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