A third First?
Yes. Yes! 
After a bit of apprehension over the acceptance of the new design for the University of Baguio Science High School’s GAZETTE, which featured over-sized photos and standard sized text throughout the publication, we again won a First Place for Best Designed School Paper at the recently concluded 2007 Philippine National Schools Press Conference held here in Baguio.
We also won 2nd Place for Best Features, and another 2nd Place for Best Opinion and Editorial Page. Dawn Elizabeth Niekamp, the Gazette’s Student Editor-in-Chief, romped away with a 1st Place trophy for Best Feature writing.
This is the third First Place for Design award that I’ve received at the National PressCon for three straight years. The first one was also for the Gazette October 2004 issue at the 2005 National PressCon… and the second for the Alluyon’s November 2005 edition (the UB Science High’s Filipino publication) at the 2006 National PressCon.
Probably the cherry on top of the cake for this year’s accomplishments is that the Gazette was adjudged the Philippine’s Overall Best School Paper, the very first time we’ve received the highest honor in the school’s 43 year history. We were previously ranked 2nd Overall in 2005, and 4th overall in 2006.
Here’s hoping we can do this all again at next year’s competition.