In 2013, C-SPAN received 1,893 documentaries from students representing 44 states. Students were asked to create a 5-6 minute documentary addressing the theme, Message to the President – What’s the most important issue the President should consider in 2013?
Josh Stokes
12th Grade
Unemployment in America
Daniel Hand High School
Madison, CT
Comcast
Alan Shimp
10th Grade
Free Candy
PA Cyber School
Midland, PA
Comcast
Parin Bhaduri, Austin Hoag, and Nalin Varma
8th Grade
Public Transportation in the Nation
Farragut Middle School
Knoxville, TN
Charter Communications
Matthew Shimura
10th Grade
Tides of Tomorrow
Punahou School
Honolulu, HI
Oceanic Time Warner Cable
James Roldan
11th Grade
Education: America's Challenge
Westminster Academy
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Comcast
Alexandra Chandler
11th Grade
Guns In Our Schools
Clearwater High School
Clearwater, FL
Bright House Networks
Merin McDivitt, Brendan Kennedy, and Pearl James
11th Grade
State of the City
Pioneer High School
Ann Arbor, MI
Comcast
Jessica Ji and Olivia Lindsley
8th Grade
Healthcare Reform
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Katherine Wang and Timothy Zhou
8th Grade
The Federal Deficit and Debt: Darkening the Future
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Rebecca Levy and Shelby Stevens
8th Grade
What's the Catch?
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Zachary Cohen
7th Grade
Education: Take A Spin
The Alfred and Adele Davis Academy
Sandy Springs, GA
Comcast
Peter Ackerman
11th Grade
College: America's Gateway
Cony High School
Augusta, ME
Time Warner Cable
Trevor Warren
12th Grade
The Strangers: Illegal Immigration in America
Homeschool
Spanish Fort, AL
Mediacom
Tucker Hemphill
9th Grade
Catching Waves For Renewable Energy
The Lab School of Washington
Washington, DC
Comcast
Rachael Bartish
12th Grade
Sincerely, Rachael
Franklin County High School
Brookville, IN
Enhanced Telecommunications Corporation
Julie Doyle and Joshua Thompson
12th Grade
The Significance of Small Businesses
Cedar Falls High School
Cedar Falls, IA
Mediacom
Aaron Mirtes and Chaz Olivier
12th Grade
In Sickness and in Healthcare
Ravenwood High School
Brentwood, TN
Comcast
Destin Bigsby, Carl Olson, and Kieran Reiser
9th Grade
Renewable Energy
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Charter Communications
Frank Boudon and Jason Ji
10th Grade
Poverty: America's Untold Crisis
Troy High School
Troy, MI
Wide Open Wes
Grace Weissman and Isabel Lott
8th Grade
Immigration: The Border Crossing Controversy
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Lauren Fiet, Tali Graham, and Eunice Baek
8th Grade
A Game of Risk: Israel and Iran
Farragut Middle School
Knoxville, TN
Charter Communications
Evelien Liu and Elizabeth Sporgitas
8th Grade
Dear Mr. President...Where is the Funding?
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Camila Tussie, Jacob Wilentz, and Brian Bosem
8th Grade
The Dangers of an Increasing National Deficit
Falcon Cove Middle School
Weston, FL
Advanced Cable Communications
Grace Shoffner, Julia Hammon, and Maggie Murr
8th Grade
Education Across The Nation
Farragut Middle School
Knoxville, TN
Charter Communications
Lauren Frost and Camille Torfs-Leibman
8th Grade
Fishable, Swimmable, Drinkable
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Kye Masino
8th Grade
Government Wa$te
Homeschool
Hot Springs, AR
Resort Cable
Delaney Weller, Lauren Dickerson, and Maggie Olson
8th Grade
Inefficient Government Spending: The Foundation of Our Debt
Farragut Middle School
Knoxville, TN
Charter Communications
Dalhia Martinez
12th Grade
Reaching For A Dream
Clifton J. Ozen High School
Beaumont, TX
Time Warner Cable
Samuel Gladden
10th Grade
Education:The Greatest Common Factor
Miller Grove High School
Lithonia, GA
Comcast
Samantha Shanker
12th Grade
On Education
Ladue Horton Watkins High School
Ladue, MO
Charter Communications
Breylin Becton
12th Grade
The Opportunity Gap
Frisco Centennial High School
Frisco, TX
Grande Communications
Ari Moutal, Blake Finley, and Emily Wong
10th Grade
Bullying: A Threat to Our Nation
Canyon Crest Academy
San Diego, CA
Time Warner Cable
Luke Zeller, Ryan Porter, and Caleb Parkins
9th Grade
Our Future: Climate Change and Sustainable Energy
Asheville High School
Asheville, NC
Charter Communications
Madeline Bowne
9th Grade
Dear Mr President: Made in America?
Cherry Hill High School East
Cherry Hill, NJ
Comcast
Branda Bui, Cory Nguyen, and Monique Nguyen
12th Grade
Funding for Education
Garden Grove High School
Garden Grove, CA
Time Warner Cable
Timothy Ring, Michael Plaisance, and David Murphy
12th Grade
The Cost of College Then and Now
Bishop O'Dowd High School
Oakland, CA
Comcast
Robert Holloway
12th Grade
The Gun Delusion
Amarillo High School
Amarillo, TX
Suddenlink
Logan McKim
12th Grade
Income Inequality: the silent killer
Aloha High School
Aloha, OR
Comcast
Juan Fernandez, Camila A. Diaz, Ana Sophia Mifsud
11th Grade
Change for Climate Change
MAST Academy
Key Biscayne, FL
Comcast
Max Kronstadt, Ben Miller, and Leigh Cook
10th Grade
D.C. Statehood
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
James Jasper Saah, Ross Cohen-Kristianse, and Jacob Popper
10th Grade
A Simple Truth
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Connor Smith, Max Scribner, and Sam Howells
10th Grade
Passing the Test
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Gabrielle Gasche and Anna James
11th Grade
College Tuition
Vancouver School of Arts and Academics
Vancouver, WA
Comcast
Alexander Merker
12th Grade
Iran and America: Nuclear Weapons
Downingtown East High School
Exton, PA
Comcast
Michael Pyskaty
10th Grade
Our College Cost Conundrum
Starpoint High School
Lockport, NY
Time Warner Cable
Rachel Ciarkowski, Hannah Lynn, and Dana Shin
11th Grade
Reinventing Immigration in America
Pioneer High School
Ann Arbor, MI
Comcast
Sofie Squatriti and Keely Ferguson
11th Grade
Saving the American Dream
Pioneer High School
Ann Arbor, MI
Comcast
Francesca Boyer, Maddie DeLuca, and Karleigh Madej
12th Grade
Our Future
Amsterdam High School
Amsterdam, NY
Time Warner Cable
Brett Stanavich, Harrison Flint and Brittany Roux
12th Grade
Stop Teen Violence
Amsterdam High School
Amsterdam, NY
Time Warner Cable
Anthony Reiter and Vaughn Varma
12th Grade
Fracking in the Future
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Alexandria, VA
Cox Communications
Ian McConnell, Zach Moser, and Kaley Thornton
12th Grade
The Fiscal Cliff
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Alexandria, VA
Cox Communications
Angela Chang
12th Grade
A Country Left Behind: America's Struggle with Education Stagnancy
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Hank Hargrove
12th Grade
U.S. Energy Consumption: Exploring Possibilities
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Hannah Rogers
10th Grade
Poverty and its Effect on Education
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
David Nguyen, Jordan Peacock, Luke Van Lant
9th Grade
You're Fired: America's Unemployment Situation and How to Change it
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Charter Communications
Richard Uhlenhopp
12th Grade
Mr. President and the Farm Bill
Aplington Parkersburg High School
Parkersburg, IA
Mediacom
Eric Smith, Tim Baker, and Bryce Rosenberg
10th Grade
Set the standard for safe fracking
Hammond High School
Columbia, MD
Comcast
MonYi Lwin
10th Grade
It's Time
Hammond High School
Columbia, MD
Comcast
Hannah Callison, Anna Yip, and Jose Melgoza
12th Grade
Corporations are not People
New Technology High School
Napa, CA
Comcast
Caleb Segenet, Jason Cheng, Connor Scoffin
12th Grade
The Importance of Foreign Policy
Scripps Ranch High School
San Diego, CA
Time Warner Cable
Gabrielle Creazzo
12th Grade
The FDA
Nazareth Area High School
Nazareth, PA
Service Electric
David Nelson
11th Grade
American Empire
Conrad Weiser High School
Robesonia, PA
Comcast
Jeremy Smith, Sarah Wisser, and Dylan Metzinger
12th Grade
Getting America Back to Work
Conrad Weiser High School
Robesonia, PA
Comcast
Hanl Park
11th Grade
Dear Mr. President: How will we stop Gun Massacres?
Bergen County Academies
Hackensack, NJ
Cablevision
Alex Howard
12th Grade
We Must Do Something About the Guns
Central High School
St. Paul, MN
Comcast
Connor Pollard and Katie Boswell
12th Grade
A Roof Over Our Heads
Midlothian High School
Midlothian, VA
Comcast
Emmitt Rudd and Dean Sydnor
11th Grade
Education in America: The Reprehensible System
Mount Si High School
Snoqualmie, WA
Comcast
Prim Phoolsombat and Nicholas Fechner-Mills
8th Grade
Illegal Immigrants and their Education
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Roxanna Ulloa, Isabel Fetter, and Mika Yatsuhashi
8th Grade
Climate Change
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Nathan Blumenfeld and Ireland Tavarez
6th Grade
The Unemployment Rate
Elysian Charter School
Hoboken, NJ
Cablevision
N'niko Carre-Smith, Keaton Holt, and Jordan Tom
8th Grade
Capital Punishment
Beverly Cleary Fernwood
Portland, OR
Comcast
Anish Chaluvadi, Nikhil Vallabhaneni, and David Schmitt
8th Grade
Message to the President: Medicare and Medicaid
Langston Charter Middle School
Greenville, SC
Charter Communications
Isaac Beam
8th Grade
The Vicious Cycle
Langston Charter Middle School
Greenville, SC
Charter Communications
Tiffany Kim, Maya Dru, and Caitlin Kindig
8th Grade
Co-Pay
The Nettelhorst School
Chicago, IL
Comcast
Owen Blackwell
6th Grade
You Can Make a World of Difference!
BAK Middle School of the Arts
West Palm Beach, FL
Comcast