Emaline Mason<\/p>\n
Murphy Foss<\/p>\n
Nick Mannion<\/p>\n
Staff Writers<\/p>\n
Sports Editor<\/p>\n
On Nov. 3, Jamesville-DeWitt High School students from Rambunctious and RamPage earned 31 awards from the Empire State School Press Association for their artistic and journalistic talents. They received the awards for a wide array of pieces, from sculptures to articles, poems to webpage designs.<\/p>\n
Members of both clubs as well as students from the Journalism class attended the ESSPA conference, held at the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University. The ceremony was held after a collection of seminars that focused on improving students writing and media skills. ESSPA has been promoting the education and development of aspiring high school journalists since 1937. Co-founded by M. Lyle Spencer and Dr. Douglass W. Miller, the organization has been holding this event for 80 years and students from Jamesville-Dewitt have been attending for over two decades.<\/p>\n
Both J-DHS\u2019s Rampage and Rambunctious publications took home numerous awards (listed below). \u201cThis was our third year going [to the ESSPA conference],\u201d said Rambunctious editor, junior Sophia Liaw, \u201cwe\u2019ve grown a lot in terms of quality and amount of awards won.\u201d The conferences have also been helpful in giving suggestions and advice to the publications who have attended. \u201cIt has helped us a lot,\u201d said Liaw, \u201csince last fall we\u2019ve added a lot of elements that we learned from ESSPA.\u201d adviser Matt Phillips was also pleased with the publication\u2019s experience this year, \u201cI thought [the event] went very well,\u201d said Mr. Phillips, \u201cwe split up and got to go to lots of different workshops.\u201d Rampage adviser Trinity Conner added that she was \u201cvery pleased\u201d with the publications awards at ESSPA.<\/p>\n
RamPage Awards:<\/p>\n
1st place Gold, Best All-Round Publication, RamPage and RamFeed Staff<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
1st place Gold, Multimedia Video<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
1st place Gold, Editorial Writing, Spencer Schultz, (\u201cShould J-D Rank Its Students<\/a>\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n 1st place Gold, Feature Writing, Tim Skeval and AJ Ortega, (\u201cBattling E.B. with a Song.<\/a>\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n 1st place Gold, In-Depth Coverage, Spencer Schultz, (\u201cDon\u2019t Drink the Water<\/a>\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n 1st place Gold, News Story (Division B), Spencer Schultz, (\u201cNational Honor Society on the Rise<\/a>\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n 1st place Gold, Personality\/Interview Story, Scottie O\u2019Bryan, (\u201cBuddy Buckets<\/a>\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n 2nd place Silver, In-Depth Coverage, Spencer Schultz, (\u201cJ-D Students Witness History at the Rio Olympics<\/a>\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n 3rd place Bronze, In-Depth Coverage, Mia Potamianos, Jenna Vespi and Thomas Edson, (\u201cSenora DeJesus<\/a>\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n 3rd place Bronze, Personality\/Interview Story, Mariyana Van Arsdale, (\u201cA Musical Quack Attack<\/a>\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n 3rd place Bronze, Sports News, Thomas Edson, (\u201cGirls Basketball Takes Another Class A Crown<\/a>\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n 3rd place Bronze, Sports Feature, Scottie O\u2019Bryan, (\u201cBuddy Bucket<\/a>s\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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