Gold/Silver/Bronze Star Awards
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| Gold Star Awards |
Featherduster, Austin Westlake
Hillcrest Hurricane, Dallas Hillcrest The Falcon Cry, Fulmore Middle School (Austin) The Liberator, Austin LBJ Bagpipe, Dallas Highland Park |
Panther Tales, Duncanville
Lone Star 1995, Austin Bowie Las Memorias, Tascosa Amarillo 1995 Maverick, Round Rock McNeil Bear Pride ‘95, LaVernia The Highlander 1995, Dallas Highland Park |
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| Silver Star Awards |
The Colt, Arlington
The Edition, Austin Anderson The Chronicle, Clark San Antonio Grass Burr, Weatherford Panther Spirit, Follett |
Hoofbeats, 1995, El Paso Burges
1995 Lariat, El Paso Riverside Longhorn 95, Lazbuddie Cougar Reflections, Hill Country Middle, Austin Odyssey ‘95, San Antonio McAuliffe Middle School Flashlight, Abilene |
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| Bronze Star Awards |
Lake Reflections, Clear Lake
Tattler, Angleton The Uproar, Mansfield The Maroon, Austin Bear Facts, Alief Hastings Trailblazer, Round Rock McNeil Eagle Eye, DeSoto |
The Marauder, Flower Mound Marcus
The Deer, Deer Park Bearkat, Klein The Hawk, Texarkana Pleasant Grove 1995 Lair, Irving |
Tops in Texas Individual Achievement Awards
Newspaper
News Writing - Rebecca Goetz, McNeil HS (Austin)
News Feature Writing - Kristi Pawlik, Anderson HS (Austin)
Editorial Writing - John Wittmer, LBJ HS (Austin)
Sports Action Writing - Matt McBrearty, LBJ HS (Austin)
Sports Feature Writing - Scott Palmer, Westlake HS (Austin)
Feature Writing - Josephine Lee, Bellaire HS (Houston)
Entertainment Review - John Colborn, Port Aransas HS
Entertainment Feature - Nicole Carlson, Marcus HS (Flower Mound)
Photo Story - Jas Robertson, Mike McNamara, Hillcrest HS (Dallas)
General Column - E. J. Jones, Lake View HS (San Angelo)
Sports Column - Joe Alvarez, Seagraves HS
In-depth News/Feature - Brad Butler, Stephanie Lin, Houston Bellairefor story about its International Baccalaureate program
In-depth News Package - Staff, Westlake HS (Austin) for Common Threads: how one community faces the challenges or
church state relations
Student Art - Reed Smith, Westlake HS (Austin)
Computer Art - Jon-Paul Dumont and Socrates Villarreal, Hillcrest HS (Dallas)
Editorial Cartoon - Adrian Diaz, Boys Ranch HS
Page 1 Layout - Jon-Paul Dumont, Hillcrest HS (Dallas)
General News Photo - David Foose, LBJ HS (Austin)
Feature Photo - Hayley Bennett, Round Rock HS
Sports Action Photo - Andrew Loehmann, Westlake HS (Austin) Sports Feature Photo - Jake Rosales, Duncanville HS
Yearbook
Theme Selection & Development - Courtney Hopkin, Joel Odom, Bowie HS (Austin)
General Interest Spread - Nikki Husmann, Randall HS (Amarillo)
Student Life Spread - Salena Copeland and Kim Davis, Pleasant Grove HS (Texarkana)
Sports Spread - Julie O’Neill, McNeil HS (Austin)
Academic Spread - Veronica Brown, et. al., Bowie HS (Austin)
Class Section Spread - Erin Kelly, Fulmore MS (Austin)
Club/Organization Spread - Joel Odom, et. al. Bowie HS (Austin)
Community Feature - Shannon Carter, Dominique Gutierrez, Bowie HS (Austin)
Student Life Feature Story - Storm Sands, Jeff Graham, Highland Park HS (Dallas)
Academic Feature Story - Stacie Powell, Randall HS (Amarillo)
Sports Feature Story - Joel Odom, Bowie HS (Austin)
Club and Organization Feature Story - Salena Copeland, Pleasant Grove HS (Texarkana)
Theme Copy - Josh Byerly, Ruby Wintters, Kristi Lockey, Winona HS
Sports Action Photo - Roy Argumaniz, Riverside HS (El Paso)
Sports Feature Photo - Wade Kennedy, Duncanville HS
Feature Photo - Allison Roberts, Taylor HS (Katy)
Teacher Awards
Edith Fox King Award
for distinguished contributions and outstanding devotion to scholastic journalism in Texas included:
Anne Gillespie of Burkburnett High School.
Joe Graham of Clear Brook High School, Friendswood.
Thelma Johnson of Holland Middle School, Houston.
Peggy Miller of Hastings High School, Alief.
Mark Murray of Lamar High School, Arlington.
Annetta Reusch of Wichita Falls High School.
Bill Walraven of Corpus Christi.
Max R. Haddick Teacher of the Year Award
Phyllis Forehand, Arlington High School