Awards
2022
NEW ENGLAND SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION
- Localizing Contest winner, “Students walk out to protest racist events at the high school” by Luca Kelley Nielsen, Anika Mayar and Taj Horowitz
- Localizing Contest winner, “You aren’t alone; teachers are stressed too” by Luca Kelley Nielsen and Anya Rao
- Localizing Contest winner, “Years of initiatives fail to address racial disparities in Brookline schools” by Sofia Hauser
- Localizing Contest winner, “The Fragile Femme: Self-expression in fashion” by Jordan Liss-Riordan
- Localizing Contest winner, “History teachers recognize flawed curriculum” by Ava Varrell and Nate Parry Luff
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- Localizing Contest winner, “Brookline Educators Union Announces Nov. 3 Strike” by Oliver Fox, Anoushka Mallik, and Elena Su
- Localizing Contest winner, “A Better Brookline strives to change for a fair town government” by Max Jepsen
- Localizing Contest winner, ““Timon of Athens” brilliantly adapts theater to a virtual world” by Oliver Fox
- Highest Achievement: Class I, Print/online
- Special Achievement: Personality Profile, “Powerhouse alum takes on fashion design in NYC” by Yiming Fu
- Special Achievement: Personality Profile, “Levine spreads cheer throughout the school” by Charlotte Dresser
- Special Achievement: Feature, “Re-Leaf for NETA” by Jeremiah Levy
- Special Achievement: Sports, “Nagle and Liss-Riordan sprint to success” by Mila Seifert
- Special Achievement: Sports, “Two sports compete for field use” by Tina Little and Emily Trelstad
- Special Achievement: Review, ““Frozen II” uses humor to appeal to older audience” by Phoebe Kallaher
- Special Achievement: Review, ““The Lighthouse” provides psychological horror” by Elena Su
- Special Achievement: Blog, “Thriftamore” by Phoebe Kallaher and Anoushka Mallik
- Special Achievement: Video, “Six Life Hacks” by Jeremy Suh
- Special Achievement: Informational Graphic, “BHS Water Fountains: A Tour” by Phoebe Kallaher
- Special Achievement: Feature, “Staff network helps students fight substance abuse” by Elena Su
- Silver Medalist: Crown Awards, High School Hybrid News
- Third Place Certificate: Digital Media, Personality Profile, “Artist of the Month: Matt Litster” by Jackie Perelman
- Certificate of Merit: Print News, News Writing, “Warrant Article 21’s Sweeping Legacy” by Graham Krewinghaus
- Certificate of Merit: Digital Media, Informational Graphics, “To AP or not to AP?” by Yuen Ting Chow and Taeyeon Kim
- Highest Achievement: Class I, Print/online
- Special Achievement: News story, “Students at Coolidge Corner School reflect on changes” by Renata Shen
- Special Achievement: Sports story, “Boys and girls hockey teams strive to unite as a program” by Jade Kwitkiwski
- Special Achievement: Feature story, “Original art complements student-made albums” by Rachel Lee
- Special Achievement: Sports story, “Jordan Dias tackles gender stereotypes” by Cassidy Washburn
- Special Achievement: Feature story, “Academic Honesty: To Cheat or Not to Cheat” by Sofia Reynoso
- Special Achievement: Feature story, “Artist of the Month: Matt Litster” by Jackie Perelman
- Gold Medalist
- First Place Certificate: Digital Media, Video News Package, “B-Block Protest” by Izzy Gonzales, Lauren Mahoney, and Sascha Wolf-Sorokin
- Second Place Certificate: Digital Media, In-depth news/Feature Story, “Teen dating violence: What is and isn’t love” by Natalie Jew
- Third Place Certificate: Digital Media, Breaking News, “Brookline community recoils from racist videos, looks to future” by Ella Kitterman and Chloe McKim Jepsen
- Certificate of Merit: Digital Media, In-depth news/Feature Story, “High Times at Brookline High” by Natalie Jew
- First Place for Excellence in News Writing
- Honorable Mention for Excellence in Sports Writing
- Localizing Contest winner, “Brookline community recoils from racist videos, looks to future” by Ella Kitterman and Chloe McKim Jepsen, with video by Sascha Wolf-Sorokin, Lauren Mahoney and Izzy Gonzalez
- Localizing Contest winner, “Annual Cherry Blossom Festival celebrates Japanese culture” by Natalie Jew
- Localizing Contest winner, “DACA: A dream deferred” by Chloe McKim Jepsen, with video by Sofia Reynoso and graphics by Mia Abulaf and Julio (Tree) Demb
- Localizing Contest winner, “High school graduates join City Year to combat educational inequality” by Susanna Kemp
- Special Achievement: News photo, “Kathleen Joss leads the drummers of Odaiko New England” by Gabriel Lee
- Special Achievement: News photo, “Senior Anthony Vieti leads Thursday’s protest” by Renata Shen
- Special Achievement: Review, “Riverdale fails to connect with today’s youth” by Ani Mathison
- Special Achievement: Informational graphic, “Thefts at BHS” by Sofia Reynoso
- Special Achievement: Bylined column, “Muslim woman responds to disapproval of headscarves” by Iman Kha
- Digital Story of the Year finalist, “Brookline community recoils from racist videos, looks to future” by Ella Kitterman and Chloe McKim Jepsen, with video by Sascha Wolf-Sorokin, Lauren Mahoney and Izzy Gonzalez
- Honorable Mention for Excellence in Sports Writing
- Honorable Mention for Excellence in Editorial Writing
- Highest Achievement: Class I, Print/online
- All-New England: First Place, Class I, Print/online
- Special Achievement: Feature story, “Alumnae teen mothers share their experiences” by Haley Bayne
- Special Achievement: News story, “Diversity hiring committees face complications” by Susanna Kemp
- Special Achievement: Feature story, “Looking down the Sights” by Rosa Stern Pait
- Special Achievement: Informational graphic, “Licenses in Brookline by type” by Sofia Tong
- Special Achievement: Informational graphic, “Teachers address modern-day issues” by Jake Brodsky
- Special Achievement: Informational graphic, “How do you sleep at night?” by Isabel Gonzalez
- Special Achievement: Interactive graphic, “Women’s marches in Boston and Washington, D.C. provide outlet for anger and pride” by Sarah Groustra, Sara Hogenboom and Evan Marohn
- Special Achievement: Special section, “Knocking on the Glass Ceiling” by Haley Bayne, Maya Morris, Jason Altshuler, Sara Hogenboom, Mia Abulaf and Bertina Xue
- Special Achievement: Feature page design, “How comfortable do students feel talking about race in world language classes?” by Lauren Mahoney, Sascha Wolf-Sorokin and Izzy Gonzalez
- Gold Medalist
- First Place for Excellence in Sports Writing
- Highest Achievement: Class I, Print/online
- All-New England: First Place, Class I, Print/online
- Special Achievement: Feature photo, “Ed Wiser desk feature” by Sofia Tong
- Special Achievement: News story, “Pronoun introductions offer greater range of student gender identities” by Jake Brodsky
- Special Achievement: Editorial, “Conservative students deserve a voice“
- Special Achievement: News photo, “Man attends Paris vigil” by Petra Huang
- Special Achievement: Sports story, “Committed Athletes” by Noa Dalzell and Sergei LeFaure
- Finalist: 2016 Online Pacemaker
- Gold Crown Finalist
- First Place for Excellence in Sports Writing
- Honorable Mention for Excellence in News Writing
- Honorable Mention for Excellence in Editorial Writing
- Gold Crown Finalist
- Silver Crown Award
- News Writing for Digital Media: for “Discrepancies in English Classes Frustrate Students” by Juliana Kaplan
- On-Campus Issues for Digital Media: for “LGBT Topics: Coming Out” by Ben Gladstone
- First Place for Excellence in Sports Writing
- Honorable Mention for Excellence in News Writing
- Highest Achievement: Class I, Print/Online Newspaper
- Special Achievement: Home Page Design of “The Sag Online” by Eoin Walsh
- Special Achievement: Editorial, “Health classes require supplementation” by Juliana Kaplan, Rosa Stern Pait and Sasha Saias
- Special Achievement: Blog, “Race: Not just Black and White” by Izzy Meyers
- Highest Achievement: Class I, Print/Online Newspaper
- Special Achievement: Feature, “Teacher Feature: Stephanie Hunt” by Sarah Caldwell Smith
- Special Achievement: Sports story, “Athletes excel in concussion reporting” by Tasoula Burk
- Special Achievement: Blog, “LGBTopics: Sexuality and gender fall along spectrums, not into boxes” by Ben Gladstone
- Special Achievement: News story, “Parents voice opposition at athletic commitments forum” by Alex Friedman
- Silver Crown Award
- Second Place Certificate: Editorial writing for digital media, Emmanuel D’Agostino and Aaron Sege
- Honorable Mention for Excellence in News Writing
- Honorable Mention for Excellence in Sports Writing
- All-New England: Second place, Print/Online Newspaper, Class I
- Highest Achievement: Class I, Print/Online Newspaper
- Journalism award: “Let’s talk about race” by Miriam El-Baz
- Gold Medal: The Sagamore/thesagonline.com
- Honorable Mention for Excellence in Sports Writing
- All-New England: Class I, Newspaper, Second Place
- Highest Achievement: Class I, Newspaper
- Localizing Contest winner, “Students participate in Occupy Boston protests” by Sabine Shaughnessy and Jackie Merrill
- Special Achievement: Feature, “Teacher Feature: Ben Berman” by Alex Johnson
- Special Achievement: Bylined Column, “Da Wei’s Way” by David Ullmann
- Special Achievement: Opinion Page Design, “Page 7” by Ben Berke
- Special Achievement: Sports story, “Suspension loophole is controversial yet accepted” by Matthew Goroff and Alex Johnson
- Special Achievement: News photo, “Students face crunch” by Sabine Shaugnessy
- Gold Medalist Certificate
- First Place in Excellence in News Writing
- Highest Achievement, Newspaper Class I
- Special Achievement: News photo, “Union supporters walk out” by Kerry Grove
- Special Achievement: News story, “Facebook conversation results in two arrests” by Anita Knopov and Ayush Kumar
- Special Achievement: Sports Story, “Students dream of marathon glory” by Rohan Lewis
- Special Achievement: Journalism award, “Students participate in Occupy Boston protests” by Sabine Shaughnessy and Jackie Merrill
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- Silver Medalist Certificate
- The Sagamore: Honorable Mention, News Writing
- The Sagamore: Honorable Mention, Editorial Writing
- Localizing Contest winner, “NBA welcomes BHS alumnus” by Colby Bermel
- The Sagamore: Gold Medalist
- The Sagamore: All-Columbian Honors, Coverage
- Honorable Mention for Excellence in Editorial Writing
- Certificate of Merit: Planning a Special, Lindsay Wise & Rebecca Coven
2021
NEW ENGLAND SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION
2020
NEW ENGLAND SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION
COLUMBIA SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION
2019
NEW ENGLAND SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION
COLUMBIA SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY GREATER BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL NEWSPAPER COMPETITION
2018
NEW ENGLAND SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY GREATER BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL NEWSPAPER COMPETITION
2017
NEW ENGLAND SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION
COLUMBIA SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION NEWSPAPER CRITIQUE
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY GREATER BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL NEWSPAPER COMPETITION
2016
NEW ENGLAND SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION
COLUMBIA SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION NEWSPAPER CRITIQUE
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY GREATER BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL NEWSPAPER COMPETITION
2015
COLUMBIA SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION NEWSPAPER CRITIQUE
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY GREATER BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL NEWSPAPER COMPETITION
NEW ENGLAND SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION
2014
NEW ENGLAND SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION
COLUMBIA SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION NEWSPAPER CRITIQUE
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY GREATER BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL NEWSPAPER COMPETITION
2013
NEW ENGLAND SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION
COLUMBIA SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION NEWSPAPER CRITIQUE
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY GREATER BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL NEWSPAPER COMPETITION
2012
NEW ENGLAND SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION
COLUMBIA SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION NEWSPAPER CRITIQUE
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY GREATER BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL NEWSPAPER COMPETITION
2011
NEW ENGLAND SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION
COLUMBIA SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION NEWSPAPER CRITIQUE
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY DEPT. OF COMMUNICATIONS & JOURNALISM AWARDS
2010
NEW ENGLAND SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION
COLUMBIA SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION NEWSPAPER CRITIQUE
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY GREATER BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL NEWSPAPER COMPETITION
2008
COLUMBIA SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION