Two high school newspapers tie for No. 1
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Farrington High School and Sacred Hearts Academy tied for the Overall State Award in the 34th Hawai'i State High School Journalism Awards competition.
Farrington's publication The Governor, which also won top honors in 2001 and 2002, has been judged Hawai'i's top high school newspaper five of the past six years. The Governor this year also won best-in-state awards for feature writing, sports writing and layout.
Pauline Perez is editor in chief of The Governor. Ellen Manago is its adviser.
Sacred Hearts Academy's Ka Leo also won top honors in 2000. Celia Downes is its editor in chief and Gaylen Isaacs is the adviser.
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Hawai'i State High School Journalism Awards program names district winners
Here is a list of district winners by category:
News writing
- Hawaii Baptist Academy, "Healing begins but impact still felt from 9-11" by Laura Quek (state winner)
- Baldwin High, "Many students gamblingÊ... " by Josiah Nishita
- Farrington High, "Violent incidents increase ... " by Amber Kubota
- Kailua High, "Operation: Tropic Blizzard" by Daralyn Kawamoto
- Kaua'i High, "Four KHS Teams to the States" by Cherish Balgos
- Nanakuli High, "Teachers' Jobs Safe ... For Now" by Nikita Mendonca
- Radford High, "State debates student drug testing" by JJ Yabes
- Waiakea High, "Warriors straddle cultures in China Program" by Jessica Yeh
Feature writing
- Farrington High, "Online predators prowl for unsuspecting ... " by Amber Kubota (state winner)
- Castle High, "Buy a used car, not a used headache" by Michael Yao
- Hana High & Elementary, "Terrorists at Ka'ahumanu?" by Anna Lieding
- Kapa'a High, "Features: They Went to Kapaa" by John Fry and staff
- Kaua'i High, "Girls exchange places 5,000 miles apart" by Sasha Sagadraca
- Kealakehe High, "Wave Tastes" by Monica Crane
- Moanalua High, "Alumni Advances ... " by Reyna Ramolete Hayashi
- Nanakuli High, "It's Nothing to Laugh About ... " by Sheena Mendonca
- St. Andrew's Priory, "The Crying Ghost" by Cathy Mina
Editorial writing
- Waiakea High, "Dying to be Beautiful: 'EDs on the Web' " by Joelle Penisten (state winner)
- Kapa'a High, "No Child Left Behind" by Carl Solomon
- Kailua High, "Driver's education dilemma" by Brienne Walker
- Lahainaluna High, "Ka Leo Luna Editorial"
- Moanalua High, "Future of voting bleak"
- Roosevelt High, "School security possibly slacking ... " by Kenji Hobbs
- Sacred Hearts Academy, "Agree to Disagree" by Celia Downes and Aislinn Hernandez
- Waipahu High, "Hold up! This doesn't concern you" by Trista Hall
Sports writing
- Farrington High, "Wrestlers need safer place to practice" by Kim Logotaeao (state winner)
- Baldwin High, "Bears rally to beat Na Ali'i ... " by Jonathan Honda
- Kailua High, "High expectations for the KHS varsity ... " by Jesus Cruz
- Kapa'a High, "Going Against the Grain" by Tescily Maguire
- Kealakehe High, "Kamoku Signs With the Badgers ..." by Ginger Salera
- McKinley High, "Amber Lee catches eye of UH ... " by Maybelle Do
- Nanakuli High, "Air Riflery Team Silenced This Year" by Ashely Palikiko
- Waialua High, "Football attitudes make a difference" by Teri Lopez
- Hawaii Baptist Academy, "Wolfpack football defeats Hilo 42-0" by Maricela Yee
Photography/illustration
- Baldwin High, "Koa Chun smiles ... " by Josiah Nishita (state winner)
- Castle High, "All I wanted for Christmas" by Rachel Robello
- Campbell High, "New Judokas work toward excellence" by Sammy Delizo
- Hawaii Baptist Academy, "In the ILH dual meet ... " by Kelli Furutomo
- Kaiser High, "Combined Spanish classes ..." by Toshiko Mesa
- Kaua'i High, "The Kauai High Red Raiders ... " by Shauna Tachibana
- Kealakehe High, "Acrobats from the Shanghai Circus ... " by Aya Mizuta
- Mililani High, "Sophomores Kyle Seigaku and ... " by Clarynne Ishikawa
Layout and design
- Farrington High School (state winner)
- Kailua High School
- Waialua High & Intermediate School
- Nanakuli High School
- Baldwin High School
- Sacred Hearts Academy
- Hilo High School
