Three Leander ISD high school student media programs received recognition at the state conference of the Texas Association of Journalism Educators (TAJE) in San Antonio from Oct. 18-20.
Congratulations to Glenn, Leander and Rouse High School for being recognized among the top journalism programs in Texas at the 2025 TAJE Fall Fiesta Contest.
Results
Glenn High School | Connor Brown, Adviser
- Alexis Logue — First-year Photo — Excellent
- Bailey Felan — First-year Photo — Honorable Mention
- Small Yearbooks — First Place — Best of Show
Leander High School | Bradley Wilson, Adviser
- Peightyn Eddings — Sports Feature Writing — Excellent
- Sophia Clapp and Marilyn Rutschman — Yearbook Theme Package — Honorable Mention
- Hazel Villafuerte — First-Year Photo — Excellent
- Large Yearbooks — Sixth place — Best of Show
Rouse High School | Shelby Nickells
- Nolan Bond and Faye Zayed — Yearbook Theme Package — Superior
- Landry Williams — Digital Photo/Spirit of San Antonio — Excellent
- Landry Williams — Digital Photo/Student Journalists — Honorable Mention
- Stephanie Kim — Editorial Writing — Excellent
- Neha Allamneni — Marketing — Honorable Mention
- Shrinidhi Sridhar — News Writing — Excellent
- Lauren Lowry — Editorial Illustration — Excellent
- Lauren Lowry — Infographic — Honorable Mention
- Monday Stallworth — Digital Photo/Spirit of San Antonio — Honorable Mention
- Print news — Second Place — Best of Show
- Large yearbooks — Third Place — Best of Show
- Sweepstakes — Fifth place
Rouse High School adviser Shelby Nickells also received a Pathfinder Award from the Texas Association of Journalism Educators. The TAJE Pathfinder Award was first given in 2015 to recognized educators advising scholastic media programs for seven or fewer years.
Special shoutout to Rouse HS student media staff member Faye Zayed for teaching a class on student press rights for New Voices Texas!
