News flashes: Ravens parade, awards for The Patriot, Speech and Debate
Hope Kelly, Brianna Glase, Caitlin Wolfarth, Managing Editor, Online Chief, News Editor
February 11, 2013
Filed under Local News, News Flashes
Students miss school due to Ravens parade 23.4 percent of students were absent, tardy, or dismissed early on Tuesday, Feb. 5. While some students were actually sick, Attendance Secretary Molly Tebin said that “about 95 percent of the people that were out were out because of the [Ravens] parade.” These... Read more »
Newspaper moderator named single recipient of international award
Brianna Glase, Managing Editor
May 17, 2012
Filed under News
On May 3, the phone rang in the Patriot room. The class went silent, and newspaper moderator Mark Ionescu was informed that he had been named Journalism Educator of the Year by the Youth Journalism International (YJI) organization. “Someone from Youth Journalism International called during class... Read more »
Three Patriot staffers win international awards
Brianna Glase, Managing Editor
May 4, 2012
Filed under News, News Flashes
On Thursday, May 3, three Patriot staffers received awards from the Youth Journalism International organization. Opinion Editor Scott Novak won first place in the General Columns category for his column “Pro-Choice’s time to scream.” Copy Editor Kailey Tracy won an honorable mention in the... Read more »
Five Patriot staffers win national Quill and Scroll awards
Brianna Glase, Managing Editor
April 30, 2012
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Five members of the Patriot staff won awards for either stories or pictures from the Quill and Scroll International Honor Society for High School Journalists in their 2012 International Writing/Photo Contest. There was a total of 3039 entries submitted across the nation in 12 categories. Out of... Read more »
Patriot staffers win national awards
Brianna Glase, Managing Editor
February 15, 2012
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A total of ten members of the Patriot staff from this year and last year won national awards on their individual articles from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. These awards are for articles written from November 2010 through November 2011. Online Chief Grace Kim won first place in News... Read more »
Patriot online site receives All-American ranking
Brianna Glase, Managing Editor
January 6, 2012
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The National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) has awarded jcpatriot.com the ranking of All-American. This is the highest ranking available and the highest ranking the online site has received since its launch in 2008. In order to receive this rating, The Patriot had to score 3,400 points and... Read more »
Members of The Patriot win Youth Journalism International awards
Henry Shepard, Reporter
June 7, 2011
Filed under News
Three members of The Patriot won awards in various categories in the 2011 Youth Journalism International contest. Youth Journalism International is “a recognized . . . public education charity in the United States,” according to youthjournalism.org. Online Chief Jenny Hottle received one of... Read more »