- PRESS RELEASE:
C-SPAN Announces Winners of 2019 StudentCam Documentary Competition (PDF)
- VIDEO:
Televised Announcement of the C-SPAN StudentCam 2019 Winners (3:23)
- Zerlan Earl Caasi, Shaan Merchant & Nathan Ong (Sacramento, CA)
- Joshua Harris (Palmyra, VA)
- Emily Monroe, Abigail Penhallegon & Naomi Rossow (Milan, MI)
- Sophie Emma Wells (Pleasanton, CA)
- Sofia Gevorgian & Anahit Malumyan (Los Angeles, CA)
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Mason Daugherty & Eli Scott |
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HIGH SCHOOL - EAST DIVISION  Ella Grace Rodriguez, Justin Whittingham & Luke Sand During a week long period of public voting where almost 25,000 votes were cast, "Comfortably Numb" received over 5,000 of those votes. They will receive an additional $500 cash prize as this year's "Fan Favorite" documentary. |
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HIGH SCHOOL - CENTRAL DIVISION Jacob Sammon, Matthew Moran & Riley Vander Hart |
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HIGH SCHOOL - WEST DIVISION Cristian Granados & Gabriel Wright |
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MIDDLE SCHOOL Ida Chen & Hana Lee |
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Hunter Walterman, Isaac Newman & Rekha Leonard 10th Grade "Rockin' in the Free World" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast Air Date: Tuesday, April 16 |
Raymond Baccari, Aydan Santos & Jovan Jimenez 11th Grade "The 2nd Amendment : With Its UnBEARable Consequences" Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts Providence, RI Cox Communications Air Date: Friday, April 12 |
Darius Adamson, Gabrielle Greenley & Darius Darby 12th Grade "Free Speech in America" Richland Northeast High School Columbia, SC Spectrum Air Date: Monday, April 8 |
Anne Joseph & Ashley Browne 10th Grade "America: A Marketplace of Ideas" The Winsor School Boston, MA Comcast Air Date: Thursday, April 4 |
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Jonathan Godfrey and Jackson Cropper
12th Grade "Forging A Path: Striving to Become a More Perfect Union" Jenks High School Jenks, OK Cox Communications Air Date: Monday, April 15 |
Matthew Murrie 12th Grade "Our Selfless Arms" Jenks High School Jenks, OK Cox Communications Air Date: Thursday, April 11 |
Sophie Foley & Lauren Higginbotham 12th Grade "Students Ruin the First Amendment" Fishers High School Fishers, IN Comcast Air Date: Sunday, April 7 |
Raley Weeks & Michael Thompson 11th Grade "The American Rat Race" Jenks High School Jenks, OK Cox Communications Air Date: Wednesday, April 3 |
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Hamid Torabzadeh, Katherine Padilla & Pia Hao 9th Grade "Retained by the People: The Promise of America" Long Beach Polytechnic High School Long Beach, CA Spectrum Air Date: Sunday, April 14 |
Tanner Fenton, Amy Pham & Zada Jones 12th & 11th Grade "Til We Reach That Day" Frontier High School Mansfield, TX Spectrum Air Date: Wednesday, April 10 |
Jaeyoung Kang, Rachel Joo & Leo Baek 11th & 10th Grade "American Food: The Culinary Diversity" JP Academy Irvine, CA Cox Communications Air Date: Saturday, April 6 |
Arundathi Nair 11th Grade "Out of Many, One and Out of One, Many" Laramie High School Laramie, WY Spectrum Air Date: Tuesday, April 2 |
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Allison Fan & Kaitlyn Li 8th Grade "The Gender Wage Gap" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast Air Date: Saturday, April 13 |
Eleanor Pugh, Katherine Gough & Rebecca Meek 8th Grade "The Youth Ballot: Lowering the Voting Age" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast Air Date: Sunday, April 9 |
Aarushi Gupta & Shairee Arora 8th Grade "Equal Opportunity or the Lack Thereof" Roberto Clemente Middle School Germantown, MD Comcast Air Date: Friday, April 5 |
Rachel Tokarski, Tovya Michael & Seneka Millawabandara 8th Grade "Equality For All: Progress for LGBT Rights" Natomas Charter School Sacramento, CA Comcast Air Date: Monday, April 1 |
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Thomas McKenna
9th Grade "Work Hard, Dream On: Immigrant Entrepreneurship and the American Dream" Homeschool Lovettsville, VA Comcast |
Emma Younger 11th Grade "How 9/11 Has Shaped the American Experience" Woodrow Wilson Senior High School Washington, DC Comcast |
Arden Wallman & Ellie Schuchart
11th Grade "Speak Out" Winter Park High School Winter Park, FL Spectrum |
Theodore Gold, Nina Penny & Tyler Baguio
12th Grade "The Freedom to Worship: Religion in America" NYC iSchool New York, NY Spectrum |
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Che Moorhead, Charles Thrush & Will Thorne 10th Grade "Butterfly: The Redline Around America" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Rebecca Santangelo, Emilie Vigliotta & Amina King
10th Grade "An Inclusive America" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Lila Chafe & Frances O'Connor 11th Grade "Teaching the Dream" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Jamie Collins, Lo'Ren Suber & Janiya Valentine
12th Grade "The Power of the Second Amendment" Richland Northeast High School Columbia, SC Spectrum |
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Annie Thomas & Olivia Essary 11th Grade "America: We Know How TWO Party" Madison Central High School Madison, MS Comcast |
Ethan Peter
11th Grade "Separate and Unequal" Kirkwood High School Kirkwood, MO Spectrum |
Cameon Wade 12th Grade "The Polar Bear Legacy" Troy Athens High School Troy, MI Comcast |
Halle Frieden & Grace Mills
12th Grade "The Epic of America" Jenks High School Jenks, OK Cox Communications |
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Summer DeWeese
12th Grade "Soup or Salad and What it Means to be an American" Jenks High School Jenks, OK Cox Communications |
Madeline Bale 12th Grade "Menstruation Discrimination" Clayton High School Clayton, MO Spectrum |
Aarushi Ganguly 11th Grade "Democracy: What it means to be American" Greenhills School Ann Arbor, MI Comcast |
Maddie Meyers 11th Grade "Freedom of the Press: It's in our DNA" Kirkwood High School Kirkwood, MO Spectrum |
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Zander Clinton 10th Grade "Gun Violence In Vegas" Bishop Gorman High School Las Vegas, NV Cox Communications |
Jessica Le, Vivian Tran & Natalyn Tran 11th Grade "Equality for All" Franklin High School Elk Grove, CA Comcast |
Alex Selwyn & Ben Stein
10th Grade "Young, Undocumented, Alone" Palo Alto High School Palo Alto, CA Comcast |
Madison Johnson, Raina Lindseth & Kenzie Huston 11th Grade "Our Constitutional Rights: The 2nd Amendment" Foothills Community Christian School Great Falls, MT Spectrum |
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Luke Lechman, Daniel Elliott & Cade Renfroe 12th Grade "America: The Land of Opportunity!" Frontier High School Mansfield, TX Spectrum |
Loren Rutherford, Lauren Ramirez & Alyssa Jablecki 12th Grade "Indivisible: What It Means to Be an American" Ocean View Christian Academy San Diego, CA Cox Communications |
Emilie Difede, Isabella Koutsoyanis & Blake Elfsten 10th Grade "Striving for Gender Equality" Palo Alto High School Palo Alto, CA Comcast |
Catherine Reller, Ryan Seto & Paige Thomas 10th Grade "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" Palo Alto High School Palo Alto, CA Comcast |
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Alexander Dawson, Zane Aguiar & Will Morris 8th Grade "The American Idea" Freeport Middle School Freeport, ME Comcast |
Dylan Stegemoller, Jaxon Moore & Aden Pierce 7th Grade "Freedom of Speech - America's Greatest Right (Sometimes Limited)" Lora Batchelor Middle School Bloomington, IN Comcast |
Jake Lee & Brandon Kim 8th Grade "An American Entrepreneur" Roberto Clemente Middle School Germantown, MD Comcast |
Dahlia Harris, Neena Deosaran & Cecilia Gonzalez 7th Grade "What is Your Limit?" South Miami Middle School Miami, FL Comcast |
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Aarushi Soni, Anna Li & Emily Duan 8th Grade "Capitalism: Made for the Wealthy" Roberto Clemente Middle School Germantown, MD Comcast |
Katie Moorer, Njandee Murangi & Avani Ambardekar 8th Grade "Taking a Stand by Taking a Knee" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Ada Fiala, Allison Howlett & Samantha Wu 8th Grade "Healthcare: Right or Privilege?" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Lizette Miranda & Katherine Hong 8th Grade "Social Media and the 1st Amendment" Roberto Clemente Middle School Germantown, MD Comcast |
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Jayson Makori, Karina Solorozano & Benjamin Janusz
12th Grade "Pressing For Freedom" TC Williams High School Alexandria, VA Comcast |
Bernadette Montefalcon, Autumn Khuu & Lauren Sanfelippo 11th Grade "Immigrants & Citizenship" Imagine International Academy of North Texas McKinney, TX Spectrum |
William Davidson, Keyanna Argumedo & Yasmin Lee 11th Grade "Freedom of Speech" Richland Northeast High School Columbia, SC Spectrum |
Eileen Liu & Isabella Lloyd 11th "Free Speech" Vestavia Hills High School Vestavia Hills, AL Spectrum |
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Mae Rusconi & Elizabeth Wolfram 8th Grade "The Courage to Speak, the Courage to Listen" Nashoba Brooks School Concord, MA Comcast |
Chloe Dean 12th Grade "America and All of Its Voices" Broken Arrow High School Broken Arrow, OK Cox Communications |
Claire Prudhomme & Georgia Bernbaum 12th & 10th Grade "E Pluribus Unum" Montverde Academy Montverde, FL Comcast |
Robert Padmore, Natan Kimelman-Block & Avi Kedia
10th Grade "Disobedience in the Capitol" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
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Michael Fu, Kamen Iliev & Avinash Palliyil
10th Grade "The American Dream: Fact or Fiction?" Walton High School Marietta, GA Comcast |
Isabella Thalheimer & Sam Lee
11th Grade "I See Americans" Winter Park High School Winter Park, FL Spectrum |
Liza Willsey 11th Grade "Something out of Nothing" Woodrow Wilson Senior High School Washington, DC Comcast |
Alyssa Bristle, Angela Fields & Shelby Mann
10th Grade "Helping Hands" Franklin High School Elk Grove, CA Comcast |
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Daniel Gonzalez III, Michelle Mairena & Khimmoy Hudson
10th Grade "Listen: America is Speaking" Miami Lakes Educational Center Miami Lakes, FL Comcast |
Alaina Kotchey, Adina Munin & Lauren Copeland 12th Grade "The Freedom and Choice to Use Your Voice" Fox Chapel Area High School Pittsburgh, PA Comcast |
Taylor Hall, Alayna Bellavia & Lauren Aldrich 10th Grade "Protecting the 2nd Amendment Rights and Lives of Americans" Narragansett High School Narragansett, RI Cox Communications |
Deanie Woodruff 8th Grade "Out of Many, One" Correia Middle School San Diego, CA Cox Communications |
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Ashley Grant 9th Grade "Immigration:The Heart Of America" Concord-Carlisle High School Concord, MA Comcast |
Sophia Ostheim
10th Grade "One Nation" Winter Park High School Winter Park, FL Spectrum |
Matthew McGillick & Spencer Lund 12th Grade "A Nation Founded on Hope" St. Thomas More High School Rapid City, SD Midco |
Elizabeth Cooke, Charlotte Foster & Evelyn Shue
8th Grade "What Defines 'American': Patriotism or Papers?" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
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Jennifer Hong & Dana Yoon 8th Grade "The Story Behind the Smiles" Natomas Charter School Sacramento, CA Comcast |
Caitlin Lanterman & Madison Collins 12th Grade "American Immigration" Mountain View High School Meridian, ID Cable ONE |
Bianca Vucetich, Javier Pujols & Aimet Ruiz 12th Grade "The Immigrant Dream" iPrep Academy Miami, FL Comcast |
Amanda Rutledge & Kiran Kochar McCabe 12th Grade "The Disposable Youth: The Problems with Foster Care" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
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Alexander Wallach 11th Grade "Vicious Country, Vicious City" Kirkwood High School Kirkwood, MO Spectrum |
Wade Fletcher & Caleb Daniels 12th Grade "Born American: Birthright Citizenship and the 14th Amendment" Richland Northeast High School Columbia, SC Spectrum |
Judith Goldstein, Molly Howard & Nathaniel Thrush
10th Grade "A Slogan for the People" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Aaron Mansell & Samantha Ducote 10th Grade "Journey to Equality" Sulphur High School Sulphur, LA Suddenlink by Altice USA |
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Maxine Tewsley, Travis York & Kendall Martinez
12th Grade "Did You Hate Today?" Milan High School Milan, MI Comcast |
Erin Alonso & Olivia Lord
10th Grade "A Sense of Belonging" Bergen County Academies Hackensack, NJ Optimum by Altice USA |
Aaron Zoll 12th Grade "Political Polarization in America" Clayton High School Clayton, MO Spectrum |
Shreya Jangada
8th Grade "Our Voices" John Adams Middle School Edison, NJ Optimum by Altice USA |
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Anderson Acebo, Max Trost & Justin Blevins 10th Grade "Nothing Small About Small Businesses" Jenks High School Jenks, OK Cox Communications |
Charlotte Witt 11th Grade "The People Behind the Percents" Kirkwood High School Kirkwood, MO Spectrum |
Kaitlyn Shea Andaya, Ava Acosta & Hailey Ledford
8th Grade "The Significance of Our Inalienable Rights" American Canyon Middle School American Canyon, CA Comcast |
Aaron Miller, Adrik Scaramuzza & Dean Reiferson
12th Grade "The Pentagon Papers: An American Standard?" Weston High School Weston, CT Optimum by Altice USA |
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Carsten Higbie, Camron Herbert & Giorgio Malkoun
10th Grade "Rails of the Republic" University Liggett School Grosse Pointe Woods, MI Comcast |
Michael Graham-Green, Hikaru Koga & Samuel Monks
12th Grade "Locally Sourced Government" Arlington High School Arlington, MA Comcast |
Delaney Kreidler & Nadlee Woods 11th Grade "The Waste of America" Winter Park High School Winter Park, FL Spectrum |
Grant Atwood, Justin Rosu & Jacob Jacoub 9th Grade "We Didn't All Come on the Mayflower" Long Beach Polytechnic High School Long Beach, CA Spectrum |
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Carina Guo & James Mu 9th Grade "Crossing the Oceans" Richard Montgomery High School Rockville, MD Comcast |
Naomi Cocker, Sanna Moore & Charlotte Vogel 10th Grade "American Values: Freedom of the Press" Poolesville High School Poolesville, MD Comcast |
Julia Smotkin
11th Grade "(Dis)enfranchised" Kirkwood High School Kirkwood, MO Spectrum |
Michael Lozovoy 12th Grade "Americans at Birth" Lafayette High School Lexington, KY Spectrum |
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Allison Swann, Abonie Blount & Katalin Schuffert
10th Grade "Funding Our Future: Inequities in Public Education" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Jordan McAuliff, Abby Kusmin & Bristol Glasgow 10th Grade "The Perfect Storm: How Hurricane Maria Blew Away the Illusion of Puerto Rican Equality" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Anna Fisher Lopez, Maren Gibb & Faina Pensy
10th Grade "Gagged: The Worldwide Impact of the Global Gag Rule" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Liv Dussere, Maddie Martin & Tess Williams 10th Grade "The Plastic Problem" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
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Lauren Roussel & Isla Wilson 8th Grade "A Nation of Immigrants" Freeport Middle School Freeport, ME Comcast |
Samantha Williams & Inanna Khansa
9th Grade "The Press and the People" Long Beach Polytechnic High School Long Beach, CA Spectrum |
Ty Rickard 11th Grade "Freedom" Rehobeth High School Rehobeth, AL Spectrum |
Michelle Lewis & Sara Snelson 11th Grade "Homosexuality in America: The Fight for Equality" Glendale High School Springfield, MO Mediacom |
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Caleb Miller
9th Grade "Another Free Day" Lincoln High School Sioux Falls, SD Midco |
Katie Smith, Christine Mills & Lindsey Hedges 10th Grade "Women in the Workplace: The American Experience" Winter Park High School Winter Park, FL Spectrum |
Annalissa Hankinson 10th Grade "Dennison Railroad's WWII Canteen" Homeschool Walhonding, OH Spectrum |
Maya Smith, Kathleen Murphy & Katie Gerend 12th Grade "Coming Together: A Story of Americans Overcoming 9/11" Whitefish Bay High School Whitefish Bay, WI Spectrum |
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Darryl Sams 12th Grade "An Unceasing Divide" Clayton High School Clayton, MO Spectrum |
Audrey Song 9th Grade "One Person, One Vote" Long Beach Polytechnic High School Long Beach, CA Spectrum |
Claire Swadling 9th Grade "With Love, America" Canton High School Canton, MI Comcast |
Eriel Gaylord, Sammy Saldana & Melany Davila 11th Grade "America's Homeless" Conrad Weiser High School Robesonia, PA Comcast |
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Charlotte Despard & Angelina Hunt 11th Grade "Chasing the American Dream: A Nation Built by Diversity" TC Williams High School Alexandria, VA Comcast |
Fisher Mallon & Elyas Laubach 8th Grade "Solitary Confinement: Lawful Torture" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Agata Czaja, Joanna Li & Eileen Luo 8th Grade "9/11: A Catalyst for Patriotism" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Caitlyn Pinsker 8th Grade "Healthcare and America's Well-Being: Being American and Its Effect On Americans' Health" The Alfred and Adele Davis Academy Atlanta, GA Comcast |
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Serena Bernstein & Mia Umali 10th Grade "The Evolution of Modern News" Arlington High School Arlington, MA Comcast |
Victoria Ely, Megan McDonnell & Katherine Park
10th & 11th Grade "From the American Dream to Jail Cells" Long Reach High School Columbia, MD Comcast |
Srihitha Akula & Tanvi Vaidya 8th Grade "Protests and Peace: An American Lifestyle" Roberto Clemente Middle School Germantown, MD Comcast |
Maya Ramamurthi, Aidan Kelley & Brian Hoff 8th Grade "Who Are We, the People?" Roberto Clemente Middle School Germantown, MD Comcast |
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Priya Moorjani & Dhruv Pai 9th Grade "We Are" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Isabelle Megosh, Anna Orzulak & Lilia Wong 10th Grade "Fighting For Those Who Fought" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Amanda Wu & Matthew Casertano 9th Grade "Disunited States" Richard Montgomery High School Rockville, MD Comcast |
Ava Checkan, Angela Engle & Alison Wang 10th Grade "Choice, Convenience, Cost: Fast Food in America" Poolesville High School Poolesville, MD Comcast |
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Ethan Cranston 12th Grade "What it Means to be American: Exploring our Pioneering Spirit" Golden View Classical Academy Golden, CO Comcast |
Marley Gerber 7th Grade "American Champions" Glenridge Middle School Orlando, FL Spectrum |
Destiny Sevrinus & Emily Alley 10th Grade "Materialism" Jenks High School Jenks, OK Cox Communications |
Charlotte Suttee
12th Grade "The United Individuals of America" Jenks High School Jenks, OK Cox Communications |
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Ford Burgess & Kaylynn Warren
12th Grade "Guns and America" Edmond Memorial High School Edmond, OK Cox Communications |
Hope Suttles, Alyvea Sloan & Grace Fox 12th Grade "Has America Changed? Obergefell v Hodges" Edmond Memorial High School Edmond, OK Cox Communications |
Sreejani Kanuri & Katherine Schornhorst
8th Grade "Women in Government" East Middle School Plymouth, MI Comcast |
Lydia Yeh, Paris Ye & Avery Wang 8th Grade "The Problem's Not You, It's Fast Food" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
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Clara McClintock, Georgia Bardi & Gillian Stingley 8th Grade "Maintaining Religious Freedom in America" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Gwendolyn Taylor, Chloe Motsebo & Isabella Kreidler
8th Grade "The Cost of College" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Samuel Desai, Christian Testa & Theo Topolewski 8th Grade "Changing Climate Changing Nation" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Mannat Kadian, Rebecca Gu & Avni Kabra 8th Grade "The 17th Amendment: Its Impact on Our Nation" East Lyme Middle School Niantic, CT Atlantic Broadband |
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William Lu & John Engle 8th Grade "Intrepid: The Fight for Racial Equality" Roberto Clemente Middle School Germantown, MD Comcast |
Sophia Morelock & Lia Iverson 12th Grade "Mind, Body & Heart" Milan High School Milan, MI Comcast |
Emily Monroe, Abigail Penhallegon & Naomi Rossow 12th Grade "Freedom of Speech: Not Just Your Right" Milan High School Milan, MI Comcast |
Leighann Gully, Alyssa Vining & Emma Klenke 10th Grade "The Land of Opportunity" Sulphur High School Sulphur, LA Suddenlink by Altice USA |
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Michelle Wong, Desiree Chen & Basmah Elradi 8th Grade "Gender and Equality: The Pay Gap Today" Roberto Clemente Middle School Germantown, MD Comcast |
Angelica Frude & Naomi Scissors 8th Grade "Indivisible: The Pledge of Allegiance and its Controversy" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Norah Lesperance, Saskia Mahar-Piersma & Avery Marra 8th Grade "All One Voice" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Jillian Russell & Luke North 11th Grade "America Through the Lens of Civil Rights" Madison Central High School Madison, MS Comcast |
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Elizabeth Barton, Vedanth Buddala & Tanbir Banipal 11th Grade "Freedom of Speech: The Voice of the American Experience" Madison Central High School Madison, MS Comcast |
Alysse Danyi, Peter Huleatt & Seth Peterson 12th Grade "Federalism" Nazareth Area High School Nazareth, PA Service Electric |
Mantek Chauhan & Logan Holt 11th Grade "Mantek's Realization" Nazareth Area High School Nazareth, PA Service Electric |
Aisling Gearhart, Vanessa Turner & Eleanor Mieremet 8th Grade "Felon Disenfranchisement: An American Justice Controversy" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
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Josh Greenbaum, Sammy Gallun & Vishal Jain 8th Grade "The Bouquet" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
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