Anna Lu
Verde, Palo Alto HS, Palo Alto, Calif.
Where They Are Now: Paly’s “Most Likely to Succeed”

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

Allie Biscupski, Brittani Langland
West Side Story, Iowa City West HS, Iowa City, Iowa
Ferguson to Iowa City

Delaney Rannells, Kassidy Arena
Paw Print, Millard West HS, Omaha, Neb.
Crowded Cafeteria

Paxtyn Merten, Isaac Otis
Hawkeye, Mountlake Terrace HS, Mountlake Terrace, Wash.
Terrace students more aware of rights than American adults

Breandan Gibbons
Rubicon, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, Minn.
Protesters march against the Washington D.C. NFL team name

Katlyn Kreie
The Kirkwood Call, Kirkwood HS, Kirkwood, Mo.
Photo gallery: The color run

Connor Lin
Blue & Gold, Taipei American School, Taipei, Taiwan
All signatories: Has anything changed now that we are all honor code signers?

Shalave Cawley
The Rider, Legacy HS, Mansfield, Texas
AP Physics 1 conducts first lab

Nicole Stuessy, Brandon Fangio, Alex Moltz, Ulises Velez
Manestreamnews.com, McKinney HS, McKinney, Texas
McKinney pool party makes splash across nation

Chloe Winterstten, Alex Herz
Redwood Bark, Redwood HS, Larkspur, Calif.
The ultimate gated community

Olivia Dominguez, Annie Forsman
Redwood Bark, Redwood HS, Larkspur, Calif.
Life on the Redwood farm

Caroline Young
Verde, Palo Alto HS, Palo Alto, Calif.
Coin Wash: One 2 a.m. Foray into Three Lives

Cynthia Leung, Stephanie Li
The Lowell, Lowell HS, San Francisco, Calif.
Brunch on a student budget? Here’s where to find it.

Pamela Stravitz
The Lamplighter, Paul Laurence Dunbar HS, Lexington, Ky.
Lighting the torch

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

Ashley Mercer, Ellie Hill, Megan Sweeney, Abby Jensen
The Nighthawk, Rocky Heights MS, Highlands Ranch, Colo.
The Nighthawk AJ Story

James Malin, Maya Jotwani, Jack Roth
The Standard, American School in London, London, England
Coping with loss

Sarah Smith, Nova Meurice
The Little Hawk, Iowa City HS, Iowa City, Iowa
Hearing in color

Sophie Tulp, James Wooldridge, Daniel Rinner
The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East HS, Prairie Village, Kan.
Middle of the Map Fest

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

Zoe Kaiser, Ariel Yuan, Aida Irving, Rayming Liang
The Lowell, Lowell HS, San Francisco, Calif.
Cross Country outruns competition at Lowell Invite

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

Innes Hicsasmaz
The Little Hawk, Iowa City HS, Iowa City, Iowa
Joe Hoff: Kiss His Ace

Brittani Langland
West Side Story, Iowa City West HS, Iowa City, Iowa
Rising Star: Nelson Brands

Sarah Garrett, Zoe Juanitas
The Hub, Davis Sr. HS, Davis, Calif.
Longtime dancer Stroud to continue her passion in college

Annie Forsman, Ella Cook
Redwood Bark, Redwood HS, Larkspur, Calif.
Champions never quit

Hanna LeBuhn
Patriot, John Carroll School, Bel Air, Md.
Injured athlete finds way to rise again

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

Adam Hillman
The View, Flint Hill School, Oakton, Va.
Flint Hill teams reach conference finals in highly successful seasons

Winners will be announced at the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention in Orlando, Florida, Nov. 12-15.