McLean’s Publications Earn Trophy Class Ratings from VHSL
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