We are proud to spon­sor one of our local high schools and its jour­nal­ism stu­dents for their annu­al fundrais­er. This year the stu­dents who run the High Tide News­pa­per and Redon­do Union High School Year­book will attend the nation’s largest gath­er­ing of scholas­tic jour­nal­ists, advis­ers and jour­nal­ism teach­ers — The Fall Nation­al High School Jour­nal­ism Con­ven­tion.

Live Local? Order your Succulent Pumpkin Today

If you live local­ly and can pick up from Flower Duet’s stu­dio in Tor­rance (Date of pick­up is TBD), you can order a pump­kin that is already made — ready for your fall dec­o­ra­tion and gift giving!

These pump­kins last all sea­son and you’ll love them for your fall hol­i­day gath­er­ings. Under the direc­tion and tute­lage of Flower Duet, each pump­kin will be made by a stu­dent who is attend­ing the con­ven­tion and prof­its from the pump­kin sales will go toward the trav­el and con­ven­tion fees for all stu­dents attend­ing the con­fer­ence on the East Coast.

RUHS Pumpkin Flyer

Casey and Sam

Sam Schwartz (left) and Casey Schwartz (right) in Flower Duet’s stu­dio last year dur­ing the RUHS Suc­cu­lent pump­kin fundraiser.
Students make pumpkins

RUHS stu­dents mak­ing suc­cu­lent pump­kins dur­ing the 2023 fall fundrais­er. Flower Duet is spon­sor­ing this event again this year in our studio.

What Flower Duet is Sponsoring

From the Jour­nal­ism con­fer­ence website:

The Fall Nation­al High School Jour­nal­ism Con­ven­tion is Nov. 7–10, 2024, at the Philadel­phia Marriott.

Spon­sored for more than 50 years by Jour­nal­ism Edu­ca­tion Asso­ci­a­tion and Nation­al Scholas­tic Press Asso­ci­a­tion, the event attracts more than 5,000 atten­dees on site. It’s the nation’s largest gath­er­ing of high school jour­nal­ists, advis­ers and jour­nal­ism teachers.

The fall con­ven­tion is one of two annu­al con­ven­tions spon­sored by the orga­ni­za­tions. The Spring Nation­al High School Jour­nal­ism Con­ven­tion is April 4–6, 2024, in Kansas City, Mis­souri, at the Sher­a­ton and  West­in at Crown Center.

The con­ven­tion offers hun­dreds of instruc­tion­al ses­sions, keynote speak­ers from nation­al news­mak­ers, dozens of media cri­tiques, JEA’s pop­u­lar on-site media con­tests and the announce­ment of NSPA nation­al win­ners for Pace­mak­er Awards and Indi­vid­ual Awards. NSPA also offers a con­ven­tion Best of Show com­pe­ti­tion that cel­e­brates cur­rent stu­dent media work.

This year we are pleased to fea­tured pump­kins straight from the farm! We had them deliv­ered direct­ly to our stu­dio from Pam­per’d Farms.

Forklift pumpkins

James, our neigh­bor next door in our busi­ness park, helped us move the pump­kins from the 18-wheel­er truck to our studio!