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February Story of the Month winners announced

Chris Heady from Shawnee Mission East and Lily Lieberman from Blue Valley North lead a group of seven students cited by KSPA as winners in the February Story of the Month competition.

Heady’s feature story about a former East student whose parents died within six months of each other tied with Lieberman’s account of a classmate who has battled drug addiction to chart a positive path for the best feature story from February.

Schools submitted 31 entries in six categories for the February SOM competition. Here’s the complete list of winners, with links to their stories:

Feature Story

  • 1st — Chris Heady, Shawnee Mission East, “Close to Her Heart”; Part I and Part II.
  • 1st — Lily Lieberman, Blue Valley North, “It Was Real.
  • 2nd — Jack Howland, Shawnee Mission East, “They Call it Molly”; Part I and Part II.

News Story

Opinion

  • 1st — Toni Aguiar, Shawnee Mission East, “For Herself.
  • 2nd — Maria Davison, Shawnee Mission Northwest.

Sports

Yearbook Copy

Video Story

  • 1st — Jenna Middaugh, Mill Valley MVTV, “WPA.”

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