1st Place, Staff Editorial2022-23, Division 1, News Writing By StaffThe Bucs' BladeGrand Haven HS Holiday break can feel like the holidays again. Every year this time seems so trivial. We’d get home, do our homework and then relax, but little …
Our Media Centers, Whose Decisions?
1st Place, News Analysis 2021-22, Division 1, News Writing By Hadeel Antar The Pioneer Press Dearborn HS Schools around the nation have been restricting books and other media center materials now more than ever. Within June 2021 and 2022 alone, …
Staff illnesses prompt string of school closures
1st Place, News Brief2021-22, Division 1, News Writing By Aaron J. PunoPioneer OptimistPioneer HS Several Ann Arbor public schools were forced to close over the past two weeks because of high numbers of staff absences due to illness. Ann …
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UPDATE: Missing sophomore found dead under Hollway bleachers
1st Place, Follow-Up News Coverage 2021-22, Division 1-2, News Writing By Aaron J. PunoPioneer OptimistPioneer HS UPDATE: Monday, Jan. 30, 5 p.m. A Pioneer sophomore who was missing for over 72 hours has been found dead on school …
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Sheraton showdown: School board delays meeting over parent refusal to mask
1st Place, News Story2021-22, Division 1, News Writing By Aaron J. PunoPioneer Optimist Pioneer HS Wednesday’s Ann Arbor School Board meeting hadn’t convened for two full minutes before Trustee Susan Baskett called for a recess after several …
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‘I knew it wasn’t a drill’
1st Place, Breaking News Coverage 2022-23, Division 1, News Writing By Aaron J. Puno …