The National Scholastic Press Association is pleased to announce the 2013 Yearbook Pacemaker finalists. The Finalists are:
La Vista
Mountain View High School, Mesa, Ariz.
Hornet
Bryant High School, Bryant, Ark.
Titanium
Antelope High School, Antelope, Calif.
Surfer
Coronado Middle School, Coronado, Calif.
Nugget
Cupertino High School, Cupertino, Calif.
Decamhian
Del Campo High School, Fair Oaks, Calif.
Titanium
Tesoro High School, Las Flores, Calif.
Farrier
Mirman School, Los Angeles
Wingspan
James C. Enochs High School, Modesto, Calif.
Vox Populi
Harvard-Westlake School, North Hollywood, Calif.
Rampages
Casa Roble High School, Orangevale, Calif.
Wings
Arrowhead Christian Academy, Redlands, Calif.
Pilot
Redondo Union High School, Redondo Beach, Calif.
Tonitrus
Rocklin High School, Rocklin, Calif.
Details
Whitney High School, Rocklin, Calif.
Prowler
Pioneer Middle School, Tustin, Calif.
Summit
Smoky Hill High School, Aurora, Colo.
The Black and Gold
Rock Canyon High School, Highlands Ranch, Colo.
The Prowl
Powell Middle School, Littleton, Colo.
Eagle Eye View
Sierra Middle School, Parker, Colo.
Oviedian
Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Fla.
Palm Echo
Miami Palmetto High School, Pinecrest, Fla.
Teleios
Mount Paran Christian School, Kennesaw, Ga.
Résumé
George Walton Academy, Monroe, Ga.
Etruscan
Glenbrook South High School, Glenview, Ill.
Log
Columbus North High School, Columbus, Ind.
Paragon
Munster High School, Munster, Ind.
Indian
Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, Kan.
Lair
Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Shawnee, Kan.
Teresian
St. Teresa’s Academy, Kansas City, Mo.
Pioneer
Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, Mo.
Excalibur
Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Mo.
Logos
Corning East High School, Corning, N.Y.
Skjöld
Corning Painted Post West High School, Painted Post, N.Y.
Westwind
West Henderson High School, Hendersonville, N.C.
El Paisano
Westlake High School, Austin, Texas
Marksmen
St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas
Pride
Franklin High School, El Paso, Texas
Bobcat
Hallsville High School, Hallsville, Texas
Reata
Memorial High School, Houston
Replay
Rouse High School, Leander, Texas
Touchstone
Stony Point High School, Round Rock, Texas
The Hawk
Pleasant Grove High School, Texarkana, Texas
Techniques
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, Alexandria, Va.
Nuntius
Altavista Combined School, Altavista, Va.
Crag
Turner Ashby High School, Bridgewater, Va.
Sentry
Robinson Middle School, Fairfax, Va.
Above & Beyond
Robinson Secondary School, Fairfax, Va.
The Journey
Heritage High School, Leesburg, Va.
The Buzzer
Brookville High School, Lynchburg, Va.
The Clan
McLean High School, McLean, Va.
Saga
Loudoun Valley High School, Purcellville, Va.
Laconian
Salem High School, Salem, Va.
Stillaguamish Trail
Arlington High School, Arlington, Wash.
The contest yielded 368 entries. A team of judges comprised of experienced journalism professionals and educators traveled to Minneapolis in early February to select the finalists.
All high school entries were divided into four proportionate categories based on total page count, and junior high books were judged separately in one category. Judges completed an initial elimination round and considered a number of factors as disqualifiers, such as illegal photo usage or lack of body copy.
After the elimination round, judges spent a day and a half selecting 48 high school yearbook finalists and six junior high finalists.
Click here to visit the finalists page.
The Pacemaker winners will be announced at the Spring JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in San Diego, April 10-13.
Online registration for the convention is now open http://register.studentpress.org/sandiego2014/
Contact Grace Christiansen, NSPA contest and critique coordinator, grace@studentpress.org