1. Allie Biscupski, Brittani Langland
West Side Story, Iowa City West HS, Iowa City, Iowa
Ferguson to Iowa City
2. Rachel Horiuchi, Sarah Kagan, Fidelity Ballmer, Julie Knowles, Carrie Coonan, Sienna Romero, Chloey Settles
The Foothill Dragon Press, Foothill Technology HS, Ventura, Calif.
Class of 2015 turns the tassels at graduation
3. Paxtyn Merten, Isaac Otis
Hawkeye, Mountlake Terrace HS, Mountlake Terrace, Wash.
Terrace students more aware of rights than American adults
4. Anna Lu
Verde, Palo Alto HS, Palo Alto, Calif.
Where They Are Now: Paly’s ‘Most Likely to Succeed’
5. Delaney Rannells, Kassidy Arena
Paw Print, Millard West HS, Omaha, Neb.
Crowded Cafeteria
HM. Breandan Gibbons
Rubicon, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, Minn.
Protesters march against the Washington D.C. NFL team name
HM. Katlyn Kreie
The Kirkwood Call, Kirkwood HS, Kirkwood, Mo.
Photo gallery: The color run
HM. Connor Lin
Blue & Gold, Taipei American School, Taipei, Taiwan
All signatories: Has anything changed now that we are all honor code signers?
HM. Shalave Cawley
The Rider, Legacy HS, Mansfield, Texas
AP Physics 1 conducts first lab
HM. Nicole Stuessy, Brandon Fangio, Alex Moltz, Ulises Velez
Manestreamnews.com, McKinney HS, McKinney, Texas
McKinney pool party makes splash across nation
1. Pamela Stravitz
The Lamplighter, Paul Laurence Dunbar HS, Lexington, Ky.
Lighting the torch
2. Olivia Dominguez, Annie Forsman
Redwood Bark, Redwood HS, Larkspur, Calif.
Life on the Redwood farm
3. Chloe Wintersteen, Alex Herz
Redwood Bark, Redwood HS, Larkspur, Calif.
The ultimate gated community
4. Caroline Young
Verde, Palo Alto HS, Palo Alto, Calif.
Coin Wash: One 2 a.m. Foray into Three Lives
5. Cynthia Leung, Stephanie Li
The Lowell, Lowell HS, San Francisco, Calif.
Brunch on a student budget? Here’s where to find it.
HM. Rachel Sun, Ema Dorsey, Chloey Settles, Rachel Horiuchi
The Foothill Dragon Press, Foothill Technology HS, Ventura, Calif.
‘I feel like I won’t find another way to cope:’ The difficulty of terminating self harm
HM. Ashley Mercer, Ellie Hill, Megan Sweeney, Abby Jensen
The Nighthawk, Rocky Heights MS, Highlands Ranch, Colo.
The Nighthawk AJ Story
HM. James Malin, Maya Jotwani, Jack Roth
The Standard, American School in London, London, England
Coping with loss
HM. Sarah Smith, Nova Meurice
The Little Hawk, Iowa City HS, Iowa City, Iowa
Hearing in color
HM. Sophie Tulp, James Wooldridge, Daniel Rinner
The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East HS, Prairie Village, Kan.
Middle of the Map Fest
1. Aida Irving, Karina Huft, Danielle Flores
The Lowell, Lowell HS, San Francisco, Calif.
How varsity boys’ basketball couldn’t rebound in the Battle of the Birds
2. Rugile Pekinas, Kazu Koba, Austin Hunt
The Foothill Dragon Press, Foothill Technology HS, Ventura, Calif.
Girls’ water polo conquers all and makes history at CIF championship game 10-7
3. Innes Hicsasmaz
The Little Hawk, Iowa City HS, Iowa City, Iowa
Joe Hoff: Kiss His Ace
4. Zoe Kaiser, Ariel Yuan, Aida Irving, Rayming Liang
The Lowell, Lowell HS, San Francisco, Calif.
Cross Country outruns competition at Lowell Invite
5. Brittani Langland
West Side Story, Iowa City West HS, Iowa City, Iowa
Rising Star: Nelson Brands
HM. Sarah Garrett, Zoe Juanitas
The Hub, Davis Sr. HS, Davis, Calif.
Longtime dancer Stroud to continue her passion in college
HM. Annie Forsman, Ella Cook
Redwood Bark, Redwood HS, Larkspur, Calif.
Champions never quit
HM. Hanna LeBuhn
Patriot, John Carroll School, Bel Air, Md.
Injured athlete finds way to rise again
HM. Eden Gundersen, Kayla Schoenig, Jerianne Harrison, Alexis Labarge
FHCtoday.com, Francis Howell Central HS, St. Charles, Mo.
Spartans win third on strength of Gossett’s state title
HM. Adam Hillman
The View, Flint Hill School, Oakton, Va.
Flint Hill teams reach conference finals in highly successful seasons
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