Plainfield Students Do Well at Minooka Journalism Invitational

Student journalists from Plainfield East High School and Plainfield High School – Central Campus earned several top prizes at the Feb. 22 Minooka High School Journalism Invitational.

PEHS placed second overall in the contest. As well, these individual students earned top awards: 

First Place:

• Kate Schreiber -- News
• Chrissy Rodriguez -- Page Design
• Kevin Chavez -- Info Graphics
• Hannah Gutierrez -- Editorial Writing
• Katrina Spontak -- Feature Writing

Second Place:

• Kate Schreiber -- Headline Writing
• Maher Kawash -- Sports
• Katrina Spontak -- Review Writing
• Chris Kovac -- Editorial Cartooning.

Third Place:

• McKayla Braid -- News
• Chris Kovac -- Advertising
• Abbey Warke -- Editorial Cartooning 

Fourth Place:

• Courtney Ellis -- Photography
• Carlos Avitia -- Page Design
• Monika Pendurkova -- Info Graphics

Fifth Place:

• Monika Pendurkova -- Editorial Cartooning
• Chrissy Rodriguez -- Headline Writing
• Abbey Warke -- Sports Writing 

Sixth Place:

• Maher Kawash -- Feature Writing
• Kevin Chavez -- Headline Writing

PHSCC placed third overall in the contest. As well, these individual students earned top awards:

 First Place:

• ·Trevor Bush -- Editorial Cartooning 

Second Place:

• Allie Wright-Worrell -- News Writing
• Ihssan Ait-Boucherbil -- Copy Editing
• Kaiya Hietekko -- Photography 

Third Place:

• Crystal Velazquez -- Page Design
• Megan Schuller -- Yearbook Copy Writing
• Dajah Collins -- Info Graphics

Fourth Place:

• Megan Shuller -- News Writing
• Crystal Velazquez -- Double Page Layout 
• Katina Gyftakis -- Review Writing
• Luis Gonzalez -- Advertising and Editorial Cartooning

Fifth Place:

• Trevor Bush -- Advertising
• Allie Wright-Worrell -- Feature Writing
• Dajah Collins -- Editorial Writing

Sixth Place:

• Ihssan Ait-Boucherbil -- Editorial Writing