The Soarer - Issue 1

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NOVEMBER 2022

The Soarer

VOL. 1 ISSUE 1

The latest LHS Publications news, views and announcements First and Foremost... Since the opening of our school ten years ago, even just the publications program has seen a multitude of changes. From adapting The Ledger magazine from our original Liberty Ledger newspaper, to the development of The Eagles Eye weekly broadcast - our program has grown tremendously! And luckily, we don't seem to be losing that momentum any time soon. Mr. Hall came to me with the idea of starting an alumni newsletter toward the end of last school year, and with our combined efforts we've produced this brand new publication made just for you our publications alumni.

Top Publications News After attending the 2022 Spring JEA conference in L.A. last school year, publications attended their second-ever journalism conference this fall. The 2022 Fall NSPA/JEA conference was held from Nov. 10-13 at the Marriott Grand Hotel in St. Louis. LHS Publications planned to return home with more awards while giving its staff the opportunity to further hone their journalistic skills - and they did just that at this year's fall conference. Publications took home 12 awards by the end of the event with multiple members ranking in a list of categories. Everyone was fascinated with their experiences, and for some it was their first time attending a JEA/NSPA convention. Junior Megan Geisler said, “I was really excited to go because I’ve heard a lot about it from the people who went on the L.A. trip and I was really excited to have my own experience.” photo by LHS Publications

Publications students pose together with nine NSPA awards after the ceremony.

You'll see bi-annual issues of The Soarer in the fall and the spring. We believe it's extremely important to connect with past staff members who contributed to the widely accredited program we know and love today. While we dwell on how we got here, it's only appropriate that we thank you, our publications alumni, for your years of hard work and effort. You've collectively molded our program into something we're all proud of, and we don't want to imagine where we'd be without you all. Our job at The Soarer is to keep you updated on the exciting changes in our program, let you know what our publications alumni are up to now, and inform you about

how we plan to grow our program looking forward. We thank you for supporting and reading the inaugural issue of this newsletter, we hope you enjoy your time here. Look for us in your inbox again this spring! With love always, Kay Copeland Editor-in-Chief of The Soarer

Alumni Spotlight:

photo by S. Hegyi

provided by M. Banstetter

Mollie Banstetter Class of '22

Senior Rhett Cunningham leads a session on yearbook leadership.

Best of Show 2022 Talon Yearbook Talon Staff under editorial leadership of Rhett Cunningham high school / 224-278 pages Sixth Place Nationally Website - LHStoday.org LHStoday.org under the editorial leadership of Sydney Davis high school / enrollment of 1,800 or more Eighth Place Nationally Individual Awards Editorial Leadership Rhett Cunningham Fifth Place Broadcast: Feature Story - Getting to Know Mr. Schaper Anumitha Vaka Fourth Place Design: Yearbook - Mamma Mia! Rhett Cunningham & Alix Queen Second Place

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Being in LHS Publications since her freshman year and working on The Ledger staff for three years, Mollie Banstetter gained a strong passion for journalism throughout this time. This fueled her decision to attend the University of Northern Texas for journalism with a concentration in digital and print media. "I decided to continue studying journalism because it's what I'm passionate about," Banstetter said. "I loved being a part of the publications team back at Liberty and I'm so happy to be apart of the publications team here at UNT." Banstetter spent a good chunk of her high school years in room 239, most notably working as the Layout Editor of The Ledger magazine for two years. "Surprisingly, I really miss that classroom, it ended up being the only constant I had during those four years." Banstetter expressed,

Banstetter moved to Texas after hearing great things about UNT's journalism program.

"I really miss doing layout for the magazine, I still get stress dreams of finishing layout in time for the magazine submission deadline." Starting her freshman year in college, in a state far away from her home, Banstetter is adjusting to college life as well as she can. "I'm loving college life so far, I feel like I'm adjusting to everything well," Banstetter said. "However, I do surprisingly have a little bit of homesickness. It's weird being a 12 hour drive from my hometown."

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