Homestead High School’s team of eight students excelled in competitions at the 2015 JEA/NSPA National Convention in Denver.  Check out their success story at their storyboard: https://www.storehouse.co/stories/83s2h-spring-nhsjc2015.

Best of Show for KEMPA schools:

8th Place Best of Show for Broadcast Program:  Niles West News
Niles West High School, Skokie, Illinois; adviser Evelyn Lauer

8th Place Best of Show for Newsmagazine:  Highlandeer
Homestead High School, Mequon, Wisconsin; adviser Rachel Rauch

Write-Off Results for KEMPA schools:

Homestead High School, Mequon, Wisconsin; adviser Rachel Rauch

Newswriting: Excellent to Bella Stechschulte
Feature Writing: Honorable Mention to Anna Kreynin
Sports Writing: Honorable Mention to Emily Hannemann
Newsmagazine Layout: Superior to Molly Riebau
Yearbook Cover/Endsheets: Excellent to Elizabeth Huskin
Graphic Design | Photo Illustration: Honorable Mention to Sydney Roeper

Niles West High School, Skokie, Illinois; adviser Evelyn Lauer

Online News Package: Excellent to Emily Butera
Online News Package: Excellent to Sarah Govis
Online News Package: Excellent to Katrina Nickell

KEMPA is proud of you!

Data for all entries for the event:
988 participants, of which 407 were recognized with the following awards:
62 Superiors
137 Excellents
208 Honorable Mentions

If you were at the Denver convention and have photos and/or good news to share, email them to Linda Barrington at [email protected]