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Mary Kay Downes, yearbook adviser at Chantilly High School, Chantilly, VA, learned that the Journalism Education Association named her the 2007 National Yearbook Adviser of the Year during a surprise assembly at her school on Dec. 3.
Downes has been advising yearbooks for 23 years, including the last 20 at Chantilly High School where the
Odyssey is a regular CSPA Gold Crown and NSPA Pacemaker winner.
In addition to naming Downes at the Adviser of the Year, JEA also recognized three Distinguished Advisers:
- Kathy Habiger, Mill Valley High School, KS
- Margaret Sorrows, Bryant High School, AR
- C. Dow Tate, Shawnee Mission East High School, KS
JEA also named two Special Recognition Advisers:
- Nancy Smith, Lafayette High School, MO
- Mitch Ziegler, Redondo Union High School, CA
Previous National Yearbook Adviser of the Year winners:
- Dan Austin, California
- Pete LeBlanc, California
- Martha Akers, Virginia
- Casey Nichols, California
- Kathy Craghead, Missouri
- Judi Coolidge, Ohio
- Lynn Strause, Michigan
- Crystal Kazmierski, California
- Susan Massy, Kansas
- Kathy Daly, Colorado
- Paul Ender, California
- Nancy Hastings, Indiana
- Jim Jordan, California
- H.L. Hall, Missouri
The nation's yearbook companies including Jostens sponsor the adviser of the year competition. To nominate yourself or your adviser, visit the JEA website: www.jea.org.
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Mary Kay Downes
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