Awards

2024-2025

Third Place – Print Overall Excellence – Garden State Scholastic Press Association

Honorable Mention – Reviews -Aarushi Kumar – Garden State Scholastic Press Association

Honorable Mention – Layout and Design – Aarushi Kumar and Nathan Shurts -Garden State Scholastic Press Association

Honorable Mention – Layout and Design – Aarushi Kumar and Owen Fernstrom -Garden State Scholastic Press Association

Honorable Mention – Layout and Design – Aarushi Kumar -Garden State Scholastic Press Association

2022- 2023

International Second Place- Quill and Scroll

Third Place – Print Overall Excellence – Garden State Scholastic Press Association

Third Place – Opinion Writing – Farren Bowers – Garden State Scholastic Press Association

Honorable Mention – Review Writing -Aarushi Kumar – Garden State Scholastic Press Association

Honorable Mention – Review Writing -Alex Garcia – Garden State Scholastic Press Association

Honorable Mention – Layout/Design -Aarushi Kumar – Garden State Scholastic Press Association

Honorable Mention – Timely Sports -Scott Sanzyck- Garden State Scholastic Press Association

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