MHHS yearbook wins top honors

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
The staff of The Prophet won a gold medal for the National Scholastic Press Association.

The Mountain Home High School journalism classes recently garnered top awards at the national level.

The 2007 yearbook, The Prophet, earned a Gold Medal from the National Scholastic Press Association.

"These books are the best of the best," said executive director Edmund Sullivan. "We receive thousands of entries from around the country, but only a small percentage place in the top categories," he said.

Yearbooks are judged on graphic design, writing, photography, and concept development.

The yearbook adviser is Susan Martin and Amber Wright was the editor.

The 2007 book won Best of Show at the state competition held in October and was then sent on to the national level.

"Yearbooks are not what they used to be," said Martin. "They are very journalistically sound, with a lot of attention paid to details. Students are expected to research and write good stories and to create well-developed designs. They have to work hard to create a great book and win awards," she said.

Two journalism students also received recognition while competing at the Journalism Education Association's National Conference held in Anaheim, Calif., April 16-20.

Junior Daniel Katsules received a third-place award for sports writing, and sophomore Summer Allison placed third in feature writing.

"These students did an awesome job," said Martin. "Competition is really steep at the national level, so it shows how hard they've worked at their writing."

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  • Mrs. Martin did it again. The students did a fantastic, marvelous job under her tuteledge. Year after year the journalism class has received awards. How incredible to keep the enthusiasm going, and teach so well.

    To the students - SUPER- DUPER

    To Mrs. Martin - You are a superb teacher.

    -- Posted by midea on Wed, May 14, 2008, at 10:50 AM
  • Great Job!!!! It is nice to be able to read things such as this.

    -- Posted by ME1 on Wed, May 14, 2008, at 11:03 AM
  • Great job to the kids and Ms. Martin. This was great to see.

    -- Posted by OpinionMissy on Thu, May 15, 2008, at 10:45 AM
  • I am so proud of all of you!

    -- Posted by senior lady on Fri, May 16, 2008, at 9:26 PM
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