Knightly Knews Vol. 42 is now online!

The latest edition of our award-winning publication, the Knightly Knews, is now online and you can access it by clicking here. As a .pdf document, you can view or download the quarterly publication to your computer, iPad, or smartphone for easy reading. This Track & Field edition includes:

- Neiko Morris Scholarship
- High School Commencement Ceremony
- The Class of 2017
- Edgenuity
- Historic Track & Field Season
- Fishing Club
- Open House and Golf Tournament
- Community Service Opportunities
- Drumline
- Communication Awards

We hope you have a chance to check it out and enjoy the read.

ISPRA Communications Awards 2017

Last year, Woodward Academy competed in the Iowa School Public Relations Association (ISPRA) Communications Awards competition for the first time and scored really well, winning 3 out of 4 categories where we submitted entries. After last year's experience, we wanted to continue that expectation of excellence for our communications, but also knew that the competition would be equally as fierce from all school districts.

Of the 20 events, we identified 6 categories where we felt we could perform well, which included Brochure, Photography, Print Newsletter, Social Media, Video, and Website. As a local chapter of the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA), it is policy that another state score the submissions based on rubrics, and this year the Arizona chapter judged the Iowa submissions.

The rubric for each submission looks at design, clarity and focus, writing quality, evaluation, and overall effect. When averaged together, if a submission scores between 7-8, they earn an Award of Merit. Scores between 8-10 earned an Award of Excellence. Out of that pool, submissions that scored 9 and above are eligible to earn the top honor: the Blue & Gold Award as the best in the state.

This year, there were 98 entries from 20 different school districts, the most ever for ISPRA. On Thursday, April 20, the results were announced and Woodward Academy once again scored well. Of the six categories, 1 submission received an Award of Merit (Social Media), and the other 5 all received high scores in the Award of Excellence range. Of those, 2 received the top prize of the Blue & Gold Award (print newsletter and website), and were recognized as the best in the state. This was the second year in a row that our Knightly Knews was recognized with the top award, and the website category recognized our newly launched site. You can see all of the results on the ISPRA website, and below is a recap of how Woodward Academy performed.

Iowa School Public Relations Association
Print Newsletter - Knightly Knews Vol. 38 and 39 - Blue & Gold Award
Website - www.wwacademy.com - Blue & Gold Award
Photography - Cross Country 2016 - Award of Excellence
Video - Become a Knight video series - Award of Excellence
Brochure - Become a Knight - Award of Excellence
Social Media - Facebook Page - Award of Merit

Knightly Knews Vol. 41 is now online!

The latest edition of our award-winning publication, the Knightly Knews, is now online and you can access it by clicking here. As a .pdf document, you can view or download the quarterly publication to your computer, iPad, or smartphone for easy reading. This New Website edition includes:

- Knight's Bowl Dorm Challenge
- Basketball season recap
- New website features
- Powerlifting Nationals in Scranton, PA
- Knowledge Bowl
- Representing the Knights
- Sequel Leadership Initiative

We hope you have a chance to check it out and enjoy the read.

Knightly Knews Vol. 40 is now online!

The latest edition of our award-winning publication, the Knightly Knews, is now online and you can access it by clicking here. As a .pdf document, you can view or download the quarterly publication to your computer, iPad, or smartphone for easy reading. This Breaking the Inertia edition includes:

- Become a Knight staff videos
- Student becomes a Certified Nursing Assistant (C.N.A.)
- Inertial Guidance System: profile on group living leaders
- Falls sports recap
- Neurofeedback
- World of Work extracurricular activity
- Drumline sneak peak

We hope you have a chance to check it out and enjoy the read.

Knightly Knews Vol. 39 is now online!

The latest edition of our award-winning publication, the Knightly Knews, is now online and you can access it by clicking here. As a .pdf document, you can view or download the quarterly publication to your computer, iPad, or smartphone for easy reading. This Electronic Medical Records edition includes:

- Profile on new Executive Director, Shawn Hollenkamp
- Electronic Medical Records
- Custom built EMR system called P.AN.D.A
- Expansion Project: Infinity Hall
- World's Powerlifting Coach
- I Am Building Woodward Academy video series
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Tour of Elmcrest Hall
- Around Campus: Homecoming and Gardening

We hope you have a chance to check it out and enjoy the read.

Knightly Knews Vol. 38 is now online!

The latest edition of our award-winning publication, the Knightly Knews, is now online and you can access it by clicking here. As a .pdf document, you can view or download the quarterly publication to your computer, iPad, or smartphone for easy reading. This Presidential Blueprint edition includes:

- Become a Woodward Academy Knight
- How Jerry Anderson built Woodward Academy
- Class of 2016 Commencement Ceremony
- Open House
- 7th Annual Knight's Scholarship Golf Outing
- Track and Field Season Recap
- Knight's Mind Training
- New WYC President
- Communication Awards

We hope you have a chance to check it out and enjoy the read.

Knightly Knews Vol. 37 is now online!

The latest edition of our award-winning publication, the Knightly Knews, is now online and you can access it by clicking here. As a .pdf document, you can view or download the quarterly publication to your computer, iPad, or smartphone for easy reading. This The Sixth Man edition includes:

- Athlete of the First 20 Years
- The Sixth Man
- Letter from Parent in the Community
- USAPL High School National Championships
- Celebrating at Universal's Island of Adventure
- Clinical Team
- Knights Basketball Recap
- Outcomes Survey
- Knowledge Bowl

We hope you have a chance to check it out and enjoy the read.

Knightly Knews Vol. 36 is now online!

The latest edition of the Knightly Knews is now online and you can access it by clicking here. As a .pdf document, you can view or download the quarterly publication to your computer, iPad, or smartphone for easy reading. This State Cross Country edition includes:

- Knight's Den Remodel
- Cross Country State Qualifiers
- A Team Legacy in XC
- Nursing Department "Dream Team"
- Alumni Profile
- Football Recap
- I Am Building WA Staff Profile videos
- "A New Man" Music Video Project
- Wrestling Week
- A Look Back at 2015

We hope you have a chance to check it out and enjoy the read.

Knightly Knews Vol. 35 is now online!

The latest edition of the Knightly Knews is now online and you can access it by clicking here. As a .pdf document, you can view or download the quarterly publication to your computer, iPad, or smartphone for easy reading. This Powerlifting World Championships in Prague edition includes:

- The Trip of a Lifetime to Prague, Czech Republic
- IPF Sub-Juniors World Championships
- Head Powerlifting Coach, Guthrey Fritz
- Admissions Team
- Summer Art
- Baseball Recap
- I Am Building WA Staff Profile: Lorenzo White
- Art Therapy
- Multimedia Web Updates
- Expanded Brochure Preview

We hope you have a chance to check it out and enjoy the read.

Knightly Knews Vol. 34 is now online!

The latest edition of the Knightly Knews is now online and you can access it by clicking here. As a .pdf document, you can view or download the quarterly publication to your computer, iPad, or smartphone for easy reading. This 20th Anniversary edition includes:

- A 20 Year Look Back at Woodward Academy
- Expansion History Timeline
- Aerial Photography
- Class of 2015
- Powerlifting and Basketball Documentary Updates
- How Athletics Changed Everything
- Track & Field Season Recap
- Knight's Scholarship Golf Outing
- I Am Building WA Videos of 2 Past Executive Directors
- Staying Connected by the Numbers

We hope you have a chance to check it out and enjoy the read.

Knightly Knews Vol. 33 is now online!

The latest edition of the Knightly Knews is now online and you can access it by clicking here. As a .pdf document, you can view or download the quarterly publication to your computer, iPad, or smartphone for easy reading. This State Basketball edition includes:

- A Historic Athletic Day
- State Basketball at Wells Fargo Arena
- Post season basketball honors
- Powerlifting Nationals in Milwaukee, WI
- A look back at 10 years of powerlifting
- American Record holder: Julious Walker
- How Students Represent Woodward Academy
- Facebook update
- I Am Building WA video bonus

We hope you have a chance to check it out and enjoy the read.

Knightly Knews Vol. 32 is now online!

The latest edition of the Knightly Knews is now online and you can access it by clicking here. As a .pdf document, you can view or download the quarterly publication to your computer, iPad, or smartphone for easy reading. This I Am Building Woodward Academy staff focused edition includes:

- A note from Ryan Santi, Executive Director
- Royal Rumble Wrestling Week
- How WA is different
- Fall sports recap
- How coaching changes the student / staff perspective
- Image of all the staff who have served 5+ years at WA
- YouTube video bonus

We hope you have a chance to check it out and enjoy the read.

Knightly Knews Vol. 31 is now online!

The latest edition of the Knightly Knews is now online and you can access it by clicking here. As a .pdf document, you can view or download the quarterly publication to your computer, iPad, or smartphone for easy reading. Some highlights in this edition include:

- Campus Events: Open House and Golf Tourney
- Chewie: a therapy dog in training
- Knights Club
- Trauma Treatment
- Alumni returning to visit campus
- NCRC
- Staff Profile
- Baseball 2014 recap

We hope you have a chance to check it out and enjoy the read.

Knightly Knews Vol. 30 is now online!

The latest edition of the Knightly Knews is now online and you can access it by clicking here. As a .pdf document, you can view or download the quarterly publication to your computer, iPad, or smartphone for easy reading. Some highlights in this edition include:

- Celebrating the Class of 2014
- A Look at a State Champion
- Track and Field Season
- Trauma Treatment and Training
- Staff Profile
- How to Use the WA Mobile Web Application

We hope you have a chance to check it out and enjoy the read.

Knightly Knews Volume 29 is now online!

The latest edition of the Knightly Knews is now online and you can access it by clicking here. As a .pdf document, you can view or download the quarterly publication to your computer, iPad, or smartphone for easy reading. Some highlights in this edition include:

- WA Alum competes in the USATF National Championships
- Preview of the Knights Scholarship Golf Outing
- Powerlifting Nationals
- Guide to Clinical Services
- Knights Basketball
- Staff Profile
- Knowledge Bowl

We hope you have a chance to check it out and enjoy the read.

Knightly Knews Volume 28 is now online!

The latest edition of the Knightly Knews is now online and you can access it by clicking here.  As a .pdf document, you can view or download the quarterly publication to your computer, iPad, or smartphone for easy reading. Some highlights in this edition include:

- Weekend Activities
- Fall Sports recap (football and cross country)
- An Alumni Profile: Cal Lane
- Students seeing Macklemore in Concert
- I Am Building Woodward Academy: Staff  Profile
- GED Program
- How to Stay Connected with WA

We hope you have a chance to check it out and enjoy the read.

Stay Connected with the Knights

There are a lot of ways to stay connected with Woodward Academy. This blog is one of the most popular ways to get recent information about the happenings on campus. Updated several times a month, this is often the first place where you can get the latest in WA news. But there are other avenues to learn about what Woodward Academy offers its students as well. Our quarterly newsletter, The Knightly Knews, has a circulation of approximately 800 of which we either mail directly or can be picked up on campus. You can also download a pdf version of past issues by clicking here.

If you're new to Woodward Academy, our website is a great place to start to get an overview of campus life. You can get there by clicking here. From the site, you can watch our latest promotional video (which is embedded below) and download our mobile web application. Both of these are great overviews of WA and show things like dorm life, education, athletics, and vocations. The mobile web application in particular is a great tool because it is something you can download onto your iPhone, iPad, or Android device and take with you wherever you go. It also has the video embedded in the application so it can be viewed anywhere. So get connected and stay in touch with the Knights.

Knightly Knews Volume 27 is now online!

The latest edition of the Knightly Knews is now online and you can access it by clicking here.  As a .pdf document, you can view or download the quarterly publication to your computer, iPad, or smartphone for easy reading. Some highlights in this edition include:

- 18 Year Anniversary
- Campus Events recap (Open House and Knights Scholarship Golf Outing)
- How education WA is different
- Knights on the Move
- I Am Building Woodward Academy: Staff  Profile
- Baseball images

We hope you have a chance to check it out and enjoy the read.

Knightly Knews Volume 26 is now online!

The latest edition of the Knightly Knews is now online and you can access it by clicking here.  As a .pdf document, you can view or download the quarterly publication to your computer, iPad, or smartphone for easy reading. Some highlights in this edition include:

- Graduation 2013
- State track & field recap
- How to install Woodward Academy's new mobile web application
- Family Fun Day
- Who are Executive Knights?

We hope you have a chance to check it out and enjoy the read.

Knightly Knews Volume 25 is now online!

The latest edition of the Knightly Knews is now online and you can access it by clicking here.  As a .pdf document, you can view or download the quarterly publication to your computer, iPad, or smartphone for easy reading. Some highlights in this edition include:

- New Management Team

- Knowledge Bowl

- Dorm Life for students

- Powerlifting Nationals in Denver
- Basketball recap

We hope you have a chance to check it out and enjoy the read.