Winners in several contests were announced at the Fall National High School Journalism Convention hosted jointly by the Journalism Education Association and National Scholastic Press Association.
The following NW publications and students were honored for their works in journalism:
The Passage (Newspaper)
NSPA Pacemaker in Tabloid 17 or more pages
Third Place Best of Show in Newspaper Special Edition
The Lair (Yearbook)
Fifth Place Best of Show in Yearbook 325 or more pages
Senior Carleigh Whitman
Fifth place Picture of the Year in Sports Action
Alumnus Nate Compton
Fourth place Design of the Year in Illustration
![Junior Venti Neaderhiser and senior Dylan Paflas work on their robot March 21 in Room C. The robotics team worked on their robot, Fred, to prepare for the FRC Worlds competition. “I was working with the bumpers on our robot that protect [the] frame [for] when we hit or bump into something,” Neaderhiseri said. “We have put a lot of work into building and coding the robot and have run into many difficulties but we have overcome every issue.” photo by Jack Pischke](https://smnw.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/JPischkeRoboticsteam-7-1-1200x795.jpg)
