State J-Day at CSU-Fort Collins
J-Day 2012, featuring JEA Yearbook Adviser of the Year Kim Green, was the largest in CHSPA history, with 1,403 students and 99 advisers attending. Many thanks to our sponsors and exhibitors, and to the many session presenters who provided a day with 36 learning sessions, tours of Rocky Mountain Student Media and the campus, and to Ryan Avery, world champion speaker from Toastmasters, who kicked off the day.
We honored Kristi Rathbun, Rock Canyon HS, as our Adviser of the Year, and Dr. James Calhoun, principal at Castle View HS, as our Administrator of the Year. For details on our honorees and all our speakers, you can download a PDF of the J-Day program here.
We also presented “officially” our All-Colorado award winners at the closing ceremony, and you can download the Excel document with all ratings from our judges here.
The announcement of winners in our new all-electronic Best of Show contests, judged a few days before J-Day, topped off the closing ceremony. The place winners:
Website
1st Place — Fossil Ridge HS
2nd Place — Englewood HS
3rd Place — Fairview HS
Broadcast (based on any one broadcast)
1st Place — Montrose HS
2nd Place — Rampart HS
3rd Place — Lewis-Palmer HS
Yearbook (based on photojournalism samples, including captions)
3A
1st Place — Community Christian School
2nd Place — Eaton HS
4A
1st Place — Montrose HS
2nd Place — Sierra Middle School
3rd Place — Lewis-Palmer HS
5A
1st Place — Rock Canyon HS
2nd Place — Brighton HS
3rd Place — Arapahoe HS
Newspaper (based on page one plus any two inside pages)
3A
1st Place — Eaton HS
2nd Place — Estes Park HS
3rd Place — Kent Denver School
4A
1st Place — Montrose HS
2nd Place — Englewood HS
3rd Place — Palmer Ridge HS
5A
1st Place — Rocky Mountain HS
2nd Place — Standley Lake HS
3rd Place — Legend HS
4th Place — Rock Canyon HS
5th Place — Arapahoe HS
(Note: the 5A newspaper category featured 29 entries, and was expanded.)
Looking to next fall
We are confirmed to return to the Lory Student Center on Thursday Oct. 10, 2013, and you can download the J-Day registration form here when it is available in early August of 2013.
You may have heard that Lory will undergo a nearly $70 million renovation, and that work begins in earnest in May, 2013. The project is scheduled to be completed within 16 months of the start, and includes a complete remodel of the Main Ballroom and the two food courts. This renovation will force some creativity in scheduling rooms, providing lunch, etc. Stay tuned for details as they are available.
One thing we are confident of: it will be beautiful weather on Oct. 10, for the 12th consecutive year of J-Day at CSU!
Browse through the Best of Show winners
Check out Best of Show place winners in newspaper and yearbook on ISSUU.com (top right of website landing page).
Browse the top websites in our second Website Best of Show competition:
1st place — Fossil Ridge HS
2nd place — Englewood HS
3rd place — Fairview HS
And enjoy the top three video broadcasts in Best of Show:
1st place — Montrose HS
2nd place — Rampart HS
3rd place — Lewis-Palmer HS






