Anna Vazhaeparambil, editor-in-chief of the Harker Aquila at The Harker School in San Jose (Ellen Austin, adviser), is California’s Student Journalist of the Year and will represent California in the national Journalism Education Association Journalist of the Year competition. Here is a link to Anna’s portfolio.

Since Anna is from a school whose adviser is a JEANC member, Anna also wins the $500 top prize in JEANC’s Arnetta Garcin Memorial Scholarship.

Second place winner in the Arnetta Garcin Memorial Scholarship is Avery Hanna from Palo Alto High School (Paul Kandell, adviser). Here is a link to Avery’s portfolio. Avery will receive $300 from JEANC.

Third place winner is Oishee Misra from Monta Vista High School in Cupertino (Julia Satterthwaite, adviser). Here is the link to Oishee’s portofolio. She will receive $200 from JEANC.