2016-2017

National Scholastic Press Association

2015-2016 First Class with One Mark of Distinction

 Illinois High School Association Journalism Sectionals

3rd place Advertising – Maggie Walsh (‘19)*

6th place Broadcast news – Grace Mathew (’18)

3rd place Infographics – David Godsey (‘19)*

5th place Yearbook captions – Monika Juras (’18)

3rd place Yearbook copy writing – Abigail Zeurcher (’18)*

2nd place Yearbook theme development – Amberdeep Singh (’17) & Rachel Garcia (’17)*

*denotes state qualifiers

Illinois Journalism Education Association

Division 5 (enrollment 1,388-2,899)

Best Digital Publication 2nd place

Best Website 3rd place

Best Use of Social Media Honorable Mention

Individual Awards

Alternative Storytelling 3rd place – Janaleigh Muszynsky(’18)

Feature Story 1st place – Dylan White(’17)

Humorous Commentary Honorable Mention – Julia Plesniak(’20)

Serious Commentary 2nd place – Soraya Elhoumaidi(’19)

Headline 2nd place – Julia Plesniak(’20) 3rd place – Sarah Nagel(’18)

Illustration Honorable Mention – Sam Mulert(’17)

Infographic 3rd place – Soraya Elhoumaidi(’19)

Review Honorable Mention – Natalia Medina(’19)

News or Feature Photos 3rd place – Edwin Perez-Hemandez(’19)

Sports Photo 3rd place – Yousra Badou(’20)

Sports Commentary 2nd place – Pricilla Mendoza(’17) Honorable Mention – Karina Ruano(’17)

Sports News Story 3rd place – Ronak Patel(’17)

Video Story 3rd place – Riley Ganka(’17), David Godsey(’19), Eduardo Orozco(’18) & Jose Vital(’17)

Northern Illinois Scholastic Press Association

Blue Ribbon winners

Web video – Jose Vital (’17), Eduardo Orozco (’18), David Godsey (’19), Riley Ganka (’18)