A hearty congratulations to each of the winning documentarians, whose videos competed among the record-setting 1,893 films that were received in the 2013 StudentCam competition. A total of 3,753 students representing 44 states, as well as Washington DC, and Taiwan, took part in the competition.

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Josh Stokes
12th Grade
"Unemployment in America"
Daniel Hand High School
Madison, CT
Comcast
Air Date: Saturday, April 27
HIGH SCHOOL

Alan Shimp
10th Grade
"Free Candy"
PA Cyber School
Midland, PA
Comcast
Air Date: Friday, April 26

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Parin Bhaduri, Austin Hoag, and Nalin Varma
8th Grade
"Public Transportation in the Nation"
Farragut Middle School
Knoxville, TN
Charter Communications
Air Date: Thursday, April 25

MIDDLE SCHOOL
Jessica Ji and Olivia Lindsley
8th Grade
"Healthcare Reform"
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Air Date: Tuesday, April 23
Katherine Wang and Timothy Zhou
8th Grade
"The Federal Deficit and Debt: Darkening the Future"
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Air Date: Sunday, April 21
Rebecca Levy and Shelby Stevens
8th Grade
"What's the Catch?"
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Air Date: Friday, April 19
Zachary Cohen
7th Grade
"Education: Take A Spin"
The Alfred and Adele Davis Academy
Sandy Springs, GA
Comcast
Air Date: Wednesday, April 17
HIGH SCHOOL
Matthew Shimura
10th Grade
"Tides of Tomorrow"
Punahou School
Honolulu, HI
Oceanic Time Warner Cable
Air Date: Wednesday, April 24
James Roldan
11th Grade
"Education: America's Challenge"
Westminster Academy
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Comcast
Air Date: Monday, April 22
Alexandra Chandler
11th Grade
"Guns In Our Schools"
Clearwater High School
Clearwater, FL
Bright House Networks
Air Date: Saturday, April 20
Merin McDivitt, Brendan Kennedy, and Pearl James
11th Grade
"State of the City"
Pioneer High School
Ann Arbor, MI
Comcast
Air Date: Thursday, April 18
 

MIDDLE SCHOOL
Grace Weissman and Isabel Lott
8th Grade
"Immigration: The Border Crossing Controversy"
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Air Date: Monday, April 15
Lauren Fiet, Tali Graham, and Eunice Baek
8th Grade
"A Game of Risk: Israel and Iran"
Farragut Middle School
Knoxville, TN
Charter Communications
Air Date: Saturday, April 13
Evelien Liu and Elizabeth Sporgitas
8th Grade
"Dear Mr. President...Where is the Funding?"
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Air Date: Thursday, April 11
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
Air Date: Tuesday, April 9
 
Grace Shoffner, Julia Hammon, and Maggie Murr
8th Grade
"Education Across The Nation"
Farragut Middle School
Knoxville, TN
Charter Communications
Air Date: Sunday, April 7
Lauren Frost and Camille Torfs-Leibman
8th Grade
"Fishable, Swimmable,Drinkable"
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Air Date: Friday, April 5
Kye Masino
8th Grade
"Government Wa$te"
Homeschool
Hot Springs, AR
Resort Cable
Air Date: Wednesday, April 3
Delaney Weller, Lauren Dickerson, and Maggie Olson
8th Grade
"Inefficient Government Spending: The Foundation of Our Debt"
Farragut Middle School
Knoxville, TN
Charter Communications
Air Date: Monday, April 1
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Peter Ackerman
11th Grade
"College: America's Gateway"
Cony High School
Augusta, ME
Time Warner Cable
Air Date: Tuesday, April 16
Trevor Warren
12th Grade
"The Strangers: Illegal Immigration in America"
Homeschool
Spanish Fort, AL
Mediacom
Air Date: Sunday, April 14
Tucker Hemphill
9th Grade
"Catching Waves For Renewable Energy"
The Lab School of Washington
Washington, DC
Comcast
Air Date: Friday, April 12
Rachael Bartish
12th Grade
"Sincerely, Rachael"
Franklin County High School
Brookville, IN
Enhanced Telecommunications Corporation
Air Date: Wednesday, April 10
 
Julie Doyle and Joshua Thompson
12th Grade
"The Significance of Small Businesses"
Cedar Falls High School
Cedar Falls, IA
Mediacom
Air Date: Monday, April 8
Aaron Mirtes and Chaz Olivier
12th Grade
"In Sickness and in Healthcare"
Ravenwood High School
Brentwood, TN
Comcast
Air Date: Saturday, April 6
Destin Bigsby, Carl Olson, and Kieran Reiser
9th Grade
"Renewable Energy"
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Charter Communications
Air Date: Thursday, April 4
Frank Boudon and Jason Ji
10th Grade
"Poverty: America's Untold Crisis "
Troy High School
Troy, MI
Wide Open West
Air Date: Tuesday, April 2
 

MIDDLE SCHOOL
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
 
HIGH SCHOOL
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