Cactus Canyon JHS 'Oro' yearbook top finalist in national competition
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Posted 12/23/19
The nation’s top scholastic yearbooks were recognized Dec. 19 by the National Scholastic Press Association and the 2019 Cactus Canyon Junior High School book was named one of 12 finalists in the middle school/high school division …
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Cactus Canyon JHS 'Oro' yearbook top finalist in national competition
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“I’m so proud of the students who choose to take this incredibly difficult elective and excited when I get to show them how all their hard work pays off."”
Jason Davis, CCJHS yearbook adviser
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The nation’s top scholastic yearbooks were recognized Dec. 19 by the National Scholastic Press Association and the 2019 Cactus Canyon Junior High School book was named one of 12 finalists in the middle school/high school division.
“I’m so proud of the students who choose to take this incredibly difficult elective and excited when I get to show them how all their hard work pays off,” CCJHS yearbook adviser Jason Davis said in a release. “The Pacemaker is referred to as the Pulitzer Prize of scholastic journalism and we're proud to be a finalist and show the world how great AJ kids are.”
According to a release distributed by the NSPA, the organization is one of the oldest associations to present awards for scholastic journalism. The association started presenting the prestigious award to high school newspapers soon after the organization was founded in 1921. Throughout the years, yearbooks, magazines, online sites and broadcast programs were added to the competition.
“The Pacemaker is the association’s preeminent award,” NSPA executive director Laura Widmer said in the release. “NSPA is honored to recognize the best of the best.”
Pacemaker finalists will be recognized with plaques at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 16, at the opening ceremony of the Spring National High School Journalism Convention in Nashville, Tennessee. The AJUSD group has received Governing Board approval to travel for the event.
CSPA Crown Award
The students are fundraising to help pay for their expenses for a trip in March to Columbia University in New York to accept either a Gold or Silver Crown as a finalist for a CSPA Crown Award. A GoFundMe has been set up to at bit.ly/ccjhybk.
It is part of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Spring Convention March 18-20, 2020.
The 2019 yearbook, Oro, was edited by Dia Granillo, Emily Sosa, and Tiffany Hutcheson.
