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C-SPAN > C-SPAN in the Classroom  > Lincoln Essay Contest  > Winners


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Lincoln Essay Contest Listing of Winners:  Grand Prize  |  1st Prize  |   Honorable Mentions  |  Winning Essays (pdf)    |   Press Release (pdf) 
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Congratulations to the 30 winners of C-SPAN's Lincoln Essay Contest!  Watch the grand prize winner read her winning essay at the April 19th opening of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Musuem. Watch the Washington Journal from April 18th featuring the museum and all ten essay contest winners. Thank you to all participating students!   

Watch the announcement of the winners from the Washington Journal, March 11, 2005.

  Grand Prize Winner  

$1,500 Award & Trip

Mihan Lee, 11th grade
"A New Country, A New Century, A New Freedom"
Potomac, MD              
Georgetown Day School
Cable System: Comcast

 

  1st Prize Winners  
9 Winning Entries (listed in alphabetical order)
$750 Award & Trip

Mary Bax, 12th grade
"The Journey Home"
Ballwin, MO
Parkway West Sr. High School
Cable System: Charter

 Brett Brown, 11th grade
"America and Freedom"
Wichita, KS
Kapaun Mount Carmel
Cable System: Cox

Lauren Cairco, 12th grade
"A New Birth of Freedom"
Fort Mill, SC
Fort Mill High School           
Cable System: Comporium

Julia Ishiyama, 8th grade
"A Message of Unity"
Palo Alto, CA
Castilleja School                
Cable System: Comcast
Karolina Kalbarczyk, 8th grade
"A New Birth of Freedom"
Urbana, IL
University Laboratory High School
Cable System
: Insight

William Marks, 8th grade
"The Wireless Address"
Hollywood, FL
Pine Crest Preparatory School
Cable System: Comcast

Joshua Pohl, 7th grade
"A New Birth of Freedom"
San Antonio, TX
Pohl Academy of Learning-
Homeschool                                 
Cable System: Time Warner

Michael Prince, 11th grade
"A New Birth of Freedom"
Marietta, GA
Carlton J. Kell High School
Cable System: Comcast

 

Courtney Williams, 8th grade
"A New Birth of Freedom"
Indianapolis, IN
Heritage Christian School
Cable System: Comcast

 

  Honorable Mentions  
20 Winning Entries (in alphabetical order)
$50 Award

Ethan Berl, 9th grade
"Freedom in the 21st Century"
Champaign, IL

University Laboratory High School
Cable System: Insight
 

Carrie Dragicevic, 11th grade
"Freedom Today"
Southgate, MI
Riverview Community High School
Cable System:
Comcast
 

Laura Gallant, 11th grade
"A New Birth of Freedom"
Leaf River, IL

Sterling Academy
Cable System: Grand River Cablevision

Aaron Gotzon, 10th grade
"Braving the Storm: A New Birth of Freedom"
Kansas City, MO
Homeschool
Cable System:
Time Warner
 

Brian Hathaway,11th grade
"9/11, Iraq, and the Patriot Act: The Warping of America"
Muncie, IN
Muncie Central High School
Cable System:
Comcast
 

Rachel Kelemen, 8th grade
"A New Birth of Freedom"
Merion, PA
Bala Cynwyd
Cable System:
Comcast

Adam Lauver, 12th grade
"The Great Task Before Us"
East Earl, PA
Garden Spot High School
Cable System:
 Comcast

Jamie McFarlin, 12th grade
"Perpetuating Freedom"
Agua Dulce, CA

Granada Hills Charter High School
Cable System: Time Warner

Jordana Merran, 12th grade
"The Language of Freedom"
Potomac, MD

Winston Churchill High School
Cable System: Comcast

Dana Mills, 10th grade
"If I Could Save Freedom"
Fort Pierce, FL
Lincoln Park Academy
Cable System: Comcast

 Nicole Pepperl, 12th grade
"The Light of Liberty"
Lincoln, NE

Lincoln Southeast
Cable System: Time Warner

Anna Pham, 11th grade
"A New Birth of Freedom"
Wichita, KS

Kapaun Mount Carmel
Cable System: Cox

Jaclyn Polsinelli, 12th grade
"Our Hero"
Rochester Hills, MI

Rochester Adams High School
Cable System: Comcast

Benjamin Schwartz, 11th grade
"A New Birth of Freedom"
East Providence, RI

La Salle Academy
Cable System: Cox

Rachel Skinner, 11th grade
"Freedom in the 21st Century"
Cobden, IL

Homeschool
Cable System: Mediacom
Kelsey Smoker, 11th grade
"272 Words"
New Holland, PA

Garden Spot High School
Cable System: Comcast
Benjamin Snow, 12th grade
"My Perspective on a New Birth of Freedom"
Woodland Park, CO

Homeschool
Cable System: U.S. Cable

Melanie Spaulding, 12th grade
"From Fear to Freedom"
Pattersonville, NY

Homeschool
Cable System: Time Warner
Katie Stojanovic, 8th grade
"The Might of the Media"
Gibsonia, PA
St. Bonaventure School
Cable System: Comcast

Chelsea Templeton, 8th grade
"A Global Matter"
Indianapolis, IN

Heritage Christian School
Cable System: Comcast