IOWA HIGH SCHOOL PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARDS

The following individuals from the Davenport Community Schools were recognized by the Iowa High School Press Association at an awards program on October 11:

Deb Buttleman Malcolm and Steven Lyle were inducted into the IHSPA Hall of Fame.

Deb Buttleman Malcolm, is IHSPA vice president for special projects and newspaper adviser at Davenport Central High School, where she has also served as the yearbook adviser and is the program director of the Summer Journalism Academy for elementary and junior high school students. She frequently presents sessions at the national conventions of the Journalism Education Association and serves on the JEA Press Rights Commission. Last year she served on the organizing committee for the JEA national convention in Chicago. She also was lead coordinator of the IHSPA Adviser Retreat in Davenport in 2005 and 2006. She has received the IHSPA Vahl Teacher of the Year Award and the Stratton Award in Iowa and nationally was named a Dow Jones Distinguished Adviser. This year she is a JEA Medal of Merit recipient.

Steven Lyle is the newspaper adviser at Davenport West High School and has the distinction of teaching students who have earned Quill and Scrolls top award, the Gallup Award, for their newspaper The Beak n Eye every year of his 20-year tenure. The newspaper has consistently won state and national awards, and in recent years, the newspaper¹s online site “Beak ‘n Eye Online” has also been an award-winner Steve has served as IHSPA president and on the board of directors. He also received the IHSPAVahl Teacher of the Year and the Stratton awards.

Tim Wernentin was named an IHSPA Journalism Administrator of the Year.

Tim Wernentin, principal at Central High School. began supporting journalism education as a student on renowned high school journalism educator Rod Vahl's staff at Central High School. In the letter nominating Wernentin, Central High School newspaper adviser Deb Buttleman Malcolm wrote, that he has an open door policy with editors, approves substitutes to allow journalism teachers to escort students to national and state conventions and competitions, and is aware of and adheres to Iowa's free expression law for high school students. Wernentin and three assistant administrators attended the Iowa High School Press Association retreat in February to learn about copyright laws and plagiarism, and how administrators can support scholastic journalism programs. He has approved First Amendment Lunches to teach about this constitutional right. Wernentin has been a solid supporter of the journalism program at Central High School, to the point where he wore a newspaper hat on Newspaper Hat Day and will accompany the journalism students to Nashville in November for the Journalism Education Association Convention