![From left to right freshman Julianna McDonald, junior Sophia Verma, freshman Marissa Mendoza and sophomores Melody and Marissa Wong stand together, each grabbing a piece of dough to mold. After senior Eileen Kaewapresert made the pasta dough, the rest of the students got to create the shapes of their choice. “At first, this was only a small group to bond with two special needs students, Melody and Marissa [Wong], because they already had an interest in cooking,” Kaewprasert said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/18CCCDA2-968D-4E23-8DD9-E1C0F29F7BCE_1_201_a-900x600.jpeg)
Awards
 | National Scholastic Press AssociationNSPA is a nonprofit membership organization exclusively for high school and other secondary school publications - yearbooks, newspapers, magazines, broadcast programs, and online publications. Since 1921, it has offered members resources to help their publications improve, including national high school journalism conventions, prestigious contests and scholarships, a publication critique service, and much more. (Source: http://studentpress.org/nspa/) |
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| 2008 Pacemaker Award Winner | |
| 2008 Spring Convention Best of Show: 5th Place | |
| 2009 Pacemaker Award Winner | |
| 2009 Spring Convention Best of Show: 6th Place | |
| 2009 Fall Convention Best of Show: 3rd Place | |
| 2010 Pacemaker Award Winner | |
| 2010 Spring Convention Best of Show: 1st Place | |
| 2011 Pacemaker Award Winner | |
| 2011 Spring Convention Best of Show: 2nd Place | |
| 2012 Spring Convention Best of Show: 1st Place | |
| 2013 Pacemaker Award Winner | |
| 2013 Spring Convention Best in Show: 2nd Place | |
| 2014 Pacemaker Award Winner | |
| 2016 Pacemaker Award Finalist | |
| 2017 Pacemaker Award Finalist | |
| 2018 Pacemaker Award Winner | |
| 2018 Spring Convention Best of Show: 6th Place | |
| 2019 Spring Convention Best of Show: 4th Place | |
| 2020 Pacemaker Award Winner | |
| 2020 Convention Best of Show: 1st Place | |
| 2021 Pacemaker Award Winner | |
| 2022 Pacemaker Award Winner | |
 | WSPN is part of NSPA's top 100 Pacemaker award winners. To celebrate its centennial year, National Scholastic Press Association announced its top 100 Pacemaker award winners yesterday. The Pacemaker 100 represents a one-time snapshot of the top 100 publications recognized in the competition during its history. First presented in 1927 as the Pace-Maker, the Pacemaker awards are now recognized as the top prizes in scholastic journalism. They honor the very best scholastic broadcasts, literary arts magazines, newspapers/newsmagazines, online publications, specialty magazines and yearbooks.(Source: http://studentpress.org/nspa/) |
 | Columbia Scholastic Press AssociationFounded in 1925, the Association unites student editors and faculty advisers working with them to produce student newspapers, magazines, yearbooks and online media. Students come from public, private and church-related schools and colleges throughout the United States and from overseas schools following an American plan of education. The Association is owned by Columbia University and operated as a program affiliated wth its Graduate School of Journalism. (Source: http://cspa.columbia.edu/who-we-are) |
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| 2009 Gold Crown Award Winner | ||
| 2010 Gold Crown Award Winner | ||
| 2011 Gold Crown Award Winner | ||
| 2012 Gold Crown Award Winner | ||
| 2013 Gold Crown Award Winner | ||
| 2018 Silver Crown Award Winner | ||
| 2019 Silver Crown Award | ||
| 2021 Gold Crown Winner | ||
| 2022 Gold Crown Award Winner | ||
Individual Awards |
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| Nathan Zhao | 2018 Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference Massachusetts Representative |
| Nathan Zhao | 2019 Massachusetts Journalist of the Year |
| Suffolk University Journalism & Media Award | |
| Lauren Medeiros | NSPA Special Award for COVID-19 Coverage |
 | The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. Established in 1996 during the Web's infancy, the Webbys are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, which includes an Executive 750-member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities, and Associate Members who are former Webby Award Winners and Nominees and other Internet professionals. |
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| 2009 Webby Peoples Voice Award - Student Category | |
| 2010 Webby Official Honoree - Student Category | |
| 2010 Webby Official Honoree - School/University Category |
 | New England Scholastic Press AssociationThe New England Scholastic Press Association aims to foster excellence in scholastic journalism. This Association encourages high standards in student journalism, supports the interests of students and teachers in the student press in the New England states, and fosters a closer relationship among students and advisers interested and engaged in student journalism. Workshops, conferences, on-site critiques and contests are among the Association’s efforts to educate student journalists and their advisers. (Source: http://blogs.bu.edu/nespa/about/) |
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| 2010 All New England Award - Online Category | |
| 2011 All New England Award - Online Category | |
| Charlie Moore | 2017 Localizing News Journalism Award |
| 2017 All New England | |
| 2020 All New England |
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| Distinguished Site 2018-2019 |
Quill & Scroll International Writing, Photo and Multimedia Individual Awards |
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| Caterina Tomassini | |
| Taylor McGuire |
