Awards
2023-2024
- Division IV Sweepstakes Winner
- First Place, Website
- Evelynn Lin ‘25 | First Place, News Photo | Senior lot sidewalk gets decked out in colorful pawprints
- Sasha Binder ‘24 & Evelynn Lin ‘25 | Second Place, Public Service/Enterprise Package | Homework vs. Everything Else
- 2022-2023 Editorial Board, Led by Julia Gray ‘23 & Matthew Chen ‘23 | Second Place, Editorials | Let’s work to make every Haven student involved, Reconsider sexual education at Strath Haven, Stories over statistics
- Kelly Montague ‘25 | Second Place, Sports Photo | Baseball team takes Central League and District Titles
- Matthew Ramirez ‘26 |Second Place, Photo Story | Cantata spends weekend in New York City
- Matteo Ventresca ‘25 | Second Place, Layout & Design | AI vs. Academic Integrity (Front Page)
- Matteo Ventresca ‘25 & Evie Fernandez ‘27 | Second Place, Feature Story | The role of generative AI
- Julia Gray ‘23 & Kaitlyn Ho ‘26 | Honorable Mention, Feature Story | A Different Beast
- Matthew Ramirez ‘26 | Honorable Mention, Feature Photo | Hallway concert brings the Nutcracker to life
- Evelynn Lin ‘25 & Kaitlyn Ho ‘26 | Honorable Mention, Photo Story | Building Belonging
National High School Journalism Convention Staff Recognition, National High School Journalism Convention, Boston, Mass.
- 10th Place in Best of Show for high schools with an enrollment of fewer than 1,800.
National Student Media Awards, National High School Journalism Convention, Boston, Mass.
- Lorelei Karn ’27 / Superior, First Year Photo (only two superiors in this category)
- Joe Lynch ’24 / Superior, Yearbook Copy/Caption, Clubs (only superior in this category)
- Michelle Ding ’24 / Superior, Yearbook Copy/Caption, Student Life (only superior in this category)
- Kaitlyn Ho ’26 / Excellent, Feature Writing
- Evie Fernandez ’27 / Honorable Mention, Review Writing
- Luci DiBonaventura ’25 / Honorable Mention, Editorial Cartooning
- Sasha Binder ’24 / Honorable Mention, Commentary Writing
- Lucy Karn ’24 / Honorable Mention, Press Law & Ethics
- Josie Wieland ’26 / Honorable Mention, Literary Magazine Illustration
Pennsylvania School Press Association
- Clyde F. Lytle All-State Award, Online News
- Gold Critique Rating, Yearbook
- Gold Critique Rating, Newspaper
- Gold Critique Rating, Online News
- Charlotte Horetsky '24 / State Champion, Yearbook Captions
- Leah Gonzalez-Diaz '24 / State Champion, Literary Magazine Artwork (Jabberwocky Magazine)
Pennsylvania Press Club
- Julia Gray '23 / First Place, Opinion / Student journalism is real journalism
- Sylvan Prey-Harbaugh '23, Nate Anderson '23 / First Place, Video Feature Story / Silvertones spread love through song
- Charlotte Horetsky '24 / First Place, Yearbook Photo / "Celebrating culture"
- 2022-2023 Editorial Board / Second Place, Editorials / Reconsider sexual education at Strath Haven
- Kaitlyn Ho '26 / Second Place, News Story / Women strive to get menstrual products in bathrooms
- Evie Fernandez '27, Matteo Ventresca '25 / Second Place, Feature Story / The role of generative AI
- Matthew Ramirez '26 / Second Place, News or Feature Photo / Hallway concert brings 'The Nutcracker' to life
- Kelly Montague '25 / Third Place, Yearbook Copywriting / "Making History"
- Evie Fernandez '27, Anabella Larin '27 / Honorable Mention, News Story / Swarthmore rainbow crosswalks targeted in homophobic racism
- 2023-2024 Editorial Board / Honorable Mention, Editorials / 22-year-old homework policy needs revision
Quill & Scroll Writing, Photo, Multimedia Contest
- Matthew Ramirez '26 / First Place, Beginning Social Media Journalist
- 2022-2023 Editorial Board / Honorable Mention, Editorial Writing
- Oyindamola Songonuga '24 / Third Place, Graduation; Honorable Mention, Academics
- Charlotte Horetsky '24 / Third Place, Yearbookers in Action
- Matthew Ramirez '26 / Third Place, Student Life
NSPA 2024 Leadership Award in Student Journalism
- Sasha Binder
- Kaitlyn Ho
- Charlotte Horetsky
- Evelynn Lin
- Joseph Lynch
- Matthew Ramirez
- Oyindamola Songonuga
- Matteo Ventresca
- Editorial / 22-year-old homework policy needs revision
- Clark Kerkstra ’27 / Haven Volleyball collaborates with Special Olympics Delco in special event, game
- Editorial / Students are not alone
- Evie Fernandez ’27, Anabella Larin ’27 / Swarthmore rainbow crosswalks targeted in homophobic vandalism
- Clark Kerkstra ’27 / Discussions explore new artificial turf field
- Lavanya Dixit ’27, Claire Salera ’27 / CTE studies question school sports safety
- Sasha Binder '24, Clark Kerkstra '27, Matthew Ramriez '26 / Joe Biden comes to Strath Haven
2022-2023
- SYLVAN PREY-HARBAUGH '23, JOE LYNCH '24: First Place, Video Story | "Coffeehouse returns after hiatus"
- RHYS HALS '23: First Place, News Photo | "John Fetterman addresses stroke to Delco crowd in Wawa-themed rally"
- KELLY MONTAGUE '25, JULIA GRAY '23, BAILEY HANSEN '24: Second Place, Photo Story | "MiniThon keeps the fun in fundraising with lip sync battle"
- EVELYNN LIN '25: Second Place, Feature Photo | "Puppy visit excites students, amasses large crowd"
- JULIA GRAY '23: Second Place, Public Service/Enterprise Package | "Student section conduct evokes concern"
- JULIA GRAY '23: Honorable Mention, General News | "Lockdown lifted, student concerns linger"
- KELLY MONTAGUE '25: Honorable Mention, Sports Photo | "They Can't Stop What They Can't Catch"
- MATTHEW CHEN '23: Honorable Mention, Feature Photo | "Senior's interest in fashion sparks creative marketing"
National Student Media Awards, National High School Journalism Convention, St. Louis, MO
- SYLVAN PREY-HARBAUGH '23—SUPERIOR in Video Package Editing (only superior in this category)
- GEORGIA GIANOPULOS ’23—EXCELLENT in Sports Feature Photography
- JACK HENRY ’23—HONORABLE MENTION in Portrait Photography
- JULIA GRAY '23—HONORABLE MENTION in Commentary
- RILEY SMITH ’23—HONORABLE MENTION in Copy/Caption Sports
- MICHELLE DING ’23—HONORABLE MENTION in Copy/Caption Clubs
- KELLY MONTAGUE '25—THIRD PLACE, Best in Show, Feature Photography
Pennsylvania Press Club
- JULIA GRAY '23, RHYS HALS '23, MATTHEW CHEN '23: First Place, Editorials | "Students need cell service"
- JULIA GRAY '23, MATTHEW CHEN '23: Second Place, Editorials | "Keeping watch of student perspectives"
- RHYS HALS '23: First Place, Opinion | "Competitive culture breeds college elitism"
- JULIA GRAY '23: Third Place, News Story | "Student section conduct evokes concern"
- RHYS HALS '23: Honorable Mention, News or Feature Photo | "John Fetterman addresses Delco crowd"
- KELLY MONTAGUE '25: First Place, Sports Photo | "They Can't Stop What They Can't Catch"
- CHARLES DETWEILER '25: Third Place, Cartooning | "Welcome E-hallpass"
- SYLVAN PREY-HARBAUGH '23, JOYCE HUANG '22: First Place, Video Feature Story | "Haven on TikTok"
- JESSICA FARHAT '23: Second Place, Yearbook Photo: "Tartuffe"
National Federation of Press Women
- SYLVAN PREY-HARBAUGH '23, JOYCE HUANG '22: First Place, Video Feature Story | "Haven on TikTok"
- KELLY MONTAGUE '25: First Place, Sports Photo | "They Can't Stop What They Can't Catch"
- RHYS HALS '23: Honorable Mention, Opinion | "Competitive culture breeds college elitism"
NSPA Leadership Award in Student Journalism
- Matthew Chen '23
- Jessica Farhat '23
- Georgia Gianopulos '23
- Julia Gray '23
- Rhys Hals '23
- Jack Henry '23
- Sylvan Prey-Harbaugh '23
National Scholastic Press Association
- First Class Honor Rating with three marks of distinction