{"id":622961,"date":"2025-04-26T19:33:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T00:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/?p=622961"},"modified":"2025-04-28T13:05:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T18:05:40","slug":"2024-yearbook-pacemakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/2024-yearbook-pacemakers\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Yearbook Pacemakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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NSPA names \u2018best of the best\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Pacemaker competition recognizes 22 yearbooks for journalistic excellence<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

April 26, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEATTLE \u2014 The nation\u2019s top scholastic yearbooks were recognized today by the National Scholastic Press Association, which announced 22 winners in its annual Pacemaker competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Pacemaker is the association\u2019s preeminent award,\u201d Executive Director Laura Widmer said. \u201cNSPA is honored to recognize the best of the best.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NSPA Pacemaker, one of the oldest awards for scholastic journalism, has a rich tradition. The association started presenting the prestigious award to high school newspapers soon after the organization was founded in 1921. Throughout the years, yearbooks, magazines, online sites, broadcast programs and innovation were added to the competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe yearbooks selected as Pacemakers represent strong visual and verbal storytelling. The judges were highly selective, recognizing approximately 20 percent of the entries,\u201d Associate Director Gary Lundgren said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two teams of three judges devoted three days to the judging and studied every entry, discussing its strengths. The status of each entry was agreed upon by at least two of the three judges. In Pacemaker competition, the yearbooks compete against each other and are not scored on a rubric. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The high school yearbooks competed in categories based on the number of pages \u2014 340 or more pages, 337-288 pages, 286-235 pages, 232 or fewer pages. Junior high\/middle school yearbooks of all page counts complete in a category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A presentation showcasing the yearbooks will be available for download for classroom use. Selected Pacemaker-winning yearbooks will also be available for download for study and inspiration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2025 Spring convention awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025 Innovation Pacemaker
<\/a>2024 Literary Arts Magazine Pacemaker
<\/a>2025 Online Pacemaker
<\/a>2024 Yearbook Pacemaker<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Individual Best of Show
Staff Best of Show<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pacemaker finalists<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025 Innovation Pacemaker finalists<\/a>
2024 Literary Arts Magazine Pacemaker finalists<\/a>
2025 Online Pacemaker finalists<\/a>
2024 Yearbook Pacemaker finalists<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2024 Yearbook Pacemakers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

listed by state<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oro<\/strong>
Cactus Canyon Junior High School
Apache Junction, Arizona
Editors in chief: Candice Bates, Presley Tosko, Stacy Ventura Guerrero
Adviser: Jason Davis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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La Vista
<\/strong>Mountain View High School
Mesa, Arizona
Editors in chief: Lucy Garn, Timothy Sherwood
Adviser: Landon Wrather<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Round-Up
<\/strong>Woodland Junior High School
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Editors in chief: Harper Davidson, Emmett Jackson
Adviser: Andrew Young<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wingspan<\/strong>
James Enochs High School
Modesto, California
Editors in chief: Lacy Texeira, Byron Ulloa Camacho
Adviser: Tamra McCarthy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Talon<\/strong>
The Harker School
San Jose, California
Editors in chief: Angelina Hu, Claire Su
Adviser: Kevin Oliver<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chieftain
<\/strong>Jupiter Community High School
Jupiter, Florida
Editors in chief: Elizabeth Cappiello, Cecelia Oneid, Ava Saunders
Adviser: Ericka Muncy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Red & Black
<\/strong>Lawrence High School
Lawrence, Kansas
Editors in chief: Maeslyn Hamlin, Maya Smith
Adviser: Barbara Tholen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Lair
<\/strong>Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Shawnee, Kansas
Editors in chief: Danie Eaves, Marissa Buffon
Adviser: Chris Heady<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pawesehi<\/strong>
Parkway West High School
Ballwin, Missouri
Editors in chief: Abigail VanValkenburgh, Allison VanValkenburgh
Adviser: Lindsey Katz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rambler
<\/strong>Ladue Horton Watkins High School
St. Louis, Missouri
Editors in chief: Jax Bespalko, MJ Bezzant, Claire Malone
Adviser: Sarah Kirksey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Torch
<\/strong>Athens Drive Magnet High School
Raleigh, North Carolina
Editors in chief: Izzy Luck, Clare Roth, Aubrey Word
Adviser: Elizabeth Luna<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Cougar
<\/strong>Highland East Junior High School
Moore, Oklahoma
Editors in chief: Paisley Noles, Elyssa Perez, Trinity Wilson
Adviser: Erik Jackson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lion Tracks
<\/strong>Cottage Grove High School
Cottage Grove, Oregon
Editors in chief: Cole Kishen
Adviser: Jayden Tucker<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Campus
<\/strong>Kiski Area High School
Vandergrift, Pennsylvania
Editors in chief: Peyton Martin, Caylie Tursky
Advisers: Sarah Gracey, John Swanson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Creek
<\/strong>Caney Creek High School
Conroe, Texas
Editors in chief: Liz Fierros, Natalia Molina, Angelica Palacios
Advisers: Stephen Green, Leigh Anne Treistman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Frontier
<\/strong>Chisholm Trail High School
Fort Worth, Texas
Editor in chief: Sydney Hawkins
Adviser: Cortney Wood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Lion
<\/strong>McKinney High School
McKinney, Texas
Editors in chief: Summer Lario, Blanca Ramos
Adviser: Yary Lira<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Panther
<\/strong>Ridgeview Middle School
Round Rock, Texas
Editors in chief: Julianne Faccone, Hannah Moreno
Adviser: Vicki Felkel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dragon<\/strong>
Round Rock High School
Round Rock, Texas
Editors in chief: Alyssa Campbell, Liliana Livsey
Adviser: Sharon Kubicek<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Hawk
<\/strong>Pleasant Grove High School
Texarkana, Texas
Editors in chief: Brooklyn Gibson, Lauren Hornsby, Norah Jordan, Jace Ramos
Adviser: Charla Harris<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Tiger
<\/strong>Wills Point High School
Wills Point, Texas
Editors in chief: Ashley Canel, Kensli Lancaster
Adviser: Regina DeDominicis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pantera<\/strong>
Mead High School
Spokane, Washington
Editors in chief: Charles Ring
Adviser: Makena Busch<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NSPA names \u2018best of the best\u2019 Pacemaker competition recognizes 22 yearbooks for journalistic excellence April 26, 2025 SEATTLE \u2014 The nation\u2019s top scholastic yearbooks were recognized today by the National Scholastic Press Association, which announced 22 winners in its annual Pacemaker competition. \u201cThe Pacemaker is the association\u2019s preeminent award,\u201d Executive Director Laura Widmer said. \u201cNSPA […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622961"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622961"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":623063,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622961\/revisions\/623063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}