Middlesex Middle School has been awarded the CSPA Gold Crown for its 2013 yearbook, Facts + Figures. The CSPA Gold Crown is the top award given to scholastic publications by The Columbia Scholastic Press Association. This year a total of 1,236 digital, newspapers, magazines and yearbooks published during the 2012-2013 academic year were eligible for judging in the 2014 Crown Awards Program. 41 yearbooks received Crowns, only 13 of which were Gold. MMS was the only school in the northeast to receive a prestigious Gold Crown award.
The Awards Convocation for Scholastic Crown recipients took place during the 90th Scholastic Convention, on March 21st at Columbia University in New York City. MMS 8th grade science teacher and yearbook advisor Liisa Petersen accepted the award on behalf of the MMS yearbook staff. MMS’ Herff Jones representative Kristina Skrela also attended the awards ceremony.
2012-2013 MMS Yearbook Staff:
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Kellie Arevalo (8)
Sophia Barbour (9)
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Claire Borecki (9)
Lizzie Borecki (9)
Mary Cate Carlo (8)
Nicole Carlo (7),
Julia Cornacchia (9)
Katherine Du (9)
Sofia Fea (7)
Melissa Hartunian (9)
Caroline Lacy (9)
Isabel Larino (8)
Cailey Martin (7)
Sara Moorhead (8)
Ursula Patel (9)
Elizabeth Petner (8)
Clare Phelps (8)
Nathalie Perreault (8)
Kristen Picard (9)
Brittany Pierce (9)
Kate Stamoulis (8)
Henry Steinthal (7)
Candice Wang (9)
MMS Yearbook Advisers:
Liisa Petersen
Dana Siano
Middle School Yearbook Gold Crowns
Eagle Eye View, Sierra Middle School, Parker, CO; Farrier, Mirman School, Los Angeles, CA; Stampede, Maize South Middle School, Wichita, KS;The Prowl, Powell Middle School, Littleton, CO; Yearbook, Middlesex Middle School, Darien, CT.
High School Yearbook Gold Crowns
Carillon, Bellarmine College Preparatory School, San Jose, CA; Cornerstones, The Hockaday School, Dallas, TX; Etruscan, Glenbrook South High School, Glenview, IL; Marksmen, St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas, TX; Nuntius, Altavista Combined School, Altavista, VA; Pride, Franklin High School, El Paso, TX; Rampages, Casa Roble High School, Orangevale, CA; The Buzzer, Brookville High School, Lynchburg, VA; The Hawk, Pleasant Grove High School, Texarkana, TX; The Indian, Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, KS; Theogony, Hidden Valley High School, Roanoke, VA; Wings, Arrowhead Christian Academy, Redlands, CA; Wingspan, James Enochs High School, Modesto, CA.
