16 Walsworth yearbooks among CSPA Scholastic Crown Finalists

Kansas City, Mo. (Dec. 21, 2011) – Sixteen 2011 yearbooks printed by Walsworth Publishing were among the high school and middle school yearbooks announced as Scholastic Crown Award Finalists by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association this week.

The Walsworth yearbooks named Crown Finalists included:

• Aftermath, Palm Harbor University High School, Palm Harbor, Fla.
• Decamhian, Del Campo High School, Fair Oaks, Calif.
• Flashback, Rock Bridge High School, Columbia, Mo.
• Fusion, Hagerty High School, Oviedo, Fla.
• Hauberk, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kan.
• Hoofbeats, Burges High School, El Paso, Texas
• Legend, William R. Boone High School, Orlando, Fla.
• Pride, Franklin High School, El Paso, Texas
• Pride, Benicia High School, Benicia, Calif.
• The Ayrie, Liberty North High School, Liberty, Mo.
• Lair, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Shawnee, Kan.
• The Legend, El Dorado High School, El Paso, Texas
• The Stampede, J.W. Mitchell High School, New Port Richey, Fla.
• Tukwet, Rancho Cucamonga High School, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
• Wings, Arrowhead Christian Academy, Redlands, Calif.
• The Talon, Leland Stanford Middle School, Long Beach, Calif.

The Crown Awards, Gold and Silver, are among the nation’s highest awards for scholastic journalism. Both regular and associate members of CSPA participate in the awards, which honor overall excellence of the publication in concept, design, coverage and photography. The yearbooks are judged by a panel of journalism and journalism education professionals.

The Crown finalists are in high school and middle school/junior high categories. These yearbooks will receive either Gold Crown or Silver Crown awards and will be honored March 16, 2012, during the CSPA’s annual Spring Scholastic Convention at Columbia University in New York City.

The entire list of high school and middle school/junior high finalists can be found on the CSPA website.