After a three-hour drive to Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC), a group of 23 students and six chaperones met to depart, via plane, to New York City, NY, March 11.

Students will attend the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) Scholastic Convention at Columbia University, March 14-16, where numerous educators and students, including The Feather’s Co-Editors-in-Chief Nick Avery, ’12, and Mary Hierholzer, ’12, Webmaster David Casuga, ’12, and Multimedia Anchor Brooke Stobbe, ’12, will present sessions geared towards enchanting the presence of high school journalism.

The staff will also be awaiting the announcement of the Online Crown Awards, which they were nominated for, March 1.

After arriving in New York City in the early hours of March 12, the group gathered their luggage before embarking on a small charter bus that took them to their hotel,