Ridgefield's East Ridge Middle School Selected As Crown Award Finalist

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. - Schools from Greenwich and Ridgefield joined 60 others from across the country and Canada in being honored by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association as Crown Award finalists.

Ann Smith

12/22/2015 4:00 a.m.

Ridgefield's East Ridge Middle School and Greenwich Academy, were chosen from almost 1,200 entries for their school's magazines in the 2014-15 school year.

The awards will be presented to the schools in March at a ceremony in New York City.

The Crown Awards honor top student publications chosen from the association's members. Crowns are selected for overall excellence in a head-to-head comparison.

A total of 1,190 publications were eligible for judging. Finalists are not nominees but actual winners. Some will be announced as Gold Crowns; the rest are Silver Crowns.

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