JHS Students Rack Up National Quill and Scroll Awards
Quill and Scroll – the renowned international honorary society for high school journalists – annually invites student journalists to submit their best work in a variety of categories. The Johnston High School yearbook staff has earned a number of National Quill and Scroll awards in the 2017 Yearbook contest. Congratulations to the following student journalists and their advisor, Leslie Shipp.
- Maddie Boettcher, 2017 — graphic design
- Abbie Craig, 2017 — organizations photography
- Abbie Craig, 2017 — feature photography
- Jordan DeRoos, 2017 — sports photography
- Avery Gathercole, 2017 — academic photography
- Corrina Iler, 2017 — headline writing and Design
- Connor Jurasek, 2017 — academic photography
- Ashton Streit, 2017 — feature photography
The JHS yearbook also won the 2017 Blue and Gold award in the Class A Comprehensive Visuals category. According to the Quill and Scroll website, “The Blue and Gold Awards note the best high school journalism offers. Winners of this prestigious award have distinguished themselves in visuals and/or writing categories in the regular Yearbook Excellence Contest … schools earned Blue and Gold Awards based on their staffs’ overall performance in the Yearbook Excellence Contest. The Staff Excellence Blue and Gold represents the best overall.”
Below is the award-winning photo from student Jordan DeRoos.
During the Roosevelt JV game, graduate Tyler Cardwell slides into third. Head coach Michael Barta coached the JV game because all of the other coaches were at different game.