THE LAIR                               

2022-23

• • CSPA Silver Crown

  • NSPA Gold Medalist

  • NSPA IAA Clips & Clicks - Second Place Feature Photo

  • NSPA IAA Clips & Clicks - Third Place Infographic Spread

  • NSPA IAA's (Waiting)

2021-22

• • ILPC Bronze Star Award

  • CSPA Gold Crown

  • NSPA Gold Medalist

2020-21

• • ILPC Bronze Star Award

  • CSPA Silver Crown 

  • CSPA Gold Medalist

  • NSPA Gold Medalist

  • Balfour Sample Book

  • 2021 Balfour Yearbooks Yearbooks – Recognized for Yearbook Excellence

2019-20

• • ILPC Bronze Star Award

  • CSPA Gold Medalist

  • NSPA All-American with Four Marks of Distinction

  • NSPA Pacemaker Winner

  • Balfour Sample Book

  • 2020 Balfour Yearbooks Yearbooks – Recognized for Yearbook Excellence

2018-19 

• • ILPC Silver Star

  • CSPA Silver Crown Winner

  • CSPA Gold Medalist

  • NSPA Gold Medalist

  • Balfour Sample Book

  • 2019 Balfour Yearbooks Yearbooks – Recognized for Yearbook Excellence

2017-18 

• • ILPC Bronze Star Award

  • CSPA Gold Medalist with Columbian Honors in Design and References

  • NSPA First Class 

  • Balfour Sample Book 

  • 2018 Balfour Yearbooks Yearbooks – Recognized for Yearbook Excellence

2016-17 

• • ILPC Bronze Star Award 

  • CSPA Gold Medal

  • NSPA All-American with Five Marks of Distinction

  • Balfour Sample Book 

  • 2017 Balfour Yearbooks Yearbooks – Recognized for Yearbook Excellence

2015-16 

• • NSPA First Class with One Mark of Distinction

  • NSPA Pacemaker Finalist

  • CSPA Gold Medal

  • ILPC Bronze Star Award 

UIL Journalism 

2024-2025

District

• Feature Writing - Sophia Clapp, 2nd

• Feature Writing - Osiris Rodriguez, 6th

• Newswriting - Ariana Tower, 1st

• Newswriting - Sophia Clapp, 3rd

• Headline Writing - Nithya Poola, 3rd

2020-2021

UIL State 

• Feature Writing - Arielle Shaver

• Headline Writing - McKenzie Henningsen

• Copy Editing - McKenzie Henningsen

UIL Regionals - 1st Place as a team

• Headline Writing - 1st Place McKenzie Henningsen

• Copy Editing - 3rd Place McKenzie Henningsen

• Feature Writing - 2nd Place Arielle Shaver; 5th Place Kaitlyn Mahan

UIL District - 2nd Place as a team

• Headline Writing - 1st Place McKenzie Henningsen

• Copy Editing - 1st Place McKenzie Henningsen, 2nd Place Jharna Kamath, 6th Place Hailey Williams

• Feature Writing - 1st Place Kaitlyn Mahan, 2nd Place Arielle Shaver

• News Writing - 3rd Jharna Kamath

2019-2020

UIL Level 2 (At-Home Addition)

• Feature Writing

2018-2019 

UIL Regionals

• Copy Editing

2017-2018 

UIL Regionals

• Feature Writing 

2016-2017 

UIL Regionals

• Feature Writing

• News Writing

The Roar 

2016-2017

NSPA Second Class with One Mark of Distinction

2015-2016

Publication Awards

NSPA Online Pacemaker Finalist

NSPA First Class Rating

• Mark of Distinction for Coverage/Content

• Mark of Distinction for Design/Navigation

• Mark of Distinction for Rich Media

ILPC Gold Star

SNO Distinguished Site

• SNO Site Excellence Badge

• SNO Continuous Coverage Badge

• SNO Writing Excellence Badge

• SNO Story Page Excellence Badge

• SNO Multimedia Excellence Badge

• SNO Audience Engagement Badge

Individual Awards

Jack Densmore – Online Newspaper Editor in Chief of the Year, Outstanding UIL Writer (ILPC), Texas A&M Communications Workshop Multimedia Award

Gigi Allen, Natalie Ditsler, Aimee Bozoudes – Outstanding Writer Awards

2014-2015

Publication Awards

ILPC Silver Star

SNO Distinguished Site

• SNO Site Excellence Badge

• SNO Continuous Coverage Badge

• SNO Writing Excellence Badge

• SNO Story Page Excellence Badge

• SNO Multimedia Excellence Badge

• SNO Audience Engagement Badge

Individual Awards

Siandhara Bonnet – Outstanding Feature Writer (ILPC)

Claire Kyllonen – Excellence in Opinion Writing (ILPC)

Winner – Texas A&M Communications Workshop Multimedia Award

2013-2014

Publication Awards

SNO Site Excellence Badge

SNO Writing Excellence Badge

SNO Story Page Excellence Badge

Memberships:

• National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA)

• Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA)

• Interscholastic League Press Conference (ILPC)