LNHS Yearbook Earns Repeat All-American
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LNHS Yearbook Earns Repeat All-American
Liberty North High School's Ayrie yearbooks staff was given the prestigious All-American title again for the 2025 edition.
The All-American rating is awarded by the National Scholastic Press Association is the highest possible rating. LNHS was awarded that top honor with Marks of Distinction in Essentials, Coverage, Design and Photography.
Liberty North's yearbook was inducted into the National Journalism Hall of Fame in spring of 2024 due to their repeat excellence.
Judges comments included: "Your book has fantastic coverage, strong writing, powerful photography, and a cohesive theme... It deserves to be honored. Everything you've done earned you national recognition, and that should be celebrated. You have a stellar staff taht produced an award-winning publication. You should be proud."
The 2025 Ayrie staff was:
- Lydia Klish; Editor-In-Chief
- Sydney Rickels; Assistant Editor-In-Chief and Design Editor
- Brooke Hayes; Managing Editor
- Paige Goerke; Copy Editor
- Averie Allen, Laila Jones, Andrew McNiff, Scarlett Stoops, Anna Walsh; Designers/Section Editors
- Alexis McDonald; Usage Editor
- Emma Watts; Varsity Reporter
- Morgan Allaman, Brooklynn Arbuckle, Makayla Bartlett, Annabelle Bauerle, Emma Berry, Sky Fisher, Lucy Hemphill, Sylvia Huang, Sophia Kromeich, Anna Leeth, Miranda Liu, Sophia Malaponti, Rachel Mason, Kayla McBride, Lauren McLaughlin, Kami Miehe, Sophia Miller, Kadilyn Moore, Yen Nguyen, Raegan Pack, Addie Schneider, Emma Sitts, Ari Smith, Sophie Taylor, Gabby Vineyard, Bella Vo, Moriah Wyllie; Reporters
- Madison Arnone, Lainey Beaty, Delaney Blackburn, Jackson Blackburn, Adalyn Bledsoe, Ashlyn Bryant, Robert Crosby, Mackenna Daniels, Emily Drottz, Britni Finlayson, Kellan French, Easton Goss, Brian Henderson, Laila Jones, Lillie London, Colbie McRorey, Shazil Mehdi, Andrew McNiff, Kaia Moore, Ariella Morrison, Rudorwashe Nziramasanga, Olivia Pierson, Leona Parrish, Amina Quirarte, Addison Roach, Kloe Russell, Elisabeth Schergen, Sofia Vargas, Addison Webb, Madelyn Wilcox, Annabella Wilhelmi, Keaton Wilson, Anna Witte, Lydia Yates, Isaac Young, Isabel Young, McKenna Zach, Avery Zink; Photojournalists
- Ronna Sparks-Woodward; Adviser
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