Shannon Ahlstedt of Newton High School won the Sports Photography contest and was judged Best in Show in KSPA’s January Photo of the Month contest. Ahlstedt’s photograph of NHS wrestler Hugh McConnell captured the judges’ eye because of its clarity and focus, but also because it captured a pivotal moment in the match.
Here are all the winners in the February Photo of the Month contest (a slide show will be added soon):
Sports
First (and Overall Best in Show) — Shannon Ahlstedt, Newton HS
Second — Casey Worthington, Pittsburg HS
Photo Illustration
First — Robbie Bohm, Washburn Rural HS
Academics
First — Brandon Hanchett, Newton HS
Portrait
First — Kirsten Selstad, Blue Valley West HS
Second — Jake Riesberg, Blue Valley Northwest HS
Student Life
First — Alissa Pollack, Shawnee Mission East HS
![pom_acad_1_hanchett_newton_5a](https://www.kspaonline.org/wp-content/gallery/pom_11_jan/pom_acad_1_hanchett_newton_5a.jpg "[1st - Academics] - Seeing Radiation - Senior Emily Lane closely observes a petri dish in Honors Chemistry II class. The class constructed a \\"cloud chamber\\" during the lab. The students were given a sealed container that housed a radioactive source and ethyl alcohol. The combination caused the alcohol to condense around the radiation leaving vapor trails. \\"I like doing this lab because it is neat to give the students the chance to actually see radiation particles that cannot be seen with the naked eye,\\" Preston said. - (Brandon Hanchett, Newton High School, 5A)")
![pom_portrait_2_riesberg_bvnw_6a](https://www.kspaonline.org/wp-content/gallery/pom_11_jan/pom_portrait_2_riesberg_bvnw_6a.jpg "[2nd - Portrait] - \\"Getting the heart of the matter\\" - Due to her condition, Hornbaker needs to live at a slower pace than many of her classmates. - (Jake Riesberg, Blue Valley Northwest High School, 6A)")
![pom_studlife_1_pollack_sme_6a](https://www.kspaonline.org/wp-content/gallery/pom_11_jan/pom_studlife_1_pollack_sme_6a.jpg "[1st - Student Life] - Before a pep assembly, the varsity cheer squad always circles up around senior Samantha Bartow and does a cheer. \\"I say silly and random stuff, mostly to get the squad in a good mood and to get the people excited and pepped up\\" Bartow said. \\"While I talk everyone sways left to right around me to a steady beat. Then I jump up and yell \'Who\'s gonna bring that blood and pain?!\' and they all go \'Ah-ooo ah-ooo ah-ooo.\'\\" - (Alissa Pollack, Shawnee Mission East High School, 6A)")
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