Awards
2021-2022
First Place – Overall Print Excellence-GSSPA!
Silver Medalist Award – Columbia Scholastic Press Association
First Place – American Scholastic Press Awards
Second place – Photo essay- -Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s Gold Circle Awards – Sophie Solarino
Second place – Photography – Garden State Scholastic Press Association- Sophie Solarino
Honorable Mention – Overall Online Excellence – GSSPA
Honorable Mention – Artwork/Illustrations – GSSPA – Abeeha Zaidi and Samantha Bassin
First Place – Layout and Design – GSSPA- Abeeha Zaidi
2020-2021
First Place – Senior High School Category – American Scholastic Press Association annual Newspaper Review/Contest
First Class with Two Marks of Distinction (text and visuals) – National Scholastic Press Association (print)
Second Class with One Mark of Distinction (breaking news) – National Scholastic Press Association (online/website)
Site Excellence Badge – Student Newspaper Online
Honorable Mention for Feature Writing: “Technology, Teenagers and Teaching” — Mikayla Smith, Kinnelon – GSSPA
First Place for Editorial Writing: “One-to-one Laptops,” — Camille Balo, Juliana Marston, Julia Hackney, Ethan Burt, Nina Santy, Emily Mazurkiewicz, Gabriella Avagyan, Kinnelon – GSSPA
First Place for Column Writing: “Should Online Courses be as Valid as In-School Ones?,” — Daniel Yu, Kinnelon – GSSPA
Honorable Mention for Design: “Global Response to the Coronavirus” — Abeeha Zaidi/Julia Hackney, Kinnelon – GSSPA
Honorable Mention for Multimedia Package: “The Cure for COVID-19” — Brian Lane, Kinnelon – GSSPA
Special Pandemic Coverage: Overall Excellence – Honorable Mention: Kinnelon, Colt Chronicle – GSSPA
Overall Print Excellence – Third Place: Kinnelon, The Colt Chronicle, GSSPA
2019-2020
Silver Medalist – Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Site Excellence Badge – Student Newspaper Online
Reviews, Second Place – Shreyal Sharma – GSSPA
Multimedia Package, Honorable Mention – Brian Lane – GSSPA
Sports Writing, First Place – Daniel Yu – GSSPA
Sports Writing, Honorable Mention – Emma Kline, GSSPA