The 2009 high school yearbook, The Hornet, has been named a 2010 Crown finalist from Columbia Scholastic Press Association. This is the highest award a high school yearbook can receive.
Yearbooks are judged in the areas of concept, coverage, writing, design and photography.[more]
Only 33 yearbooks in the United States were named finalists. The yearbook will be awarded a Silver or Gold Crown at Columbia University in New York City March 19,. Crowns have been awarded since 1982. CSPA is an international student press association uniting student journalists and faculty advisers through conferences, idea exchanges and award programs since 1925.
Editors were Austin Esry, Kaitlin Hussey and Melissa Schiffl. Adviser is Margaret Sorrows.