Publications Staff won 12 separate awards at the Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) On-the-Spot Competition Saturday at Rancho Dominguez Preparatory School in Long Beach. Of the 30 schools that entered this statewide contest, Sage won the most individual awards.

Winners included sophomore Lynn Fong for first place in cartooning; sophomores Claire Lin and Vale Lewis for third place in yearbook; senior Kellen Ochi for fourth place and sophomore Kandis McGee for second place in photography.

Other winners included junior Amanda Ong in editorial writing; junior Kristin Saroyan in feature writing; junior Namita Prakash in news writing; and senior Liam Murphy in sports writing.

Junior Madison Nadelman, sophomore Chloe Henson and sophomore Sahale Greenwood also placed in sports, news and feature photography, respectively. All submitted photos won an award, an achievement duplicated by no other schools in the SCJEA competition.

Sage was also the only school present without multiple journalism classes. Instead, the 46 staff members meet and produce their three publications as an afterschool club.

“It’s amazing what we can accomplish the two times we meet every week. I think it proves that you don’t need an official newspaper or yearbook class to make something great,” said Saroyan, next year’s co-editor-in-chief.

Online executive editor, Ong agreed. She also attributed the group’s successes to adviser Konnie Krislock.

“We really owe our accomplishments to Konnie,” said Ong. “She constantly spends time with us, trains us and pushes us to grow as journalists. Being a part of this staff has definitely helped me mature as a writer, leader and person.”

Publications Staff applications will be emailed to every student on April 7.