Parent Teacher Magazine Cabarrus County Schools May 2014 | Page 14

CHS Teachers Present at Conferences

A pair of teachers at Concord High School recently
presented at separate conferences.
Concord High School Teacher Alison Stanford Turner,
advisor for the Spider Web yearbook, presented at the
Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) 90th Annual
Spring Scholastic Convention held at Columbia University in
New York City, March 18-21. Turner was invited to attend as
speaker after the 2013 Spider Web yearbook earned a Gold
Medal earlier this year.
This national gathering included student editors and
faculty advisors to newspapers, yearbooks, magazines,
video productions and online media.
CSPA is an international student press association,
founded in 1925, whose goal is to unite student journalists
and faculty advisers at schools and colleges through
educational conferences, idea exchanges, textbooks,
critiques and award programs.
Turner has been teaching English for 23 years and
advising the Spider Web for nine years. She has taught
the last nine years at Concord High School, where she also
serves as English Department Chair and co-advisor to the
OPUS literary magazine.
The Spider Web has won numerous awards at state
and national level. State awards from the North Carolina
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Scholastic Media Association are received annually for
excellence in design, photography, writing and coverage.
This is the first year to reach gold medal status on the national level.
The Tarheel Keystone coverage on Pancake Day was specifically
mentioned for excellence in design.
Student senior editors included: Kenzie Bauman, Caswell Turner,
Lindsey Richardson, Sally Moore, Abbie Bauman, Sarah Bertram,
Summer Blackwelder, Maddie Coressel, Rachel Duquette, Rachel Jones,
Cam Piper, Kasey Rohrer, Meg Seaford, Brianna Scimeca, Kai Smith,
and Lucy Suddreth.
Junior editors are: Sarah Aldridge, Mayan Benoit, Olivia Brayboy,
Jaymond Bryan-Herron, Matt Gluf, Erin Long, Taylor Lord, Rya