This year, nearly 110,000 teens submitted works of art to the competition. Only 2,800 students received national gold medals.

The district started working with Jostens earlier in the 2024-25 school year to try to find a character to represent the "Northmen" identity — a name the district is planning to keep.

We’re talking in Scotland in April because Russo-Otstot and her brother Joe are here supporting the Sands International Film ...