HARTFORD, Conn. —
Hard News Award
WINNER
Go baby, go! - Manchester High School
Emily Madden and Madelyn Spina
Distracted teen driving - Cromwell High School
Gabrielle Hills and Annika Peters
School threats - Manchester High School
Carolyn Miner and Kathleen Regan
Community Events Award
WINNER
Simsbury High School holds Freedom Pen-a-Thon for Veteran Suicide Awareness - Simsbury High School
Greyson Kellner, Cole Pirrello, David Post, and Nathan Cournoyer
Small hands, big futures - Suffield High School
Irene Drezek
Aerospace Tradeshow - Killingly High School
Danny Kien, Terrence Allen
Big Y Locally Grown Award
WINNER
Suffield Land Conservancy establishes educational preserve - Suffield High School
Matt Sinofsky Jack Pixton
Simsbury students grows their own garden towers - Simsbury High School
Nathan Cournoyer
Small hands, big futures - Suffield High School
Irene Drezek
Feature Award
WINNER
Huddies Cookies - Manchester High School
Antonio Mascitti and Ty LeGeyt
Simsbury High School holds Freedom Pen-a-Thon for veteran suicide awareness - Simsbury High School
Greyson Kellner, Cole Pirrello, David Post, and Nathan Cournoyer
Suffield Land Conservancy establishes educational preserve - Suffield High School
Matt Sinofsky Jack Pixton
CHESLA Education Award
WINNER
Aerospace Tradeshow - Killingly High School
Danny Kien Terrence Allen
SIS Car Club - Shelton Intermediate School
Amaya Gutierrez, Joey Cummings, Alyssa Yegidis
Small hands, big futures - Suffield High School
Irene Drezek
CT Creative Futures Award
WINNER
Leah Cunha Crafts - South Windsor High School
Shaun Paschetto Jyothirmayee Mavillapalli
Bringing back live musicals after the pandemic - Simsbury High School
Nathan Cournoyer, Jack Sherman, Vaughn Marecki
Life of an Irish dancer - Jonathan Law High School
Moira Staples, Maia Schwing, MaKenna Sharpe
Not Just A Game Award
WINNER
Gambling can be an addiction too - Cromwell High School
Kasey Schultz
WINNER
Scratch gambling off your list - Cromwell High School
Andrew Loura
Gambling problems - Norwich Free Academy
Roldan Macy and Corey Hall
Scratch gambling off your list - Cromwell High School
Andrew Loura
ACES Diversity and Inclusion Award
WINNER
Gizmo & Gadget: The cutest mascots for mental health - Manchester High School
Emily Madden and Madelyn Spina
Canine catering - Jonathan Law High School
Angela Chu
Developing diversity - Cromwell High School
Lori McClain
The winners were announced at the FOX61 Student News Awards Ceremony on June 1 at the University of Hartford.
The FOX 61 Student News program empowers Connecticut middle and high school students to explore the world of multi-media journalism by giving them the opportunity to capture, edit and publish original content under the guidance of industry professionals.
Each student produced and hosted segment will showcase a local story or event, highlighting all that is great about our state. Segments will be featured on-air during Friday's Morning News at 7:25 a.m., 10 p.m. news and during the FOX61 Morning News on Saturday at 7 a.m., on our Facebook page and right here on FOX61.com!
Stay tuned and keep an eye out for the next news star! If your school would like to get involved learn more here or email us at studentnews@fox61.com.
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