Thursday, November 17, 2016

Four Awards for the 2016 El Diablo Yearbook!



Congratulations to the 2015-2016 yearbook staff!

El Diablo won the ALL-AMERICAN ranking from National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) for three years in a row! The award is given to the top 1% publications in the nation. The staff  won 4/5 Marks of Distinction in Theme, Design, Writing, and Coverage. NSPA praised the book for its “excellence” and  for the “many fun and creative entry points.”

The 2015-2016 yearbook earned a Gold Medalist award from Columbia Scholastic Press Association. El Diablo received the Gold Medalist Award due to the yearbook's well-developed theme, and how every page’s attention to detail makes for an “interesting” and “engaging”  book.

El Diablo also:
  • Won the Honor Rating of ALL-KEMPA from Kettle Morraine Press Association
  • Won First Place from American Scholastic Press Association

Congratulations to the hard-working staff! Editors-in-Chief Ginger Gerhold and Katherine Senese; Head of Graphic Design Matthew Truong; Manager of Creative Design Lilly O’Neill,; Head of Photography John Yaeger; Managing Editor Gracyn Elliot; Manager of Writing Olivia Orput; Copy Editor Jen Ayres; Senior Ad Designers Grace Filer and Katie DelZenero; Resident Artist Jeff Dang; Graphic Designer Kate Beja; Head of Activities Audrey May; Section Editors Angela Li, Mary Kress, Bella Rico, Eileen Horton, Arthur Dussias, Margaret Tye, Abby Ward, Abigail Berberich, Sophie Beaulieu, Zeana Badawi, Katie Broz, Maddie Becker, Nicole Eichelman, and Lucy Grunberg; Writers Sridevi Kaza, Georgia Murphy and Kristen Iaffaldano; Photographers Jueling Chen, Devon White, David Wilkemeyer, Dina Haveric, Katie McDade, and Ashley Pelton. 

Congratulations also to Adviser: Erin Palmer  and Assistant Adviser: Hasham Bhatti

Thursday, November 3, 2016

Congtratulations to Junior and Senior Authors Published in this Year's Best Nonfiction Writing Volume



Best Nonfiction Writing, Hinsdale Central 2016
 
Walk a Kilometer in My Chappals, Bonnie Budelman, Junior
The Wiry, Little Boy, Eric Chang, Junior
My Two Grandmas, Alyson Chatterjee, Junior
Birds of a Feather, Jeff Dang, Junior
Tangled Between, Hannah Habiger, Junior
Unspoken, Isha Kukadia, Junior
The Comfort Trap, Grace Lu, Junior
Circuit, Syed Rizvi, Junior
Newsflash: The Media Can Be Misleading, Dana Ahdab, Senior
The Law of the Jungle Athanasios Arhos, Senior
Empty Closets, Anika Arvanitis, Senior
Keeping the Faith, Ankush Bajaj, Senior
Building Blocks, Shiv Bajaj, Senior
Whoever You Are. Wherever You Are., Neha Basti, Senior
Feminism (noun): Change for Women Change in Women, Monica Bhaghavan, Senior
One-Way Mirror, Abigail Cole, Senior
Tape and Glue , Mitch Collins, Senior
The Works, Millie Culbertson, Senior
On Captivity, Paul Cumberland, Senior
Waiting Room, Nicole Eichelman, Senior
Cultural Coordination, Saadia Elahi, Senior
Ancestral Weight, Lauren Excell, Senior
A Different Language, Sarah Feng, Senior
Breaking the Pattern, Grace (Cameron) Filer, Senior
Drowning, Jahavani Gaur, Senior
Grace, Elise Glaser, Senior
Back and Forth, Brian Glowniak, Senior
The Other Side of the Wall, Katie Grant, Senior
Roots, Elizabeth Hamilton, Senior
Color in the Negative Space, Rachael Han, Senior
Dina Haveric, Arman Haveric, Senior
The Perfect Bubbles, Jake Heiser, Senior
Home Improvement, Dwight Graham Hooten, Senior
Why Ideas Should Collide, Ellen Jiang, Senior
The Best Part of the Job, Brandon Johnson, Senior
Digging for Acceptance, Caroline Kealy, Senior
With Dry Eyes, Liz Keller, Senior
Under Lock and Key, Chris Kujalowicz, Senior
But I Act Like I'm Five Foot Eight, Spencer LaMountain, Senior
Finding Honor, Sophie Lekas, Senior
Let Me Out, Samara Lillioja, Senior
Not a Regular, Elise Martin, Senior
Perennial Marlene, Nina Molina, Senior
Lip and Tuck, Olivia Orput, Senior
Silent Duty, Neil Outarsingh, Senior
The First Lecture and the Final Question, Jessica Patacsil, Senior
Arranged Love, Mita Ramani, Senior
Three, Mina Rao, Senior
Glamping, Katie Rodgers, Senior
Long Distance, B J Ryan, Senior
How to Become a Gymnast, Gabrielle Seo, Senior
The Colors That Don't Exist   Jazmin Shenouda, Senior
A Dying Legacy, Hannah Smiles, Senior
Blowing Out the Candles, Craig Smith, Senior
The Four Horsemen, Ian Sokolowski, Senior
Becoming Human, Emma Stapleton, Senior
Where a Kid Can Be a Mess, Madeline Sullivan, Senior
On Privilege, James Walker, Senior
The Great Equalizer, Matthew Yeh, Senior
How Things Fell Apart, Annie Zaher, Senior