The Student News Site of Kinnelon High School

Colt Chronicle

The Student News Site of Kinnelon High School

Colt Chronicle

The Student News Site of Kinnelon High School

Colt Chronicle

Awards

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