Phoenix Challenge Award Winners

The pair won the first place award by earning this year’s highest combined scores in the contest’s five exams: written knowledge, math, prepress proficiency, press operation and platemaking. In addition to the two $1,000 Phoenix Challenge Foundation Scholarships, the winning team took home the 2009 Harper Flexo High School of the Year trophy cup, for display at its school.

“I could tell when talking to Hannah Plavnick and Stephanie Hammond that they were here to win,” said Bettylyn Krafft, Phoenix Challenge Foundation executive director. “Hannah Plavnick was on the team that won in 2008 and she had the determination to try for the second time. They spent many long hours timing themselves at the press and practicing for the press, as well as many hours studying for the level one test. It was great to see all the hard work that these students have put in to studying for the competition payoff.”