Awards


The Churchill Observer Awards 2009-2010
2009-2010
Kelly Knarr – Advisor

American Scholastic Press Association

Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Silver Medalist

Maryland-District of Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Gold Rating

National Scholastic Press Association
First Class with Three Marks of Distinction for Coverage and Content, Writing and Editing, and Layout and Design

Quill and Scroll Society
International First Place Award for Superior Achievement

Accepted by:
Vasant Joseph Editor-in-Chief
Ryan Schlesinger Editor-in-Chief

Individual Awards

Maryland High School Journalism Awards
Josh Fanaroff (’09) Third place, Best News Story
and Ben Gloger “Repeated incidents of graffiti close bathroom”

Ryan Schlesinger Second place, Best Sports Feature Story
“Athlete of the Month (Senior Chase Hicks)”

Maryland Scholastic Press Association
Vasant Joseph Honorable Mention, Editorial Opinion
“Administrators fail in fun by banning recess”

David Noble Honorable Mention, Features
and Kyra Simon “. . .to Promiscuity”

Tiffany Chang (’09) Second Place, Double-page Layout
“Cheater, Cheater”

Third Place, Single (inside) Page Layout
“From Promise. . .”

Sarah Glasser (’09) Third Place, Review
“True Blood Sucks in Viewers”

National Scholastic Press Association Journalism Honor Roll

Brett Mead
Kelsey O’Donnell
Ryan Schlesinger
Benjamin Gloger
Lauren Pires
Remi Forster
Christina Zhang
Vasant Joseph

Quill and Scroll Journalism Honor Society

Brett Mead
Kelsey O’Donnell
Ryan Schlesinger
Benjamin Gloger
Leah Greenwald
Talin (Eshe) Hill
Lauren Pires
Suzanne Rudorfer
Diana Brown
Harrison Fanaroff
Remi Forster
Robert Hirsch
Maya Motayne
David Wilson
Christina Zhang
Kirsten Appleton
Vasant Joseph
Andrew Rosenberg

The Churchill Observer Awards 2008-2009


Kelly Knarr – Advisor

  • American Scholastic Press Association
    First Place with Special Merit
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association
    Silver Medalist
  • Maryland-District of Columbia Scholastic Press Association
    Gold Rating
  • National Scholastic Press Association
    First Class with Two Marks of Distinction for Coverage and Content and Writing and Editing
  • Quill and Scroll Society
    International Second Place Award

 

  • Accepted by:
                David Noble               Editor-in-Chief
               
    Kyra Simon                Editor-in-Chief

 

 

 

Individual Awards

Maryland Scholastic Press Association

  • Vasant Joseph                     First Place, Editorial Opinion
  • David Noble                         Third Place, Feature
  • Julia Bassiri (’08)              Second Place, Informational Graphic
     
                                              First Place, Double-page Layout
  • Sarah Hollander and
    Eugenia Navarro (’08)           Third Place, Front-page Layout

           

National Scholastic Press Association Journalism Honor Roll

            Socrates Boutsikaris

Zach Cantor

Tiffany Chang

Josh Fanaroff

Sarah Glasser

Noah Goetzel

Sarah Hollander

Brittany Karakostas

Jamie Lafleur

Ian Lee

David Noble

Samantha Redman           

Kyra Simon  

Marianne Varkiani

           

                                   

Quill and Scroll Journalism Honor Society    

Socrates Boutsikaris

Zach Cantor

Tiffany Chang

Josh Fanaroff

Sarah Glasser

Noah Goetzel

Sarah Hollander

Brittany Karakostas

Jamie Lafleur

Carla Laudicina

Ian Lee

David Noble

Samantha Redman           

Kyra Simon  

Marianne Varkiani