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SRM Yearbook Earns Awards from ESSPA
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 -
The Empire State Scholastic Press Association 
has once again honored the Soule Road Middle yearbook and its staff.
On October 28, the 2018-2019 edition of The Steppingstone was awarded ESSPA’s top honor - Gold/Best All New York - during the annual ESSPA Conference at Syracuse University. The yearbook also earned five additional awards: Gold for Organization Spread, Gold for People Spread, Gold for Student Life Spread, Gold for Special Topics: Writer’s Ink, and Silver for Divider Pages.
Individual awards for photography were presented to SRM eighth-grader Luciana Capeles (Gold), SRM eighth-grader Addyson Graham (Gold), Liverpool High School Annex ninth-grader Haania Hamad (Gold) and SRM eighth-grader Taylor McCoy (Bronze).
As part of the day-long conference, SRM students also had the opportunity to attend several information sessions covering topics such as conversational reporting, storytelling, digital tools, design systems, ethics and photography.