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Walsworth Yearbooks schools Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas, and Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California, were among the 12 schools named winners of the 2019 First Amendment Press Freedom Award by the Journalism Education Association (JEA) on Friday. Each year, a committee with representatives from JEA, the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) and the Quill and Scroll International Honor Society

The Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) announced on Monday that Melissa Falkowski of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, had been named the 2019 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year. Falkowski, the former yearbook adviser who now works as an English teacher and media adviser at Stoneman Douglas, will receive the honor at the upcoming CSPA

Jim Jordan, Special Consultant for Walsworth Yearbooks and former yearbook adviser of Del Campo High School in Fair Oaks, California, and Crystal Kazmierski, former yearbook adviser of Arrowhead Christian Academy in Redlands, California, were among the 10 educators to be announced as recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award today by the Journalism Education Association (JEA). Jordan, who retired from the classroom

Students from Walsworth Yearbooks schools won 17 of the 36 Sweepstakes prizes in the 2018 Yearbook Excellence Contest, when the results of the annual contest were announced on Thursday by Quill and Scroll. Sweepstakes winners The yearbook staff from Arrowhead Christian Academy in Redlands, California, were among the big winners with six Sweepstakes winners in Class B, which is for schools with 750

Updated by Walsworth Yearbooks Kathy Craghead was a respected, influential and loved member of the scholastic journalism community. Her death in May is still being felt – from her absence at yearbook conventions, to her ability to review yearbook copy with a fine-tooth comb. As a tribute to her, longtime friend Jim Jordan interviewed 15 of Kathy’s many close friends.

Nine 2018 yearbooks from Walsworth Yearbooks schools were among the high school and middle school books announced as 2018 Pacemaker Finalists by the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) today. The following 2018 yearbooks printed by Walsworth were named as Pacemaker Finalists: Apollo, Colonial Forge High School, Stafford, Virginia Hauberk, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas Le Flambeau, Notre Dame de

Fourteen Walsworth Yearbooks schools placed in the Best of Show contest this past weekend at the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention in Chicago, including two who placed first in their category. Le Flambeau of Notre Dame de Sion in Kansas City, Missouri, finished first in the Yearbook 232 or fewer pages category. The Lion of McKinney High School

It’s not often that students from one school can claim first, second and third place in the same competition category, but students from El Camino Real Charter School did just that! Six yearbook students from the Los Angeles high school competed at the California State University Northridge (CSUN) Journalism Day in partnership with The Los Angeles Times on Oct. 20.

Twenty-four of Walsworth Yearbooks’ 2018 yearbooks were named a 2019 Crown Award Finalists by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) today. These are the 2018 Walsworth yearbooks announced as Crown Finalists: Aerie, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida Aftermath, Palm Harbor University High School, Palm Harbor, Florida Buffalo, Haltom High School, Haltom City, Texas El Diablo, Hinsdale Central High

Walsworth Yearbooks was represented in the Finalist selections announced this week by the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) for their 2018 Portfolio of the Year contest, with three entries from Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kansas. Portfolio of the Year is a new category this year in NSPA’s individual contests, honoring students for Artist of the Year,