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StudentCam 2018 Prize Winners

In 2018, C-SPAN received 2,985 documentaries from students representing 46 states. Students were asked to create a 5-7 minute documentary on a  provision of the U.S. Constitution, and illustrate why it was important to them.

Congratulations also to the 5 winners of our “Behind the Scenes” Photo Competition. Each of the 5 groups below will receive $100 for sharing photos of their StudentCam documentary production on social media:

Grand Prize Winner


Adam Koch and Tyler Cooney
12th Grade
Old Enough to Fight, Old Enough to Vote
Dallas Center Grimes Community High School
Grimes, IA
Mediacom

First Prize Winner

HIGH SCHOOL EAST DIVISION

Hemakshi Gordy & Jansikwe Medina-Tayac
10th Grade
No Trespassing: Seeking Justice for Native Women
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

First Prize Winner

HIGH SCHOOL CENTRAL DIVISION

Will Foote & James Dyer
12th Grade
WI Votes Count
Whitefish Bay High School
Whitefish Bay, WI
Spectrum

First Prize Winner

HIGH SCHOOL WEST DIVISION

May Zhen & Payton Liquin
12th Grade
Prison Reform
Capital High School
Boise, ID
Cable ONE

First Prize Winner

MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION

Kiera Lamb, Uma Fox & Kiah Beachler
8th Grade
Survival of the Veiled Face: The Constitutionality of Abortion
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Judges' Citation for Creativity


Raheem Baker, William McKnight, and Zane’ah Moultrie
6th, 7th & 8th Grade
Be True to the Constitution: The First Amendment Rap
Sozo Missions
Bradenton, FL
Spectrum

Second Prize Winners

HIGH SCHOOL EAST DIVISION

Ella Grace Rodriguez
10th Grade
A Precarious Balance: Religion in the Public Education System
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum

Mia Lazar & Ava Lazar
10th & 8th Grade
The Equal Protection Clause: Creating a More Perfect Union
Blacksburg High School
Blacksburg, VA
Comcast

Andres Leon & Claire Prudhomme
11th Grade
PRESSure: The Pressure for Freedom of The Press
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum

Christina Spain & Chelsea Wilck
12th Grade
Gun Control: America Under Fire
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum

Second Prize Winners

HIGH SCHOOL CENTRAL DIVISION

Jonathan Godfrey and Jackson Cropper
11th Grade
Pressed
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications

Ashleigh Richardson & Ta'Kaiya Cooper
12th Grade
You Matter
Ramsay High School
Birmingham, AL
Spectrum

Matthew Murrie
11th Grade
Refugee of Spirit
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications

Joshua Romer
12th Grade
First for a Reason
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications

Second Prize Winners

HIGH SCHOOL WEST DIVISION

Payam Abedi & Kyle Dees
12th Grade
Fading Liberty
Scripps Ranch High School
San Diego, CA
Spectrum

Jayson Ventura, Elyza de Lara & Marob Wiseman
12th & 10th Grade
Copy Rights
Franklin High School
Elk Grove, CA
Comcast

Arundathi Nair
10th Grade
Freedom of Expression is a Human Right, Censorship a Human Wrong
Laramie High School
Laramie, WY
Spectrum

Petie Schill & Grace McGrorty
12th Grade
We Are All Human Beings
Capital High School
Boise, ID
Cable ONE

Second Prize Winners

MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION

Julianne Garnett, Marijke Friedman & Kinsey Lee
8th Grade
The Constitutional Controversy Over D.C. Statehood
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Caleb Miller
8th Grade
The Headline Debate
Patrick Henry Middle School
Sioux Falls, SD
Midco

Dhruv Pai & Carina Guo
8th Grade
First Amendment and Social Media Regulation
Takoma Park Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Julia Angel, Maria Bond-Lamberty & Olivia Schulz
8th Grade
Undefended- Gideon v. Wainwright and the Fight for the Right to Counsel
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Third Prize Winners

HIGH SCHOOL EAST DIVISION

Walker Simasek, Mark Whittingham & Clay DeHart
12th Grade
The 13th Amendment - Did it really abolish slavery?
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum

Charlie Nichols
10th Grade
Donald Trump vs Freedom of the Press
Woodrow Wilson Senior High School
Washington, DC
Comcast

Chloe Janes, Bryan Zhu & Romy Meehan
12th Grade
Under Siege
Brookline High School
Brookline, MA
Comcast

Victor Ginsburg
12th Grade
Useful Arts: America’s Science Problem
The Workshop School
Philadelphia, PA
Comcast

Uma Gupta, Mariko Yatsuhashi & Karis Danner-McDonald
10th Grade
ALEC: The Key to Backroom Politics
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring
Comcast

Anne Hicks, Cecelia Dworak & Sam Kulp
10th Grade
Fifty One
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring
Comcast

Isabella Hunt & Caroline Lanford
11th Grade
43920
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring
Comcast

Yogi Strachan
12th Grade
The Electoral College
Clearview Regional High School
Mullica Hill, NJ
Comcast

Third Prize Winners

HIGH SCHOOL CENTRAL DIVISION

Sarah Tuttle, Amelia Bond & Taylor Berkheimer
12th Grade
Fake News and Freedom of the Press
Edmond Memorial High School
Edmond, OK
Cox Communications

Jack Rintoul
11th Grade
Curing Hazelwood
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, MO
Spectrum

Josie O'Meara & Rose Kinyon
12th Grade
Cannabis Culture and the Constitution
St. Thomas More High School
Rapid City, SD
Midco

Ashton Holland
12th Grade
Patenting The Human Genome
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications

Madeleine Dorst
12th Grade
Church Perks: A Taxing Issue
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications

Gabrielle LaFuente, Holly Rossetto & Amanda Buie
12th Grade
A Threat to the Internet
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast

Skyler Miller
11th Grade
1st Amendment
Lakeland Union High School
Minocqua, WI
Spectrum

Patricia Mathu, Emma Mitchell & Jong Jung
12th Grade
Neither Snow Nor Rain
Whitefish Bay High School
Whitefish Bay, WI
Spectrum

Third Prize Winners

HIGH SCHOOL WEST DIVISION

Queenie Lam, Moajarra Mosissa & Ronald Tu
12th Grade
The Backbone of Our Justice System
Alhambra High School
Alhambra, CA
Spectrum

Lauren Kastanis, Noah Willis & Elizabeth Duncan
12th Grade
Guns and Gridlock
Woodside Priory School
Portola Valley, CA
Comcast

Afreen Rajani, Sara Shalwani & Abby Ligons
11th Grade
The Constitutionality of the Death Penalty
Imagine International Academy of North Texas
McKinney, TX
Spectrum

Anish Siddabhattuni, Arjun Dodanari & Alvi Rahman
11th Grade
The Minimum Wage
Imagine International Academy of North Texas
McKinney, TX
Spectrum

Arman Razaali, Aahan Kerawala & Hasan Iqbal
11th Grade
Constitutional Implications on Disaster Relief
Imagine International Academy of North Texas
McKinney, TX
Spectrum

Megan Rice & Casey Pfost
12th Grade
Preserving the Creative World
Mountain View High School
Meridian, ID
Cable ONE

Connor Shangle, Kaitlyn Stout & Samantha Lepori
12th Grade
Homeless Does Not Mean Hopeless
Spanish Springs High School
Sparks, NV
Spectrum

Jillian Holland Browne
12th Grade
The Constitution & You: Federalism
Spanish Springs High School
Sparks, NV
Spectrum

Third Prize Winners

MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION

Caroline Chen, Calvin Hinkle & Olivia Xiao
8th Grade
Protection For All: The 14th Amendment
Smith Middle School
Chapel Hill, NC
Spectrum

Thomas McKenna
8th Grade
Equality to Govern
Homeschool
Lovettsville, VA
Comcast

Annie Goldman, Myles Feingold-Black & Noah Protas
8th Grade
Free Speech: The Ever Evolving Debate
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Jessa Nather, Amelie Scalera & Maya Flaherty
8th Grade
The Electoral College: A Flawed System
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Kevin Gehl & Abel Seifeselassie
8th Grade
The American Flag: Respect and Protests
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Gus Carvell & Lilith Eagle
8th Grade
We Want You
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Rachel Williams, Sofia Flores & Connor Gould
8th Grade
Sex Trafficking
Natomas Charter School
Sacramento, CA
Comcast

Lilly Brock, Laura Sackett & Ruby Massengale
8th Grade
The 1st Amendment, Protest + US
Nashoba Brooks School
Concord, MA
Comcast

Honorable Mention Winners

Architesh Prasad & Kabir Gupta
7th & 6th Grade
An American Right Not Used Enough
Tupelo Middle School
Tupelo, MS
Comcast

Sarah Lemos, Valeria Bula & Dru Barcelo
11th Grade
The First Amendment: The Cornerstone Of Democracy
Miami Lakes Educational Center
Miami Lakes, FL
Comcast

Charlotte Despard & Angelina Aubrey Hunt
10th Grade
Executive Power: Constitution or Corruption
TC Williams High School
Alexandria, VA
Comcast

Henry Horlbeck & Alex Wages
12th
Content Unavailable
Richland Northeast High School
Columbia, SC
Spectrum

Hailey Mitchell, Joe Byler & Alex Stoyanov-Roberts
11th Grade
Gunning for Solutions- The Fight for Universal Background Checks
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Charlotte Suttee
11th Grade
All is Fair in Love and Hate
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications

Daniel Sotelo-Reiner, Annie Chu & Joshua Viorge
12th Grade
im·mi·gra·tion
Townsend Harris High School
Flushing, NY
Spectrum

Isaac Jantzen
11th Grade
Freedom of the Press
Woodrow Wilson High School
Washington, DC
Comcast

Joe Couri, Teresa Jansen & Sean Wool
9th, 10th, and 11th Grade
I Voted Today
Homeschool Trinity
Elmhurst, IL
Comcast

Arden Wallman & Ellie Schuchart
10th Grade
Unrepresented
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum

Aidan Fogarty
12th Grade
Fake News
Woodrow Wilson Senior High School
Washington, DC
Comcast

Collin Dierssen, Zachary Kraemer & Giovanni Laramier
10th Grade
It's Not the Guns, It's the People
Franklin High School
Elk Grove, CA
Comcast

Jamie Sobalvarro, Zoe Marie Fernandez & Isaac Andrade
11th Grade
The Forgotten Amendment
Coral Reef Senior High School
Miami, FL
Comcast

Marisa Luft, Kamilla Delaney & Arman Celebi
9th Grade
Special Education and the 14th Amendment
NYC iSchool
New York, NY
Spectrum

Lexie Regan, Morgan D'Ambra & Anna Lubic
10th Grade
Hooked
Narragansett High School
Narragansett, RI
Cox Communications

Alli Cain, Jane Acuff & Monica Grubbs
9th Grade
Power to Protect
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum

Elena Frogameni & Jarrett Smith
12th and 11th Grade
The First Amendment and Internet Regulation
Northampton High School
Northampton, MA
Comcast

Isabella Thalheimer & Sam Lee
10th Grade
I Plead.
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum

Francesca Dyke & Emma Kellar
12th Grade
The Electoral College System
St. Thomas More High School
Rapid City, SD
Midco

Simran Ohri, Celeste Basken & Alice O'Neal-Freeman
8th Grade
The Lost Voices
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Emily Tieu
10th Grade
The Fourteenth and Me
Abraham Lincoln High School
Los Angeles, CA
Spectrum

Britt Masback
10th Grade
Fake News and the Threat to the First Amendment
Catlin Gabel School
Portland, OR
Comcast

Bianca de Quesada
8th Grade
Does My Vote Count?
Corbett Preparatory School of IDS
Tampa, FL
Spectrum

Olivia Hardwick, Amelia Frey & Alexandra Marney-Bell
10th Grade
Student Rights are Human Rights
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Lizzie Stobbe
11th Grade
America's Prisons: A Hidden Crisis
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, MO
Spectrum

Alexandra Reboredo, Daylin Delgado & Diana Rodriguez
12th Grade
The First Amendment: Know Your Rights
Miami Lakes Educational Center
Miami Lakes, FL
Comcast

Young-Bin Lee, Jason Kaplan & George Ashford
10th Grade
The Price of Free Speech
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Isabella Smith
9th Grade
Whose Beliefs Will Be On The Chopping Block?
Sam Houston High School
Lake Charles, LA
Altice USA

Harold Nunlee, Christian Diaz & Joel Hill
12th Grade
Unlocked and Loaded
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast

Helena Merker & Phoebe Om
10th Grade
Free Press, Free People
Bergen County Academies
Hackensack, NJ
Altice USA

Grace Morris
12th Grade
Sold
Clayton High School
Clayton, MO
Spectrum

Shreya Jangada
7th Grade
Their Voices
John Adams Middle School
Edison, NJ
Altice USA

Simone Rosa & Jakob Olsen
12th & 10th Grade
Worth the Challenge
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications

Zoe Heafner, Abigail Marcil & Amanda Belawski
12th Grade
#MeToo
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum

Hao Li, Amanda Yuan & Jesse Rosales
12th Grade
Hacked America: The 4th Amendment Under Attack
Alhambra High School
Alhambra, CA
Spectrum

Kevin Hricko, Maddie Foerster & Nick Tricarico
12th Grade
Promoting the General Welfare
East Lyme High School
East Lyme, CT
Atlantic Broadband

Layan Haidous, Deena Beydoun & Tanya Hammoud
11th Grade
The Women of Today
Dearborn High School
Dearborn, MI
Comcast

Meaghan Sheehan, Julia Zipoli & Maeve Kennedy
8th Grade
Incarceration Injustice
Nashoba Brooks School
Concord, MA
Comcast

Sophie Freid & Sydney Plastow
12th Grade
Time's Up
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum

Angelica Gonzalez & Karen Ferrer
9th Grade
Online Paradox
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum

Clarissa Xia & Sydney Sun
11th Grade
'Press'ident
Richard Montgomery High School
Rockville, MD
Comcast

Jessica Theis & Melanie Roberts
9th & 10th Grade
The 19th Amendment: Suffrage is Proclaimed
Montgomery Community Media
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Matthew Johnson
11th Grade
Your Cell Phone: Will the Vault be Opened?n
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, MO
Spectrum

Emily McNair, Grace Kindt & Jade Lawson
12th Grade
26: The Power We Hold
Nazareth Area High School
Nazareth, PA
Service Electric

Matthew Weinsheimer, Elias Chen & Max Casey-Bolanos
10th Grade
Not So Free Speech The Dangerous Oppression of Free Expression
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Frances O'Connor, Fran Riley & Louis Rosenberg
10th Grade
Dividing Maryland
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Ethan Park, Preston Beatty & Lucas Nieman
10th Grade
Bump Stocks: Compromise and Failure
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Julian Hrbek, David Aminpur & Noah Ernst
8th Grade
The Lines that Shape America
Maple Avenue Middle School
Saratoga Springs, NY
Spectrum

Jacob Stremming & Addie Hammond
8th Grade
The Second Amendment: Freedom But At What Cost?
Lora Batchelor Middle School
Bloomington, IN
Comcast

Audrey Moor
9th Grade
A Forgotten Amendment
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum

Dominic Reyes, Andrew Chastain & Zainub Ahmed
11th Grade
Gun Violence the Second Amendment
Liberty High School
Lake Saint Louis, MO
Spectrum

Sharon Lin, Nidhi Shah & Miku Nawocki
11th Grade
The Lifeblood of American Freedom
Imagine International Academy of North Texas
McKinney, TX
Spectrum

Anh-Thai Le
8th Grade
The Transparency in Privacy
Orchard Hills School
Irvine, CA
Cox Communications

Zoe Kernohan
12th Grade
Keep It Separate
Royal Oak High School
Royal Oak, MI
Comcast

Peter Qi & Saad Afzal
12th Grade
Our Silent Rights
Nazareth Area High School
Nazareth, PA
Service Electric

Shayantan Chowdhury
11th Grade
Child Marriage in The United States
Imagine International Academy of North Texas
McKinney, TX
Spectrum

Eliza Morton & Anne Averill
8th Grade
Breaking the Border: The Complexities of Citizenship
Nashoba Brooks School
Concord, MA
Comcast

Alexis Eckhart, Mena Sawyer & Mathew Lazzarini
11th and 12th Grade
First and Forever: Our Freedom of Speech
Nazareth Area High School
Nazareth, PA
Service Electric

Claire Swadling
8th Grade
The Electoral College: A Debatable Topic
East Middle School
Plymouth, MI
Comcast

Diana Zhu, Aarthi Vijayakumar & Michelle Sung
11th Grade
America's Epidemic
Mounds View High School
Arden Hills, MN
Comcast

Ari Gibson
9th Grade
Let's Stop Traffik- Human Trafficking Documentary
Providence Day School
Charlotte, NC
Spectrum

Chris Poulson, Peter Zelinsky & Olga Panagopoulos
8th Grade
Guns vs. The Constitution
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Megan Nichols, Sally Kaye & Zahra Miles
8th Grade
Women In Politcs
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Audrey Dathe, Zoey Stasik & Sophia Leonard
8th Grade
Women's Futures are Bright with the 19th Amendment
Correia Middle School
San Diego, CA
Cox Communications

Abby Pender, Alisha Kamath & Ria Verma
9th Grade
Due Process: The Search for Equality
Enloe Magnet High School
Raleigh, NC
Spectrum

Rebecca Craig
12th Grade
The 8th Amendment: The Evolving Role of Risk Assessments
Issaquah High School
Issaquah, WA
Comcast

Eli Kuperman
10th Grade
Remember Your Rights
Long Reach High School
Columbia, MD
Comcast

Sachi Vora
8th Grade
Passing the Torch
East Lyme Middle School
Niantic, CT
Atlantic Broadband

Shifra Dayak, Mira Diamond-Berman & Zoe Nix
10th Grade
Rising Waters, Rising States
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Aidan Graf, Anthony Holmes & Zachary Kane
11th Grade
Alcohol: A Historic Economy
Lakeland Union High School
Minocqua, WI
Spectrum

Isabella Levine
11th Grade
In My Own Words
Richard Montgomery High School
Rockville, MD
Comcast

Julia Izak, Rachel Gaugler & Aleksandra Hubczak
12th Grade
Triggered.
Townsend Harris High School
Flushing, NY
Spectrum

Sarah Ravellette & Rowan Byrne
8th Grade
Can justice equal self incrimination?
Correia Middle School
San Diego, CA
Cox Communications

Fraye Beyene
11th Grade
Rigged
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, MO
Spectrum

Bradley Fellstrom, Matthew Tignor & Thomas Olivero
12th Grade
Elastic Efficacy
Midlothian High School
Midlothian, VA
Comcast

Fairoz Walizada, Omar Benitez & Edin Zahic
12th Grade
Intrepid 'We the People'
Mountain View High School
Meridian, ID
Cable ONE

Wade Fletcher, Brandon Pendergrass & William Davidson
11th Grade
Faux Paws
Richland Northeast High School
Columbia, SC
Spectrum

Jessie Schulhof & Ava Stark
8th Grade
Speaking Up To The Limits
The Alfred and Adele Davis Academy
Atlanta, GA
Comcast

Micah Hauger
12th Grade
In A Blink Of An Eye
The Workshop School
Philadelphia, PA
Comcast

Sung Jun Noh & Zachary Bressler
8th Grade
Our Student's Free Speech Rights
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Grace Wu
11th Grade
Think of the Children
Holton-Arms School
Bethesda, MD
Comcast

Jowi Cordray
11th Grade
The Importance of Net Neutrality & The First Amendment
Lake Travis High School
Austin, TX
Spectrum

Marisa Williams, Alysse Swann & Vincent Baker
10th Grade
Title IX: The Logic Behind The Law
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Kie Donovan & Sarah Schiffgens
10th Grade
The High Price of Health
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Mary Castillo & Jamie San Antonio
10th Grade
Immigration
Bergen County Academies
Hackensack, NJ
Altice USA

Justin Whittingham, Luke Sand & William Megginson
11th Grade
Live Freely
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum

Paloma DiBella
11th Grade
Unlocked
Woodrow Wilson High School
Washington, DC
Comcast

Alex Selwyn
9th Grade
Does Your Vote Count?
Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, CA
Comcast

Lila Chafe, Bianca Martinez Penn & Zoe Abramson
10th Grade
Fostering a Better Nation
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Ethan Maddy, Alec Hopkins & Brendan Murphree
12th Grade
How Important is The 1st Amendment on College Campuses?
Edmond Memorial High School
Edmond, OK
Cox Communications

Emily Harris
7th Grade
Speak Up
Correia Middle School
San Diego, CA
Cox Communications

Elise Pritchard, Evelyn Reece & John El-Jor
12th Grade
Healthcare Under the 10th Amendment
Midlothian High School
Midlothian, VA
Comcast

Ashley Grant, Mallory Thut & Darline Desforge
8th Grade
The Right to Bear Arms
Nashoba Brooks School
Concord, MA
Comcast

Jenna Hann, Kelly Austin & Molly Dugdale
12th Grade
The 4th Amendment: Personal Security in the Modern Era
Nazareth Area High School
Nazareth, PA
Service Electric

Alexandra Tomkin
12th Grade
Behind The Gun
Woodrow Wilson Senior High School
Washington, DC
Comcast

Vonnia Anwar
8th Grade
Branching into New Medicine
Canterbury Middle School
Fort Wayne, IN
Comcast

Erika Pishl & Corrie Hay
6th Grade
Criminalization of the Homeless
Capital High School
Boise, ID
Cable ONE