2013 VHSL Regional Publications Championships

2013

presented by the Virginia High School League and Jostens

Roanoke

Richmond

Fredericksburg

Photo courtesy of Roanoke Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau

Photo courtesy of Fredericksburg Area Tourism

Photo courtesy of Richmond Region Tourism

WELCOME | LISA GILES & MARTHA AKERS

Lisa Giles VHSL Director of Activities

Martha Akers RPC Director

Welcome to the 9th VHSL/Jostens Regional Publications Championship, where we continue to offer quality instruction in all facets of student publications, which is provided by outstanding teachers, advisers and media professionals.

These instructors keep our workshop relevant by offering exciting, new courses along with the fundamentals that never go out of style.

We extend a warm welcome to our special guest instructors who are with us from beyond Virginia’s borders: Michelle Coro, Mitch Eden, Rod Kuhn, Mike McLean, Sherri Taylor and Cindy Todd. We also have some of Virginia’s most outstanding advisers joining the team of speakers. To all of our instructors, we thank you for taking part in this very important event and for sharing your knowledge with advisers and students across the Commonwealth.

At this event, you will find nearly 50 breakout sessions for newspaper, literary magazine, yearbook, broadcast and online! Don’t miss the Championship Awards Banquet where a plated lunch will be served prior to announcing Writing/Photo/Design Contest winners and awarding Trophy Class and First Place publications.

We are so glad that you could join us in Fredericksburg, Roanoke and Richmond this week and hope that you will be inspired by fantastic new ideas that you can take back and use for your publications.

Enjoy your time at the new Regional Publications Championships, where we bring the championship experience to a city near you!

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MEET YOUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Susan Sullivan | 6A-North Oakton High School

Beth Skaggs | 6A-North Osbourn Park High School

The purpose of the VHSL Scholastic Publications Advisory Committee (SPAC) is to give technical or other advice and assistance as may be necessary in conducting statewide activities programs for the benefit of high school students. Service preference is given to those who are active high school advisers, and the committee meets a minimum of once per year to develop the terms and conditions for administering state events as well as to make recommendations for improving administrative procedures governing VHSL publications offerings.

Members are appointed to provide (1) balanced geographic representation, (2) knowledge and experience in their specific discipline and (3) representation of both large and small schools. The terms of appointment is three years with staggered terms allowing for a combination of continuity and ideas.

Your SPAC for the 2013-14 school year is: • Susan Sullivan, Oakton High School, 6A-North • Beth Skaggs, Osbourn Park High School, 6A-North

Heidi Craft | 5A-South Atlee High School

Shelley Norden | 3A-East Kettle Run

• Heidi Craft, Atlee High School, 5A-South • Shelley Norden, Kettle Run, 3A-East

Educators serving youth VHSL is 313 public schools

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he Virginia High School League is an alliance of Virginia's public schools that promotes education, leadership, sportsmanship, character and citizenship for students by establishing and maintaining high standards for school activities and competitions.

Major policies and decisions affecting VHSL programs are determined by a 31-member Executive Committee. Direction is provided by group boards, regional and conference councils. Finally, all member principals have oversight at region meetings and at fall and spring membership meetings.

This democratic, decentralized organizational structure provided for maximum local control and assured participation of school leaders as well as the public-at-large.

Ken Tilley Executive Director

John Gordan VHSL Chairman

2013-14 Executive Committee Chairman John Gordon, principal,The James Monroe H.S. Group 6A David Tremaine, principal, Hayfield Secondary, chair Paul Josepth, principal, Oscar Smith H.S., vice-chair Brad Qualls, director of athletics, Patriot H.S., secretary Group 5A Thomas Nichols, principal, North Stafford H.S., chair Jennifer Cohodas, Atlee H.S., vice-chair Marac Cole, director of athletics, Orange County H.S., secretary Group 4A Susan Bechtol, principal, Churchland H.S., chair E.G. Bradshaw, principal, Eastern View H.S., vice-chair Ken Wright, director of athletics, Loudoun County H.S., secretary

Lora Bickley Office Manager

Tom Dolan Assistant Director/Compliance

Jim Garman Chief Financial Officer

Group 3A Rhonda Stegall, principal, Hidden Valley H.S., chair John Gordon, principal, The James Monroe H.S., vice-chair Joe Breinig, Jr., director of athletics, John Champe H.S., secretary Group 2A Eric Baylor, principal, East Rockingham H.S., chair Greg Ervin, principal, Gate City H.S., vice-chair Tom Horn, director of athletics, George Mason H.S., secretary Group 1A Mark Dorsey, principal, West Point H.S., chair Danny Knott, principal, Eastern Montgomery H.S., vice-chair Trevor Coleman, director of athletics, Honaker H.S., secretary

Lisa Giles Assistant Director/Activities

Shawn Knight Assistant Director/Athletics

Mike McCall Information/Communication

Superintendents of Schools David Clark, Dinwiddie County Schools Jim Roberts, Chesapeake City Schools Gregory Killough, Caroline County Schools Toni Jones, Falls Church City Schools Chuck Bishop, Augusta County Schools Kevin Harris Floyd County Schools Terry Arbogast, Giles County Schools Daniel Grounard, Nottoway County Schools State Department of Education Vanessa Wigand, State Department of Education

Hannah Catherine Munro Development

Joyce Sisson Assistant Director/Athletics

VHSL Staff Executive Director: Ken Tilley Assistant Directors: Tom Dolan, Lisa Giles, Shawn Knight, Joyce Sisson, Chief Financial Officer: Jim Garman Development: Hannah Catherine Munro Information and Communications: Mike McCall Administrative Assistant: Lora Bickley Support Staff: Sharon Condoulis, Carolyn Shifflett, Faustina Lee Support Staff Assistants: Marilyn Williams, Denise Marshall, Teresa May

Virginia School Boards Association Sanders Henderson, Washington County Schools Citizen Representative Felicia Bailey, Virginia Beach City Schools Virginia General Assembly Steven Landes, House of Delegates Steve Newman, Senate Past Chairman Susan Bechtol, principal, Churchland H.S. Non-Voting Member Ken Tilley, executive director, VHSL

2012-13 VHSL Champions Baseball AAA AA Division 2 Division 1

Hanover Sherando Wilson Memorial Riverheads

Basketball-Boys AAA AA-D4 AA-D3 A-D2 A-D1

Henrico Salem-Salem Brunswick Radford Altavista

Basketball-Girls AAA AA-D4 AA-D3 A-D2 A-D1

Lake Taylor Salem-Salem Spotswood Floyd County East Rockingham

Cheer AAA AA A

Herndon Briar Woods King William

Creative Writing AAA AA A

Thomas Jefferson S&T Blacksburg James River-Buchanan

Cross Country-Boys AAA Chantilly AA Blacksburg A Radford Cross Country-Girls AAA Lake Braddock AA Blacksburg A Wilson Memorial Debate AAA AA A

Thomas Jefferson S&T/South Lakes Potomac Falls Wilson Memorial

Field Hockey AAA AA/A

First Colonial Chancellor

Football Div. 6 Div. 5 Div. 4 Div. 3 Div. 2 Div. 1

L.C. Bird Lake Taylor Briar Woods Brookville Goochland George Wythe-Wytheville

Forensics AAA AA A

Chantilly Salem-Salem Madison County

Golf

Lacrosse-Boys

Chantilly

Lacrosse-Girls

James Madison

Soccer-Boys AAA AA A

Mount Vernon Blacksburg George Mason

Soccer-Girls AAA AA A

Deep Run Woodgrove George Mason

Softball AAA AA Division 2 Division 1

Great Bridge Cave Spring Floyd County Honaker

Swim-Boys AAA AA/A

James Robinson Hidden Valley

Swim-Girls AAA AA/A

Oakton Western Albemarle

Tennis-Boys AAA AA A

Thomas Jefferson S&T E.C. Glass George Mason

Tennis-Girls AAA AA A

Mills Godwin Jamestown George Mason

Theatre AAA AA A

West Springfield Harrisonburg Central-Wise

Indoor Track-Boys AAA Forest Park AA Blacksburg Indoor Track-Girls AAA South County AA Tabb Outdoor Track-Boys AAA Forest Park AA Brunswick A Radford Outdoor Track-Girls AAA South County AA Hidden Valley A James River-Buchanan Volleyball-Boys AAA

Frank W. Cox

Floyd E. Kellam Loudoun County Mathews Auburn James Robinson Christiansburg Grundy

AAA AA A

Mills Godwin Salem-Salem William Monroe

Gymnastics AAA

Floyd E. Kellam

Volleyball-Girls AAA AA Division 2 Division 1

Scholastic Bowl AAA AA A

Thomas Jefferson Science & Technology New Kent George Mason

Wrestling AAA AA A

The Allstate Foundation/VHSL Achievement Award

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Best of the best Ten outstanding students representing the very best of Virginia’s graduating seniors and representing all parts of the state were selected to receive the 2013 The Allstate Foundation / VHSL Achievement Award, the highest honor given by the Virginia High School League, to students who have excelled in the classroom and in athletic and academic activities.

Andrew Mullins Award Drew Bonner Fairfax Courageous Achievement An avid baseball player as a child, Drew played until his Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). began to limit his ability to participate on the field, but he continued to remain a vital part of the game.

He has earned four letters in baseball and three in basketball as the team manager at Fairfax High School. Drew’s scholastic and extracurricular activities are impressive. He is a member of the National Honor Society and the Future Business Leaders of America while maintaining a 4.233 GPA. Drew will attend the University of Virginia on an academic scholarship in the fall to study computer science.

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Group AA

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Sarah Cameron East Rockingham Female Athlete Sarah earned eight varsity letters in her high school career, including four each basketball and tennis. She earned all-district and all-region honors in basketball, as well as, earning all-state honorable mention. In tennis, she was district, region and state double champion as a sophomore. Sarah will attend West Virginia Wesleyan

Sarah Thomas E.C. Glass Female Athlete Sarah earned 11 varsity letters, including four each in volleyball, swimming and soccer. In volleyball, she was first-team all-state, allregion and all-district She also earned all-district, all-region and allstate honors in soccer and swimming.

Sarah will attend James Madison University

Rachel Galton Maggie L. Walker Female Athlete Rachel earned all-district, all-region and allstate honors in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track. Her running titles include: district and region championships in the indoor 1600, 3200 and 4x800 and she is the school record holder in the indoor 3200 and 5000 and outdoor 2mile. Rachel is attending Rice University

Daniel Kuzjak Western Albemarle Male Athlete Daniel earned three letters each in football and baseball and two letters in indoor track. Daniel was selected first-team all-state, all-district- and all-region as a senior in football, while earning all-district and all-region honors as a junior. Daniel also qualified for the state indoor track meet in the long jump, 300-meter dash and in the 4x400 relay. He will play football at William & Mary.

Patrick O’Connor Thomas Jefferson S&T Male Athlete Patrick lettered four years in wrestling and three years in football.

On the wrestling mat, He was a three-time state qualifier; three-time district champion and twotime region champion and state runner-up at 195 as a senior. n football, Patrick was named first-team all-district and secondteam all-region as senior running back and defensive end. He attends Davidson.

Lyndsay Welch Powhatan Academic Activities Lyndsay participated in drama, yearbook and scholastic bowl. She enhances drama productions and assemblies with her superb acting and striking singing voice, She was also a key anchor on the school’s scholastic bowl team. She will attend John Tyler Community College

Gabby Scalzo Ocean Lakes Academic Activities Gabby has excelled in Scholastic Bowl, Yearbook and Literary Arts Magazine during her four years at Ocean Lakes. For the past two years, she has been editor-in-chief of the EbbTide, earning VHSL first-place in 2012, while yearbook earned a first-place ranking in 2012. She served as captain of Scholastic Bowl team. Gabby will attend Virginia Tech

Chaz Jones Northwood Male Athlete Chaz earned 16 letters in golf, cross country, basketball, outdoor track and baseball earning alldistrict and all region honors in golf, cross country and track. He also earned all-district honors in baseball. Chaz will attend Emory & Henry College

Jessica Vishneski Eastern Montgomery Academic Activities Jessica’s VHSL activities include yearbook, scholastic bowl, theatre and forensics. She served as captain of her scholastic bowl team.

Jessica also earned eight varsity letters in track, golf and cross country. Jessica has taken on numerous leadership roles serving as captain of her scholastic bowl and golf teams. Jessica plans to join the Navy Reserves following graduation with future plans to attend VMI.

Putting others first Six students receive Wells Fargo scholarships for outstanding citizenship

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ix students - young man and a young woman from each from each of the three VHSL classifications (A, AA, AAA) will receive a $1,000 scholarship from Wells Fargo toward their college or university education.

The program was initiated in 2000 to recognize Virginia high school senior who go beyond the expected to give of themselves to serve others.

Selection criteria included the applicant’s contributions to family, school or community; promotion of good sportsmanship and citizenship; participation in at least one VHSL activity; and submission of a student essay.

The finalists were selected by a committee of six member school principals and three representatives of Wachovia Bank.

The six recipients were selected on the basis of citizenship defined as: ♦ Contributions to the family, school and community, or to the arts, the environment, education, health or human services through volunteer efforts; ♦ Specific behavior or actions which put others first, including exceptional examples of sportsmanship in athletic or academic activities or exemplary acts in coming to the assistance of those in need; and/or ♦ Overcoming the odds, moving beyond significant hardships or family or societal difficulties to enhance the quality of life for others.

Each VHSL member school may enter one male and one

female student.

A candidate must have previously participated in one or more of the following VHSL activities to be eligible for the award: creative writing, debate, drama, forensics, magazines, newspapers/newsmagazines, scholastic bowl, yearbook, sportsmanship summit/committee, leaders conference, baseball, basketball, cheer, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track (indoor and outdoor), volleyball and wrestling.

Only students graduating from a VHSL member school during the 2012-13 school year were eligible for these awards.

"Wells Fargo is proud to support the efforts of the Virginia High School League and Virginia's public schools through the Wells Fargo Citizenship Award,” said Joe Raichel, Wells Fargo Market President.

“We applaud their work with Virginia's high schoolers and future leaders. Wells Fargo congratulates all of the finalists and recipients of the Wells Fargo VHSL Citizenship Award.

“We celebrate your commitment to education, leadership, sportsmanship, character and citizenship."

Group A Citizenship Lauren Alban Covington High School Softball, volleyball Her volunteer and community activities include helping the Salvation Army; volunteering with Safe Homes and Domestic shelters; holding fund raisers for the Ronald McDonald Houses and Box Tops for Education.

Deventae Mooney Eastside High School Yearbook, theatre A leader in his class, clubs, organizations, church and most of all his community, Deventae received a national award from the Build-A-Bear Workshop for making a difference in his community. He organzines his community’s Brown Bag Lunch program and has delivered over 24,000 lunches to needy children.

Group AA Citizenship Lindsay Riordan E.C. Glass High School Soccer, swimming Lindsay is a co-founder of the Girls in Virginia Club, a service club for high school girls to give back to their community in various forms such as a clothing drive for teenage girls in need. A leader in the schools Ambassador Club, Lindsay has spearheaded the “Spread the Word to End the Word” campaign, which aims to eliminate the word “retarded.”

Gates Bierhuizen Eastern View High School Cross Country, lacrosse Gates created a first-of-its-kind “S.T.O.P Pharmaceutical Tack-Back Drives,” when he discovered there were no environmentally correct ways to dispose of unwanted pharmaceuticals and medications. He held his first drive in 2009 and has collected over 2,300 pounds of unwanted pharmaceuticals .

Group AAA Citizenship Sophia Kim R.E. Lee-Springfield High School Basketball, field hockey, soccer, cross country Sophia led the charge to resurrect the Key Club at R.E. Lee that had gone dormant. She also is an “Eddie’s Club” volunteer, serving as a buddy to special needs children. She also spends time volunteering at her local dog adoption center and coaches youth league basketball and field hockey teams.

Anthony Applewhite Fairfax High School Scholastic bowl Anthony’s volunteer efforts are devoted to schools, communities, the environment and education and health. As an Eagle Scout, he has mentored other scouts and has served as a leader for “Kids at Hope Herndon,” a program in which at-risk children and their parents lean about issues affecting their communities.

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Wells Fargo Citizenship

Virginia High School Hall of Fame

Nothing but the best

hall of fame

24th Virginia High School Hall of Fame Class features seven inductees bringing total membership to 241.

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even individuals who have made outstanding contributions to high school athletic and activity programs have been selected to the 2013 Virginia High School Hall of Fame. Members of the Class of 2013, the 24th to be inducted, will bring total membership to 241.

The Class of 2013 includes two athlete (Mike Milchin, J.R. Tucker HS and Anthony Poindexter, Jefferson Forest HS), three coaches (Chip Berry, E.C. Glass HS, George Lancaster, Jr., Highland Springs HS and Jim Woodson, Powhatan HS) and two contributors (Cindy Bomboske, Monacan HS and John Williams, Ocean Lakes HS).

In October, 50 high school athletes and 98 coaches will have been honored. The 93 other contributors include 43 administrators, 12 speech coaches, 15 officials, three doctors, eight members of the media and one university president.

These people represent the millions of students and adults who have participated in the athletic and academic activities of Virginia’s public schools since the VHSL was created 96 years ago.

Sponsored jointly by the Virginia High School League and the Virginia High School Coaches Association, the hall is dedicated to preserving the rich heritage of outstanding achievements by students and adults in sports and activities within Virginia’s public high schools.

Athletes are eligible for consideration 10 years after completion of their high school careers and are judged primarily for their achievements in interscholastic sports. Coaches are eligible after 15 years of experience or upon retirement and are judged on the merits of their achievements at the high school level. Contributors are professionals who have rendered significant services in some other capacity such as administration, academic activities, officiating, media or sports medicine.

Nominations are due Oct. 31 of each year for consideration for the following year. Athletes and coaches are screened by a committee from the Virginia High School Coaches Association and contributors by a committee from VHSL. Final selections are made by a joint committee.

The Hall of Fame is housed in the VHSL headquarters in Charlottesville. For information or nomination forms, contact Mike McCall at the VHSL office (434) 977-8475 or mmccall@vhsl.org.

Virginia High School Hall of Fame - 1990-1995 1990: Athletes - Keith Atherton, Edd Clark Jr., Carroll Dale, Doug Dickinson, Benton Dodd and Ralph Sampson.

Coaches - Jimmie Bryan, Fred Cooper, Bobby Crantz, Howard Deel, Bill Littlepage, Billy Martin, Alger Pugh, George Quarles Jr., Mike Smith and Gracie VanDyke. Contributors - John Caywood, Greever Crouse, Bob Frank, Art Greene, Marshall Johnson, Bill Pace and John Youngblood.

1991: Athletes - Ollan Cassell, Moses Malone, Sidney Snell and Bobby Stokes. Coaches - Vince Bradford, Julius Conn, Ralph Cummins, Pat Dean, Chester Fritz, Harry Fry, Husky Hall, Bill Long and Lefty Wilson. Contributors - Richard Fletcher, Hubert Grim Jr., Ben Hurt, Norm Lord, Frank McCue and Chuck Savedge.

1992: Athletes - Johnny Oates, Tommy Theodose and Ben Valley.

Coaches - Gordon Bragg, James (Suey) Eason, John Epperly, Del Norwood, Charlie Nuttycombe, Al Rinaldi and Paul Sizemore. Contributors Harry Blevins, Eddie Crane, George Gasser, Clarence Jones, Robert McLelland, Barbara Reinwald and Gene Thompson.

Brewbaker, Louise Martin and Joe Robinson. Contributors - Carl Deane, Earl Gillespie, Jimmy Jones, Charles Karmosky and Bert Smith.

1993: Athlete - Paul Gentry. Coaches - Ken Brown, Bob Hardage, Charlie Harkins, Jim Holdren and Thad Madden. Contributors - Vic Blue, Joel Grimm, Bob McCoy and Wendell Seldon.

1996: Athlete - Jacob Adams.

Coaches - Donald Glick, Joan Hudson, Norman Lineburg, Ronald Skeen and Robert Williams. Contributors: Nancy Haga and James Omps.

1994: Athletes - Raymond Crouch and Frank Eastman. Coaches - Francis (Boodie) Albert, Welton Bloxsom, Pete

1995: Athlete - Jeff Baker. Coaches Eddie Dean, Paul Hatcher and Claude Warren. Contributors - Hud Clark, Don Riviere and James (Smokey) Stover.

1997: Athletes - Eric Sievers and Tom Trice. Coaches - Ed Henry, Phil Robbins and Frank Webster. Contributors - Robert Carson, Bill Knowles, Bill Lee

and Betty Morton.

1998: Athletes – Paula Girven and Barty Smith. Coaches – Glynn Carlock, Nancy Fowlkes, Ann Lockett and Mack Shupe. Contributors – Richard Fitz, Charles Kurtz and Bob Sandell.

1999: Coaches – A.K. Johnson, Bill Lawson and Sam Woods. Contributors – Jennifer Bradley, Jim Carroll and Larry Pence.

2000: Athletes – Jackie Gordon, Benita Fitzgerald Mosley, Buster O’Brien and Ken Willard. Coaches – Kate Carter and Chip Chappell. Contributors – Delmer Botkin, Bill Leffler and Bob Patterson.

2001: Athlete – Robert Banks.

Coaches – Bill Brown, Jim Cutler and

Class of 2013

Mike Milchin

Anthony Poindexter

Chip Berry

George Lancaster, Jr.

Athlete-Baseball J.R. Tucker

Athlete-Football, Baseball, Basketball Jefferson Forest

Coach-Boys Soccer E.C. Glass

Coach-Boys Basketball Highland Springs

Jim Woodson Coach-Football Powhatan

Cindy Bomboske Contributor-Forensics and Debate Monacan

John Williams Contributor-Activities Coordinator Ocean Lakes

Virginia High School Hall of Fame - 1996-2012 2002: Athlete – Tamela Penny.

Coaches – Pat Austin, Gerald Burke, Eddie Icenhour and Glenn Proctor.

Contributors – Claudia Dodson, Carol Lange and Hugh Pendleton.

2003: Athletes – Barry Hamler and Grant Hill. Coaches – Stephen Hubbard, Joe May and Lillie Moore. Contributors – Karen Finch, Cecil Layman Jr. and Judy Wallace.

2004: Athletes – Doug Bates and Bryant Stith. Coaches – Leo Anthony and Leroy Dail. Contributors – Edward Allen, Evelyn Dawkins, Donald Hitt and David Morgan.

2005: Athlete – Evan Tracy Stallard.

Coaches – Dominick Joe Colobro, Frances Ann Simpson, Jerry Lee Slaughter, Thomas L. Turner and Lucy Elizabeth Walker. Contributors – Larry Johnson and Vito A. Perriello, Jr., M.D. 2006: Athletes – Ronde Barber and Tiki Barber. Coaches – Bo Bowers and J.J. Updike. Contributors – Joe Gieck, Donna King, Nancy Phaup and Wilma Wirt.

2007: Athletes – Dell Curry, Terry Kirby and Chris Slade. Coaches – Wayne Cosby and Dennis “Koz” Kozlowski.

Contributors – Bruce Bowen, Dr. Carol Chory, Jerry Deviney, Sandy Hadaway and Harry Ward.

2008: Athletes - Thomas Jones, Megan McCarthy and Calvin Talford.

Coaches - Roger Bergey, Shelly Blumenthal, Patricia Mitchell and Jim Rike.

Contributors - Martha Akers, Jeff Dietze, Ralph Law and Charlene Tiller.

2009: Athletes – Ronald Curry and Steve Jolley. Coaches – Kevin Denson and Cecil Maddux. Contributors - Alma Blythe, Doug Hunt, Dave Nelson and Bruce Phelps.

2010: Athletes – Walter Browser and D.J. Dozier. Coaches – Michael Cooper, Nancy Specht and John Wymer. Contributors - Drew Bright, Bob Button, Jane Layman and Debbi Turlip.

2011: Athletes – Charlie Beverly and Steve Marsee. Coaches – Alan Cantrell, David Crist, Jr., Dave Davis,

Spencer Mayfield, Jr. and Tim Sarver.

Contributors – Lora Bickley, Ron Richards and Emilie Tilley.

2012: Athletes – Stacy Ervin. Coaches – Pat Deegan, John Shotwell, Roberts and Robert Smith. Contributors – John Altizer, Mary Sue Crommelin, Steve Geiman and Bruce Patrick.

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Willis White. Contributors – Buddy Comer, Ralph Harrison, Nancy Ruth Patterson and Jim Sangston.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER | MITCH EDEN

Socialnomics:

author Erik Qualman said,

We don’t have a choice on whether we do social media, the question is how well we do it.

To be a successful journalist in this modern, techno-savvy world, it is becoming the new reality that you need to embrace social media.

Our audience is there.

We should be too.

Mitch Eden MJE

Mitch Eden, MJE, advises The Kirkwood Call newspaper, Pioneer yearbook and thekirkwoodcall.com website at Kirkwood High School. He was most recently named Society of Professional Journalists 2011-12 Distinguished Teaching in Journalism Award winner. He has been teaching scholastic journalism 18 years and loves working with passionate young people to help them become better people and better journalists while creating the best publications possible.

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RPC LUNCHEON ETIQUETTE If you are attending the RPC Awards Luncheon, know that it is a semi-formal meal that takes place during the awards program.

Though semi-formal wear is not required, please make sure that you make a favorable impression by obeying rules of etiquette and table manners in this atmosphere.

LAYOUT OF THE BANQUET AREA Banquet rooms are usually filled with round tables of generally eight or ten seats per table. Plan ahead and know how many and who will sit at your table. Know that, especially when entering the banquet area late, you may be required to sit at a table away from the rest of your school delegation. Consider it an opportunity to meet new friends!

ENTERING THE BANQUET AREA AND TAKING YOUR SEAT If you are early, you are on time. If you are on time, you are late!

Keep foot traffic moving. Enter the banquet area and move along to find a table as fast as is polite to do so. Do not stand around waiting for friends. At most formal functions, ladies sit to the left of gentlemen. A gentleman should always help his lady escort be seated. A gentleman is also expected to assist a lady when she needs to leave her seat at the end of a meal.

TABLE SETTING Your place setting might include a cloth napkin, several forks, spoons, glasses and plates. Napkins should be unfolded and placed in your lap (never stuck in your collar). Your bread plate is the smaller plate to the left of your dinner plate; your drinking glass is to the right.

For your first course (salad), use the utensils farthest to the outside of the plate. When you are finished, your servers will remove the plate and utensils, then bring your main course. The utensil at the top of your plate is for dessert. Do not begin eating until your host has welcomed you and invites you to do so.

SPEAKERS AT A DINNER Dinner conversation is welcomed and perfectly acceptable; however, once a speaker begins to address the audience or a presentation begins (often when dessert is served), table conversation should cease. Special attention should also be paid to minimizing -- if not eliminating -- the clinking of plates and silverware. It is extremely distracting and disrespectful not only to your speaker, but also to the audience who is trying to hear.

RECEIVING AWARDS There are many awards to be distributed on championship day.

It is perfectly acceptable to show your enthusiasm and cheer for those receiving awards; however, everyone deserves an audience and to hear their name announced. Cheer when it is appropriate for as long as it is appropriate, but do not become distracting when others are waiting for further announcements. Most of all, once you have received your award and critiqued publication(s), continue to give audience, follow the program in support of others after you who are receiving awards and do not be preoccupied with your materials or conversation.

NO RESULTS OR UNFAVORABLE RESULTS If your publication was not announced during the awards ceremony, please form a single-file line at (not on) the stage, and a SPAC member will assist you when it is your turn. Should you have comments or questions regarding unfavorable results, please submit them to VHSL Director in writing the following week. Please do not approach SPAC members or VHSL Director at the event about received results. Remember that good sportsmanship applies at all times, not only in athletics, but also in activities!

APPROPRIATE CONDUCT Each school must have an adviser, faculty member or schoolappointed adult present at the workshop and related venues to supervise its delegation. The League recommends one adult chaperone per 12 students. It is understood that in registering students for the workshop, chaperone assumes responsibility for their students’ behavior and well-being during the event.

The venues reserve the right to remove any guest who creates disruption. Chaperones and/or their schools will be held liable for any damage to venue or other facilities incurred by students under their supervision.

Rudeness, reckless or destructive behavior, excessive noise or any other inappropriate behavior is not acceptable and can lead to expulsion from the venue(s). Should students, advisers or delegations prove disruptive, VHSL reserves the right to declare all fees forfeited and to send delegates home at their own expense.

Drinking or possessing alcoholic beverages, or possession/ use of illegal drugs is absolutely prohibited.

Always travel in groups. Your personal safety is our concern.

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August 23 – October 31

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Mandatory rules clinic attendance will exclusively be offered online this year, which will not only help reduce travel time and expenses, but also offer flexibility in scheduling. All advisers, whether new or experienced, must attend a rules clinic each year.

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VHSL PUBLICATIONS RULES CLINICS

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At 136, a little more than a third of VHSL member schools sponsor field hockey programs.

All told, almost 5,000 high school students across the state participate in the sport. With this degree of popularity, there are hundreds of players, teams, coaches and schools that have human interest stories worthy of being shared. Or perhaps it’s the water boy, the team mascot or the fans that are more compelling at your school? Either way, we want to hear funny stories, sad stories… poignant stories of triumph and tribulation.

The writer submitting the winning story will: (1) have his/her story published in the VHSL State Championship Souvenir Program, (2) receive 3 copies of the VHSL State Championship Souvenir Program, (3) receive his/her winning story on a commemorative plaque and (4) receive 4 tickets to the VHSL State Championship games for which the story was written. Entry form may be found at http://www.vhsl.org/doc/upload/activities-featurewriting-entry4.pdf.

VHSL-JOSTENS REGIONAL PUBLICATIONS CHAMPIONSHIPS

October 7, 9 and 11 VHSL continues to offer you the most amazing

educational opportunities in partnership with Jostens. The VHSL/Jostens Regional Publications Championship is a series of three, one-day championships in a city closer to your school.

The top names in scholastic publications are coming to Virginia this fall to teach a variety of courses in newspaper, yearbook, magazine, broadcast and online! This is also your day to celebrate your publications ratings/rankings, as results from the publications evaluations and individual Writing/Photo/Design Contest will be announced. Join us at this exciting event in Fredericksburg (10/7 at Fredericksburg Expo Center), Roanoke (10/9 at Roanoke Higher Education Center) and Richmond (10/11 at Greater Richmond Convention Center).

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VHSL SPORTS FEATURE WRITING CONTEST ENTRY DEADLINE FOR CHEER – October 21

At 212, the number of VHSL schools with cheer

programs is more than quadruple the number of schools with boys cheer programs (50). All told, over 4,700 high school students across the state participate in the sport. With this degree of popularity, there are hundreds of players, teams, coaches and schools that have human interest stories worthy of being shared. Or perhaps it’s the water boy, the team mascot or the fans that are more compelling at your school? Either way, we want to hear funny stories, sad stories… poignant stories of triumph and tribulation. The writer submitting the winning story will: (1) have his/her story published in the VHSL State Championship Souvenir Program, (2) receive 3 copies of the VHSL State Championship Souvenir Program, (3) receive his/her winning story on a commemorative plaque and (4) receive 4 tickets to the VHSL State Championship games for which the story was written. Entry form may be found at http://www.vhsl.org/doc/upload/activities-featurewriting-entry4.pdf.

VHSL SPORTS FEATURE WRITING CONTEST ENTRY DEADLINE FOR FIELD HOCKEY – October 28

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VHSL SPORTS FEATURE WRITING CONTEST ENTRY DEADLINE FOR VOLLEYBALL – November 4

At 300, the number of VHSL schools with girls volleyball programs is more than quadruple the number of schools with boys volleyball programs (64). All told, over 8,500 high school students across the state participate in the sport. With this degree of popularity, there are hundreds of players, teams, coaches and schools that have human interest stories worthy of being shared. Or perhaps it’s the water boy, the team mascot or the fans that are more compelling at your school? Either way, we want to hear funny stories, sad stories… poignant stories of triumph and tribulation.

The writer submitting the winning story will: (1) have his/her story published in the VHSL State Championship Souvenir Program, (2) receive 3 copies of the VHSL State Championship Souvenir Program, (3) receive his/her winning story on a commemorative plaque and (4) receive 4 tickets to the VHSL State Championship games for which the story was written. Entry form may be found at http://www.vhsl.org/doc/upload/ activities-feature-writing-entry4.pdf.

NOV

VHSL SPORTS FEATURE WRITING CONTEST ENTRY DEADLINE FOR FOOTBALL – November 9

Over 25,000 students participate in football each year — and many of them are girls! With this degree of popularity, there are hundreds of players, teams, coaches and schools that have human interest stories worthy of being shared. Or perhaps it’s the water boy, the team mascot or the fans that are more compelling at your school? Either way, we want to hear funny stories, sad stories… poignant stories of triumph and tribulation.

The writer submitting the winning story will: (1) have his/her story published in the VHSL State Championship Souvenir Program, (2) receive 3 copies of the VHSL State Championship Souvenir Program, (3) receive his/her winning story on a commemorative plaque and (4) receive 4 tickets to the VHSL State Championship games for which the story was written.

Entry form may be found at http://www.vhsl.org/doc/upload/ activities-feature-writing-entry4.pdf.

FEB

VHSL SPORTS FEATURE WRITING CONTEST ENTRY DEADLINE FOR BASKETBALL – February 17

More high schools in Virginia sponsor basketball programs than any other sport. Each year, over 17,000 students participate!

With this degree of popularity, there are hundreds of players, teams, coaches and schools that have human interest stories worthy of being shared. Or perhaps it’s the water boy, the team mascot or the fans that are more compelling at your school?

Either way, we want to hear funny stories, sad stories… poignant stories of triumph and tribulation. The writer submitting the winning story will: (1) have his/her story published in the VHSL State Championship Souvenir Program, (2) receive 3 copies of the VHSL State Championship Souvenir Program, (3) receive his/her winning story on a commemorative plaque and (4) receive 4 tickets to the VHSL State Championship games for which the story was written. Entry form may be found at http:// www.vhsl.org/doc/upload/activities-feature-writing-entry4.pdf.

MARCH

CREATIVE WRITING STATE CHAMPIONSHIP March 15

Perhaps the League’s biggest secret is that we offer a state championship in creative writing. An entry consists of a folder that includes two essays, two short stories and two poems, each written by a different student during the current school year.

The postmark deadline for submitting the folder is March 15. The Creative Writing Entry From is available under the Resources tab at http://www.vhsl.org/activities.creative-writing.

VHSL-ALLSTATE FOUNDATION ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS – March 15

The equivalent of a Hall of Fame induction for students, each year the VHSL and Allstate recognize 19 seniors (twelve athletes, six activities participants and one Courageous Achievement Award winner) and presents them with $1,500 scholarships.

Consider nominating one outstanding student per category per school in this recognition event. Forms may be obtained at http://www.vhsl.org/doc/upload/awd-achievement2.pdf.

MARCH

VHSL/WELLS FARGO CITIZENSHIP AWARD

March 15

Twelve seniors (a male and female in each Group 1A-6A) who demonstrate outstanding traits of citizenship in his/her high school career are awarded $1,000 scholarships each year.

Nomination forms may be obtained at http://www.vhsl.org/doc/ upload/awd-citizenship.pdf.

MARCH

LEAGUE AWARDS (REGIONAL AWARD OF MERIT, TORCH OF HONOR, LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT) March 15

Nominate an administrator, coach or contributor for these honors. Regional Awards of Merit must be submitted by regional officer. Forms may be obtained at http://www.vhsl.org/ about.awards.

JUNE

COLONEL CHARLES SAVEDGE SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE VHSL STUDENT JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR – March 1

The $500 Savedge Award and Scholarship is presented each year to VHSL’s Student Journalist of the Year. A 3.0 or better GPA is required. Selection is based on the student’s contributions to and growth through work on one or more student publications, as represented on an application form, student essay, letter of recommendation, resume and work samples. Nomination forms may be obtained at http://www.vhsl. org/doc/upload/awd-savedge-app2.pdf.

MARCH

MARCH

JUNE

PUBLICATION EVALUATION SERVICES – June 15

VHSL offers an annotated evaluation service for newspapers, newsmagazines, magazines, yearbooks, broadcasts and online publications. The entry deadline is June 15 each year (October 15 for online). Judges from outside Virginia evaluate each publication according to published criteria and offer suggestions for improvement. Publications are rated Trophy Class, First Place, Second Place or Third Place based on the level of achievement. Those publications that earn five Trophy Class awards within seven years receive the Charles E. Savedge Award for Sustained Excellence. A school cannot earn that award more often than once every five years. Awards are announced and publications are returned at the RPC. Evaluative criteria and entry forms available online under the Resources tab on the appropriate page.

WRITING/PHOTO/DESIGN CONTEST – June 15

Going into its 12th year is the VHSL Writing/Photo/Design Contest. This contest spotlights individual work in all three disciplines of scholastic publications. Each school is permitted to submit three entries per category at a cost of $2 per entry.

Winners are announced at the RPC. Entry forms can be found at http://www.vhsl.org/doc/upload/activities-statewrite-entry4.pdf.

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2013 VHSL CONTEST

WRITING PHOTO DESIGN

The VHSL Writing/Photo/Design Contest is now in its eleventh year. Whereas the VHSL Evaluation Service provides a critique of a whole publication against a set of established criteria, the Writing/Photo/ Design Contest ranks individual work against others received in the same category and same VHSL grouping (A, AA or AAA).

A total of 1,100 entries were received from 38 participating schools, 22 of them representing Group AAA with 650 entries, 11 from Group AA with 367 entries and five from Group A with 83 entries.

The most popular contest division was newspaper, which received a total of 544 (49%) of all entries.

The most popular categories by publication across all groupings were: Bylined Personal Opinion/Column (newspaper), Student Life Spread (yearbook) and Photograph (literary magazine).

This year, SPAC has required that a minimum of 10 entries per category be received. If fewer than 10 were received, they were combined with the next classification.

Contest entries are evaluated using a two-phase volunteer judging system using active and/or retired VHSL advisers. All judges review entries from a school of a different grouping than their own. Phase I judges narrow total entries to the top five submissions per category. These five entries serve as contest finalists. In phase II, judges rank the finalists as 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Judges may also designate an honorable mention.

A very special thank you goes to each adviser who volunteered to serve as a judge in this year’s contest:

Judges

Lara Alt, Loudoun County

Valerie Kibler, Harrisonburg

Jan Barrett, Lafayette

Rhonda Lancaster, James Wood

Francesca Branson, James Madison

Richard Morrell, Harrisonburg

Cathy Campbell, Clarke County

Brooke Nelson, West Springfield

Cindy Cunningham, Appomattox Reg.

Adrian Nester, Tunstall

Shannon Dalton, Carroll County

Melissa Rife, Centreville

Laura Dowling, Forest Park

Jennifer Seavey, Thomas Jefferson S&T

Carla Drew, Osbourn Park

Beth Skaggs, Osbourn Park

Nicole Eschelman, Mountain View

Leslie Stevens, Turner Ashby

Cathy Hailey, Woodbridge

Chris Waugaman, Prince George

Erinn Harris, Thomas Jefferson S&T

Anthony Whitten, Westfield

Beth Hoer, Bethel

Tim Yorke, Heritage-Leesburg

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2013 VHSL CONTEST WINNERS

GROUP A - NEWSPAPER

GROUP A - YEARBOOK

GROUP A - LITERARY MAGAZINE

News: Straight News/News Feature Combined with AA Sophie Byvik, Fauquier, Volunteers Coordinate Relief Efforts

Concept Packaging Combined with AA and AAA McLean

Concept Packaging No Entries Received

News: Sports News - Combined with AA Gaelyn Foster, Loudoun Valley, Wrestling Revolution Feature: Human Interest/Personality (including Sports) - Combined with AA Fiona McCarthy, Fauquier, World Traveler Aspires to Treat Horses Feature: In-Depth/Informative (including Sports) - Combined with AA Gaelyn Foster, Loudoun Valley, Two Sides to Catoctin Editorials No Entries Received Bylined Personal Opinion/Column Combined with AA Isaac Falk, Harrisonburg, Negative Ads Get on Viewers’ Nerves Review - Combined with A and AAA Shayna Hume, TJS&T, Debut Novel Spins Magic Photo: News/Feature - Combined with AA Maddie Rice, Loudoun Valley, In Tune Photo: Sports - Combined with AA Dwight Tate, Tunstall, Red, White and Tunstall Front Page Layout - Combined with AA Mark Duda, Harrisonburg, December 19, 2012

Student Life Spread - Combined with AA Miranda Dean and Ahna Colaw, Turner Ashby, Getting ‘Tuff’ in Powderpuff Academics Spread - Combined with AA Natalie Leake, Turner Ashby, The Wicked Witch from the Class Clubs/Organizations Spread Combined with AA Amanda Morrow, Loudoun Valley, Dancing Queens

Cover No Entries Received Table of Contents No Entries Received Photograph No Entries Received Drawing No Entries Received Painting No Entries Received

Sports Spread - Combined with AA Katie Pownall, Loudoun Valley, Step in Line

3-D Art No Entries Received

People Spread - Combined with AA Taylor Garber, Turner Ashby, An Italian Invasion

Digital Art No Entries Received

Feature Photo - Combined with AA Madeline Swartz, Loudoun Valley, Part of the School Sports Photo - Combined with AA and AAA Amy Legare, Clarke County, It’s all about the legs Advertising - Combined with AA and AAA Jordan Back & Hannah Carter, Turner Ashby

Art Gallery Spread No Entries Received Prose Spread No Entries Received Poetry Spread No Entries Received Mixed Media No Entries Received

Infographics/Secondary Packaging Combined with AA Meagan Roberts, Harrisonburg, Can You Dig My Ride

Inside Page Layout/Spread Combined with AA Mark Duda, Harrisonburg Advertising - Combined with AA Sarah Thornton, Fauquier, Tolson Appliance Newsmagazine Cover No Entries Received Infographics/Secondary Packaging Combined with AA Natalie Smith, Fauquier, The Price to Play

Some categories were combined this year due to low submissions.

All winners receive certificates which will be presented at the Regional Publications Championships in October. Additionally, 1st place winners will be listed in the VHSL Book of Records.

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2013 VHSL CONTEST WINNERS

GROUP AA - NEWSPAPER

GROUP AA - YEARBOOK

GROUP AA - LITERARY MAGAZINE

News: Straight News/News Feature Combined with A Sophie Byvik, Fauquier, Volunteers Coordinate Relief Efforts

Concept Packaging Combined with A and AA McLean

Concept Packaging - Combined with AAA Lee-Davis

News: Sports News - Combined with A Gaelyn Foster, Loudoun Valley, Wrestling Revolution Feature: Human Interest/Personality (including Sports) - Combined with A Fiona McCarthy, Fauquier, World Traveler Aspires to Treat Horses Feature: In-Depth/Informative (including Sports) - Combined with A Gaelyn Foster, Loudoun Valley, Two Sides to Catoctin Editorials Staff, Lafayette, Social Networks Impact High School Fights Bylined Personal Opinion/Column Isaac Falk, Harrisonburg, Negative Ads Get on Viewers’ Nerves Review - Combined with A and AAA Shayna Hume, TJS&T, Debut Novel Spins Magic Photo: News/Feature - Combined with A Maddie Rice, Loudoun Valley, In Tune Photo: Sports - Combined with A Dwight Tate, Tunstall, Red, White and Tunstall Front Page Layout - Combined with A Mark Duda, Harrisonburg, December 19, 2012

Student Life Spread - Combined with A Miranda Dean and Ahna Colaw, Turner Ashby, Getting ‘Tuff’ in Powderpuff Academics Spread - Combined with A Natalie Leake, Turner Ashby, The Wicked Witch from the Class Clubs/Organizations Spread Combined with A Amanda Morrow, Loudoun Valley, Dancing Queens

Cover - Combined with AAA Woodbridge Table of Contents - Combined with AAA Mara Corbett, McLean Photograph Abby Seitz, Fauquier, Twists Drawing Luan (“Leon”) Truong, Park View, Lost Girl Painting Trisha Prosper, Park View, What I’ve Become

Sports Spread - Combined with A Katie Pownall, Loudoun Valley, Step in Line

3-D Art Not enough entries to be evaluated

People Spread - Combined with A Taylor Garber, Turner Ashby, An Italian Invasion

Digital Art - Combined with AAA Cindy Park, Battlefield, Blooming Flower

Feature Photo - Combined with A Madeline Swartz, Loudoun Valley, Part of the School Sports Photo - Combined with A Amy Legare, Clarke County, It’s all about the legs Advertising - Combined with A Amy Legare, Clarke County, It’s all about the legs Infographics/Secondary Packaging Combined with A Meagan Roberts, Harrisonburg, Can You Dig My Ride

Art Gallery Spread - Combined with AAA Anna Salone, Albemarle, Isabel Lee Prose Spread - Combined with AAA Morgan Heckman & Julie Raab, Harrisonburg, The Puppet Master Poetry Spread - Combined with AAA Conor Flores, Kelly Stuart & Luan Truong, Park View, Munche’s Prediction & Unwanted Mixed Media - Combined with AAA Danielle Walther & Hannah Stevens, James Wood, The Game

Inside Page Layout/Spread Combined with A Mark Duda, Harrisonburg Advertising - Combined with A Sarah Thornton, Fauquier, Tolson Appliance Newsmagazine Cover - Combined with AA Tasia Faulcon, Prince George, Volume XI Issue 8 Infographics/Secondary Packaging Combined with A Natalie Smith, Fauquier, The Price to Play

Some categories were combined this year due to low submissions.

All winners receive certificates which will be presented at the Regional Publications Championships in October. Additionally, 1st place winners will be listed in the VHSL Book of Records.

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2013 VHSL CONTEST WINNERS

GROUP AAA - NEWSPAPER

GROUP AAA - YEARBOOK

GROUP AAA - LITERARY MAGAZINE

News: Straight News/News Feature Grace Erard, South Lakes, Leadership Elects 2013-14 Executive Council

Concept Packaging Combined with A and AA McLean

Concept Packaging Combined with AA Lee-Davis

News: Sports News Sandy Cho, TJS&T, Jefferson Crew Prepares for Championship Season

Student Life Spread Catherine Germinario, Tess Hill & Caitlin Boyles, Stone Bridge, Enough Said

Cover - Combined with AA Woodbridge

Feature: Human Interest/Personality (including Sports) Josh Wallace, Chantilly, Capturing the Future

Academics Spread Mara Corbett, Cedric Whitney & Madiha Gill, McLean, Goggles Galore

Feature: In-Depth/Informative (including Sports) Sunny Kim, TJS&T, Fast and Green Editorials Megan Belssner, West Springfield, Where’s the honor in this code?

Bylined Personal Opinion/Column Ben Hyde, West Springfield, Watch What You Write Review - Combined A and AAA Shayna Hume, TJS&T, Debut Novel Spins Magic Photo: News/Feature Rohit Baskar, Chantilly, Charming Photo: Sports Blier Smith, Prince George, Field Hockey Travels Front Page Layout Tahmina Achekzai, TJS&T, Facebook Fracas Inside Page Layout/Spread Andrea Pappas, McLean, Selfies

Clubs/Organizations Spread Kara Perdue, Centreville, Life is a Cabaret Sports Spread Patrick Linehan & Nilima Garg, Chantilly, Long Drive People Spread Hannah Grasberger & Lindsay Lloyd, Atlee, Lend a Hand Feature Photo Alex Gordon, Osbourn, A New State of Mind Sports Photo - Combined with A and AA Amy Legare, Clarke County, It’s all about the legs Advertising Jordan Back & Hannah Carter, Turner Ashby Infographics/Secondary Packaging Cedric Whitney, McLean, Juniors 204

Table of Contents - Combined with AA Mara Corbett, McLean Photograph Isabelle Farineau, Albemarle, L’accordeonisite Drawing Brianna Jackson, Woodbridge, The Killers Painting Name, Title, School 3-D Art Not enough entries to be evaluated Digital Art - Combined with AA Cindy Park, Battlefield, Blooming Flower Art Gallery Spread - Combined with AA Anna Salone, Albemarle, Isabel Lee Prose Spread Maria Schleh & Staff, Woodbridge, The Firing Squad Poetry Spread - Combined with AA Gabrielle DeLeon, Amanda Rachuel Hanley & Staff, Woodbridge, A Time of Rebirth Mixed Media - Combined with AA Danielle Walther & Hannah Stevens, James Wood, The Game

Advertising Kassiel Gonzalez, Patriot, Bristow Barber Shop Newsmagazine Cover - Combined with AA Tasia Faulcon, Prince George, Volume XI Issue 8 Infographics/Secondary Packaging Sunny Kim, TJS&T, Teen Economics

Some categories were combined this year due to low submissions.

All winners receive certificates which will be presented at the Regional Publications Championships in October. Additionally, 1st place winners will be listed in the VHSL Book of Records.

SPORTS feature writing contest

So you wanna be a sports writer?

FIELD HOCKEY

CHEER

At 136, a little more

At 212, the num-

than a third of VHSL member schools sponsor field hockey programs. All told, almost 5,000 high school students across the state participated in the sport during the 2009-10 school year.

ber of VHSL schools with cheer programs is more than quadruple the number of schools with boys cheer programs (50). All told, over 4,700 high school students across the state participated in the sport during the 2009-10 school year.

VOLLEYBALL A

t 300, the number of VHSL schools with girls volleyball programs is more than quadruple the number of schools with boys volleyball programs (64). All told, over 8,500 high school students across the state participated in the sport during the 2009-10 school year.

FOOTBALL

BASKETBALL

Of the 312 schools that made up the Virginia High School League in the 2009-10 school year, 301 of them had football teams; 15 of those schools had girls on their squads! All told, over 25,000 students participated in football — and 122 of them were girls!

More high schools in Virginia sponsor basketball programs than any other sport.

Of the 312 schools that made up the Virginia High School League in the 200910 school year, 307 of them had basketball teams with over 17,000 students participating!

With this degree of popularity, there are hundreds of players, teams, coaches and schools that have human interest stories worthy of being shared. Or perhaps it’s the water boy, the team mascot or the fans that are more compelling at your school? Either way, we want to hear funny stories, sad stories… poignant stories of triumph and tribulation.

So what’s your story?

The writer submitting the winning story will: (1) have his/her story published in the 2010-11 VHSL State Championship Souvenir Program, (2) receive 3 copies of the 2010-11 VHSL State Championship Souvenir Program, (3) receive their winning story on a commemorative plaque and (4) receive admission for four to the VHSL State Championship games for which the story was written.

ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY OCT. 28, 2013

ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY OCT. 21, 2013

ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY NOV. 4, 2013

ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY NOV. 9, 2013

ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY FEB. 17, 2014

Submission Requirements & Info

The Sports Feature

All contest entries must include: (1) a feature story of any length, (2) a headline, (3) an original, digital photograph of at least 300 dpi and (4) a caption. Please indicate photo courtesy if it is not the same as the story writer.

For the purposes of this contest, Human Interest/Personality Feature is defined as a story that focuses less on current events and hard facts and more on culture and individual people, often with an emphasis on human emotion. Student reactions are emphasized.

Contest is open to all students enrolled in a publication (newspaper, newsmagazine, literary magazine or yearbook) or creative writing program.

Submissions may also be of an In-Depth/Informative nature, focusing on important events or issues that directly affect the audience, or information of little immediate news value but of interest to readers. This type of writing will use reliable, well-informed sources and include student reactions.

SPORTS feature writing contest OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES & ENTRY FORM 1. Participating students must be enrolled in a publication (newspaper, newsmagazine, literary magazine or yearbook) or creative writing program within a VHSL member school.

2. Entries are limited to one per student per contest (basketball, football, volleyball); however, the number of entries per school is unlimited.

3. All entries must have been written by students during the school year in which the contest is conducted.

4. All entries must include a feature story of any length (submitted electronically as Word or PDF document); a headline; an original, digital photograph of at least 300 dpi (submitted electronically in jpg, gif, tif or bmp format); and a caption. Please use a file sharing service such as dropbox.com or google docs.

Please also indicate photo courtesy if it is not the same as the story writer.

5. Only entries which are submitted with the official entry form, complete and properly certified by the school principal and received by 5 p.m. on the deadline date will be accepted. Submit entries to Lisa Giles, VHSL Assistant Director at lgiles@vhsl.org. Inquiries may also be directed to Lisa Giles at 434.977.8475.

5. All submission materials are subject to editing and will not be returned.

School Name: _________________________________________________________________________________ Address: _____________________________________________________________________________________ Adviser Name: ____________________________________

Contact Phone #: _____________________________

Student Name: __________________________________________________________________________ Program Student is Enrolled in: _____ newspaper

_____ yearbook

_____ magazine

_____ creative writing

Photographer Name (if not same as student writer): _________________________________________________ Contact Name and E-Mail Address of Local Paper: __________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Principal’s Certification: __________________________________________________________________________

VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE , 1642 State Farm Boulevard, Charlottesville, Virginia 22911, 434-977-8475, 434-977-5943 Fax Although the League has no desire or intention to act as a censoring agency, it does recognize a responsibility to maintain reasonable standards of responsible journalism. The League believes that plagiarized, slanderous and/or libelous statements and/or obscenities should not be part of a contest submission. Submissions containing such content (whether obvious, coded or disguised) will be disqualified.

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ABOUT THE

N

amed in honor of the celebrated publications adviser who was affectionately known as “Mr. Yearbook,” this award began in 1991 when Jason Roop, editor of Style Weekly magazine in Richmond, was the first recipient.

Each year, VHSL member schools may nominate one candidate for consideration. Complete applications will consist of a one-page, typed, doublespaced essay written by the student which describes the significance that participation in publications has

had in his/her life; a journalism-specific resume to include staff involvement and leadership positions, internships conferences attended, awards received, etc.; two samples of work that best represent the student’s journalistic abilities and contributions to student or community publications; and a letter of recommendation that addresses the student’s contributions to publications and the qualities that best describe the nominee.

SAVEDGE HISTORY 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991

Aimee Cho Molly Jacob Brynna Heflin Kelsey O’Connell Kendra Johnson Hallie Colegrove Camila Domonoske Christopher K. Sopher Katherine Hooper David Leggett Sarah Gatsos Josh Sundquist Cynthia Fields Bryan Whitten Josh Kraushaar Jia Lynn Yang Emily Ramshaw Esther Kang Mailinh K. Hong Stacie Lea Rowe Lucas Wall Tarah Grant Molly Long Lori Higginbotham Jennifer Cocson Jason Roop

Langley W.T. Woodson Centreville Stone Bridge Varina J.E.B. Stuart Harrisonburg Annandale Lake Braddock Hidden Valley McLean Harrisonburg Abingdon Harrisonburg Annandale Thomas Jefferson S&T McLean Annandale Falls Church Abingdon Centreville James Madison Princess Anne Luray Green Run Luray

AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AA AAA AAA AA AAA AA AA AA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AA AAA AAA AAA A AAA A

VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE 1642 State Farm Blvd., Charlottesville, VA 22911 434-977-8475 / 434-977-5943 (fax) / www.vhsl.org APRIL 5, 2013 NORTHERN VIRGINIA STUDENT IS VHSL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR Langley High School student also wins scholarship FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Mike McCall, mmccall@vhsl.org CHARLOTTESVILLE—Aimee Cho, editor-in-chief of saxonscope.com and a senior at Langley High School in McLean, is the Virginia High School League’s 2013 Student Journalist of the Year and Charles Savedge Scholarship recipient. She is the fifteenth winner in the contest’s 23-year history to be selected from the Northern Region.

“Aimee’s voice was energetic and compassionate,” said VHSL Director of Activities Lisa Giles.

“The judging panel was particularly impressed with her demonstrated leadership.”

Thirteen schools representing 7 of 12 VHSL regions nominated students for this annual award.

The Northern Region, of which Langley High School is part, sent forth three nominations.

Regions A, D, I, IV and Northwest were not represented.

Cho was the unanimous choice of a three-person selection committee composed of college journalism educators and a professional journalist. “I enjoyed the heart [in her stories],” said one judge.

Cho has been involved with high school journalism since she was a sophomore, when she became responsible for all web content and 40 reporters. “I… have experienced no thrill quite like that of locating a good story, interviewing sources, and working on a tight deadline,” Cho said.

Her adviser, Jennifer McAdams, describes Cho as a natural leader. “Aimee searches endlessly for positive ways to motivate our student journalists,” she said. “Aimee has delivered since her first day on staff when she began clamoring for the position of online editor,” insisting that the saxonscope.com “be more than a dumping ground for stories not good enough to go in the paper.” The online publications has a readership of over 2,000 each month.

Cho maintains a 4.28 grade point average and hopes to attend Cornell University upon graduating from Langley. She plans to pursue a career in journalism.

About the Charles Savedge Scholarship / Student Journalist of the Year Award Named in honor of the celebrated publications adviser who was affectionately known as “Mr. Yearbook,” this award began in 1991 when Jason Roop, editor of Style Weekly magazine in Richmond, was the first recipient. Each year, VHSL member schools may nominate one candidate for consideration. Complete applications will consist of a one-page, typed, double-spaced essay written by the student which describes the significance that participation in publications has had in his/her life; a journalism-specific resume to include staff involvement and leadership positions, internships conferences attended, awards received, etc.; two samples of work that best represents the student’s journalistic abilities and contributions to student or community publications; and a letter of recommendation that addresses the student’s contributions to publications and the qualities that best describe the nominee.

About VHSL An alliance of Virginia’s public high schools, the 313 member schools of the Virginia High School League (VHSL) serve the Commonwealth’s youth by establishing and maintaining standards for student activities and competitions that promote education, personal growth, sportsmanship, leadership and citizenship. Nearly 200,000 students participate in 28 different sports and eight academic activities, culminating in 86 state championships each year. #

Virginia High School League ▪ 1642 State Farm Blvd. ▪ Charlottesville, VA 22911 ▪ Phone (434) 977-8475 ▪ Fax (434) 977-5943 ▪ www.vhsl.org

PLEASE FORWARD TO PUBLICATIONS ADVISERS AND DIRECTORS OF COUNSELING

NEWSPAPER

Col. Charles E. Savedge Scholarship

Virginia Student Journalist of the Year

NEWSMAGAZINE

YEARBOOK

LITERARY MAGAZINE

At a January 1991 meeting of the Virginia High School League’s Scholastic Publications Advisory Committee, the members voted to create the Col. Charles E. Savedge Scholarship Fund to be administered by a Board of Trustees. Scholarships will be awarded to graduating Virginia Student Journalists of the Year in the amount of of $500.

The Board of Trustees of this Fund shall consist of the members of the VHSL Finance Committee. The Board of Trustees shall be empowered to secure, receive, hold and expend funds on behalf of the Fund. Such funds shall be raised independent from, although in conjunction with, the state fund-raising programs of the VHSL and in such a manner as not to compete with the League’s general revenues.

A committee, of at least four persons, including the VHSL assistant director responsible for publications, shall be directed to select the recipient(s) in accordance with the following minimum criteria: (1)

Be a graduating senior with a minimum of two years as a participant of your school’s publications staff (either yearbook, newspaper/newsmagazine or literary magazine) or have achieved equivalent participation through contributions to community or professional publications.

(2)

Have demonstrated one or more of the following personal qualities: leadership, writing skills, design aptitude, creativity, organization, industry, teamwork, character.

(3)

Must apply to an accredited college, university or educational institution beyond the secondary school level.

These criteria are intended as guidelines for selection. In making its selection, the VHSL does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex or handicap. Judgment of the Selection Committee and final approval by the VHSL Executive Committee will remain the determining factor in the selection process.

Each VHSL school may nominate one student per year. The Selection Committee will consider only those nominations that have been postmarked on or before March 1 each year.

The award will be in the form of a check made payable to the school of higher learning which the recipient plans to attend. A plaque will also be presented to the recipient. More than one award may be given in a single year if in the judgment of the Selection Committee two candidates are equally deserving and if appropriate funding is available. The award may be withheld any year in the event that no eligible candidate can be found or adequate funding is not available. No principal sums shall be awarded from the Fund but shall remain in perpetuity or dispensed in accordance with the VHSL By-Laws.

(OVER)

Virginia High School League ▪ 1642 State Farm Blvd. ▪ Charlottesville, VA 22911 ▪ Phone (434) 977-8475 ▪ Fax (434) 977-5943 ▪ www.vhsl.org

Col. Charles E. Savedge Scholarship

Virginia Student Journalist of the Year

NOMINATION FORM Sponsored by the Virginia High School League Name: __________________________________________________________________________________ Social Security Number: ____________________________________________________________________ Home Address: ___________________________________________________________________________ Home Telephone Number: __________________________________________________________________ High School: _____________________________________________________________________________ Name of college or educational institution student expects to attend: _________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Has student applied to above:

Yes __________

No __________

Has student been accepted:

Yes __________

No __________

Enclose an essay from the nominee (no more than one typed page, double spaced) describing the significance that participation in publications has had in his/her life. Specificity and anecdotal information about said significance greatly facilitates the Selection Committee’s task in choosing a recipient.

Enclose a journalism-specific resume to include staff involvement and leadership positions, internships, conferences attended, awards received, and any other information that would give the committee a clearer picture of the applicant’s journalism experience. Do not include extra-curricular activities outside of journalism.

Enclose two writing samples that best represent the student’s journalistic abilities and contributions to student or community publications. Both enclosures must be writing samples. No design, photography, poetry or cowritten work will be accepted.

Enclose a letter of recommendation for the nominee that addresses the student’s contributions to publications and the qualities that best describe the nominee. Specificity and anecdotal information about the applicant’s journalistic skills and contributions greatly facilitates the Selection Committee’s task in choosing a recipient.

Enclose a photo to be used for publicity purposes if selected as winner.

High School Grade Point Average: _______________________ Class Rank: __________ out of __________ Principal’s Signature: ______________________________________________________________________ Date: ___________________________________________________________________________________ Please forward this form no later than March 1 to: Lisa R. Giles, Virginia High School League, 1642 State Farm Boulevard, Charlottesville, VA 22911

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SESSIONS

offered at all locations REDEFINE, REFOCUS, AND REINVENT: Metropolitan newspapers, national magazines, broadcast outlets and Internet sites are working at remaining relevant and important in their markets, their counterparts in high school publication labs experience much the same dilemma. Reach all types of media-consumers without being excessively repetitive.

BRANDING: McDonalds, Coca-Cola, CBS. When you hear one of the names of those brands, a particular image flashes in your mind’s eye. This session will look at how programs use branding to create and strengthen a cohesive publications program.

PHOTO CHOICE AND EDITING FOR THE AMATEUR: Choosing the right photos and tweaking them for consistent technical quality are important in telling the story for any publication. This session deals with attaining the best equipment and editing programs.

CHECKING THE BASICS OF JOURNALISTIC WRITING: The basics of good journalistic writing based on interviewing that allows those involved to tell their own story through quotes.

This session will address the framework that allows that to happen with the lead, transitions, and conclusion.

30 SUGGESTIONS FROM A 31-YEAR ADVISOR: There are lots of lessons that 3000 students in a career teach. This session aimed at advisors and advanced students look at what makes a program grow and flourish. From grades to inter-staff relationships, this session will take more of an open forum format to talk about the things that work.

A CAREER IN COMMUNICATIONS: Communications is a broad and evolving field in this age of digital dynamics. If you’re considering a college major/minor or future career in the field, this session will provide you with some answers.

Teacher(s) Location

Kuhn

Taylor

Eden

McLean

Ballroom A

Ballroom B

Ballroom C

Ballroom D

9-9:50 Redefine, Refocus,

Designing with Visuals N, Y

Reporting, Writing and Interviewing N, Y

Basics of Using a Camera Photo

Type Kit

Law & Order

All

All

Simple Ways to Improve Publications Photos Photo

Visualizing the Verbal

Social Media

The Next Step: Manual Mode

All

All

Photo

A Career in Communications

Design by Harrower

Better Coverage is a Few Steps Away

All

N

Photo

31-year Adviser

Let Content be Your Guide

Editorial Leadership

N, Y

N, Y

All

Tips & Tricks Working Photojournalistic Photo

Reinvent N

10-10:50 Branding Your Publication N, Y

11-11:50 Photo Choice and Editing for the Ameteur N, Y

12-1:50

AWARDS BANQUET

2-2:50 Checking the Basics of Journalistic Writing N, Y

3-3:50 Suggestions From a

Fredericksburg sessions MAKING SENSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA: The do’s and don’ts of using social media in your journalism program.

LEGALLY SPEAKING: The First Amendment’s Free Press clause gives student publications power and responsibility. Understand the impact of the significant court cases that have together defined what Free Press means in public schools.

DESIGNING WITH VISUALS: Photos and illustrations are the visual entry points into your publication’s pages. Learn how to design more effectively with visuals to capture reader interest.

WRITE LIKE A PRO: Using advertising copy as a model, we will explore the method for writing modern theme copy. Take this formula back to your school to write opening and divider copy with impact.

TYPE KIT: Learn about the tools you need in your typography arsenal for using beautiful, readable typography in your publication.

LET’S TALK THEME: Bring your theme plans. As a group we will listen to your presentation, plan to speak about 3-5 minutes. Afterward, the group will help you by brainstorming ideas that will enhance your theme, verbally and visually.

VISUALIZING THE VERBAL: Design works best and most beautifully when planning creates a symbiotic relationship between a creative headline and a strong dominant visual. Learn ways to make that happen in your publication.

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ALL THINGS NEWS MAGAZINE: Not a traditional newspaper, nor a yearbook? Where should your staff turn for design and story inspiration? Nationally, magazine sales are booming. In order to refine your publication, we will analyze trends and provide resources for all things news magazine.

TEACHING TOOLS FROM AROUND THE WEB: Overwhelmed? In this session we’ll translate the best of the web into meaningful learning activities for the pubs classroom. Use the NY Times Lensblog, WordPress, Issuu, Zinio, JEA Digital Media and The Neiman Foundation (to name a few) as teaching tools in your curriculum.

JUDGE ME NOT! - WRONG! Learn about issues that are easily corrected in order to be even better.

Learn tips to prepare your entries for submission and resources that will help you learn just what the judges are looking for.

NOBODY LOVES ME! Feeling down and out?

Unloved by your administration, your community, your readership! Come and get motivated by a veteran adviser who has learned the secret of shedding criticism and keeping a positive attitude.

DON’T BORE GRANDMA! Grandmas love everything their grandchildren write, however, do you want to put your own granny asleep as she reads your book? Be daring and learn how to reinvigorate your copy program with fresh angles, vibrant words and fresh execution.

OCTOBER 7 | Fredericksburg Coro

Todd

Skaggs/Cox

Downes/ Lundgren

Weintraut

Hailey

Harris/ Barankowski

Mtg. Room 2

Mtg. Room 1

Ballroom F

Mtg. Room 4

Mtg. Room 5

Ballroom E

Mtg. Room 4

Staff Management and Motivation N

Artful Writing in Any Genre M

Captions: Completing the Story Y

Fibonacci Poetry

Heads Up

M

Y Got It Covered?

Talk to the Hand

It All “Ads” Up

Legally Speaking

Judge Me Not

Broad

All

All

All

3 Times the Charm

Give ’em What They Paid For

Write Like a Pro

Nobody Loves Me

N, Y

Y

Eds & Adv

Going Online for the First Time and Thriving N

Media Madness

Share the Wealth

Let’s Talk Theme

Don’t Bore Grandma

Newswriting 101

Advisers

All

Y

Y

N

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants M

And...

Action

Marketing Matters

All Things News Magazine

Magazine Mania

Review Writing 101

Mapping Your Neighborhood

Magazine Unleashed

Broad

Y

N

All

N

M

M

Tipping the Scale

Love at Last Sight

Teaching Tools from around the Web

Make It Modular

Sports Writing 101

It’s Your Life, or Is It?

Clarity in the Cloud

Broad

Y

N

Y

N

M

Broad

Y

All

MAGAZINE MANIA: Let’s study professional magazine designs and how they can inspire the design of student publications. Effective designers are cool cats not copy cats.

MAKE IT MODULAR: Design and coverage join together to create dynamic yearbook storytelling when using modular design. Pack your spreads with content without looking busy or cluttered.

STAFF MANAGEMENT & MOTIVATION: Learn how to run a 21st century newsroom and keep students engaged and motivated in web and newspaper production. The product that hits the streets is why we’re all here. Sample organizational schedules, awards programs and tips will be shared.

GOING ONLINE FOR THE FIRST TIME/ THRIVING ONLINE: If you’re just getting started or you’re in the nascent stages of building an online presence, this session will help you keep moving.

Social media strategies and policies will be shared.

NEWSWRITING 101: Go beyond the 5 Ws and the H of writing clean copy. Learn how to write engaging leads and get the details that matter in journalistic writing.

REVIEW WRITING 101: What do Avatar, The Artist and Paranormal Activity have in common?

They were all terrible movies. Learn how to write informed and intelligent movie reviews that justify your opinion.

SPORTSWRITING 101: Beef up the most widely read section of any high school web page or newspaper: sports. Learn reporting and writing techniques that mirror the professional style of writing.

ARTFUL WRITING IN ANY GENRE: Come prepared to experience ekphrastic writing.

Ekphrasis refers to art created in response to other art; it communicates the essence of one art form through another art form.

CAPTIONS: COMPLETING THE STORY: A picture may be worth 1000 words, but without a caption, how will you know the story? This session covers not only the basics of caption writing, but also how to create captions that complete the story of each photograph in your yearbook.

* Teacher lounge: Foyer

HEADS UP: WRITING HEADLINES AND SUBHEADS THAT MAKE READERS PAY ATTENTION: Headlines are more than just labels; they’re tools yerds use to draw readers into the stories of the year. This session goes over how to write headlines AND subheads that grabs readers’ attention and give them a preview of what to expect on a spread, as well as quick tips for design.

GOT IT COVERED? HOW TO MAKE ALTERNATIVE COVERAGE WORK FOR YOU: Traditional? Chronological? Umbrella? Mods?

This session will help you navigate the current coverage buzzwords and decide what will work best for you, your staff, and your concept.

LIT MAG UNLEASHED: The InDesign skills you’ve learned are becoming more valuable. Learn how to re-purpose Lit Mag layouts produced for print into free flowing publications for the iPad and other mobile devices. Explore the potential and go global.

CLARITY IN THE CLOUD: Adobe is changing the game in how you and your school use their software such ad Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator. Let’s dispell some of the myths and learn how to embrace the new model together.

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SESSIONS

offered at all locations Continued from page 22 LET CONTENT BE YOUR GUIDE: Does it really matter how your publication looks if no one is buying or reading it? Keep your content fresh & your readers coming back by utilizing the web and social media.

REPORTING, INTERVIEWING AND WRITING: Tips to improve the gathering of information and presentation in your writing.

Teacher

Location RHEC 117 9-9:50 Redefine, Refocus, Reinvent N

10-10:50 Branding Your

LAW AND ORDER: Understand and use your First Amendment rights or they’ll vanish.

N, Y

11-11:50 Photo Choice and Editing for the Amateur N, Y

12-1:50

2-2:50 Checking the Basics

SIMPLE WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR PUBLICATION PHOTOGRAPHY: The keys to making the most of composition rules. This class is geared to any photographer with any type of camera.

3-3:50 Suggestions From a

BETTER COVERAGE IS A FEW STEPS AWAY: Visual coverage strategies used by pro’s to bring back awesome images from any assignment.

This class will benefit photographers covering general assignments from sports to classes.

TIPS AND TRICKS OF A WORKING PHOTOJOURNALIST: This class will feature tips and tricks not generally known. This class is full of helpful ideas and a great one for advisers to set in on.

TALK TO THE HAND: When it comes to shooting basics, you always have your shooting notes with you. It’s a reminder of how to use video basics to supplement your coverage.

THREE TIMES THE CHARM: You’ve got the story. Now it’s time to add a photo slideshow and create a video package. Give your multimedia team a set of guidelines to bring it all together.

TIPPING THE SCALES: Sometimes it just doesn’t matter how many times you hear it from your adviser. Get tons of tips on how to make a better video.

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Eden

RHEC 206 A

RHEC 212

Designing with Visuals

Reporting, Writing and Interviewing

N, Y

N, Y

Type Kit

Law & Order

All

All

Visualizing the Verbal

No Session

All

AWARDS BANQUET & KEYNOTE

THE BASICS OF USING A CAMERA: A basic boot camp on using the features and functions of camera. The class will spend time exploring the pre-programed mode of a Digital camera and which mode is best for what assignment.

THE NEXT STEP, THE MANUAL MODE: Geared to the photographer wanting to take their skills to the next level, we’ll cover using a camera in the manual exposure mode. We’ll teach you how you meter can be your GPS to good exposures.

Taylor

Publication

DESIGN BY HARROWER: Design tips based on guru Tim Harrower’s key principles.

EDITORIAL LEADERSHIP: Fuel yourself, your staff and your year with positive energy.

Kuhn

of Journalistic Writing

A Career in Communications

Design by Harrower

N, Y

All

N

Let Content be Your Guide

Editorial Leadership

31-year Adviser N, Y

N, Y

N, Y

Roanoke sessions COACHING WRITERS: You don’t have to be an editor to be a coach. Everyone can do it! In this session, learn how to help your writers become better coaches by working through the writing/coaching process. Your publication will improve overnight!

MAKING MONEY AND HAVING FUN: Learn how to develop an ad selling system that will make you thousands of dollars each year.

And have fun while you’re making money!

Every staff needs to add a fun director to their list of job descriptions

GETTING THE MOST OUT OF GOOGLE DOCS: Streamline the management system of your publication using the power of Google Docs. You can virtually eliminate paper in your pub room and move to doing all of your editing using the Google Docs system from anywhere you have Internet access.

A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A PUBLICATION: You’re the adviser of your school publication or the new student editor-in-chief. Now what? Come explore all of the resources and happenings that you should know about each year in the world of scholastic journalism.

GET RID OF THOSE GRADING BLUES: Grading got you down? This session will help alleviate the stress of grading by exploring a comprehensive contract system that takes all of the worry off the adviser and makes students and parents accountable for student performance.

TAG–YOU’RE IT! How to Write a Compelling Lede/Lead for a Newsletter or Newspaper.

Learn how to make your piece the one that no one passes over!

HOW DO YOU MAKE IT A STORY? Learn techniques for turning your interests into compelling news stories or creative writing.

OCTOBER 9 | Roanoke McLean

Coro

Todd

Kibler

Cunningham

Dalton

Hailey

RHEC 408

RHEC 206 B

RHEC 409

RHEC 618

RHEC 115 D

AU 418

RHEC 412

Basics of Using a Camera

Talk to the Hand

It All “Ads” Up

Coaching Writers

Tag—You’re It!

Leadership Success

Fibonacci Poetry

Photo

Broad

All

All

N, M

N, Y

M

Simple Ways to Improve Publications Photos Photo

3 Times the Charm

Give ’em What They Paid For

Getting the Most Out of Google Docs

How Do You Make It a Story?

You Are a Photographer

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Broad

N, Y

All

N, M

N, Y

M

The Next Step: Manual Mode

Media Madness

Share the Wealth

Getting Rid of those Grading Blues

Basics of Good Writing

Total Budget Workout

Mapping Your Neighborhood

Photo

Advisers

All

All

M, N, Y

Y

M

Better Coverage is a Few Steps Away

And...Action

Marketing Matters

Making Money and Having Fun

The Devil’s in the Details

You are a Photographer

It’s Your Life, or Is It?

Photo

Broad

Y

All

M, N, Y

N, Y

M

Tips and Tricks from a Working Photojournalist Photo

Tipping the Scale

Love at Last Sight

A Year in the Life of a Publication

The Art of the Interview

Total Budget Workout

No Session

Broad

Y

Eds/Adv

M, N, Y

Y

* Teacher lounge: 417 BASICS OF GOOD WRITING: Discuss the building blocks for all good writing; this applies to literary magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more.

THE DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS: Discuss the purpose of concrete, significant details in your writing. Can you have too many? Too few?

Do different genres require different types of detail?

THE ART OF THE INTERVIEW: Discuss ways to make interviews more exciting. We will look at various methods in interviewing and techniques on how to make this a more successful process.

LEADERSHIP SUCCESS: Being a publications editor or section leader isn’t an easy job. Come learn more about your leadership style and how knowing yourself can help you balance how you interact with your staff and your adviser(s). Join in on an open discussion of the various leadership styles and staff structures.

Talk about ways to set and meet goals to help your staff and your book. Presenting help from: Kelsey Brown and Katherine Spencer, editor and junior editor of the Cavalier Classic staff.

YOU ARE A PHOTOGRAPHER: Inside every beginner is a great photographer. Come learn the basic rules of journalistic and feature photography. Start thinking outside the box to get more amazing images for your publication.

Talk about how to make your camera work for you. Learn about free and inexpensive apps to teach you more about photography. Discuss tips and tricks for starting out in photography.

Presenting help from: Brooklyn Snow and Cameron Edmonds, photographers for the Cavalier Classic staff.

TOTAL BUDGET WORKOUT: Let us help you make your ad sales process easier and more fun! We will share tips and tricks for making your advertising plan work for you, your staff, and your customers. Teach your staff how to be more positive and professional about ad sales.

Work with businesses for more repeat sales.

We will also share ideas for boosting book sales and working with parents to increase sales of senior recognition ads. Take home tons of fresh ideas to help some of the stress out of balancing the yearbook budget! Presenting Help From: Morgan Crowder and Emily Gibson, senior business managers of the Cavalier Classic staff.

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SESSIONS

offered at all locations Continued from page 24 MEDIA MADNESS: Juggling multiple media programs can lead to insanity, but being willing to beg, borrow and steal ideas on how to create multimedia journalism teams for your school can help.

AND....ACTION! If adding multimedia to your Journalism toolbox is on this year’s to do list, find out what you need and how you can get the most out of what you already have.

GIVE ‘EM WHAT THEY PAID FOR: Businesses who support your program deserve more than a scanned business card. This crash course in effective ad design will help you give them what they deserve.

IT ALL ‘ADS’ UP: Planning, organization and determination all go into successful ad sales campaigns.

SHARE THE WEALTH: Short on cash? Let’s talk about some ways to cover your publications’ expenses – and even have a little left for fun.

Bring your ideas for fundraising so we can all learn from each other.

MARKETING MATTERS: You dedicate yourself to producing the best possible publication, but what difference does it make if nobody buys it? Let’s talk about ways to make your valuable work a must-have for your audience through successful marketing.

LOVE AT LAST SIGHT: Your Ads/Community section shouldn’t be an afterthought. We’ll look at ways to build attractive, reader-friendly sections.

FIBONACCI POETRY: VARIATIONS ON A PATTERN: Count words or syllables and create poetry using the Fibonacci Series of Numbers. Write in a closed form that requires neither rhyme nor meter.

IT’S YOUR LIFE, OR IS IT? Write from personal experience in response to questions about your life. Transform your experience into writing of any genre: nonfiction, fiction, poetry, or script.

STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS: Read examples of contemporary poems and create prompts based on the techniques of acclaimed poets. Using your choice of prompts, write your own poems.

MAPPING YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD: Draw your way into memory, and write about the people, places, and events you conjure up.

Teacher(s)

Kuhn

Location B15C

Taylor B15B

B15A

Designing with Visuals

Reporting, Writing and Interviewing

N

N, Y

N, Y

Branding Your Publication

Type Kit

Law & Order

N, Y

All

All

Editing for the Amateur

Visualizing the Verbals

Structure Your Critique

N, Y

All

M

9-9:50 Redefine, Refocus, Reinvent

10-10:50

11-11:50 Photo Choice and

12-1:50

Eden

AWARDS BANQUET & KEYNOTE

2-2:50 Checking the Basics of

A Career in Communications

Design by Harrower

Journalistic Writing N, Y

All

N

Let Content be Your Guide

Editorial Leadership

31-year Adviser N, Y

N, Y

N, Y

3-3:50 30 Suggestions From a

Richmond sessions STRUCTURE YOUR CRITIQUE: Discover a critique method that is anonymous and unbiased and that welcomes constructive feedback in a respectful environment.

COACHING WRITERS: You don’t have to be an editor to be a coach. Everyone can do it!

In this session, learn how to help your writers become better coaches by working through the writing/coaching process. Your publication will improve overnight!

GETTING THE MOST OUT OF GOOGLE DOCS: Streamline the management system of your publication using the power of Google Docs. You can virtually eliminate paper in your pub room and move to doing your editing from anywhere you have Internet access.

GET RID OF THOSE GRADING BLUES: Grading got you down? This session will help alleviate the stress of grading by exploring a comprehensive contract system that takes all of the worry off the adviser and makes students and parents accountable for student performance.

MAKING MONEY AND HAVING FUN: Learn how to develop an ad selling system that will make you thousands of dollars each year.

And have fun while you’re making money!

Every staff needs to add a fun director to their list of job descriptions.

A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A PUBLICATION: You’re the adviser of your school publication or the new student editor-in-chief. Now what? Come explore all of the resources and happenings that you should know about each year in the world of scholastic journalism.

HOW TO WRITE CAPTIONS THAT PLEASE THE YEARBOOK GODS AND EVERYONE ELSE: Writing good captions for those pictures is also an important part of creating an award winning book. In this session you will learn yearbook caption writing rules, where to properly place them on a lay-out as well as how to deal with captions in alternative copy and modular designs.

OCTOBER 11 | Richmond McLean

Coro

Todd

Kibler

Waughaman/ Barrett

Craft/ McManus

Hailey/ Goodrich-Stuart

B16

B17

B18

B13

B12

B11

B19

Basics of Using a Camera

Talk to the Hand

It All “Ads” Up

Coaching Writers

How to Write Captions...

Fibonacci Poetry

Photo

Broad

All

Y

Kickstart Your Schools Literary and Arts Magazine M

Simple Ways to Improve Publications Photos Photo

3 Times the Charm

Give ’em What They Paid For

Getting the Most Out of Google Docs

WordPress Basics

Design Trends

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Broad

N, Y

All

All

Y

M

The Next Step: Manual Mode

Media Madness

Share the Wealth

Getting Rid of the Grading Blues

Creating a Socal Media Plan

Editor’s Only Roundtable

Mapping Your Neighborhood

Photo

Advisers

All

All

All

Y

M

Better Coverage is a Few Steps Away

And...Action

Marketing Matters

Making Money and Having Fun

Marketing Your Website

Food for Thought

Bringing Talent to the Classroom

Photo

Broad

Y

All

All

M

All

Tips and Tricks from a Working Photojournalist Photo

Tipping the Scale

Love at Last Sight

A Year in the Life of a Publication

Sports Coverage

Writing a Villanella

It’s Your Life or Is It?

Broad

Y

Eds/Adv

N, Y

M

M

M

* Teacher lounge: B14 WORDPRESS BASICS: Learn more about taking your publication online. Turn to WordPress to help connect to your audience online. This session will show you how to start a website, keep it going with great content, and connect with your current print publication.

KICKSTART YOUR SCHOOLS LITERARY & ART MAGAZINE: Learn the basics around how to start a literary & art magazine. Ideas will be based on building a staff, establishing a goal, creating the critique, naming your publication, fundraising, and overall organization.

WRITING A VILLANELLE: Love poetry?

Sick of studying the sonnet year after year in English class? Learn about a new poetic form that incorporates repetition, rhyme, and pattern.

Impress your teachers and friends with this alternate and fun poetic form.

CREATING A SOCIAL MEDIA PLAN: Properly and responsibly post content without disregarding sound journalism practices. This session will cover a thorough discussion of the many social media platforms.

DESIGN TRENDS: Chevron, black and white stripes, Pantone colors, camouflage - if you know these trends (or especially if you don’t), this class is for you. Explore ways to incorporate these trends into your layout and design.

MARKETING YOUR WEBSITE: Innovative ways to get your name out there and increase the number of hits on your site. From promotional print materials to enticing content, this session promises to increase your URL traffic flow.

EDITOR’S ONLY ROUNDTABLE: Need some fresh ideas on staff motivation? Running into censorship issues? Need to vent, ask for help, or meet other editors? Learn from others as you share your successes and failures in this class designed for editors.

BRINGING TALENT TO THE CLASSROOM: Learn how one English and journalism teacher has arranged for a variety of guest speakers to come to his classes and talk with his students.

This session will discuss the benefits of having speakers from local media and other professionals meet with journalism students, suggestions for the types of speakers that can be sought, and the potential pitfalls teachers (and students) might encounter along the way.

REINVENTING SPORTS COVERAGE FOR YOUR PUBLICATION: This session will inspire you to approach sports in a new direction. It will be packed with new ways to tell stories, capture emotion, and bring life to your coverage.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: What could be a better subject than food? It is an essential human need. We all have food memories, favorite foods, food allergies. Food is controversial. Learn how to develop your ideas about food in your creative writing.

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MEET YOUR SPEAKERS Jason Baranowski is going into his tenth year in working for Jostens and serving Virginia schools.

In his tenure he’s served over 200 schools across 25+ counties with his creative yearbook spirit and positive attitude. He enjoys sharing all of his professional world experience in the design and marketing communications industry with all of his clients. Jason and his family currently reside in Herndon, Va.

Cindy Cunningham, Director of Literary Arts at the Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts and Technology in Petersburg, has twice won the VHSL State Championship in Creative Writing, won local, regional, and national awards through Scholastic Art and Writing, and earned awards from both the NCTE and the VHSL for its Literary Magazine. Dr. Cunningham has a book of poetry coming out in February titled Bittersweet Swallows, published by Finishing Line Press.

Jan Barrett considers herself a lifelong publications teacher and never tires of talking about the students who have worked on her yearbook and newspaper staffs that have found success in the industry.

Barrett has advised the Lafayette High School Marquis for over 20 years. Her staff members garnered many Trophy Class ratings and are now on their eighth straight Trophy Class Award. They are also winners of the Colonel Savage Award for Sustained Excellence as well as other awards through CSPA and NSPA. Barrett advises the high school newspaper, teaches Honors English and Journalism 1-4.

Shannon Dalton is starting her 9th year as adviser of the Cavalier Classic yearbook at Carroll County High School in Hillsville, VA. The Classic has received consistently high state and national rankings, including one VHSL Trophy Class evaluation, multiple Gold evaluations from Columbia Scholastic Press Association and multiple First Class evaluations from National Scholastic Press Association, with marks of distinction for writing and design. Dalton judges for CSPA and is a former VHSL Scholastic Publications Advisory Committee member.

Michelle Coro is the multimedia adviser for Desert Vista High School’s Thunder Vision, View Newspaper, Storm Yearbook and DVthundermedia. com website. Coro has several years of participation on the Arizona Interscholastic Press Association Board, the Journalism Education Association Journalist of the Year committee, has taught multiple sessions for JEA and is a founding member of Scholastic Journalism Institute (SJI).

Coro is on the management team of Josten’s National Summer Workshop at the University of San Diego and is a consultant for numerous workshops and seminars, including being an ASNE Reynolds HSJ Institute alum.

Paige Cox teaches journalism and English at Loudou Valley H.S., in Purcellville, Va., where she advises The Viking, a print and online news magazine. Her students have earned top national and state honors. Cox is the 2013 recipient of the VAJTA Washington and Lee award for scholastic journalism.

Heidi Craft has advised the Atlee High School yearbook, The Legend, for ten years and the newspaper, The Shield, for seven years. The 2011 Legend earned an All-American rating with five marks of distinction from NSPA and in 2010 achieved a Trophy Class rating from VHSL. The 2011 Shield was awarded a silver medal from CSPA. Heidi also teaches English and has her National Board Certification with a concentration in Communications.

Mary Kay Downes, MJE, has advised the nationally award-winning Odyssey yearbook for the past 24 years at Chantilly High School, VA where she serves as English Department Chair. Odyssey has received several NSPA Pacemaker and CSPA Crown awards and is in the NSPA Hall of Fame. A recipient of numerous awards, including the VAJTA Douglas Freeman Award and Thomas Jefferson Awards for Lifetime Achievement, and was named JEA National Yearbook Adviser of the Year in 2007. Downes teaches at summer workshops at Gettysburg College and Cal State-Hayward. She is Past-President of the Columbia Scholastic Press Advisers Association and Chair of its Honors Committee.

Mitch Eden, MJE, advises The Kirkwood Call newspaper, Pioneer yearbook and thekirkwoodcall.com website at Kirkwood High School. He was most recently named Society of Professional Journalists 2011-12 Distinguished Teaching in Journalism Award winner. He has been teaching scholastic journalism 18 years and loves working with passionate young people to help them become better people and better journalists while creating the best publications possible.

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Before leaving a career in advertising to become a high school teacher, Michael Goodrich-Stuart wrote and directed writers professionally for more than 20 years as an advertising copywriter, copy chief and creative director in Michigan, Wyoming, Pennsylvania and Virginia. During those years he received dozens of industry awards, ranging from Addys and Tellys to Caddys and Echos. Now in his 10th year of teaching English and Journalism at Hanover High School, he has advised The Hawk Eye school newspaper there since the first year the school opened. Among other honors, The Hawk Eye has been recognized as Trophy Class by the VHSL two of the last three years. Michael is a 1981 graduate of Michigan State University with a degree in Journalism.

Cathy Hailey teaches Creative Writing courses for the Center for the Fine and Performing Arts at Woodbridge Senior High School She taught Advanced Placement Language and Composition 11 for many years and sponsored Woodbridge’s Eddas Literary/Art Magazine since the 1986-87 school year. Eddas has won the Charles Savedge Award for Sustained Excellence, VHSL Trophy Class, CSPA Gold Medalist, SIPA All Southern, NSPA All-American (with five marks of distinction) and NCTE Highest Award. She is Co-director of the Northern Virginia Writing Project and is writing a monograph for the National Writing Project.

Erinn Harris, CJE, has been advising yearbook for eight years, and she is in her fifth year advising Techniques at Thomas Jefferson H.S. for Science and Technology in Alexandria. A 2010 JEA Rising Star and a yerd for the past 20 years, Harris enjoys the joy that comes with a visual-verbal design connection and in-depth storytelling.

Valerie Kibler just finished her 25th year of teaching and has been at Harrisonburg High School in Virginia for 15. She teaches AP English Language with and Intensive Journalistic Writing focus, freshman journalism, advanced journalism, and Journalism in the Digital age for the online Virtual High School.

Kibler serves as the JEA State Director for Virginia and as Treasurer of the Virginia Association of Journalism Teachers and Advisers (VAJTA). Kibler helped begin jCamp and has worked as an instructor since its inception seven years ago. Kibler is the 2010 Dow Jones News Fund’s National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year and has received many awards.

After a career of 31 years, Rod Kuhn retired from teaching last January. Kuhn is now freelancing as a writer, editor, photographer and designer. Personal awards include a Columbia University Scholastic Press Association Gold Key, West Virginia Teachers Hall of Fame, Jaycee’s Young Educator of the Year in 1989. Eli Lilly Corporation awarded Kuhn a Creative Teacher’s Grant in 2008-09 that allowed him to cross the country during the summer from Atlantic City to San Francisco.

Kuhn’s students won Medalist Awards from CSPA for the eight years at North Marion and many other awards. Kuhn is now the artist in residence at A Perfect World Studio, in Fort Wayne, IN and Fairmont, WV. Gary Lundgren, a senior marketing manager for Jostens, served as director of student publications and director of the Arkansas Scholastic Press Association.

During his nine years on the faculty of the University of Arkansas, his staffs received several Gold Crown and Pacemaker Awards and he received the CSPA Gold Key, NSPA Pioneer Award, JEA Medal of Merit and was inducted into the Scholastic Journalism Hall of Fame. He also published Yearbook Points & Picas magazine for 11 years. During his 16 years at Jostens, Lundgren launched the Look Book and Jostens Adviser University. He edited three editions of the 1,2,3 Yearbook Journalism Curriculum as well as serving as editor of Jostens Adviser & Staff magazine for 14 years.

Mike McLean is a Texas-based freelance visual photojournalist. In 2004 he was inducted into the Journalism Hall of Fame. In 2012 he was awarded the Friends of Journalism Award by the Journalism Education Association of America. McLean’s foundation of storytelling skills come from his strong news background at the Dallas Times Herald. As a staff photographer for the Dallas Times Herald he served on a reporting team that was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the crash of Delta flight 191 at the DFW airport. He is a co-author of Get The Picture published by Jostens. Working as a freelance photojournalist for 20 years, his images have appeared in publications such as Newsweek, Forbes, Rolling Stone, Outside and Climbing magazines.

Megan McManus has taught high school English for nine years including Advanced Placement Language and Literature, International Baccalaureate English Literature, and Creative Writing. She advised the Valhalla yearbook at Woodbridge Senior High School in Prince William County and the literary magazine Mirabilis at the International School of Nido de Aguilas in Santiago, Chile. Currently, Megan is living in Richmond, Virginia where she is tutoring, freelance writing, and playing with her two year old.

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MEET YOUR SPEAKERS Beth Skaggs, CJE, has advised the Hi-Jacket at Osbourn Park High School in Manassas, VA for over 20 years. The Hi-Jacket has been awarded CSPA Silver Crowns and Gold Medalists, NSPA All-Americans, the JEA/NSPA Best of Show, VHSL Trophy Class and is a two-time winner of the Col. Savage Award for Sustained Excellence. The Hi-Jacket has been a Herff Jones Showcase book and has been featured in the Herff Jones Ideas That Fly, the Jostens Yearbook Yearbook and the Taylor Look Book.

Mrs. Skaggs also advised the Yellow Jacket, the school’s newspaper for nine years. She has been a judge for numerous contests, a speaker at a variety of conventions and is on the faculty at GYE. Mrs. Skaggs teaches Virginia’s Economics and Personal Finance course in addition to Journalism I and yearbook.

Sherri Taylor teaches graphic design in the Multimedia, Photography and Design Dept. of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in New York. She is a co-author of Scholastic Journalism, a high school journalism textbook now in its 12th edition (2013). She also directs the Empire State School Press Association, and the School Press Institute. Taylor teaches at workshops and conferences for scholastic journalism, and was formerly a high school journalism and photography teacher at Irving High School in Texas. She has received the Max Haddick Teacher of the Year and Edith Fox King teaching awards in Texas, and was inducted into the Scholastic Journalism Hall of Fame at the University of Oklahoma. She has received numerous awards and has served on the judging committees for the Crown awards for CSPA, Pacemakers for NSPA, and the Society of News Design annual competition.

Cindy Todd loves her job so much that she spent almost her entire summer with student journalists and advisers all around the country teaching workshops. Todd advises the El Paisano yearbook and teaches photojournalism at Westlake High School in Austin. In her 21 years of advising, her students’ publications have earned Gold Crowns and Pacemakers and top state awards. Todd was named a Distinguished Yearbook Adviser by the Journalism Education Association and is a recipient of the Texas Association of Journalism Educators Trailblazer, Interscholastic Press Conference Edith Fox King and Max R. Haddick Texas Teacher of the Year awards. She is a past president of the Texas Association of Journalism Educators.

Chris Waugaman, MJE, teaches Journalism and AP Language and Composition at Prince George (Va.) High School, where he also advises the Royal News newspaper, trnwired.org, trnsports.org, PGTV News broadcast, and the literary magazine. His staffs have won NSPA Pacemakers and CSPA Gold & Silver Crowns. He serves as the director of the Virginia Association of Journalism Teachers and Advisers, is on the board of the Southern Interscholastic Press Association, and also serves on the JEA’s Scholastic Press Rights Commission. In 2011, he was honored by the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund as a Distinguished Adviser. He was also awarded the prestigious Lowell Milken Center Fellowship in 2012.

Alan Weintraut has been teaching journalism, film and AP English since 1994 at Annandale High School, an international public school in suburban Washington, D.C. He returned to the classroom after a brief career as a homeless shelter director and then as a communications specialist for both a children’s nonprofit and a labor union. He now advises The A-Blast, a nationally recognized newspaper, and its online counterpart, The A-Blast Online. He has sponsored a digital photography camp for children in El Salvador, and he was a CarnegieKnight panelist at Harvard University to study youth consumption of the news. He is a member of the Newseum’s Educational Advisory Team and a board member for the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA). For the last two years, he has traveled to northwest China to lead journalism training programs in Lanzhou, an industrial city in the Gansu Province. In 2006, the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund named him the National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year.

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Wells Fargo Sportsmanship

Claudia Dodson VHSL Sportsmanship, Ethics and Integrity Award It’s how they play the game 25 schools earn VHSL most prestigious award presented by Wells Fargo

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f the question is not who won or lost, but how they played the game, 25 schools came up big winners in 13 in the Claudia Dodson Sportsmanship, Ethics and Integrity program presented by Wells Fargo.

The award was renamed in 2007 to honor the memory of Claudia Dodson, a VHSL Assistant Director from 1971-2002, who passed away in 2007.

Twenty-five high schools have been awarded the 2012-13 Claudia Dodson VHSL Sportsmanship, Ethics and Integrity Award which recognizes member schools that have established policies and procedures that make sportsmanship a priority and an expectation within the school and school community. A total of 52 member schools submitted applications with 25 member schools meeting the achievement criteria.

“I consider this to be the Virginia High School League’s most prestigious award,” said VHSL Deputy Director Tom Zimorski.

“It’s the only award that the entire school is graded on.”

There is no limit on the number of schools that might be recognized in a given year; selection is based on whether or not the school meets the criteria.

And the criteria were entirely revised in 2004-05, which utilizes a self-assessment checklist of 50 points relating to administration, coaches, student-athletes, cheerleaders, performance groups, student support, parents and spectators.

The total score is then adjusted by deducting points for student-athlete ejections,

coach ejections and inappropriate behavior at state championship events. Using the adjusted score, a school must score 90 percent or better to qualify.

The previous system was a much more subjective evaluation of a school sportsmanship program based on eight steps to good sportsmanship.

School earning the sportsmanship honor received 50 points toward the 2009 Wachovia Cup for excellence in athletic competition.

Each school earning the award will be recognized at the fall membership meeting and will receive a plaque and sportsmanship banner in a local assemble or public recognition program.

It takes a team effort to qualify at school for the award. Administrators, coaches, athletes, cheerleaders, the student body and the adult community must work together to address sportsmanship.

“We commend all 20 schools for the example they have set and Wachovia for the devotion to supporting strong sportsmanship programs in Virginia schools,” said Ken Tilley, VHSL Executive Director. “Certainly, many other schools offer similar leadership, and we hope to acknowledge their efforts in the future.

“Teaching good sportsmanship is perhaps the most important gift we can give our young people. It is difficult to promote positive values in the heat of competition, but the values will last a lifetime. We certainly appreciate the role Wachovia has played in making this program possible.”

Award Winners Bethel (1st recognition) Booket T. Washington (4th recognition) Central-Woodstock (2nd recognition) Chilhowie (1st recognition) East Rockingham (1st recognition) Frank W. Cox (13th recognition) Grafton (4th recognition) Granby (2nd recognition) Grassfield (6th recognition) Great Bridge (10th recognition) Hickory (5th recognition) Kempsville (7th recognition) Lafayette (3rd recognition) Lake Taylor (6th recognition) Landstown (8th recognition) Norview (5th recognition) Oakton (4th recognition) Patrick Henry-Glade Spring (3rd recognition) Princess Anne (12th recognition) Radford (4th recognition) Salem-Virginia Beach (8th recognition) Tabb (3rd recognition) Tallwood (10th recognition) Western Albemarle (3rd recognition) Western Branch (7th recognition)

VHSL Foundation

Lifetime Opportunities Through Student Activities As an extension of the Virginia High School League, the VHSL Foundation stimulates ongoing statewide support for League activities and programs by securing, managing and allocating resources for the expansion and enrichment of League services to Virginia’s youth.

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The Champions

Claude Moore Charitable Foundation Robert B. Dix and Aggie M. McCormick-Dix Bert Dodson, Jr. Joe and Debbie Showker, Showker Family Foundation of The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County Bryant and Barbara Stith Ken and Joy Tilley in memory of Melissa Bickley Myers Valley Health

Leaders - ($1,000.00-$2,499)

Alpha Natural Resources, Donnie Ratliff in honor of Phil Robbins Bethel High School Chuck Boone Edward E. Brickell Edna Clark in memory of Dr. Robert F. Clark Chesterfield County - Dominion District A.D.s Wendell and Anita Dick Margaret A. Echols Joe Gieck Jefferson Forest High School Peter Koste McGuire Woods LLP Hannah Catherine and Kevin Munro Edward Dave Nelson Old Dominion Electric Cooperative Bruce M. Patrick in honor of Jim and Susie Patrick Hugh T. Pendleton Deborah Pickford Piedmont Valley Football Officials Association in honor of Ralph Law Region A Region B Region D Elizabeth D. Lee Robertson Joyce Sisson and Linda D. Hurff in memory of Claudia Dodson The James Monroe High School Tom Trevillian in honor of Coach Mike Smith Ken and Bonnie Willard in honor of Ellet R. George Susan and Chris Withers

Captains: $500-$999

Johnny Altizer Susan and Marty Bechtol Blue Ridge Wrestling Officials in memory of George Buzzard Bruce W. Bowen William Clendaniel Francis L. Dall Dick Purcell Land, Cattle and Timber Corporation Tom and Karen Dolan Eastside High School A. Elaine Fogliani in memory of Edith Hutt James L. Jones Dante Lee Diane Lowder Denise Marshall Frank J. Quayle III Jackson Reasor Joseph I. Rosenberger VHSL Officials Basketball Camp Virginia Beach District Principals' Association in memory of Gill Holt West Broad Volkswagen & West Broad Audi Craig C. Wood Dan Woolley

Varsity: $250-$499

Robert L. Carson Trevor Coleman in memory of Grabern Barton Gene Corrigan Steve Leaman Mark Meana John and Lynn Moreau Mary Morris North Stafford High School Region II Barton E. Smith in honor of Coach Bill Long Craig and Belinda Stevens Charlies Eddie Swink Bryan Thomas Judith A. Wallace in memory of Kevin Perrrigan, John Battle HS (AD) Rene W. Zelkin

Team: $100-$249

Abingdon High School James Adams AOA Basketball Camp Terry E. Arbogast Steve Barnett Robert Barry in honor of Coach Bill Powell Lora Bickley in memory of Lora Melissa Myers Dr. Chuck and Teresa Bishop Shelley M. Blumenthal Delmer G. Botkin Weldon and Emily Bradshaw in honor of Coach Bill Long, Douglas Freeman High School Lee Brannon Eric V. Brent and Diana DeJesus-Brent Briar Woods High School Randy Bridges William L. Brown Ronald S. Carr Central-Wise High School Chilhowie High School Sonya Clark Clover Hill High School Cosby High School Raymond Crouch Carroll Dale Dominion High School Mark Dorsey Jim and Ellen Dyke James L. Eason in memory of James M. Eason Eastern Montgomery High School Eastern View High School Frank Eastman John M. Epperly Fairfax County Youth Football League Hubert K. Fletcher William M. Frame in honor of Bryan Spangler Franklin High School Gar-Field Senior High School Richard L. George in memory of Edgar Baird George Washington High School Brenda B. Giragosian in memory of Edgar Baird John Gordon Grafton High School Nancy Haga in honor of Ken Tilley Barry Hamler Charles "Mike" Harris

VHSL

Foundation Lifetime Opportunities Through Student Activities

Kevin Harris Fran Hermance HTL, Inc. T/A Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken Norman D. Hunt Charlie Cecil Hurst in honor of Charlie Hurst Eddie Iconhour J.I. Burton High School James River-Midlothian High School Darrell R. Jenkins Doris K. Johnson in memory of Wheatley Marshall Johnson Wheatley Marshall Johnson Ben Jordan-Downs Eugene V. Kramolowsky Mike Lane Brenda F. Langdon in memory of Claudia Dodson Joan Lawter Liberty-Bealeton High School Ann H. Lockett Bill Loomis Loudoun County High School Margaret T. Lowry in honor of Lora Bickley Manchester High School Massaponax High School Brian and Kathryn Matney in memory of Keith D. Matney and William E. Campbell Matoaca High School Oliver A. McBride Midlothian High School Monacan High School James and Ellen Omps Charles N. Ostlund William N. Owen H. R. Potts in memory of Edgar Baird Bill and Carolyn Pugh John P. Robbins James Roberts in memory of James T. Sherrill Keith Rowland in honor of Glenn Proctor, Norman Lineburg, William Patteson Lisa Schaffner Shenandoah Soccer Officials Association Brenda Sheridan Frances A. Simpson in memory of Claudia Dodson Victor Smith Staunton River High School Rhonda Stegall Andy Stockner Jerry Stone Mike Sturgill James Sweeder Chip Tarkenton Betsy Thomas Charlene T. Tiller John Titus David Tremaine Tunstall High School Turner Ashby High School Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice (Employees) in memory of Alan McCoy Rudy Ward Willis H. White William Campbell High School Wythe County Public Schools

Friends: up to $99

Edward V. Allison in honor of James L. Jones Eric Baylor

Carolyn Bernard in memory of Cliff Bernard Patricia D. Booker in memory of Alan McCoy Bill Bosher Billy Cannaday Harold Coleman in memory of Wheatly Marshall Johnson Wayne M. Cosby John D. Crist Jerry F. Deviney George W. Drewry Karen L. Finch Bob Fischer Lewis Foreman Jackie Gordon Daniel Grounard Calvin Hill Jay James

Leonard Lane Megan M. McCarthy Joseph F. Miller Mint Spring Medical Clinic David J. Morgan In memory of Col. Lowell T. Keagy Tom Nichols Tracie Omohundro Joseph G. Panchik Bob and Jeanette Patterson Matthew and Christina Pearman Nancy Phaup Shawn Pickrell G. S. Pope Roscoe Puckett in memory of Marshall Johnson Albert Rinaldi in memory of Marshall Johnson Edward Robinson

Renee Rutkowski James A. Sangston Sam Shumate Nancy D. Specht in memory of Ann Beard Gutshall, All-State Track Athletes Robert Strange Ivan Stupic Mathew J. Taylor Brad Qualls J. J. Updike in honor of Rod Camden Eddie Webb Vanessa Wigand Charles H. Wilson Wornout Affiliated Retired Taskmaster Society in memory of Marshall Johnson

Century Club An ongoing project in support of the VHSL Foundation during 2012-13 is an initiative called the Century Club. The concept is to recruit 100 people who are willing to make a commitment to raise a minimum of $1,000 each for the Foundation. We salute the following individuals who have agreed to be members of the 2012-13 Century Club, and we invite other friends of the League to consider making a similar commitment.

Ray Smith, Bethel High School**** Bruce Bowen, Richmond********** Claude Moore Charitable Foundation Edward E. Brickell, Virginia Beach*** Delmer Botkin, Churchville** Chesterfield County A.D.'s, Dominion District******* Edna Clark, Fairfax**** Eastside High School, Coeburn*** Wendell and Anita Dick******* Robert B. Dix, Vienna********* Bertram Dodson, Jr., Lynchburg******* Margaret A. Echols Anthony Francis, Jefferson Forest High School, Forest**** Zach Franz, Winchester***** Joe Gieck, Charlottesville** John B. Gordon, III, The James Monroe HS, Fredericksburg****

Peter Koste Brian Matney, Virginia Beach***** Hannah Catherine and Kevin Munro, Charlottesville********** Dave Nelson, Poquoson**** Northern Virginia Football Officials Association, Inc., Dale City**** Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, Glen Allen*** Bruce Patrick, Clifton******* Hugh Thornton Pendleton, Rustburg*** Deborah Pickford, Springfield**** Russ Potts, Winchester***** Donnie Ratliff, Alpha Natural Resources, Abindon****** Region A Region C* Region D** Elizabeth Lee Robertson, Colonial Beach******* Carl A. Rosberg, Waynesboro*******

Joe Showker, Harrisonburg***** Joyce Sisson and Linda D. Hurff Bryant and Barbara Stith, Lawrenceville***** Bryan Thomas, Piedmont Valley Football Officials Association Emilie M. Tilley, Virginnia Beach*********** Ken and Joy Tilley, Charlottesville********** Tom Trevillian, McClung Printing, Charlottesville**** Valley Health, Winchester***** Cherie Whitehurst, Bedford**** Ken and Bonnie Willard Susan and Chris Withers, Richmond**** Craig Wood * denotes years as a member

Donor Card Name Address

Phone E-mail

Please make checks payable to the VHSL Foundation and return with form to: VHSL Foundation 1642 State Farm Blvd.

Charlottesville, VA 22911 Dedication (optional):

(To make a donation on behalf or in memory of another person)

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Amount you would like to contribute: $

Wells Fargo Cup

Cup of Excellence Six schools earn Wells Fargo Cups as year’s best The Wells Fargo Cup represents the best Virginia high schools have to offer in athletic and academic activities. First awarded in 1990, the Wells Fargo Cup represents nearly 25 years of excellence. Six cups are presented, one for academic activities and one for athletics in each of VHSL’s three enrollment classifications.

The Wells Fargo Cup goes to the school in each group classification that has achieved the best overall record in VHSL state-level competition in 27 sports – the state champions’ state champion.

Oakton, Blacksburg and George Mason claimed the top spots in VHSL athletic competition for the 2012-13 school year, winning the coveted Wells Fargo Cup for Group AAA, AA and A. In Group AAA, Oakton won its first Cup title, while Blacksburg won for the second straight year, and for a Group AA record ninth time, and George Mason claimed its second straight and Group A record fifth Cup. A traditional powerhouse school led the way in the 2012-13 Wells Fargo

Cup race for year-long success. In Group A Madison County captured its 17th consecutive title, while in Group AA Harrisonburg won its third straight Cup and Thomas Jefferson HS for Science & Technology won its first Group AAA title.

Madison County now has 19 Cups earned over a 20-year period, while Harrisonburg claimed its third straight title.

Winners of the Wells Fargo Cup are determined by a point system based on performance in VHSL state competitions. Points are awarded for all sanctioned sports, plus sportsmanship, and schools can earn academic activity points for outstanding participation in scholastic bowl, creative writing, theatre, forensics, debate, newspaper, yearbook and magazine.

The athletic and academic winners are recognized each fall as part of VHSL Day at a University of Virginia football game.

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George Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . .362.5 Radford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345 Gate City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270 Wilson Memorial . . . . . . . . . . .237.5 James River-Buchanan . . . . . .227.5 Altavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185 East Rockingham . . . . . . . . . .177.5 Central-Woodstock . . . . . . . . .167.5 King William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155 Northumberland . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

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Blacksburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350 Western Albemarle . . . . . . . . .337.5 Grafton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312.5 E.C. Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305 Hidden Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305 6. Tabb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295 7. Lafayette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .262.5 8. Salem-Salem . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247.5 9. Briar Woods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227.5 10. Brunswick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

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Madison County . . . . . . . . . . . . .185 Randolph-Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 Central-Wise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 John S. Battle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 James River-Buchanan . . . . . . . .70 Northumberland . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Clarke County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Galax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 George Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Stuarts Draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Wilson Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

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1. Harrisonburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210 2. Salem-Salem . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152.5 3. Lafayette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150 4. Loudoun Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130 5. Sherando . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112.5 6. Blacksburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 7. Loudoun County . . . . . . . . . . .107.5 8. Cave Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 9. Potomac Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 10. Tazewell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67.5

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Thomas Jefferson S&T . . . . . .257.5 Chantilly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205 George C. Marshall . . . . . . . . .132.5 West Springfield . . . . . . . . . . . . .130 Osbourn Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 Colonial Forge . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 Freedom-South Riding . . . . . .107.5 Lee-Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Stafford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 10. Oakton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95.8

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VHSL STUDENT LEADERS CONFERENCE Student impact on the climate and culture of their school and other students is enormous. Their involvement in the success of a high school is paramount. Through its athletic and activities programs, as well as its annual Student Leaders Conference, the VHSL aims to train talented, committed young people to become better citizens who will become positive, contributing adults.

This conference addresses contemporary issues that impact a young person’s ability to become a leader and role model. In addition to group discussion, there will be guest speakers sharing their stories of overcoming challenges and celebrating their talents. The curriculum for the conference focuses on respect, positive values, sportsmanship, teamwork, healthy lifestyles, community service and self-evaluation.

For more information or to register for this event, go to http://www.vhsl.org/activities.page232.

We hope to see you in Virginia Beach on April 4-5, 2014!

NFHS HEART OF THE ARTS

AWARD

This national level award seeks to recognize those individuals in a performing arts program (theatre, forensics, debate, Scholastic Bowl, etc.) who exemplify the ideals of the positive heart of the arts that represent the core mission of education-based activities. The award may be given in recognition of a specific act or for an activity of longer duration.

For example, it could be awarded to an individual (or group) that: • Has demonstrated exemplary “heart,” sportsmanship and/or citizenship in participation as it should occur; • Has exceeded normal expectations in assisting others within the school or community; or • Has overcome adversity or a challenging circumstance.

The nomination must be for something that occurred between January 1, 2013 and January 31, 2014. Nominated individuals do not necessarily need to still be enrolled in high school at the time of the nomination.

The VHSL will review all nominations, select one nomination it deems worthy, and forward it to the National Federation of State High School Associations.

If you have a candidate you wish to nominate, please contact the VHSL for more information.

Nomination forms must be submitted to the NFHS no later than February 1, 2014.

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VHSL ADVISER ACCOLADES Year

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Award

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2010

Valerie Kibler

Harrisonburg

Teacher of the Year

DJNF

2010

Meghan Percival

McLean

Special Recognition

JEA

2009

Alma Blythe

Oscar Smith/Great Bridge

Virginia High School HoF

VHSL

2009

Pat Hinman

Robinson

Special Recognition

JEA

2009

Chad Rummel

Oakton

Special Recognition

JEA

2008

Gary Bender

Westfield

Special Recognition

JEA

2007

Mary Kay Downes

Chantilly

Adviser of the Year

JEA

2006

Alan Weintraut

Annandale

Teacher of the Year

DJNF

2006

Wilma Wirt

VCU*

Virginia High School HoF

VHSL

2005

Martha Akers

Loudoun Valley

Adviser of the Year

JEA

2004

Evelyn Dawkins

Kecoughtan

Virginia High School HoF

VHSL

2002

Carol Lange

TJS&T

Virginia High School HoF

VHSL

2001

Mary Kay Downes

Chantilly

Distinguished Adviser

JEA

2001

Nancy Ruth Patterson

Fleming

Virginia High School HoF

VHSL

2000

Mary Kay Downes

Chantilly

Special Recognition

JEA

1999

Martha Akers

Loudoun Valley

Distinguished Adviser

JEA

1998

Richard Fitz

Halifax

Virginia High School HoF

VHSL

1997

Betty Morton

Virginia

Virginia High School HoF

VHSL

1995

Hud Clark

Langley

Virginia High School HoF

VHSL

1994

Bert Smith

Hampton

Virginia High School HoF

VHSL

1991

Carol Lange

TJS&T

Teacher of the Year

DJNF

1991

Charles Savedge

Augusta Military*

Virginia High School HoF

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Charles Savedge

Augusta Military*

Teacher of the Year

DJNF

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THE CHARLES E. SAVEDGE AWARD FOR SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE IN SCHOLASTIC JOURNALISM

THE CHARLES E. SAVEDGE AWARD for Sustained Excellence in Scholastic Journalism is presented to publications that have earned VHSL Trophy Class distinction five times within a seven-year period. This year, the VHSL congratulates five publications that have achieved this distinction:

YEARBOOK The Legend Atlee High School, 2nd distinction (2003) Odyssey Chantilly High School, 4th distinction (1998, 2003, 2008) Paragon Oakton High School, 3rd distinction (2002, 2008) Laconian Salem High School-Salem, 4th distinction (1998, 2003, 2008)

NEWSPAPER tjToday Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, 2nd distinction (2008)

Congratulations to the staffs and advisers of these publications.

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Attention like this never gets old.

For the fourth time in five years, Jostens is honored to earn the prestigious “Benny” in the Premier Print Awards. Our work on the United States Naval Academy Lucky Bag yearbook is just the latest example of how Jostens is the absolute leader in printing excellence. As well as the biggest prize of the night, Jostens took home 12 additional honors in the School Yearbook category — more than any other company.