The Burlingame B, the student newspaper at Burlingame High School, took first-place honors in General Excellence and a total of nine awards in the 2003-2004 High School Journalism Awards Competition.

The contest is sponsored by the Peninsula Press Club, Hillsdale Shopping Center and the journalism program at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont. Awards were presented at a reception May 5 in Ralston Hall at NDNU.

Ten publications from eight high schools from Daly City to Palo Alto offered more than 150 entries for the competition which covered April 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004. Members of the Press Club served as judges for the contest.

This is the first year that Palo Alto was included in the program, and three publications from Palo Alto High School — the student magazine Verde, the student newspaper The Campanile and the student Web site The Paly Voice — were among the winners.

Here’s a complete list of the winners:

GENERAL EXCELLENCE
First: Burlingame B, Burlingame High School
Second: The Thunderbolt, Mills High School
Honorable Mention: The Tom-Tom, Jefferson High School

LAYOUT AND DESIGN
First: Burlingame B, Burlingame High School
Second: The Tom-Tom, Jefferson High School
Honorable Mention: The Thunderbolt, Mills High School

EDITORIALS
First: Joyce Lin, The Mills Thunderbolt
Second: Warren Dizon, The Jefferson Tom-Tom
Honorable Mention: Nina Anissimov, Burlingame B

FEATURE STORY
First: Jackie Javerbaum, Palo Alto Verde
Second: Daniel Evers, Palo Alto Verde
Honorable Mention: Alexis Salas, Jefferson Tom-Tom
Honorable Mention: Rachel Zwass, Mills Thunderbolt
Honorable Mention: Meiyang Liu, Burlingame B
Honorable Mention: Brittany Loobey, Mills Thunderbolt

NEWS STORY
First: Daniel Evers, Palo Alto Verde
Second: Bimo El Gamal, Palo Alto Campanile
Honorable Mention: Karen Gonzalez and Jennifer Saldana, Jefferson Tom-Tom

SPORTS STORY
First: Diego Del Barco, Capuchino Stampede
Second (a tie): Liz McKenna, Hillsdale Scroll, and Nicole Dungca, Mills Thunderbolt
Honorable Mention: Andrew Sosnick, Mills Thunderbolt
Honorable Mention: Nathan Ford, Paly Voice, Palo Alto High School

NEWS PHOTO
First: Hannah Hart, Burlingame B
Second: Hannah Hart, Burlingame B
Honorable Mention: Lashannda Worthy, Jefferson Tom-Tom

SPORTS PHOTO
First: Dan Rothman, Burlingame B
Second: Dan Rothman, Burlingame B
Honorable Mention: Dan Rothman, Burlingame B

FEATURE PHOTO
First: Jessica Fields, Palo Alto Verde
Second: Jessica Fields, Palo Alto Verde
Honorable Mention: Annie Ryan, Palo Alto Verde