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Yearbook staffs from Walsworth Yearbooks schools were well represented on Wednesday when the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) announced the Finalists in its 2017 Picture of the Year Contest. In the Sports Reaction category, Katie Kuhlman from the Hauberk of Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kansas; Claire Gustafson of The Creek from…
Submissions from three Walsworth Yearbooks schools were named Finalists by the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) on Tuesday in its 2017 Design of the Year Contest. There were 10 Finalists named in the Yearbook Page/Spread category and three were from Walsworth Yearbooks. Susan Wang from the Wings staff of Arrowhead Christian Academy in Redlands, California,…
The National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) announced that eight individuals have been selected to receive a 2017 Pioneer Award, NSPA’s top individual honor. Each year, NSPA awards the Pioneers to people who have made a significant contribution to scholastic journalism beyond their regular job requirements. This year’s Pioneer winners include: Jeanne Acton Vicki McCash Brennan…
Walsworth Yearbooks announced Thursday that Jim Jordan, a 35-year veteran yearbook adviser and former national Yearbook Adviser of the Year, has joined the company as a Special Consultant. Jordan recently retired after a distinguished 40-year career as a teacher at Del Campo High School in Fair Oaks, California, where he advised the yearbook for the…
The Journalism Education Association (JEA) announced today that media adviser Mark Newton, MJE, has been named the winner of this year’s Carl Towley Award. Each year, the Carl Towley Award is given to an organization member for exceptional service and is considered JEA’s highest honor. Newton is the adviser at Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, and…
The Journalism Education Association (JEA) announced today that seven individuals have been named new recipients of the Medal of Merit, an honor awarded each year to recognize exceptional service to JEA, state and regional scholastic journalism associations and the teaching profession at large. This year’s Medal of Merit recipients include: Jeanne Acton-Shanks, University Interscholastic League, Austin, Texas…
Tiffany Cavicchia from Mooresville High School in Mooresville, North Carolina – a Walsworth Yearbooks customer school – was among those chosen as a recipient of the Rising Star Award from the Journalism Education Association (JEA) on Wednesday. Cavicchia began teaching in 2003, but took on the job of yearbook adviser just within the past five years. Using her…
The Journalism Education Association (JEA) announced today that the leadership team of Michael Ginalski, Michelle Caulfield and Robin Sheehan from the Corning-Painted Post Area School District in Painted Post, New York, have been selected as the organization’s Administrators of the Year. JEA annually presents its award to administrators who show exceptional support of scholastic journalism.…
Quill and Scroll announced its annual scholarship winners for 2017 on Monday and Erinn Aulfinger from Lakota East High School, a Walsworth Yearbooks school in Liberty Township, Ohio, was one of the five recipients. Aulfinger was one of two students to win a $1,000 George and Ophelia Gallup Scholarship, along with Samantha Nork from Fraser…
Planning on covering the solar eclipse on Monday? You probably should be. The total solar eclipse taking place on Aug. 21 is the first one of its kind to cross the entire U.S., since June 8, 1918. The last time a total solar eclipse crossed any part of the mainland U.S. was in February 1979.…
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