WHS Student-Run Publication 'Optic Magazine' Receives Top Honors

WESTFIELD, NJ — The American Scholastic Press Association has awarded Westfield High School’s Optic Magazine “First Place with Special Merit” for its reporting during the 2022-2023 school year.

This category recognizes the top-scoring high school and college student magazines nationally for the organization’s Scholastic Newspaper Awards.

The student-run Optics also was recognized in the category of “Most Outstanding High School Literary-Art Magazine for 2023.”

"The students work very hard to put out magazines of this caliber four times a year. Each magazine takes hard work, passion, talent, and teamwork to complete," says WHS journalism teacher and Hi’s Eye/Optic Adviser Shawn McDonald. "We are honored that, in Optic’s third year of publication, we were able to win such prestigious and respectable awards. These awards truly showcase the talented students who make up our robust journalism program at Westfield High School."

— Submitted by Westfield Public Schools