Awards
The Journalism Academy and Rockville Rampage have won numerous awards over the years for journalistic excellence. Rockville was the National Winner in the "High School Publication" category of the 2005, 2007, and 2010 Student Publishing Awards and students were invited to meet Vice President Joe Biden in honor of their award. Rockville won the Gold Crown for high school newspapers in 2010, the Silver Crown in 2006 and 2007, the Silver Crown in online journalism in 2009 and 2010 and numerous Golden Circle awards. The Rampage in 2007 won the National Pacemaker award and in 2006 and 2010 was a finalist in the online category. The Echoes literary magazine and The Rampage both won the 2009 American Scholastic Press Association publication awards in their respective categories. In 2009 Rockville was the only high school in the nation to receive press passes to the inauguration of president Obama. In 2008 two students received the Courage in Journalism Award for publishing a package of stories about gangs and violence.
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