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LaJuana Hale accepts the Trailblazer Award and Will Skelton accepts the Administrator of the Year Award. Both from Marcus High School, they received their Fall Fiesta 2023 awards at the ILPC Spring Convention in April. Photo courtesy of CADY.

Fall Fiesta 2023 award winners are honored at the ILPC Spring Convention

TAJE honored LaJuana Hale with a Trailblazer Award and her principal, Will Skelton, as the Administrator of the Year at the ILPC Spring Convention awards assembly on Sunday, April 21. Both are from Marcus High School and were honored for awards they received at the Fall Fiesta 2023 Convention for which they could not attend. LaJuana Hale currently teaches DC English at Marcus High School...

Karis Chen of Bellaire High School, Raylee Mallett of Mansfield Legacy High School, Blake Hinerman of Mansfield Legacy High School and national Journalist of the Year Alice Scott of McCallum High School receive their scholarship certificates from TAJE Executive Director Cindy Todd at the ILPC Spring Convention. The other three scholarship recipients were, Maya Ortiz of Kingwood Park High School, Mariam Jalloh of Frisco Heritage High School and Caroline Larrabee of Spring Branch Academic Institute at Stratford High School. Photo courtesy of CADY.

TAJE announces 2024 scholarship winners at ILPC Convention

On Sunday, April 21, seven seniors were awarded TAJE scholarships at the ILPC Spring Convention awards assembly in Austin, Texas. Several students and teachers were also announced as receiving scholarships to use at summer workshops. 2024 TAJE Scholarship Winners Alice Scott, McCallum HS: Bill Taylor Memorial Scholarship (JOY) - $1,500 Maya Ortiz, Kingwood Park HS: Bobby Hawthorne Scholarship...

Alice Scott is named national Journalist of the Year by JEA on April 6 in Kansas City, Missouri, at the Spring National High School Journalism Convention. Photo courtesy of Journalism Education Today Editor Bradley Wilson.

JEA names McCallum’s Alice Scott national Journalist of the Year

Senior Alice Scott of McCallum High School represented the Lone Star State at the Spring JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in Kansas City, Missouri. On Sunday, April 6, she was named the 2024 national Journalist of the Year (JOY). "Alice Scott is one of the best natural writers I've ever had the pleasure to work with. Her voice is present in everything she writes," NSPA...

President: Kari Riemer
President-Elect: Michael Reeves
Past President: Alyssa Boehringer
Secretary: Stephen Green
Treasurer: Margaret Edmonson
State Director: Lisa Roskens

Contest Director: Andrea Negri
Convention Director: Alison Strelitz
Webmaster: Mauri Sparks

Education Chair: Laura Negri
Legislative and Policy Chair: David Doerr

ILPC Liaison: Alyssa Boehringer
ATPI Liaison: Mark Murray

Executive Director: Cindy Todd

Region 1: Jasinia Frausto, Canyon HS
Region 2: Daniel Carr, Ray Braswell HS
Region 3: Taylor Mersmann, Walnut Grove HS
Region 4: Tabitha Houchens, Redwater HS
Region 5: Vanessa Martinez, El Dorado HS
Region 6: Shannon Kelly, John M. Harlan HS
Region 7: Haley Gluch, McNeil HS
Region 8: Mike Tobias, Port Neches Groves HS
Region 9: Megan Ortiz, Kingwood Park HS
Region 10: Sandra Casperson, Robert Vela HS
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