Dexter High School's student newspaper wins 11th Spartan Award

Dexter High School's student publication, The Squall, won its 11th Spartan Award in 14 years from the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association at MIPA's spring conference The Spartan is MIPA's highest award for overall quality in a high school paper. Last year The Squall was inducted into the MIPA Hall of Fame for winning 9 Spartans in 10 years.

This year's critique from an out-of-state judge said, "Seldom has a student newspaper displayed so many strengths in such a convincing and consistent manner. Conscientious editing and proofreading are evident on every page of the paper. Professionalism is apparent in every area of The Squall. As readers peruse The Squall, they are seeing high school journalism at its finest. The Squall would be an ideal newspaper to use as a teaching model for high school journalism."

In addition, 25 individual students won award for their work in writing, graphics and page design. These students brought home ten first place award, the most first place awards Squall members have ever won. This year's editors-in-chief are Levi Kipke and Cameron LaFontaine.

Below is a list of individual students who won awards:

Zeke Breuninger, Honorable Mention, Alternative Story Form

Ben Bruetsch, honorable mention, alternative story form

Guy Burke, Honorable Mention, Advertising Layout

Drew Daugherty, First Place, Editorial Cartoon

Jagger Davis, First Place, News Page/Spread; Third Place, News Page/Spread

Teddy Grammatico, honorable mention, breaking news coverage

Ben Grover, Honorable Mention, Entertainment Page/Spread

Luke Hannah, honorable mention, alternative story form

Mitch Kimball, honorable mention, alternative story form

Lauren Kimmel, Honorable Mention, Diversity Coverage, Sports News Story, Alternative Story Form

Levi Kipke, First Place, Sports News Story; Honorable Mention, Breaking News Coverage

Cam LaFontaine, First Place, Sports News Story; Honorable Mention, Informative Feature

Erin Lashbrook, first place, editorial; honorable mention, breaking news coverage and editorial

Aman-vir Mandair, honorable mention, follow-up news coverage and sports feature story

Colin Meldrum, two honorable mentions, feature column

Noah Mellifont, First Place, News Analysis; Honorable Mention, Alternative Story Form

Abby Mesaros, First Place, Professionally Published Page and Front Page/Magazine Design; Second Place, Front Page/Magazine Design and Professionally Published Page; Honorable Mention, Alternative Story Form and  Feature Page/Spread

Brandon Otto, honorable mention, photo story and sports page/spread

Jacob Rich, second place, bylined opinion article; honorable mention, in-depth feature

Scott Rogers, First Place, Bylined Opinion Article; Third Place, Sports Feature Story

Jordan Romanowski, first place, information graphic; second place, front page/magazine style; third place, entertainment page/spread; honorable mention, feature page/spread

Carolin Schade, Honorable Mention, Diversity Coverage

Zac Sharp, First Place, News Analysis

Sydney Swigart, Honorable Mention, Photo Story

Morgan VanHoof, Honorable Mention, In-Depth Feature and Sports News Story