HiLite students earn Gold Circle Awards from CSPA

Several members of Carmel High School’s HiLite newspaper staff earned awards in the annual Gold Circle Awards program sponsored by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA). According to the CSPA’s Web site, the annual competition for individual achievement by student writers, editors, designers and photographers attracted 12,037 entries from colleges, universities and secondary schools throughout the United States.

Of those entries, only 1,831 received either a First, Second, Third Place or Certificate of Merit Award during the 2009 competition. These entries came from 451 publications from the United States, Canada and international schools following the American plan of education.

Many new awards categories were added in the most sweeping revision of this competition since it began in 1984. Among the changes were new categories for online media.

Entries were accepted from student newspapers, magazines, yearbooks and videos either originally printed or broadcast from November 2, 2007 through November 1, 2008. The full list of winners can be found at the CSPA’s Web site, http://tinyurl.com/calatw.

Carmel’s winners were as follows:

Personal opinion: Off-campus issues
Meher Ahmad, first place, “Education possible solution to growth of terrorism”
Tim Chai, second place, “China’s recent progress deserves international credit”

Photo Illustration: Single black and white image
Evelyn Forbes & Min Qiao, certificate of merit, “Fitting with the Culture”

Informational graphics: Two or more colors
Matt Kanitra, second place, “Is Your Stuff Safe?”

Overall design: Broadsheet format
HiLite staff, second place

Feature page design: Broadsheet format black and white
Bennett Fusion & Jade Luo, certificate of merit, “Entertainment”

Feature page design: Broadsheet format color
Rosemary Boeglin & Sarah Sheafer, certificate of merit, “Spotlight Cover”

News Online Design Web site
HiLite staff, third place