Awards

HiLite NEWSPAPER
Circulation: 5,400
Number of Issues Per Year: 10
Awards:

• CSPA Gold Crown Hybrid*—2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021 (*NOTE: The CSPA combined separate web and print awards into a combined “hybrid” category in 2013)
• CSPA Gold Crown—1995, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2023
• CSPA Silver Crown—1994, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2016, 2019, 2022
• IHSPA Hoosier Star—2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
• NSPA Hall of Fame newspaper (inducted 1997)
  
• NSPA conventions—Best of Show:
  Fifth place (fall 2017), Seventh place (fall 2018)
• NSPA Pacemaker—2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
• NSPA Pacemaker finalist—2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
  
• Quill & Scroll George H. Gallup Award—1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Professional Affiliations:
IHSPA
NSPA
JEA
Quill & Scroll
ITW/NWP

HiLite ONLINE
Awards:

• NSPA Pacemaker—1997, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
• CSPA Gold Crown—2010, 2011, 2012 (Note: The CSPA combined schools that use both print and web into a “hybrid” category in 2013. Those awards are listed above.)
• IHSPA Web Hoosier Star Award—2021, 2022, 2023
• Webby Official Honoree—2010
• NSPA conventions—Best of Show:
  Eighth place (fall 2017), Seventh place (fall 2018), Third place (fall 2019), First place (spring 2020)

ACUMEN
The Acumen started in 2004-05 as a way to provide Carmel High School students with in-depth coverage of topical issues. A tabloid-style insert to the regular HiLite newspaper, the Acumen is published four times per year and has covered such issues as racism, religion, technology and student health.

Awards:

• NSPA conventions—Best of Show:
  • Sixth place (fall 2007)
  • Second place (spring 2008)
  • Sixth place (fall 2008)
  • Fourth place (spring 2009)
  • Third place (fall 2009)
  • Ninth place (spring 2010)
  • Fifth place (fall 2010)
  • Seventh place (spring 2011)
  • Eighth place (spring 2012)
  • Fourth place (fall 2014)
  • Second place (spring 2015)
  • Second place (fall 2016)
  • Tenth place (spring 2018)
  • Seventh place (fall 2018)
  • First place (spring 2019)