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Wow, SNO community! You all brought it in a HUGE way this school year.

This was definitely one of the strongest years inÌýÌýhistory, both in terms of quality and the number of submissions.

As always, Best of SNO competition is tough! It appears we will end the year with a 15% publication rate. Want some tips on what our reviewers look for? We’ve got you coveredÌý.

Here are a few other notable stats* as we approach the end of this year’s submission window:

• Over 16,400 submissions received (over 1,000 more than last year!)

• Over 590 schools participated (over 50 more than last year!)

• Over 2,400 articles,Ìý,ÌýÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýÌýpublished (over 500 more than last year!)

• 351ÌýÌýbadges awarded to schools published at least once onÌý.

Here are a few of the SNO Patrol’s favorite stories from the past school year:

Our Favorite Piece of Timely Coverage

Ìýby the Purbalite Staff, Baldwin High School

Our Favorite Sports Feature

Ìýby Tiffany Zhu and Claire Zhao, The Harker School

Our Favorite Coverage about Teacher Shortages

Ìýby Minsong Ha, Zakareya Hamed, Nimera Shanil, Allie Deutsch, and Sakura Mogami, McLean High School

Our Favorite Tech Story

Ìýby Celia Sadewasser and Shanza Sami, Iowa City West High School

Our Favorite Follow-Up Story

Ìýby Olivia Evans, Hebron High School

Our Favorite In-Depth Story

Ìýby Willem Hummel and David Moss, Marquette High School

Our Favorite Community Story

Ìýby Manas Borra, Coppell High School

Our Favorite Academics Story

Ìýby Lilly Wu and Olivia Yuan, Lynbrook High School

Our Favorite Editorial

Ìýby the 23-24 Editorial Board, Archer School for Girls

Our Favorite College Story

Ìýby Soraya Keiser and Alyssa Malyon, Bethel University

Our Favorite Video

Ìýby Henry Leins and Vicent Wong, Palo Alto High School – In Focus TV

Our Favorite Podcast

Ìýby Rikka Dimalanta and Jenny Marquez, Daniel Pearl Magnet High School

Our Favorite Photo Essay

Ìýby Sami Moesch, West Chicago Community High School

Coolest Celebrity Connection

Ìýby Emmie Rose, George Rogers Clark High School

Story that Made the SNO Patrol Feel Nostalgic

Ìýby Nicholas Lee, Carlmont High School

Our Favorite Incorporation of Taylor Swift Lyrics

Ìýby Gourav Pany, Center Grove High School

Student Journalism Causing Change

Ìýby Natasha Torkzaban, Morgan Salisbury, Maya Smith, and Jack Tell, Lawrence High School

People’s Choice – Highest Number of Story Views from this School Year According to Analytics

Ìýby Violet Gude, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts

Whether your staff submitted one or 180 pieces for consideration, we wouldn’t have Best of SNO without the awesome SNO community. Thanks for participating, and we hope to see more of your work next year!