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C-SPAN Announces Winners of 2015 StudentCam Documentary Competition
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Televised Announcement of this year's C-SPAN StudentCam Winners
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Anna Gilligan, Katie Demos & Michael Lozovoy |
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HIGH SCHOOL - EAST DIVISION Matthew Post, John Caporaletti & Keza Levine |
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HIGH SCHOOL - CENTRAL DIVISION ![]() McKinleigh Lair |
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HIGH SCHOOL - WEST DIVISION Severiano Romo, Alexis Rainery & Molly Kerwick |
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MIDDLE SCHOOL Anna Pinkerton & Elizabeth Budin |
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HIGH SCHOOL - EAST DIVISION | |||
Nicholas Fechner-Mills, Jack Russ & Prim Phoolsombat 10th Grade "SNAP to it America" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast Air Date: Wednesday, April 22 |
Madeline Bowne 11th Grade "Student Loan Debt: A Burden on America's Scholars" Cherry Hill High School East Cherry Hill, NJ Comcast Air Date: Thursday, April 16 |
Tate Hawver & Cameron Tuech 12th Grade "Wild and Scenic" Winter Park High School Winter Park, FL Bright House Networks Air Date: Friday, April 10 |
Cole Sebastian, Thomas Norris & Amy Gilbert 10th Grade "Housing the Future " Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast Air Date: Monday, April 06 |
HIGH SCHOOL - CENTRAL DIVISION | |||
Christian Miller, Lex Neely & Emily Walker 12th Grade "Ethanol In Milan, Today and Tomorrow" Milan High School Milan, MI Comcast Air Date: Tuesday, April 21 |
Evan Gulock 12th Grade "The Affordable Care Act: A Snapshot of the Now" Royal Oak High School Royal Oak, MI Comcast Air Date: Wednesday, April 15 |
Matthew Eastmo, Travis Mills & Ashley Peterson 12th Grade "The Keystone Effect" Saint Thomas More High School Rapid City, SD Midcontinent Air Date: Thursday, April 09 |
Eli Kirshner, Ricardo Moreno & Arden Siegel 11th Grade "Still Left Behind?" Skyline High School Ann Arbor, MI Comcast Air Date: Friday, April 03 |
HIGH SCHOOL - WEST DIVISION | |||
Destin Bigsby 11th Grade "Guns in America" Long Beach Polytechnic High School Long Beach, CA Charter Communications Air Date: Monday, April 20 |
Giavanna Anguiano, Sierra Vaught & Martha Pacheco Flores 12th Grade "Fuera de la Sombra" Metropolitan Arts Institute Phoenix, AZ Cox Communications Air Date: Tuesday, April 14 |
Joshua Hamilton, Tyler Staby & Connor Krohn 11th Grade "9066 " Franklin High School Elk Grove, CA Comcast Air Date: Wednesday, April 8 |
Justice Best 11th Grade "Effects of Sage-grouse in Nevada" Spanish Springs High School Sparks, NV Charter Communications Air Date: Thursday, April 02 |
MIDDLE SCHOOL | |||
Allie Stanley & Katherine Thompson 8th Grade "The Tennessee Valley Authority: Power Play " Fort Payne Middle School Fort Payne, AL Charter Communications Air Date: Friday, April 17 |
Ally Lee, Haley Leavens & Claire Bene 8th Grade "Same Sex Marriage" Beverly Cleary School Portland, OR Comcast Air Date: Monday, April 13 |
Shannon Lamb, Faith Burton & Britney Erickson 8th Grade "The Washington What?" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast Air Date: Tuesday, April 07 |
Joseph Sexton 8th Grade "The American Dream: Jersey City" Explore 2000 Middle School Jersey City, NJ Comcast Air Date: Wednesday, April 01 |
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HIGH SCHOOL - EAST DIVISION | |||
Katelyn Goglia, Christine Goglia & Jessica McLeod 10th Grade "To Kill a Waterway" Narragansett High School Narragansett, RI Cox Communications |
Isaiah Schmidt, Jack Hazel & Raven Lewellen 11th Grade "International Students" Summerville High School Summerville, SC Time Warner Cable |
Kevin Baker & Love Chung 10th Grade "Nuestra Casa (Our House)" Hammond High School Columbia, MD Comcast |
Helen Malhotra 11th Grade "District of Columbia: Taxation Without Representation" Woodrow Wilson High School Washington, DC Comcast |
Beatrice Mackay & Alexis Primus 12th Grade "HIV and AIDS in the Nation's Capital" Woodrow Wilson High School Washington, DC Comcast |
Carl Stewart, Evan Pisani & Samuel Dreyer 11th Grade "Up in the Air" Woodrow Wilson High School Washington, DC Comcast |
John Gorman, Jeremy Gagnon & Julian Perez-Garcia 10th Grade "Fowl Play" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Lily Montgomery, Cami Vanderwolf & Siena Fouse 10th Grade "The Injustice of Mental Health" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
HIGH SCHOOL - CENTRAL DIVISION | |||
London Kahler, Hanna Glissendorf & Alexa Diehl 12th Grade "Technical Difficulties: Fixing Electronic Medical Records " Saint Thomas More High School Rapid City, SD Midcontinent |
Kayla Johnson-Levy, Micah Johnson-Levy & Nathan Stout 11th Grade "Liberty and Justice for ALL" Pioneer High School Ann Arbor, MI Comcast |
David Sotelo & Brooks Armstrong 12th Grade "Defending Our Heroes" Hutchinson High School Hutchinson, KS Cox Communications |
Christopher Self 12th Grade "The New Generation - The Americans with Disabilities Act" Aplington-Parkersburg High School Parkersburg, IA Mediacom |
Mackenzie VanZee 10th Grade "Determination of the Nation" Jenks High School Jenks, OK Cox Communications |
Joel Robinson 12th Grade "A Hard Drive for Net Neutrality" Jenks High School Jenks, OK Cox Communications |
Frank Muller 10th Grade "All It Takes Is One Bad Apple: Hunger-Free Kids Act 2010" Jenks High School Jenks, OK Cox Communications |
Ethan Dennis 10th Grade "Burstyn v. Wilson: The Decision that Saved My Art" Jenks High School Jenks, OK Cox Communications |
HIGH SCHOOL - WEST DIVISION | |||
Leah Phillips & Ashley Le 11th Grade "Help for Homeless Heroes" Fountain Valley High School Fountain Valley, CA Time Warner Cable |
Andrea Vallejo, Shelbie Verbrugh & Kennent Sandoval 12th Grade "Salton Sea Restoration" Southwest High School El Centro, CA Time Warner Cable |
Ashley Butler, Michelle Seo & Rhian Advincula 11th Grade "Home is where the Heart Is" Franklin High School Elk Grove, CA Comcast |
Samantha Mike & Jhosua Islas 12th Grade "The GI Bill: An Investment in the Future of the Nation" Franklin High School Elk Grove, CA Comcast |
Thomas Fleming 9th Grade "Big Money; Big Problems" Long Beach Polytechnic High School Long Beach, CA Charter Communications |
Bennett McCarthy, Max Mosack & Samuel Leonard 9th Grade "Domestic Drones" Long Beach Polytechnic High School Long Beach, CA Charter Communications |
Jacqueline Toyama, Chelsea Mai & Katie Pream 9th Grade "GMOs Help the World Grow" Long Beach Polytechnic High School Long Beach, CA Charter Communications |
Ben Blum 9th Grade "Prison Break: Reforming America's Prisons" Terra Linda High School San Rafael, CA Comcast |
MIDDLE SCHOOL | |||
Sejal Rajamani, Piper Watson & Nikki Nguyen 8th Grade "No Child Left Behind: It's Time To Change" Lora Batchelor Middle School Bloomington, IN Comcast |
Aubrey Beam, Asha Duerden & Teodora Kanlic 8th Grade "Ocean Obsolescence: Marine Animal and Habitat Conservation" Elysian Charter School Hoboken, NJ Cablevision |
Ethan Cranston & Alexa VanSchaardenburg 8th Grade "Marijuana in Colorado - The Road to Ruin or Reward" Bell Middle School Golden, CO Comcast |
Tad Rosenberg & Kyle Pinkney 8th Grade "The Affordable Care Act: Can We Afford the Risks?" Mark Twain Middle School Alexandria, VA Comcast |
Marlee San Sebastian, Siena Butters & Madeline Merrill 8th Grade "Voter Identification Laws: A Precaution or a Violation of Our Rights?" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Virginia Henrici & Isabella Levine 8th Grade "The Safe Drinking Water Act: From Source to Tap" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Nora Bay, Cindy Liu & Gillian Smith 8th Grade "The Clean Water Act: Protecting Our Wetlands" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Isaac Applebaum, Katharine Hartmann & Lesly Benitez 8th Grade "Through the Golden Door: The Impact of America's Immigration Policy" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
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Addele Hargenrader, Callia Chuang & Jacob Holland 8th Grade "Education of a Nation" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Addison Lowmexay, TJ Pho & Timmy Chanthavongsa 12th Grade "High Speed Rail" McLane High School Fresno, CA Comcast |
Alan Lee, Kari Iocolano & Nadia Ali 12th Grade "Nation of Immigrants" Townsend Harris High School Flushing, NY Time Warner Cable |
Alex Keller & Heather Reid 10th Grade "Homelessness in Knoxville, TN" Hardin Valley Academy Knoxville, TN Comcast |
Alicia Dutton, Julia Dutton & Jaeda Rochford-Hague 9th Grade "Hope for the Homeless" Home School Newport, NH Comcast |
Amber Carroll & Taylor Theakston 8th Grade "Saving Innocence" Fort Payne Middle School Fort Payne, AL Charter Communications |
Andrew Kitson, Joey Levesque & Sam Reddington 10th Grade "The Effects the Magnuson-Stevens Act has on New England Fishermen" Narragansett High School Narragansett, RI Cox Communications |
Angelee Davis, Olivia Bohl & Jake Fettig 8th Grade "Should Space Exploration and Travel be Publicly Funded?" Bell Middle School Golden, CO Comcast |
Anna Venetianer, Anna Weidman & Vincent Billett 12th Grade "Extension of the Silver Line" Thomas Jefferson High School Alexandria, VA Cox Communications |
Ariel Barnea, Alon Ben-Avraham & Jack Kaplan 7th Grade "The True Cost of the Minimum Wage" Solomon Schechter Day School Bergen County New Milford, NJ Cablevision |
Ashleen Sweeney, Sean Quesada & Brianna Hillman 12th Grade "The Reality of Homelessness" Saint Ignatius College Prep San Francisco, CA Comcast |
Aubrey Lay, Hannah McQuaid & Zoe McIntosh 8th Grade "Debating Equality: The Effects of Executive Order 13672" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Batiah Sinepha 8th Grade "The Affordable Care Act Was An Act For You" Florida Virtual School Orlando, FL Bright House Networks |
Bechara Karam & Emile Karam 8th Grade "Freedom Of Religion In My Religious Community" South Miami Middle Community School Miami, FL Comcast |
Ben Miller, Charles Gryder & Will Ederer 9th Grade "A Bigger Table: A Local Immigration Success Story" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Braedyn Weaver, Harrison Wells & Brayden Duncan 8th Grade "Militarization of Police" Beverly Cleary School Portland, OR Comcast |
Brandon Burnett & Dim Mang 11th Grade "Immigration Act of 1990: A Family's Journey" Jenks High School Jenks, OK Cox Communications |
Carl Colglazier 12th Grade "The People's House" Home School Cary, NC Time Warner Cable |
Clarissa Xia, Brynne Schoen & Adair Holton 8th Grade "A New Domain: Protection on the Cybersecurity Front" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Courtney Kroeger, Sam Pointer & Johnathon Frey 12th Grade "Marriage in Missouri" Affton High School St. Louis, MO Charter Communications |
Courtney Phelps & Peyton Jones 12th Grade "Gun Safety in Schools" Sidney High School Sidney, OH Time Warner Cable |
Danie Stewart, Maniza Habib & Sophia White 10th Grade "Kingdom of the Corporate Giants" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Darby Hakken, Julia Hines & Maddie Schoeni 11th Grade "The Stimulus Package: Rejuvenating Our Water System and Community" Pioneer High School Ann Arbor, MI Comcast |
Delanee Wilson & Greer Spradling 9th Grade "Guns in the Hands of Georgian Criminals" Cambridge High School Milton, GA Comcast |
Derek Lamb, Ben Beriss & Ari Charles 10th Grade "The Purple Line - Keeping Maryland on Track" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Eli Betts & Elizabeth Tum 12th Grade "TransValue Obamacare" Townsend Harris High School Flushing, NY Time Warner Cable |
Elizabeth Sturgeon & Emily Spradling 12th Grade "Funding for the Fine Arts: The Why and How" Spain Park High School Birmingham, AL Charter Communications |
Ella Hirata & Toli Tate 8th Grade "Immigration in the United States" Beverly Cleary School Portland, OR Comcast |
Emma Markus, Elena Nee & Miranda Daly 8th Grade "Vaccines and the National Vaccine Plan" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Eric Hatch, Theo Lee & Stanly Chung 9th Grade "The Gang Solves the Water Crisis" Long Beach Polytechnic High School Long Beach, CA Charter Communications |
Evan Pickell & Joanna Stringer 9th Grade "Breaking the Wall- Restoring the Shore" Long Beach Polytechnic High School Long Beach, CA Charter Communications |
Garrett Masters & Rhiannon Bull 7th Grade "Technology in the Classroom" Edison Middle School Sioux Falls, SD Midcontinent |
Grace Sablich, Brooke Baumeister & Alexa Hulse 8th Grade "Equal Pay for Equal Work" Maple Avenue Middle School Saratoga Springs, NY Time Warner Cable |
Grace Weissman & Izzy Lott 10th Grade "It's On CampUs: Preventing Sexual Violence in College" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Halee Mahoney & Grace Erickson 11th Grade "From Service to Disservice " Pioneer High School Ann Arbor, MI Comcast |
Ian Hernandez, Connor Kolze & Noah Anderson 8th Grade "Genetically Modified Dinner" Beverly Cleary School Portland, OR Comcast |
Ian Kaye 10th Grade "Plan B: Hobby Lobby's Battle Against Contraception" Amherst Regional High School Amherst, MA Comcast |
Jack Connolly, Madeline DeFrino & Emily O'Brien 12th Grade "Black Lives Matter" Saint Ignatius College Prep San Francisco, CA Comcast |
Jacob Baer, Sophia Holbrook & Katie Grant 11th Grade "Common Core: A New Branch of Education" Amador Valley High School Pleasonton, CA Comcast |
Jacqueline Soto 12th Grade "Racism in the Legal System" Clifton J. Ozen Magnet High School Beaumont, TX Time Warner Cable |
Jaime Danies, Laura Gonzalez & Ryan Lopez 11th Grade "NRC: Regulation or Disorganization?" TERRA Environmental Research Institute Miami, FL Comcast |
Jordan Stockslager, Alex Hellmann & Benjamin Bardgett 12th Grade "Heroin: The Problem" Highlands High School Fort Thomas, KY Time Warner Cable |
Julia Conlon, Anna DeGrauw & Zac Halsey 12th Grade "Selective Service System" Community School of Davidson Davidson, NC MI-Connection |
Julie Meng, Ashley Hitchings & Zage Strassberg-Phillips 8th Grade "The Gap That Divides Us" David Starr Jordan Middle School Palo Alto, CA Comcast |
Kaitlyn Foster, Samantha Woo & Tristen Hayes 11th Grade "The Future of America's Education: Common Core" Franklin High School Elk Grove, CA Comcast |
Kallie Lutz 11th Grade "Cancer Research Funding" Conrad Weiser High School Robesonia, PA Comcast |
Kate Holland & Raef Rothschild 11th Grade "Below the Line" Highland Park High School Dallas, TX Charter Communications |
Kathleen Givan & Meredith Givan 11th Grade "America Needs a Raise" West Lafayette High School West Lafayette, IN Comcast |
Kayla Salehian, Elaina Young & Autumn Coulthard 8th Grade "The Pros and Cons of the Affordable Care Act" The Alexander Dawson School Las Vegas, NV Cox Communications |
Kelly Anderson, Ethan Ellis & Abhin Kurella 8th Grade "Silver Sprung- The Story of the Revival of an American Suburb" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Kevin Ho, Calvin Bruwelheide & Nina Lane 8th Grade "Defense Sequestration: The Community and Us" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Kevin Ottati, Corey Tambasco & Teddy Picciocca 12th Grade "Remove Ethanol and Replenish the National Highway Trust Fund" Amsterdam High School Amsterdam, NY Time Warner Cable |
Kiara Huemer & Bethany Erb 12th Grade "Subsidized Farms, Agricultural Communities, and Old Macdonald" Mount Horeb High School Mount Horeb, WI Charter Communications |
Krystal Lau 12th Grade "The Cost of Knowledge" Davis Senior High School Davis, CA Comcast |
Lauren Frost, Elizabeth Cove & Ben Bradshaw 10th Grade "For the Love of the Game" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Lauren Schmitt & Olivia Smith 8th Grade "The 2nd Amendment in the 21st Century" Langston Charter Middle School Greenville, SC Charter Communications |
Liam Power, Matilda Kitabwalla & Emily Kapelsohn 12th Grade "National School Lunch Program: Healthy Kids, Unhealthy Budgets" Parkland High School Allentown, PA Service Electric |
Lucas Zenobi, Noah Livingston & Caroline Coulter 12th Grade "Freedom's College - A Collision of Values" Grove City Area High School Grove City, PA Armstrong Group |
Luis Caminero 12th Grade "Wet Feet, Dry Policy" John A. Ferguson Senior High School Miami, FL Comcast |
Madison Gheer 11th Grade "Heroin Epidemic" Conrad Weiser High School Robesonia, PA Comcast |
Manasi Yedavalli, Adelaide Harris & Wilson Rigler 8th Grade "Freelancers: The Nation's Most Wanted" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Mary Klein & Abby McKrell 11th Grade "Shelby County vs Holder: Speculations and Impacts" William G. Enloe High School Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable |
Max Foley-Keene, Donald De Alwis & Paul Bass 11th Grade "A Ticking Time Bomb: America's Student Debt Crisis" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Max Martin 7th Grade "Scars Unhealed" Edison Middle School Sioux Falls, SD Midcontinent |
Mia Altieri 12th Grade "The One in Five" Scripps Ranch High School San Diego, CA Time Warner Cable |
Mia Norton, Lindy Winter & McKaylee Smith 11th Grade "Physician-Assisted Suicide and the Legislative Branch" Imagine International Academy of North Texas McKinney, TX Time Warner Cable |
Michael Lemley, Rachel Burch & Kaylee Boger 11th Grade "The Colonial Parkway: The Foundation Of Our Economy" Williamsburg Christian Academy Williamsburg, VA Cox Communications |
Michael Pyskaty 12th Grade "Cracking the Common Core" Starpoint High School Lockport, NY Time Warner Cable |
Mika Yatsuhashi, Olivia Lindsley & Claire Maske 10th Grade "Funding a Future: Arts Education and the Cromnibus Budget" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Nani Wolf, Hava Kaplan & Patrick Reisterer 11th Grade "Undetected Youth" Pioneer High School Ann Arbor, MI Comcast |
Nataly Kaldawy, Anisha Prakash & Sarah Vigevani 7th Grade "Congress and Clean Water" The Sage School Foxboro, MA Comcast |
Nate Gollmer, Tarah Collins & Jacob Whatley 12th Grade "Eminent Domain: Mounds Lake" Frankton High School Frankton, IN Swayzee Tele Broadband |
Nick Climer & Nathan Bemus 12th Grade "Public Assistance in Sidney, Ohio" Sidney High School Sidney, OH Time Warner Cable |
Nicole Bera & Megan Banaski 11th Grade "Same-Sex Marriage: The Controversy in Wisconsin" KM Global Wales, WI Time Warner Cable |
Oliver Kline 8th Grade "The Patent System" Beverly Cleary School Portland, OR Comcast |
Paige Raymond, Sara Skeels & Whitney Holman 9th Grade "Gun Laws" Trumann High School Trumann, AR Ritter Communications |
Peter McCrae-Hokenson, Jade Sykes & Joseph Fraley 12th Grade "A Hard Day's Work Deserves a Fair Day's Pay" Milan High School Milan, MI Comcast |
Rachel Kryska, Maddie Wilson & Lia Chapman 11th Grade "D-Hall" Pioneer High School Ann Arbor, MI Comcast |
Rebecca Summerlin & Emily Smith 12th Grade "The Clean Water Act (1972)" Mountain View High School Meridian, ID CableOne |
Robert Cross, Matthew Franklin & Christine Sullivan 12th Grade "Whom Does Medicaid Really Aid?" Midlothian High School Midlothian, VA Comcast |
Ryan Seffinger & Maria Mendoza 12th Grade "Citizens United v. FEC: A Transformative Decision" Bergen County Academies Hackensack, NJ Cablevision |
Saloni Nahar & Linsey Nowack 12th Grade "Small Beetle, Big Problem" Adlai E. Stevenson High School Lincolnshire, IL Comcast |
Sanjana Ranganathan 6th Grade "Sugar Sweetened Drinks Tax" Gale Ranch Middle School San Ramon, CA Comcast |
Sarah Cohen & Madison Tessler 8th Grade "Liberty, Justice and Equality for ALL" The Davis Academy Atlanta, GA Comcast |
Sarah Conner, Katie Culman & Allie Winstanley 8th Grade "The Wage Gap" Nashoba Brooks School Concord, MA Comcast |
Sarah Thieme, Lauren Javelle & Abby Rearick 11th Grade "Bolt Closed, Open Sights" Portsmouth High School Portsmouth, RI Cox Communications |
Sophia Swartz 9th Grade "A Most Fractious Debate - The Tale of Act 13" Tamanend Middle School Warrington, PA Comcast |
Sumeet Kadian & Will McEwan 8th Grade "Social Security: A System in Grave Danger" East Lyme Middle School Niantic, CT MetroCast |
Sydney Thompson, Caitlyn Hiller & John Klopatek 10th Grade "How Common Core Affects Us" Mercer School Mercer, WI Karban TV Systems |
Taylor Fitts, Vittoria Price & Hannah Bejarano 8th Grade "Immigration" Sidney Gutierrez Middle School Roswell, NM CableOne |
Taylor Herold & Evan Nathanson 8th Grade "Homeless Not Hopeless" The Davis Academy Atlanta, GA Comcast |
Theren Williams 12th Grade "Minimum Wage: The Need to Rise" Royal Oak High School Royal Oak, MI Comcast |
Tristan Henkel, Jessica Kerry & Emma Denlinger 10th Grade "Scheduling Lives: Marijuana Under the Controlled Substances Act" Hammond High School Columbia, MD Comcast |
Victoria Baxter, Maggie Conaway & Lindsey Chen 12th Grade "Access to Nutritious Foods in Urban Settings" Saint Ignatius College Prep San Francisco, CA Comcast |
Victoria Flynn, Kiera Clowney & Stefanie Hacker 11th Grade "Dollar Signs to Learning Signs" Clearview Regional High School Mullica Hill, NJ Comcast |
Xavier Lamas, Arda Ibas & Camden Blackburn 8th Grade "Common Core" Paul R. Baird Middle School Ludlow, MA Charter Communications |
Yeaasen Mooktadeer, Destiny Lopez & Kenrick Alfred 12th Grade "To Ban or Not to Ban" Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics Bronx, NY Cablevision |