At this weekend’s VHSL Media Championship, McLean’s literary magazine, newsmagazine, online news, and yearbook staffs earned Trophy Class ranking for their 2023-24 publications from the Virginia High School League’s (VHSL) Publications Evaluation Services. Trophy Class is the highest ranking bestowed by VHSL.

McLean High School was the only school in the state to earn Trophy Class Ratings for four publications!

Trophy Class winners include:

Magazine Division

McLean High School, “The Tartan,” Lindsay Benedict & Seth LeBlanc, advisers

Newsmagazine Division

McLean High School, “The Highlander,” Lindsay Benedict, adviser

Online News Division

McLean High School, “The Highlander Online,” Lindsay Benedict, adviser

Yearbook Division

McLean High School, “Caledonia,” Meghan Percival, adviser

In addition, McLean students won the following awards in the VHSL Multimedia Contest:

LITERARY MAGAZINE CATEGORIES

Photograph - First – James Fatemi, McLean HS

Photograph - Third – Natalie Wang, McLean HS

Drawing - Third – Alan Wang, McLean HS

Painting - Third – Alexia Bodet, McLean HS

Prose Spread - First – Jiayin Zou, Laurus Wang & Angela Yang, McLean HS

Poetry - Third – Yinlin Zhao, McLean HS

Poetry Spread - Second – Mia Tran-Luu, Rita Dray & Angela Yang, McLean HS 

Poetry Spread - Third – Fern Fang, Seorin Kwak & Jiayin Zou, McLean HS 

Short Fiction - Second – Yinlin Zhao, McLean HS 

NEWSPAPER CATEGORIES

Straight News/News Feature - First – Alan Tang, Minsong Ha & Aaron Stark, McLean HS

Sports News - First – Tanner Coerr, McLean HS

Feature: Human Interest/Personality - First – Ryan Kang & Minsong Ha, McLean HS

Feature: Human Interest/Personality - Second – Tanner Coerr, McLean

Feature: In-Depth/ Informative - First – Nimera Shanil, Minsong Ha, Allie Deutsch, Zakareya Hamed & Sakura Mogami, McLean HS

Feature: In-Depth/ Informative - Third – Aaron Stark, Andrew Lohman, Ryan Kang & Zakareya Hamed, McLean HS

Bylined Personal Opinion/Column - Second – Philip Rotondo & Sophia Weil, McLean HS

Review - Third – Sandra Cheng, McLean HS

Photo: Sports-Second – Andrew Lohman, McLean HS

Inside Page Layout/Spread-First – Natalie Vu, McLean HS

Newsmagazine Cover - Third – Natalie Vu & Philip Rotondo, McLean HS 

YEARBOOK CATEGORIES

Sports Coverage - Third – Lainey Mallard & Sarah Beach, McLean HS 

Candid Photo - Third – James Fatemi, McLean HS

Sports Photo - First – James Fatemi, McLean HS

Infographics/Secondary Packaging - First – Lexi Reddy, Keely Solomon & Maddie Gorsline, McLean HS 

BROADCAST CATEGORIES

News Package- First – Nico Christofferson & Connor Lang, McLean HS

Feature Package - First – Karina Bhatt & Hannah Hadeed, McLean HS

Sports Package- First – Nico Christofferson, Jith Sequeira & Mikey Souza, McLean HS

Video Story - Joana Ramos & Hannah Hadeed, McLean HS