Here is a list of the 19 awards won by the Boiling Point and its staff during the 2012-13 school year, in chronological order of when we learned of them. Unless otherwise stated, all are for work done during the 2011-12 school year.
National Scholastic Press Association
NSPA: 2012 Pacemaker Finalist,large-paper category (16-plus pages per issue) – one of 16 in the US. This is for the entire year’s work, 2011-12.
NSPA: All-American with Four Marks of Distinction, 2011-12 Critique Service rating
CSPA 2012 Gold Circle Award (Print): Certificate of Merit, News Page Design, Tabloid Format: Rachel Lester ’12: “What was that? A closer look at SOPA”
CSPA 2012 Gold Circle Award (Print):Certificate of Merit, Op-Ed or news analysis page design, tabloid format: Rachel Lester ’12, “Judaic classes on the march”
CSPA: 2013 Gold Crown Award,Hybrid Category (print + online) — one of eight in the US. This is for the entire year’s work, 2011-12.
No high school newspaper has ever competed in this contest before, and The Boiling Point was the only one to do so this year. Other entrants were all from professional publications.
First place, Boris Smolar Award for Investigative and Enterprise Reporting, newspapers under 15,000 circulation: