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StudentCam 2017 - Winners

 

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:


Mia and Ava Lazar
9th and 7th Grade
"The Tempest-Tossed"
Blacksburg High School and homeschool
Blacksburg, VA
Comcast
Air Date: Friday, April 21


HIGH SCHOOL - EAST DIVISION


Matthew Gannon
11th Grade
"Invisible"
Gonzaga College High School
Washington, DC
Comcast
Air Date: Thursday, April 20


The StudentCam 2017 "Fan Favorite"
During a week long period of public voting where over 4,203 votes were cast, Matthew's documentary received 1,197 of those votes. He will receive an additional $500 cash prize as this year's "Fan Favorite" documentary.


HIGH SCHOOL - CENTRAL DIVISION


Jarod Clark
12th Grade
"Enough is Enough"
Royal Oak High School
Royal Oak, MI
Comcast
Air Date: Wednesday, April 19



HIGH SCHOOL - WEST DIVISION


Arundathi Nair
9th Grade
"Fossil Fuels to Renewables"
Laramie High School
Laramie, WY
Spectrum
Air Date: Tuesday, April 18



MIDDLE SCHOOL


Molly Dougherty, Camdyn Lewis & Ava Decker
8th Grade
"US Gun Violence - A Complicated Puzzle"
West Scranton Intermediate School
Scranton, PA
Comcast
Air Date: Monday, April 17



HIGH SCHOOL - EAST DIVISION
Aline Marra, Anna Brookes & Claire Hibbeln
10th Grade
"Round Peg, Square Hole"
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Air Date: Sunday, April 16
Victoria Chong, Micael Guzman & Jack McDonald
12th Grade
"Preserve Now for the Future"
East Lyme High School
East Lyme, CT
Atlantic Broadband
Air Date: Wednesday, April 12
Abigail Landesman
11th Grade
"The Crisis and the Fear"
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Air Date: Saturday, April 8
Amanda Rutledge, Amy Krimm & Kiran Kochar McCabe
10th Grade
"Sprouting in the Fields"
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Air Date: Tuesday, April 04
HIGH SCHOOL - CENTRAL DIVISION
Micaela Edwards
12th Grade
"Behind the Bite"
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Air Date: Saturday, April 15
Isaac Miller, Paden Neely & Stephen Satarino
12th Grade
"Live and Let Drive"
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Air Date: Tuesday, April 11
Adam Koch and Tyler Cooney
11th Grade
"Powerhouse of the Prairie"
Dallas Center Grimes Community High School
Grimes, IA
Mediacom
Air Date: Friday, April 7
Mary Sier
12th Grade
"Incarceration Nation"
Royal Oak High School
Royal Oak, MI
Comcast
Air Date: Monday, April 3
HIGH SCHOOL - WEST DIVISION
Sofia Taglienti
11th Grade
"A Heart For Teaching"
Metropolitan Arts Institute
Phoenix, AZ
Cox Communications
Air Date: Friday, April 14
Aoife Haakenson, Mai Johnson & Suleyman Anwar
10th Grade
"Hunting for Harmony"
Singapore American School
Singapore
Air Date: MOnday, April 10
Ethan Cranston
10th Grade
"Cyber Security in America"
Golden View Classical Academy
Golden, CO
Comcast
Air Date: Thursday, April 6
Michelle Quan & Kris Carlos
11th and 12th Grade
"The Harm Done is Transparent"
Franklin High School
Elk Grove, CA
Comcast
Air Date: Sunday, April 2
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Eleanor Sparks, Charles Thrush & Alexander Rhoman
8th Grade
"On the Edge"
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Air Date: Thursday, April 13
Charlotte Lisa, Caroline Drapeau and Cara Fritz
8th Grade
"Gauging the Wage Gap"
Nashoba Brooks School
Concord, MA
Comcast
Air Date: Sunday, April 9
Priya Moorjani and Dhruv Pai
7th Grade
"The War on Guns"
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Air Date: Wednesday, April 5
Valerie Moura
7th Grade
"Cybersecurity: The Safety of Our Nation"
Ada Merritt K-8 Center
Miami, FL
Comcast
Air Date: Saturday, April 1

HIGH SCHOOL - EAST DIVISION
Christina Spain, Chelsea Wilck & Amanda Belawski
11th Grade
"Climate Change: The Rising Debate"
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum
Sebastien Kraft
11th Grade
"Trigger Lock: Enacting Gun License Reform To Curb American Gun Violence"
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring
Comcast
Jack Bulger, Ray Mizui & Eric Moreno
10th Grade
"Empowering America"
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring
Comcast
Walker Simasek & Clay DeHart
11th Grade
"Gun Control vs. Gun Rights"
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum
Nathan Katz
11th Grade
"Corporate Hypocrisy: Mergers and Acquisitions"
Weston High School
Weston, CT
Altice USA
Isabel Present
11th Grade
"Enshrined in the Constitution"
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring
Comcast
Sydney Plastow & Sophie Freid
11th Grade
"The American Dream"
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum
Rosie Daly, Siena Butters & Maddy Merrill
10th Grade
"Breaking the Cycle: Reform in Juvenile Detention Facilities"
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring
Comcast
HIGH SCHOOL - CENTRAL DIVISION
Taylor Millican
12th Grade
"A Stacked Deck"
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Ethan Dennis
12th Grade
"Worth the Cost"
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Frank Muller
12th Grade
"Up Against A Brick Wall"
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Matthew Murrie & Max Trost
10th Grade
"Why Go Back When You Can Frack?"
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Lauren Smith, Emily Ludwig & Henry Thiry
12th Grade
"The Mommy Penalty"
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Trevor Brant, Hannah Iverson & Jonah Priest
12th Grade
"The Unseen Battle: Improving Care for Our Veterans"
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Carolyn Eckrich, Audrey Cope & Grace Wittenberg
12th Grade
"Searching for Justice in the Land of Liberty"
Saint Thomas More High School
Rapid City, SD
Midco
Rebecca Messner
11th Grade
"Gender Inequality"
Royal Oak High School
Royal Oak, MI
Comcast
HIGH SCHOOL - WEST DIVISION
Savannah Hill & Sarah Murphy
12th Grade
"Welcome to America?"
Whitney High School
Rocklin, CA
Comcast
Gianna Tran & Aram Ramirez
12th Grade
"Our Resource, Their Home"
Centennial High School
Corona, CA
Spectrum
Dunham Perry & Max Abariotes
10th Grade
"Behind The Screen"
Mullen High School
Denver, CO
Comcast
Lucy Nottonson & Heather Davis
9th Grade
"The Importance of Wetlands"
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum
Jazmon Malone, Ananya Ponangi & Kayla Allen
11th Grade
"Federal Student Loans"
Imagine International Academy of North Texas
McKinney, TX
Spectrum
Nandita Vegesna, Kyra Page & Uma Reddy
11th Grade
"Our Message to Washington: Euthanasia"
Imagine International Academy of North Texas
McKinney, TX
Spectrum
Hannah Hawkins, William Heller & Kelton McLeod
12th Grade
"Working Washington"
Issaquah High School
Issaquah, WA
Comcast
Jayden Fitts & Keaton Urioste
9th Grade
"Putting Unemployment Out of Business"
Cinco Ranch High School
Katy, TX
Comcast
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Caleb Miller
7th Grade
"Over the Top"
Patrick Henry Middle School
Sioux Falls, SD
Midco
Christina Younan, Alexis Steinert & Lindy Kessler
8th Grade
"The Great Gun Debate"
Nashoba Brooks School
Concord MA
Comcast
Raymond Castillo II, Luke Bigalk & Adrian Sandoval
8th Grade
"Education & Incarceration"
High Tech Middle Chula Vista
Chula Vista, CA
Cox Communcations
Alexander Koehler, Amol Ajmera & Sebastian Davidson
8th Grade
"Combating Terrorism: US Involvement in Conflicts of the Middle East"
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Kiran Glass, Michelle Zhao & Faina Pensy
8th Grade
"Cyber Crisis"
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Jenna Shi & Katalin Schuffert
8th Grade
"1.1 Billion"
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Emilie Vigliotta & Caroline Liu
8th Grade
"Changing the Code"
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Elias Applebaum, Rishika Jadhav & Janna Stewartson
8th Grade
"Unlocking America: Addressing the Disproportionate Incarceration of Minorities"
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Hannah Green & Maria Franceschina
12th Grade
"Dear Mr. President..."
Broken Arrow High School
Broken Arrow, OK
Cox Communications
Alexandra Reboredo, Dru Barcelo & Daylin Delgado
11th Grade
"Immigration"
Miami Lakes Educational Center
Miami Lakes, FL
Comcast
Brendan Hicks & Evan Craige
12th Grade
"NATO's Future"
Ramstein High School
Germany
Tyler Wise, Leverette Williams, & Henry Horlbeck
12th and 11th Grade
"Is the Affordable Care Act Affordable?"
Richland Northeast High School
Columbia, SC
Spectrum
Maansi Srivastava & Sarah Ryu
11th Grade
"The Rising Cost of Medicine"
Bergen County Academies
Hackensack, NJ
Altice USA
Sara Nell
12th Grade
"The Family's View"
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Jude McCarthy
9th Grade
"Plastic Ocean Pollution"
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum
Alex Hannah & Meredith Ellison
11th Grade
"A Second Chance"
Woodrow Wilson High School
Washington, DC
Comcast
Joshua Harris
8th Grade
"Education is the Answer"
Home School
Palmyra, VA
Comcast
Zoe Heafner & Abigail Marcil
11th Grade
"Women in the Workplace"
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum
Lucy Spahr
11th Grade
"Global Warming: The Dead Zone "
New Trier High School
Winnetka, IL
Comcast
Samantha Shelton
12th Grade
"Change"
Whitney High School
Rocklin, CA
Comcast
Sebastian Toole
7th Grade
"Blue and the People"
Ada Merrit K-8 Center
Miami, FL
Comcast
Kai Moore, Samara Zielin & Talya Metz
10th and 9th Grade
"Saving Small Businesses"
NYC iSchool
New York, NY
Spectrum
Abby LeCam, Isabel Chamberlain & Lily Moskwa
10th Grade
"Accessibility is More Than Just a Courtesy"
Narragansett High School
Narragansett, RI
Cox Communications
Elizabeth Requejo, Bailey Cervana & Megan Dines
9th Grade
"Underwater Noise Pollution"
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum
Elena Frogameni & Phoebe Jessup
11th and 12th Grade
"Trust and Funding: Sanctuary Cities and Immigration Reform"
Northampton High School
Florence, MA
Comcast
Justin Ross
7th Grade
"Texting and Driving Distracted Drivers "
Chasco Middle School
Port Richey, FL
Spectrum
Natalie Montoya, Chloe Larson & Eric Fajgl
11th and 12th Grade
"The Ninth Seat"
St. Thomas More High School
Rapid City, SD
Midco
Duncan Grant, Matthew Cassidy & Pranav Ramesh
8th Grade
"The 51st State"
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Lauren Yu, Mia Wentzel & Haleigh Caaway
6th Grade
"When will it end?"
Thomas A. Edison Middle School
Sioux Falls, SD
Midco
Liz Goncalves, Braeden Vermette & Kendyl Vermette
8th Grade
"The Opioid Drug Epidemic, Our Nation in Crisis"
Paul R. Baird Middle School
Ludlow, MA
Spectrum
Jonathan Godfrey
10th Grade
"GMO: The Right to Choose"
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
William Donaldson, Isabella Hunt & Ryan Vyskocil
10th Grade
"Fettered Democracy"
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Clarke Shead
11th Grade
"Training the Badge- National Police Reform "
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, MO
Spectrum
Georgia Bernbaum
8th Grade
"The 52 Percent"
Maitland Middle School
Maitland, FL
Spectrum
Charlie Davies, Elise Cauton & Luna Warren
10th Grade
"Saving the Chesapeake"
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Luke Wullert & Srikar Yelamarthy
9th Grade
"The Tipping Point"
Tamanend Middle School
Warrington, PA
Comcast
Braiden Reyes II, Kailey Swiss & Phoebe Fink
12th Grade
"The American Dream"
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Ilan Barnea & Sam Modlinger
7th Grade
"Terrorism: Civil Liberties and Security in a Changing World"
Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County
New Milford, NJ
Altice USA
Nicole Lopez & Dylan Daves
8th Grade
"Land Development vs Conservation"
Sidney Gutierrez Middle School
Roswell, NM
Cable ONE
Wali Qureshi
8th Grade
"The Unjust Justice System"
John Adams Middle School
Edison, NJ
Altice USA
Madison Hines
12th Grade
"Bee Movie Without The Bees"
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Katie Judd
11th Grade
"The Heroin Epidemic in America"
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, MO
Spectrum
Emily Tieu
9th Grade
"Let's Get to Work!"
Abraham Lincoln High School
Los Angeles, CA
Spectrum
Rana Reid & Susannah Burch
11th and 10th Grade
"Addressing the Lack of Affordable Housing in America"
Home School Rehoboth Academy
Upper Marlboro, MD
Comcast
Ameena Bharde, Hibbah Karim & Maryam Farooqui
10th Grade
"Obamacare: The Path to Making America Healthy Again "
Al-Huda School
College Park, MD
Comcast
Courtney Pappas, Natalia Loumidis & Isabel DiNardo
8th Grade
"An Aversion to Conversion?"
Nashoba Brooks School
Concord, MA
Comcast
Isabella Reilly, Sophie DeMoya & Dallas Brown
9th Grade
"Mother Nature for Granted"
A. W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts
West Palm Beach, FL
Comcast
Morgan King, Sophia Callan & Sydney Matas
9th Grade
"What's The Catch?"
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum
Isabella Levine & Addele Hargenrader
10th Grade
"Lost in the System: America's Unnoticed Youth"
Richard Montgomery High School
Rockville, MD
Comcast
Madeleine Bonnallie & Madeleine Dorst
12th Grade
"Color Me Frustrated"
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Sarah Morgan
11th Grade
"Girls Just Wanna Have Representation"
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, MO
Spectrum
Ellie Shilling & Eliza Bernene
8th Grade
"Death Penalty: Is Our Criminal Justice System Flawed? "
Nashoba Brooks School
Concord, MA
Comcast
Ally Kennedy, Ben Derksen & Rodney Durham
12th Grade
"Emissions Drive the Motor City"
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Lucy Gavin, Nina Boggan & Sidney Gray
10th Grade
"Locked Up: The Aftermath of the War on Drugs"
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Virginia Henrici & Anna Moore
10th Grade
"The Latest Buzz"
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Shekhar Iyer, Aman Karangutkar & Amit Acharya
9th Grade
"Before The Rise"
John P. Stevens High School
Edison, NJ
Altice USA
John Rolwes, Seid Music & Haley Gassel
12th Grade
"Education Reform in the United States"
Affton High School
St. Louis, MO
Spectrum
Peter Donovan, Zane Witter, Olivia Campos
9th Grade
"Atmosphere of Denial"
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum
Jackson Cropper
10th Grade
"Food Insecurity in America"
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Jesus Barron, Priscilla Hall & Daniel Montez
12th Grade
"Immigration"
Joe Calvillo CTE Complex
Weslaco, TX
Spectrum
Sanjana Ranganathan
8th Grade
"Clicking Forward"
Gale Ranch Middle School
San Ramon, CA
Comcast
Chase Riling, Brady Keene & David Morris
12th Grade
"It Starts With the Middle"
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Marisa Wojtalewicz & Mia Nysveen
12th Grade
"Dear Poverty"
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Siani Ellis, Tatiana Laporte & Shayden Smith
11th Grade
"Protecting the Integrity of American Aid"
Imagine International Academy of North Texas
McKinney, TX
Spectrum
Aisling O'Connell, Olivia Todd & Katie Schuster
8th Grade
"Crossing the Border, Reaching the Light"
Nashoba Brooks School
Concord, MA
Comcast
Nick Marth & Hunter Lutte
11th and 12th Grade
"Our Hidden Problem"
Nazareth Area High School
Nazareth, PA
Service Electric Cable TV
Aden Alvine
7th Grade
"Pot or Not?"
Patrick Henry Middle School
Sioux Falls, SD
Midco
Mollie McGrady, Mollie Melnick & Kelsey Urbach
10th Grade
"Saving Our Shores"
Narragansett High School
Narragansett, RI
Cox Communications
Francine Vasquez, Jenna Bostick & Amanda Gonzalez
11th Grade
"Women's Rights are Human Rights"
Coral Reef Senior High School
Miami, FL
Comcast
Da-Young Kim & Vierra Queen
8th Grade
"Meeting Halfway: Mending Police-Minority Relations"
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Avery Smedley, Alina Kahn & Hunter Walterman
8th Grade
"A Nation Divided: The Syrian Refugee Crisis"
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Madelyn Wozniak, Stella Bruce & Phoebe Haas
8th Grade
"They Fought For Us, So Let's Fight For Them"
Correia Middle School
San Diego, CA
Cox Communications
Mindy Olinger, Tiffany Bargo & Kenari Moore
12th Grade
"Trans-Pacific Partnership"
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Grace Novak
12th Grade
"Policing the Media"
Royal Oak High School
Royal Oak, MI
Comcast
Eric Hatch & Theo Lee
11th Grade
"Affordable Housing: The Solution to the Homelessness Crisis"
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum
Eyan Reboucas & Andrea Pozo
11th Grade
"LGBT"
Coral Reef Senior High School
Miami, FL
Comcast
Niamh Ducey, Jennifer Brummett & Olena Zelinsky
10th Grade
"Home: Affordable Housing Up Close"
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Michael Bogaev
11th Grade
"Syrian Refugee Crisis"
Weston High School
Weston, CT
Altice USA
Alisa Gao & Irene Park
11th Grade
"It Should Be Worth It"
Richard Montgomery High School
Rockville, MD
Comcast
Sofia Wilson, Uma Duarte Esgalhado & Mathew Pulley
10th and 11th Grade
"A Voice for the Voiceless: Mental Health in America"
NYC iSchool
New York, NY
Spectrum
Tristan Cooper
8th Grade
"American Infrastructure"
Correia Middle School
San Diego, CA
Cox Communications
Hailey Chellis
11th Grade
"At All Costs: Rising Costs of College in America"
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, MO
Spectrum
Sharon Jeon
10th Grade
"Equity in Education"
Long Reach High School
Columbia, MD
Comcast
John Gorman
12th Grade
"Voting for Change"
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Muhammad Jalal, Justin Carter & Collin Bogoski
10 and 12th Grade
"Nuclear Energy: A Piece of the Puzzle"
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Matthew Aronin & Charlie Janko
8th Grade
"The Threat is Real: The Need for CyberSecurity "
The Alfred and Adele Davis Academy
Atlanta, GA
Comcast
Aaron Martin
12th Grade
"The Color Of Law"
Ozen High School
Beaumont, TX
Spectrum
Tess Williams & Nicole Tran
8th Grade
"Healing America: Developing a Better Health Care System"
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Joe Osmundson, Brady Collins & Sean Baker
6th Grade
"Vision of Terrorism"
Thomas A. Edison Middle School
Sioux Falls, SD
Midco
Elizabeth Searles & Mira Rudensky
9th Grade
"Mental Health: A Silent Epidemic"
A. W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts
West Palm Beach, FL
Comcast
Sophie Boorstin & Maren Beriss
11th Grade
"Racial Inequality in Eduction"
Maret School
Washington, DC
Comcast
Sam Rose, Johannes Temm & Alessandro Allen
10th Grade
"Drones: Our Future in the Sky"
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Tatiana Yared & Ashley Lee
11th Grade
"Obesity: a Growing Epidemic"
Bergen County Academies
Hackensack, NJ
Altice USA
Tatum Homer-Dibble, Lauren Hughes & Emme Santos
10th Grade
"Tapping the Wage Gap"
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum
Damani McAdoo & Angel Escobar
12th Grade
"Gentrification in DC"
Woodrow Wilson High School
Washington, DC
Comcast
Jasper Wright, Sachi Vora & Cannon Dean
7th Grade
"Can We Put The Care Back in Healthcare?"
East Lyme Middle School
Niantic, CT
Atlantic Broadband
Alexandra Weidenfeld, Julia Williamson & Ruby Santana
10th Grade
"Overdosed: Battling America's Opioid Epidemic"
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Bella Colandrea, Maxim Jelton & Asha Christensen
11th Grade
"Securing the U.S Power Grid"
Imagine International Academy of North Texas
Mckinney, TX
Spectrum
Mackenzie Caffo, Jessica Ellis & Maggie Curran
8th Grade
"Toxic Waves"
Correia Middle School
San Diego, CA
Cox Communications
Corbin Olson, Dillon Johnson & Austin Nelson
12th Grade
"Syrian Refugee Crisis"
St. Thomas More High School
Rapid City, SD
Midco
Emma Nerrow, Avrie DeMayo & Chloe Little
8th Grade
"LGBTQ+ Rights in School"
Nashoba Brooks School
Concord, MA
Comcast
Grace Weiler & Addie Hammond
7th Grade
"School Funding"
Lora Batchelor Middle School
Bloomington, IN
Comcast
Emma Barnes, Andrew Bates & Akaash Suresh
9th Grade
"Drawing the Line"
Tamanend Middle School
Warrington, PA
Comcast
Ana de la Rosa, Paula Perez & Sabrina Rodriguez
8th Grade
"Upwards or Downwards"
South Miami Middle School
Miami, FL
Comcast
Sarah Bomhoff
6th Grade
"National Debt: Left for the Next Generation"
Thomas A. Edison Middle School
Sioux Falls, SD
Midco