Awards

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