ESSPA Awards

By Meghan Byrnes

Editor-in-Chief

The Empire State School Press Association (ESSPA) gives out awards every fall to high school publications. The articles, stories, and other works of literary art are submitted to ESSPA over the summer, and the winners are announced the following fall. This year, once again, Jamesville-DeWitt High School’s school newspaper (RamPage) and literary magazine (Rambunctious) received many awards. Below is a list of the honors we won.

RamPage Awards:

• 1st place Gold, Overall Publication, Staff

• 1st place Gold, Most Improved Publication, Staff

• 1st place Gold, Service to the School, Staff

• 1st place Gold, Special Topic/Event Coverage, Staff, (Senior Decisions)

• 1st place Gold, In-depth Coverage (Division B), Ryan Pike and Griffin Johnson, (“J-D’s tacky Technology”)

• 1st place Gold, In-depth Coverage (Division B), Meghan Byrnes and Morgan Brang, (“Does J-DHS Recycle?”)

• 2nd place Silver, In-depth Coverage (Division B), Meghan Byrnes and Morgan Brang and Ellie Wheeler, (“Mu Alpha Theta Moves Forward”)

• 2nd place Silver, In-depth Coverage (Division B), Ryan Pike, (“Mr. Gasparini’s Chinese Enlightenment”)

• 2nd place Silver, News Story (Division B), Ryan Pike and Jason Klaiber, (“J-DHS Evades Budget Cuts”)

• 2nd place Silver, News Story (Division B), Chloe Drescher and Bora Nanaj, (“Budget Shortfall Endangers Staff and Programs”)

• 3rd place Bronze, Feature Writing (Division B), Liv Byrnes & Marissia Potamianos, (“Just in from Mexico: Marcela Guzman Juaristi”)

• 3rd place bronze, Sports Features, Eva Dougherty and Maddie Scullion, (“Concussions Take Their Toll on J-DHS Athletes”)

• Honorable Mention, Feature Writing (Division B), Bora Nanaj, (“J-D’s Graceful Ice Goddesses”)

• Honorable Mention,  In-depth Coverage (Division B), Ellie Wheeler and Sarah Carlsen, (“Tanksley and the Addo Sisters take D.C.”)

• Honorable Mention, Personality Interview Story (Division B), Jason Klaiber, (“Athlete Spotlight: Chris McGee”)

• Honorable Mention, Personality Interview Story (Division B), Marissia Potamianos and Kate Salvo, (“Jackie Knapp Brightens J-DHS Through Volunteer Work”)

• Honorable Mention,  In-depth Coverage (Division B), Gus Weinstein, (“PC Lab Receives Major Upgrade”)

• Honorable Mention,  In-depth Coverage (Division B), Sabina Hodzic and Carly Stone, (“J-D Model UN Holds Court”)

• Honorable Mention, Sports Feature, August Kissel and Julia Skeval, (“Red Rams take on Rugby”)

• Honorable Mention,  In-depth Coverage (Division B), Ryan Pike, (“Turf Field: Slow and Steady Wins the Race”)

• Honorable Mention, Sports News, Meghan Byrnes and Morgan Brang, (“Spring Sports Wrap-Up”)

• Honorable Mention, Picture Layout/Picture Story, Staff, (Senior Decisions)

• Honorable Mention, Picture Layout/Picture Story, Staff, (JD Day)

Rambunctious Awards:

• Gold/All New York, Best All-Round Publication–Literary Magazines, Spring 2014 issue

• Gold, Most Improved Publication, Staff

• Silver, Best All-Round Publication–Literary Magazines, Fall 2013 issue

• Bronze, Cover Design, Fall 2013 issue

• Gold, Artwork/Illustration, Erin Reeves

• Silver, Artwork/Illustration, Katelyn Killoran

• Bronze, Artwork/Illustration, Julia Norton

• Bronze, Artwork/Illustration, Emily Maar

• Honorable Mention, Artwork/Illustration, Katelyn Killoran

• Honorable Mention, Artwork/Illustration, Dalya Al Hoshishi

• Honorable Mention, Artwork/Illustration, Ella DiGiovanni

• Bronze, Poetry (Division B), Jack Radford

• Honorable Mention, Poetry (Division B), Elizabeth Burnam

• Honorable Mention, Poetry (Division B), Victoria Roney

• Honorable Mention, Poetry (Division B), Jack Radford

• Honorable Mention, Poetry (Division B), Stephanie Dushay