2015-2016

National Scholastic Press Association

2016 Online Pacemaker Finalist

2014-2015 First Class Honor Rating

Illinois High School Association Journalism Sectionals

1st place Advertising – Paige Powell (‘16)*

4th place Copy editing – Julia Clarke (’16)

1st place Editorial cartoon – Paige Powell (‘16)*

5th place Editorial writing – Sabrina Brons (’16)

2nd place Sports writing – Tess O’Brien (’16)*

6th place Yearbook copy writing – Julia Clarke (’16)

6th place Yearbook theme development – Alexa Arakelian (’16) & Dilrose Kaur (’16)

*denotes state qualifiers

Illinois Journalism Education Association

Division 5 (enrollment 1,388-2,899)

Website Awards

1st place Best Digital-Only Publication

2nd place Best Overall Publication

3rd place Website

Individual Awards

1st  place Alternative Storytelling – Tess O’Brien(’16) & Sean O’Brien(’18)

1st place Audio Podcast – Sarah Nagel(’18)

1st place & 2nd place Editorial Cartoon – Paige Powell(’16)

3rd place Feature Story – Kayla Ruiz(’16)

Honorable mention Headline – Kayla Ruiz(’16)

2nd place Humorous Commentary – Tess O’Brien(’16)  & Jordan Palmer(’16)

3rd place Multimedia Story Package – Tess O’Brien(’16)

1st place News Story – Tess O’Brien(’16)

Honorable mention News Story – Rachel Stoffel(’16)

2nd place Review – Noah Snyder(’16)

3rd place Review Writing – Tess O’Brien(’16)

1st place Serious Commentary – Teagan Albin(’16)

2nd place Serious Commentary – Joshua Moore(’16)

3rd place Sports Commentary – Drew Brown(’16)

3rd place Sports Feature Commentary – Tess O’Brien(’16)

Honorable Mention Sports News Story – Brian Rehm(’16)

2 Honorable Mentions Editorial Staff Staff Editorial

1st place Video Story – Christian Owens(’16)

Northern Illinois Scholastic Press Association

Blue Ribbon winners

Web blog – Tess O’Brien (’16)

Web video – Christian Owen (’16)

Reviews – Noah Snyder (’16)

Honorable Mentions

News writing – Tess O’Brien (’16)

Editorials – Editorial Staff

Graphics – Sean O’Brien (’18) & Tess O’Brien (’16)

Best of School Newspapers Online Stories

Tess O’Brien Manny Scott returns to Palatine

Kaitlin Krause Behind the scenes of Romeo and Juliet

Tess O’Brien District 211’s transgender policy amiss with students

Kayla Ruiz Let’s hear it for the (Applied Tech) girls

Tess O’Brien What to expect from Netflix this year

SNO Recognition Badges

 Excellence in Writing Badge

Site Excellence Badge

Multimedia Badge