Atlantic High School Principal Heather McKay says she is pleased to report the AHSneedle, an online student newspaper, was recently designated a 2021 School Newspapers Online distinguished site. The accomplishment demonstrates the news staff’s excellence in the SNO recognized aspects of online publishing: Continuous coverage; Site excellence; Audience engagement; Story page design; writing, and multimedia. The students are guided in their efforts by their Advisor, Allison Berryhill.

AHSneedle staff and Advisor Allison Berryhill (back row, far right)

2021 marks the eighth year since the launch of the SNO’s Distinguished sites program. It was developed in an effort to outline and disambiguate standards of excellence in online scholastic and collegiate journalism.

See the latest edition of the AHSneedle at https:/ahsneedle.com/

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