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The student news site of Trinity Preparatory School

The Trinity Voice

The student news site of Trinity Preparatory School

The Trinity Voice

The student news site of Trinity Preparatory School

The Trinity Voice

Staff Awards

2023-2024

FSPA District 3 Teacher of the Year: Mrs. Erin Miller

NSHSS Educator of the Year Finalist: Mrs. Erin Miller

NSPA Clips & Clicks Contest

Third Place

Nikhil Daniel, Editorial

Honorable Mention

Zach Kleiman, News Story

ASPA

Most Outstanding Private School Newspaper

1st Place Award for Private Schools 500-1,000 Students

CSPA

David Steinberg, Sports News, Certificate of Merit

Quill and Scroll Writing, Photo, Multimedia Contest

Second Place

David Hull, Sports Feature Writing

David Hull, Sports Writer of the Year

Sammy Lou, Features Writer of the Year

Third Place

Lucy Chong, Designer of the Year

Honorable Mention

Nikhil Daniel, Staff Editorial Writing

David Hull, Sports Feature Writing

Mila Taylor, Beginning Writer

FSPA Spring Digital Contests

All-Florida Staff Recognition

The Trinity Voice, All-Florida

2x Nikhil Daniel, Editorial

Nikhil Daniel & Gustavo Membreno, General Feature Story

Karthik Stead, Editorial

Sammy Lou, Entertainment Feature Story

Sam Miller, Opinion Page/Spread

David Bryskin, Commentary-Off-Campus

Fay Zhao, Non-Student Profile

Fay Zhao, General Feature Story

Amanda Rose DeStefano, Commentary-Off-Campus

Lucy Chong, Opinion Page/Spread

Mila Taylor, General Feature Story

Jack Aaron, Entertainment Feature Story

Aarav Gupta, Off-Campus News Story

Zach Kleiman, Entertainment Feature Story

Individual Awards

Nikhil Daniel, Emerging Young Journalist

David Steinberg, Sports Journalist of the Year

Best of the Best

Aarav Gupta, Off-Campus News Story

Sam Miller, Opinion Page/Spread

Sammy Lou, Entertainment Feature Story

Excellent

2x Zach Kleiman, Infographic

David Hull, Sports News/Feature Story

David Hull, Sports Profile (Written)

Caden Liu, Opinion Page/Spread

2x David Steinberg, Sports News/Feature Story

Sammy Lou, General Feature Story

Nikhil Daniel, Sports Profile (Written)

Nikhil Daniel & Gustavo Membreno, Campus News Story

Lucy Chong, Commentary-Off-Campus

Lucy Chong, Entertainment Feature Story

Lia Garibay, Opinion Page/Spread

Laziza Talipova, General Feature Story

Sofia Haddadin, Commentary-Campus

Sofia Haddadin, Campus News Story

Honorable Mentions

Laziza Talipova, Sports News/Feature Story

Laziza Talipova, Feature Page/Spread

2x Aarav Gupta, Campus News Story

Lucy Chong, Feature Page/Spread

Lucy Chong, Entertainment Feature Story

David Hull, Sports News/Feature Story

David Steinberg & David Hull, Sports Page/Spread

2x Zach Kleiman, Off-Campus News Story

Zach Kleiman, Sports Profile (Written)

2x Fay Zhao, Feature Page/Spread

Nikhil Daniel, Non-Student Profile (Written)

Jack Aaron, Campus News Story

Sammy Lou, Commentary-Campus

Karthik Stead, Opinion Page/Spread

Sam Miller, News Page/Spread

Tavish Ward, Non-Student Profile (Written)

FSPA Photo

Best of the Best Student Life Photo: Olivia Kortman

Best of the Best Personality Portrait – Non-Student: Olivia Prince

Excellent Personality Portrait – Student: Olivia Kortman

Excellent Personality Portrait – Non-Student: Olivia Kortman

Honorable Mention Student Life Photo: Olivia Prince

Honorable Mention Student Practice Photo: Olivia Prince

Honorable Mention Personality Portrait-Student: Olivia Prince

Honorable Mention Sports Reaction Photo: Olivia Prince

Honorable Mention Student Life Photo: Olivia Kortman

Honorable Mention Student Practice Photo: Olivia Kortman

Honorable Mention Sports Practice Photo: Olivia Kortman

2022-2023

CSPA: Silver Crown

ASPA

1st place for schools 500-1000

NSPA

Opinion Writing

The Boys Which Never Existed, David Bryskin, Honorable Mention

Goodbye Girlboss, Amanda DeStefano, Third Place

Sports Story

Shock on the Field, David Steinberg, Second Place

Dreams to Reality, David Steinberg, Honorable Mention

FSPA

Writer of the Year Finalist – Jack Ververis

District 3 Teacher of the Year – Mrs. Erin Miller

Gold Award for the entire Trinity Voice publication

13 All-Florida Awards

Editorial All-Florida – Abby Hernan

Commentary-Campus All-Florida – Abby Hernan

Commentary-Campus All-Florida – Jack Ververis

Opinion Page/Spread All-Florida Best of the Best– Reese Taylor, Austin Yuan, Andrew Edwards

Commentary Off-Campus All-Florida – Sreekar Nagulapalli

Opinion Page/Spread All-Florida – Jack Ververis, Andrew Edwards

General Feature Story All-Florida – Iris Lei

Feature Page/Spread All-Florida – Jack Ververis

Podcast Best of the Best – Aetant Prekash

Personality Portrait Non-Student All-Florida – Anna Miliotes

Off-Campus News Story All-Florida – Carol Marques

Newsmagazine Cover All-Florida – Andrew Edwards, Jack Ververis, Marcos Membreno, Amy-Ruth Gyang, Reese Taylor

Commentary Off-Campus All-Florida – Marcos Membreno

Quill & Scroll

News writing, Honorable Mention – Ava Savino

Sports Feature Writing, Honorable Mention – David Steinberg

JEA Middle School Contest

Excellent, Feature Writing – Taylor Griffith

Excellent, News Writing – Emily Cuoto-Lopez

Superior, News Writing – Peyton Keith

Honorable Mention, Feature Writing – Lucy Chong 

 

2021-2022

Gold Award for the entire publication from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association 

ASPA

First place in private schools with less than 1,000 students and Most Outstanding Private School Newsmagazine

JEA/NSPA

Middle School Contest:

Superior Rating (highest possible, only 27 nationally awarded) in feature writing – Jack Aaron & Sam Lou

Honorable Mention in sports writing – Fay Zhao

FSPA

All-Florida Publication, 1 of only 5 schools Best of the Best

Entertainment Feature Story

NFTS: Tech of the Future Today, Aetant Prakash

Newspaper/Newsmagazine Opinion Page/Spread

True Crime Tampers With the Truth, Sarah Lin

Sports Profile

National Tennis Champ Takes Next Step in Career, David Steinberg

All-Florida (Total of 20)

Commentary- Campus

Beyond the Binary, Maddie Peckham

Commentary Off-Campus

A Distorted Reflection, Reese Taylor

Comfortable in the Uncomfortable, Reese Taylor

How We Hurt the Homeless, Taylor Riley

Entertainment Feature Story

NFTS: Tech of the Future Today, Aetant Prakash

General Feature Story 

Speechless, Sarah Currie

Middle School Copy 

Feminism Isn’t a White Thing, Taylor Riley

Newspaper/Newsmagazine Opinion Page/Spread

True Crime Tampers With the Truth, Sarah Lin

Evening the Playing Field, Jack Ververis

Social Media Distorts Beauty Into the Unattainable, Jaidyn Holt

Beyond the Binary, Jaidyn Holt

Off-campus News Story

A Declining Future, Ava Savino

A Dimmer Future, Andrew Bachrach

Billionaire Space Race Takes Off, Taylor Riley

Feminism Isn’t a White Thing, Taylor Riley

Editorial

A Dream Waitlisted, Jack Ververis

Evening the Playing Field, Jack Ververis

More Than Just Hair, Amy-Ruth Gyang

Sports News/Feature Story

Mental Health in Student Athletes, David Steinberg

Sports Profile

National Tennis Champ Takes Next Step in Career, David Steinberg

NSPA:

Jack Ververis – Honorable Mention 2021 Story of the Year, Editorial

Andrew Bachrach & Jaidyn Holt – Honorable Mention 2021 Design of the Year, Newsmagazine Page/Spread

Marcos Membreno – 5th place Podcast

Abby Hernan & Sarah Lin – 8th place Newsmagazine Page Design of the Year

https://studentpress.org/nspa/fall-2021-best-of-show/ 

Lindsey Yared – Second Place 2021 NSPA Junior High/Middle School, Story of the Year

Adi Burgos – Honorable Mention 2021 NSPA Junior High/Middle School, Story of the Year

Sarah Currie – Honorable Mention 2021 NSPA Junior High/Middle School, Design of the Year

Skye Johannsen-Williams, Honorable Mention NSPA Junior High/Middle School, Story of the Year

Kayle Alexandre – Honorable Mention 2021 Photo of the Year, Feature Photo

 

2020-2021

ASPA: (announced in June 2021) 1st place in private schools with less than 1,000 students.

Also from ASPA:

Outstanding Investigative Reporting for “Pandemic Leaves Education Funding in Jeopardy” by Jack Ververis

CSPA:

Matthew Mapa – 3rd place in informational graphics portfolio

Kayla Alexandre – 2nd place in single feature photo for news publication

JEA Junior High/Middle School National Media Contest

Carol Marques – Superior in Feature Writing for “Covid-19’s effect on working high school students”

Lindsey Yared – Excellent in Feature Writing for “Work Your Way out of the Pandemic”

David Steinberg – Honorable Mention in News Writing for “Flying Under the Radar”

David Hull – Excellent in News Writing for “Habitat House Completed Despite Pandemic”

FSPA:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yLr-lfv-QWDnquysOO-pIPsIcG-bqFeHf0okzHtVYnI/edit?usp=sharing

The entire newsmagazine received All-Florida

29 All-Florida individual awards

5 Best of the Best awards – Jack Ververis, Andrew Bachrach, Jaidyn Holt (3), Matthew Mapa, MS Carol Marques

NSPA Honor Roll:

Kayla Alexandre, The Trinity Voice

Andrew Bachrach, The Trinity Voice

Deniz Boloni-Turgut, The Trinity Voice

Emma Kim, The Trinity Voice

Matthew Mapa, The Trinity Voice

Humberto Membreno, The Trinity Voice

Amy Qiao, The Trinity Voice

Connor Raffa, The Trinity Voice

Jacob Raffa, The Trinity Voice

Maneesh Rajulapati, The Trinity Voice

Sidney Seybold, The Trinity Voice

Ryan Zehnder, The Trinity Voice

Matthew Halpin’s “Senior Shatters Silence: Justin Davis excels on the court despite hearing impairment” was recognized as a Story of the Year Finalist by the National Scholastic Press Association. This award means his article is in the top 10 sports articles in the nation last year. This is the highest individual award we have won from the NSPA in my time as an adviser. They are still announcing a few more categories, so we may have some more good news next week.

Jake Raffa’s “Donated Uniforms Add New Life to Varsity Football Team” won third place for Sports News from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.

Ryan Latterell and Kayla Alexandre won Honorable Mention for Full Page Photo Layout for their Fall Showcase.

The entire Voice photo department won 3rd place for a portfolio of their work from last school year.

Quill & Scroll: https://quillandscroll.org/12869/uncategorized/2021-writing-photo-and-multimedia-contest-winners/#toggle-id-1

Sweepstakes (#1) for Editorial for Connor Raffa “The Electoral College Should be Abolished”

Editorial Page Design Honorable Mention for Andrew Bachrach “Underpaid, Unappreciated, Unappreciated”

Column Writing for Jack Ververis “Big Tech, Big Consequences”

2019-2020

ASPA: (announced in August 2020 due to COVID) 1st place in private schools with less than 1,000 students.

FSPA:

All-Florida ranking for the newsmagazine as a whole

4 All-Florida Newsmagazine front page – October 2019, November 2019, December 2019, February 2020

Honorable Mention News Package

33 Honorable Mentions, 21 Excellent Awards, 22 All-Florida Awards overall, 9 finalists for Best in Show

3 Best of the Best

All-Florida Awards

Honorable Mentions

Newspaper/newsmagazine sports page/spread:

Pool repairs inconvenience swim team, Oliver Johnson

Running up the rankings, Jake Raffa

Against all odds, Matthew Halpin

Newspaper/newsmagazine news page/spread:

College Board pilots new programs, Amy Qiao

Spot News Photo

Color Run, Ryan Latterell

Senior Investiture, Fiona McCracken

Fashion Shoot, Ryan Latterell

Newspaper/newsmagazine feature page/spread

Debunking the myth: left vs. right brain, Caitlin Hawley

What the history books never told you: Central Florida has a deep history of racial violence against African-Americans, Sidney Seybold

Nature Photo

North Carolina Fall, Ryan Latterell

Pumpkins, Ryan Latterell

Walkway, Ryan Latterell

Personality Portrait

Powderpuff Cheering, Ryan Latterell

A Whole New World, Kayla Alexandre

Commentary – Campus

School security as a spectrum, Connor Raffa*

Sports Action Photography

Spring Sports Showcase, Kayla Alexandre

Spring Sports Showcase, Ryan Latterell

General Feature Story

Classrooms undercover modern-day religious conflict, Alexis Huang and Maneesh Rajulapati

Campus News Story

Alumni return for Author Fest, Emma Kim

General Feature Story

Viral culture in the digital age, Amy Qiao

Off-Campus News Story

College Board pilots new programs, Amy Qiao

Orlando has an affordable housing crisis: Here’s why, Andrew Bachrach

News Package

New Teacher Showcase, Staff 

Feature Photography

PowderPuff, Ryan Latterell

Sports Profile

Against all odds, Matthew Halpin

Student profile story

Senior runs school study, Emma Kim

Student musicians nationally recognized, Emma Kim

Academics/Organization Photography

Birds of Prey Showcase, Mateo Membreno

Newspaper/newsmagazine opinion page/spread

Too little, too late, Andrew Bachrach

Infographic

Disney dream deferred: the complicated relationship between tourism and wages, Mapa

Editorial

Misguided intentions: why active shooter training does more harm than good, Ryan Zehnder

Mid-semester comments earn a failing grade, Ryan Zehnder

The Spin Cycle, Ryan Zehnder

Excellent

Quick Turn Photography

Anti-Security: Kayla Alexandre

Entertainment Feature Story

Curricula controversy: where the line is drawn*: Caitlin Hawley

Special Effects Photo

Break the Silence: Ryan Latterell

Nature Photo

Senior Retreat: Ryan Latterell

Personality Portrait

Candy Excitement: Kayla Alexandre

Sports Feature

New teams offer opportunities for younger student athletes: Jake Raffa

Running up the rankings: Jake Raffa

Sports Action Photography

Fall Sports Showcase: Ryan Latterell

Trinity Teams: Mateo Membreno

General Feature Story

Generation Z hits the brakes on growing up: Deniz Boloni-Turgut

Debunking the myth: left vs. right brain: Caitlin Hawley

Campus News Story

New welcome kiosk greets Trinity students: Andrew Bachrach

Off-Campus News Story

What the history books never told you: Sidney Seybold

Commentary Off Campus

What standardized tests fail to assess: Connor Raffa

Academics/Organization Photography

Nathan Holic Master Class: Mateo Membreno

Middle School Copy

Relaxing, reading, and writing: Rahul Sivakumaran

Varsity cheerleaders expand beyond pep to positive minds: Amanda Toussaint

Double life: How Some Teachers Balance a Job Outside of the Classroom: Andrew Lee

Newspaper/newsmagazine opinion page spread

You are what you post, Lexi Good

No place to hesitate, Lexi Good

Saints get insufficient sleep*, Connor Raffa

All-Florida

Entertainment Feature Story

Debunking the myth: left vs. right brain, Caitlin Hawley

Newspaper/Newsmagazine Feature Page/Spread

Classrooms undercover modern-day religious conflict, Alexis Huang and Maneesh Rajulapati

Nature Photo

Tree Trunk, Ryan Latterell

Commentary-Campus

Too little, too late, Andrew Bachrach (WINNER)*

Students get insufficient sleep, Connor Raffa (finalist)*

General Feature Story

What’s in a name? More than you’d think, Deniz Boloni-Turgut

Commentary Off Campus

Adaptation in the information age, Connor Raffa(finalist)

Too little, too late, Andrew Bachrach*

You are what you post, Lexi Good

Sports Feature Story

Donated uniforms add new life to varsity football team*, Jake Raffa

Campus News Story

Department chairs relocate after helpdesk move, Amy Qiao and Emma Kim

Middle school scraps yearlong PE, Andrew Bachrach

Senior runs school study, Emma Kim

Middle School Copy

Music raves and brain waves, Tegan Larrimore (WINNER)

Seussical: An amazing show that’s truly Seuss, David Bryskin (finalist)

Front Page

A sense of security

Saints get insufficient sleep

The unseen world of religious conflict (finalist?)

The double-edged sword of development

Infographic

Global hotspots for religious conflict, Mapa (WINNER)

Sports Reaction Photo

Pep Rally, Ryan Latterell (finalist)

Quick Turn Photography Challenge

Connection, Ryan Latterell (finalist)

FSPA BEST OF THE BEST:

Matthew Mapa Best of the Best for Infographic (on religious conflict, Dec 2019)

Tegan Larrimore Best of the Best for MS copy (Dec 2019)

Andrew Bachrach Best of the Best Campus Commentary (on sex ed, Nov 2019)

NSPA Honor Roll:

Grace Beneke, The Trinity Voice

Alexandra Good, The Trinity Voice

Alexis Huang, The Trinity Voice

Emma Kim, The Trinity Voice

Ryan Latterell, The Trinity Voice

Matthew Mapa, The Trinity Voice

Amy Qiao, The Trinity Voice

Amber Rampersaud, The Trinity Voice

Sidney Seybold, The Trinity Voice

Elizabeth Ugan, The Trinity Voice

Ryan Zehnder, The Trinity Voice

Quill & Scroll

Sweepstakes (#1) for Editorial – Drew Miller “Affluence Can Buy Access & Advantage” May 2019

National Winner (#2) for News Writing – Liz Ugan “The gun store next door” March 2019

National Winner (#2) for Environmental Portrait Photo – Ryan Latterell “Football Commits”