle - Page 2: Let’s Kick It
Myca Keith - Health in Mind: Mental Health Decline Prompts Solutions
Bella Dessert & Elaina Gibson - Feature: Penguin Project Performs Frozen Jr.
Jonah Frye - Feature: Once Upon a Festival
Ebi Hegeman - New Hires, New Talent
Samantha Estes - The View from the Sidelines
Libby Meyer - Treble on the Field: Junior Brock Rider Balances Music and Football
Emmerson Winfrey - Party Culture – feature
- Sophomore Dara Onibonoje Starts a Business to Sell Crochet Products
Callie Tess - Bringing Brightness to Birthdays
Addison Boland - 120-121 FRESHMAN MUGS.pdf
Yearbook Copy Entries
- Mill Valley
Gracie Pollicita - Mill Valley
Aniston Crabtree - BlueValleyHighSchool_MadalynnMcCaughey.jpg
- BlueValleyHighSchool_PhaelinJones.pdf
- PIPER HIGH SCHOOL_MOLLY MORSE
- PIPER HIGH SCHOOL_MOLLY MORSE
- OlatheSouthHS_AveryFellingham
- OlatheSouthHS_LaurenTaylor
- New Drivers Story by Liberty Smith
Liberty Smith - Leaders find a way at DHS
Emmersyn Bonebrake - FreeState_LillyWall.pdf
- FreeState_MeredithShryock.pdf
- “When you walk through the hallways of East, you feel our culture radiating from the students. On second floor, you’ll see the sparkling lion dance heads from Lion Dance club. You’ll see posters in the stairwells about HALO club and the Multicultural Exhibition. In fact, there is a hall decorated with the 158 flags of our students’ nations of origin. We welcome students from countries around the world such as Vietnam, India, Uganda, Mexico, and China. Just as the flags decorate our halls, these cultures weave together the fabric of East High. We are proud of this diversity, each student’s individual identity and culture.”
Ruby Moore - YBK_Ruby Moore
- Theatre – yearbook copy
- AP Classes – yearbook copy
- Football story
- Story Rough Draft
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