LNHS Yearbook Staff Earns Nation's Highest Award
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LNHS Yearbook Staff Earns Nation's Highest Award
On December 13, 2024, the Columbia Scholastic Press Association announced Crown Awards finalists in the yearbook category.
Crown Awards are the highest recognition given by CSPA to a student print or digital medium for overall excellence, and the Ayrie yearbook from Liberty North High School is one of only 35 yearbooks from across the entire United States to receive this honor. That places the Ayrie in the top one percent of yearbooks in the nation.
Please congratulate the 2024 Liberty North yearbook staff for this incredible award.
Editors-In-Chief: Abby Agnew, Kelsey O'Riley
Design Editor: Abbey Williams
Copy Editor: Lydia Klish
Designers: Grace Ranes, Delaney Grohs, Sydney Rickels, Emma Hickman, Scarlett Stoops
Varsity Reporters: Anna Walsh, Emma Watts, Alexis McDonald, Lou VanNess
Reporters: Rylie Smith, Brooke Hayes, Paige Goerke, Bailey Van Iten, Amanda Cornell, Averie Allen, Andrew McNiff, Elizabeth Rose, Kaydence Ellis, Jasmine Meza, Jocelin Covarrubias, Alaina Begulia, Laila Jones, Christian Thomas.
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