• Runners will participate in the Gobble Wobble 5K and Fun Run at Andrew Brown Park East at 8 a.m. on Saturday.
  • The Cozby Library and Community Commons hosts the Big Book Sale from 4-7 p.m. on Friday.
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2014 Interscholastic League Press Conference Spring Convention teaches, celebrates best in Texas high school press

April 29, 2014
Members of The Sidekick newspaper, the Round-Up yearbook and KCBY-TV with their advisers admire the Austin skyline last Friday evening after arriving in Austin for the 2014 Interscholastic League Press Conference (ILPC) at the University of Texas at Austin April 26-27. After arriving roughly around 7:30 Friday night and quickly settling into their their rooms, the young journalists hit the streets to discover what makes Austin ‘weird’. Photo by Kara Hallam
Members of The Sidekick newspaper, the Round-Up yearbook and KCBY-TV with their advisers admire the Austin skyline last Friday evening after arriving in Austin for the 2014 Interscholastic League Press Conference (ILPC) at the University of Texas at Austin April 26-27. After arriving roughly around 7:30 Friday night and quickly settling into their their rooms, the young journalists hit the streets to discover what makes Austin ‘weird’. Photo by Kara Hallam

By Tuulia Koponen
Staff Writer

Members of The Sidekick newspaper, the Round-Up yearbook and KCBY-TV with their advisers admire the Austin skyline last Friday evening after arriving in Austin for the 2014 Interscholastic League Press Conference (ILPC) at the University of Texas at Austin April 26-27. After arriving roughly around 7:30 Friday night and quickly settling into their their rooms, the young journalists hit the streets to discover what makes Austin ‘weird’. Photo by Kara Hallam
Members of The Sidekick newspaper, the Round-Up yearbook and KCBY-TV with their advisers admire the Austin skyline last Friday evening after arriving in Austin for the 2014 Interscholastic League Press Conference (ILPC) at the University of Texas at Austin April 26-27. After arriving roughly around 7:30 Friday night and quickly settling into their their rooms, the young journalists hit the streets to discover what makes Austin ‘weird’. Photo by Kara Hallam

Members of all three media groups at Coppell High School and their advisers attended the 2014 Interscholastic League Press Conference at the University of Texas at Austin this past weekend. These young journalists enjoyed a weekend of celebrating the best in scholastic journalism while learning to be the best from the best and enjoying some of the many attractions Austin has to offer.

All three media groups also earned a plethora of awards and recognitions as listed below:

For The Sidekick newspaper: 

  • Award of Distinguished Merit

Coppell Student Media: 

  • Award of Distinguished Merit
  • Gold Star Award

Class 5A Online Individual Achievement Awards

  • Stephanie Gross: Editorial Writing – second place
  • John Loop: Sports Action – second place
  • Elizabeth Sims: Feature Writing – second place
  • Shruthika Pochampally: Entertainment Feature – first place
  • Tolu Salako: Personal Opinion Column – second place
  • Rachel Buigas-Lopez: Computer Art – first place
  • Sophie Nauyokas: Cartoon – first place and third place
  • Regan Sullivan: Portrait – honorable mention

Class 5A Newspaper Individual Achievement Awards

  • Tolu Salako and Mabry Culp: Personal Column – honorable mention
  • Summer Crawford: Personal Opinion Column – second place
  • Caroline Carter: In-Depth News/Feature Story – honorable mention
  • Jordan Bickham: Double Truck Design – honorable mention

KCBY-TV:

  • News Broadcast – second place
  • Capri Jordan and Sydney Williams: General News/Feature/Sports/Report Writing – honorable mention
  • Natalie Hinson and Hailey Hess: Feature Story – honorable mention
  • Delanie Majors and Michael Butzer: Sports Feature Story – honorable mention

Round Up Yearbook:

  • Award of Merit
  • Lauren Cullison: Tops in Texas – Sports Action Photo

 

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