Awards
and Recognition
|Best of SNO
1. Half Moon Bay championship weigh-off crowns new world record pumpkin champion
2. ‘Offsetting the green’: companies avoid path to sustainability
3. Next stop: electrifying the future of Caltrain
4. Gov. Gavin Newsom chops college legacy admissions with new bill
5. Water guns and restrictions: ‘Senior Assassin’ sparks debate off school grounds
|Youth Journalism International Contest 2025
First Place: Multi-Media Feature reporting by a team: Middle ground: Reconciling free speech and university response to pro-Palestinian protests
First place: Opinion Writing: California needs to prioritize rehabilitation in its prisons​​​​
Honorable Mention: News Writing by a team: Isabelle Ling and Kiana Chen Gov. Gavin Newsom chops college legacy admissions with new bill
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|Best of the West 2025
First Place: Feature Magazine: Highlander
Third Place: Website: Scot Scoop
Second Place Shiori Chen, Kiana Chen, Isabelle Ling Water guns and restrictions: ‘Senior Assassin’ sparks debate off school grounds
Honorable Mention Isabelle Ling, Kiana Chen Gov. Gavin Newsom chops college legacy admissions with new bill
|National Scholastic Press Association 2024 Multimedia Feature Of the Year (group)
|California Press Women 2024
Honorable Mention: ‘Offsetting the green’: companies avoid path to sustainability
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First Place - News: Obstacles in Plain Sight
Second Place - News Story: Art on the Square
Third place - News Story: Gov.Newsom Chops college legacy admissions
Third place - News Story: Scrambling for Eggs
Third place - News Story: Belmont Greek Festival shares taste of Greece
Third place - News Story: Proposition 6's failure
Honorable Mention - Opinion: California needs to prioritize
​Honorable Mention - Features: Middle Ground
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|California Press Women 2025
|NSPA Pacemaker
Online Pacemaker & Finalist : Scot Scoop 2025
Online Pacemaker & Finalist: Scot Scoop 2024
|NSPA Spring Clips & Clicks
Honorable Mention: Embracing diversity: Heritage Fair 2024