Birdville ISD NEWS for 04/26/2016

Haltom High School Journalism Wins Several Awards
Apr 25, 2016 08:49 am

Congratulations to students in the Haltom High School Journalism Department for winning several awards at the Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association (JEA/NSPA) National Convention and the Interscholastic League Press Conference (ILPC) State Convention. Awards won were:

JEA/NSPA National Convention

Pacemaker Finalist
Write-off Contest

Dana McCurdy – Superior, Student Life Photography Portfolio
Kristal Saikho – Excellent, Clubs Copy/Caption Writing
Ammysadday Hernandez – Honorable Mention, Academics Copy/Caption Writing
Lacey Powers – Honorable Mention, Cover/Endsheet Design

ILPC State Convention

For the 2015 book

Silver Star Award
Tops in Texas, Theme Copy
Tops in Texas, Sports Action Photo by Giovanna Villalpando

6A-1 Rankings

First Place, Theme Copy and Captions
Second Place, Caption Writing
Third Place, Headlines

Individual Awards

Kristal Saikho – First Place, Student Life Spread
Joshlianie Ruiz – First Place, Class Spread
Giovanna Villalpando – First Place, Student Life Feature Story
D’Eric Kicniski & Alesha Mrema – First Place, Clubs Feature Story
Cemal Quershi – First Place, Clubs Spread
Giovanna Villalpando – First Place, Sports Action Photo
Danielle Robinson & Ammysadday Hernandez – Second Place, Clubs Spread
Marissa Valdez – Second Place, Clubs Feature Story
Cindara Souvanna & Marissa Valdez – Second Place, Personality Profile
Hayley Bridges – Third Place, Clubs Photo
Dana McCurdy – Third Place, Photo Portfolio
Alesha Mrema – Honorable Mention, Academic Spread

For current 2016 book

6A-2 Rankings

Samantha Ledesma & Amari Carter-Corbin – First Place, Multi-Topic Spread
Kayla Starnes – Second Place, Feature Spread
Laryssa Hernandez & Kristal Saikho – Third Place, Academic Spread
Laryssa Hernandez & Kristal Saikho – Third Place, Clubs Spread
Danielle Robinson – Honorable Mention, Sports Spread

Middle School Artists Succeed at Junior VASE Competition
Apr 25, 2016 08:17 am

Congratulations to all seven BISD middle school art departments for their participation in this year’s Junior VASE (Visual Art Scholastic Event). With more than 1,300 entries from students across multiple districts, BISD had 177 young artists enter 235 artworks for adjudication. Over 75 percent of BISD artworks received a “Superior” rating, with 15 pieces gaining special recognition as Silver Medal winners. Silver Medal winners were:

• Julia Nguyen – Haltom Middle School
• Morgan Layfield & Mary Ho – North Richland Middle School
• Jonathan Pinch – Richland Middle School
• Mandi Inthalangsy – North Oaks Middle School
• Kayla Meyers & Aleyna Holcombe – Watauga Middle School
• Gracyn Conniff, Lauren McMahon, Kairi Merriam, Lauren Moore, Kaylee Rademacher (two pieces), and Yaidmaris Ramos – Smithfield Middle Schoolx
• Idalyis Bunyavong – North Ridge Middle School

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