Scholastic Journalism Awards

Middle School Best Newspaper

Ferri Middle School. Adviser Maryellen Brady, top center, poses for a photo with students, from left, Kathrine Barnes, 13, an eighth grader, Leah Reavey, 13, a seventh grader, and Chris Castiglioni, 12, a seventh grader. Not present is Nicole DiMascio, 13, a seventh grader. View the winning entry

Best Newspaper

The Jaguar Journal

Nicholas Ferri Middle School

"The stories are clearly written, highly readable and of general interest to the students.  Your coverage of the Ferri community is outstanding!  The academic team news section is clearly marked and contains a good synopsis of each group’s activities.  The same for the club/activities section especially the photo display.  We were also impressed by the coverage given to Johnston 'Teacher of the Year' and the story about ‘the station fire’.  The page design is impressive, good use of space, dominant photos."

1^st Runner-up

The Viking Press

Riverside Middle School

"The writing is very sophisticated and polished, indicating a lot of adult guidance.  Very broad coverage of topics, including a lot of community news. Clean design with many color pictures."

2^nd Runner-up

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Deering Middle School

West Warwick

"Good strong articles that are important including  'D.A.R.E. ‘ Crossing the Line’ and ‘Graffiti Problems’ And the sidebar asking students to speak out was a good idea!  Good attempt at clever headlines ‘ spare change changes levels’ and good attempt at strong straightforward headlines (Graffiti Problem Disrupts School)."

3^rd Runner-up

Knotty Oak Times

Knotty Oak Middle School

"You have many good writers. Your best work is on stories offering useful advice to students and stories reporting on student opinion. Page design is magic. Good use of photos."