M.H.S. newspaper staff earns near-perfect score in competition

Mundelein High School's student newspaper staff has earned a First Place with Special Merit Award in the American Scholastic Press Association's 2015-16 Most Outstanding High School Newspapers competition, in the Senior High Schools Enrollment 1701-2500 category.

The M.H.S. publication, The Mustang, earned a total of 970 of a possible 1,000 points from the judges of the competition.

"First place with special merit was given to a publication that scored more than 950 points and, in the opinion of the reviewer, was an outstanding overall example of a scholastic publication in format, content and presentation," said Michelle Didzbalis, student newspaper adviser.

The student editors for The Mustang include: Delaney Appelhans, Adriana Feijoo, Melissa Burgett, Stefani Zeiger, Michael del Rosario, Trevor Fox, Alexander Loding, Ashley Wolfe, Katelyn Siltman, Natale Fiocchi, Jennimai Nguyen and Delyne Yanez.

"Congratulations to the entire staff of The Mustang for this great award," M.H.S. Principal Anthony Kroll said. "We are proud of the work you do and appreciate the way you keep the students and staff of MHS informed through your print and online publication. Great work."