The Geneva School of Boerne student magazine staff won a Gold Crown Award through the Columbia Scholastic Press Association for its work on the 2020-21 Geneva Quarterly magazine. This is the sixth year in a row staff members earned the national honor and distinction in high school journalism.
There were 817 publications from across the United States submitted for Crown Award consideration, information from Geneva stated, with only 93 publications receiving a Gold Crown and only four earning the distinction in the General Magazine category. The senior editors, along with their adviser, Christina Hammock, recently received the award from the virtual CSPA Conference at Columbia University in New York City. The staff has been named a Gold Crown Award Winner five times between 2018-22 and earned the Silver Crown Award for the 2016-17 academic year, Geneva information stated
Founded in 1925, the CSPA unites student editors and the faculty advisers working with them to produce student newspapers, magazines, yearbooks and online media. The CSPA is owned and operated by Columbia University. The Gold Crown Award is the highest honor given in the various categories.
