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Pine Crest Upper School Digital Media Students Earn FSPA Recognition
May 25th 2022
Pine Crest Upper School digital media students have earned recognition from the Florida Scholastic Press Association (FSPA).
The FSPA recognizes excellence in broadcast and print media from middle and high schools across Florida. They designate various categories of achieved performance into grouped ratings, the highest of these is the "All Florida" rating followed by “Excellent” and “Honorable Mention.”
Four students earned “Best of the Best” rating, which is the first time since 2014 that Pine Crest students have earned this distinction. The “Best of the Best” is the overall winner of each category.
Congratulations to all!
Best of the Best Winner/All-Florida
Abdel Rahman Abou Shousha ’23: Animation, America’s Got Talent
Leonardo Natale ’23, Rocco Solomon ’23: Broadcast Profile, Jordan Faison Spot Feature
Camila Cervantes-Flores ’25: Nature Photo
All-Florida
Julian Morales ’25, Sean Nagle ’25: Broadcast Profile, Samantha Sandow Spot Feature
Samantha Burke ’25: Broadcast Show Opening, PCTV Extended: Talent
Kirra Reid ’23: Broadcast Show Opening, PCTV Extended: Talent
Excellent
Tanner Gunning ’25: Animal/Pet Photo
Sasha Kaufman ’23, Jillian Tashjian ’23: Broadcast Profile, Ella Taub Spot Feature
Kate O’Mahoney ’23, Talia Sverdlik ’24: Broadcast Profile, Dr. Lolis Spot Feature
Ana Sobchak ’25, Joseph Yastine ’25: Broadcast Profile, Sophia Yevoli Spot Feature
Will Burke ’23, Tomas Perez ’23: Broadcast Show Opening, PCTV Live! 2021-22 Show Opening
Rachel Becker ’23: Feature Package, Start Small, Think Big - Feeding the Homeless in Fort Lauderdale
Daniel Kathein ’23: Feature Package, K1 Speed - Go-Kart Racing
Sasha Kaufman ’23: Feature Package, Five Below
Samantha Port ’23: Feature Package, Cherry Smash
Samantha Port ’23: Feature Package, Inside The Cafeteria
Kirra Reid ’23: Florida Nature Photo
Matthew Norkin ’24: Nature Photo
Daniel Kathein ’23, Ethan Popper ’23: News Package, The Revival of Shakespeare Out Loud
Riana Mahtani ’24, Aidan Pender ’24, Jordan Vainder ’24: News Package, Painting a Picture of the Pine Crest Art Department
Kelly Dunne ’22: Talent Demo Reel
Honorable Mention
Jesus Lauria ’25: Animal/Pet Photo
Daniella Levitis ’22, Alexa Cepero ’23: Animated Short, Shoot for the Stars
Julian Morales ’25, Sean Nagle ’25: Commercial, Swifty Clean
Sasha Kaufman ’23, Jillian Tashjian ’23: News Package, iLab Sewing Classes
Matthew Khoriaty ’22: News Package, Technology Student Association
Benjamin Levine ’25, Connor Mertz ’25: News Package, Pine Crest Chemistry
Jibran Lakhdhir ’25, Jesus Lauria ’25, Joseph Yastine ’25: Public Service Announcement, Control Your Fate. Don’t Procrastinate.
