AWARDS & SCREENINGS
writing & art awards
2024 April
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
American Voices Gold Medal Winner, Critical Essay
ON THE IMPORTANCE OF EMPTIED SPACES
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2024 March
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Gold Key and American Voices Nominee, Critical Essay
ON THE IMPORTANCE OF EMPTIED SPACES
2024 March
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Gold Key, Critical Essay
GLAZED AND CRAZED: THE ROLE CHINESE PORCELAIN PLAYED IN CULTURAL EXCHANGE IN THE MEDIEVAL WORLD
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2024 March
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Gold Key, Critical Essay
SIGHT, SOUND & THEME: THE MODERNISM AND ANTI-MODERNISM OF LENI RIEFENSTAHL
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2024 March
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Gold Key, Journalism (Documentary Film Script)
WADE IN THE WATER: HOW AFRICAN AMERICANS GOT BACK INTO THE POOL
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2024 March
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Gold Key, Journalism (Article)
DEBATE AND DELIBERATION: REACTIONS TO DOBBS V. JACKSON WOMEN’S HEALTH ORGANIZATION WITHIN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY
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2024 March
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Gold Key, Journalism (Article)
THE BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM’S DECLINING ATTENDANCE AND GRADUATION RATES
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2024 March
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Gold Key, Journalism (Article)
MAKING A CONNECTION WITH BALTIMORE ENTREPRENEUR CARLY BARRETT OF POPPYSEED KIDS
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2024 May
Photographic Society of America (PSA)
Youth Showcase
Third Place, Architecture Print
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2024 March
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Gold Key, Photography (Digital)
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2024 March
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Gold Key, Photography (Article)
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2024 March
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Gold Key, Photography (Digital)
BUILDING BLUES
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2024 March
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Silver Key, Photography (Digital)
SENTINEL
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2024 February
Maryland General Assembly
Official Citation
WADE IN THE WATER: HOW AFRICAN AMERICANS GOT BACK INTO THE POOL
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2024 January
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and National Humanities Alliance
National Writing Award: The Humanities and a Freer Tomorrow
Runner Up
ON THE IMPORTANCE OF EMPTIED SPACES
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2023 June
National History Academy Scholarship Winner
First Place Winner, Senior Division, Individual Documentary Film
WADE IN THE WATER: HOW AFRICAN AMERICANS GOT BACK INTO THE POOL​
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2023 June
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Scholar
WADE IN THE WATER: HOW AFRICAN AMERICANS GOT BACK INTO THE POOL​
2023 June
Next Generations Angels Award – Library of Congress/Ken Burns Prize
WADE IN THE WATER: HOW AFRICAN AMERICANS GOT BACK INTO THE POOL
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2023 June
Anne Harrington Award
WADE IN THE WATER: HOW AFRICAN AMERICANS GOT BACK INTO THE POOL
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2023 June
Nationals Special Award-National History Academy Scholarship Winner
WADE IN THE WATER: HOW AFRICAN AMERICANS GOT BACK INTO THE POOL
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2023 January
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Honorable Mention, Photography
LIGHTFALL
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2023 May
Maryland History Day
Advancer, Senior Division, Individual Documentary Film
WADE IN THE WATER: HOW AFRICAN AMERICANS GOT BACK INTO THE POOL
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2023 March
Baltimore History Day
Advancer, Senior Division, Individual Documentary Film
WADE IN THE WATER: HOW AFRICAN AMERICANS GOT BACK INTO THE POOL
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2022 May
Maryland History Day
Advancer, Senior Division, Individual Documentary Film
THE REVOLT OF THE GOOD GUYS: HOW POSTAL WORKERS FOUND THEIR VOICE DURING THE GREAT POSTAL STRIKE OF 1970
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2022 March
Baltimore History Day
Advancer, Senior Division, Individual Documentary Film
THE REVOLT OF THE GOOD GUYS: HOW POSTAL WORKERS FOUND THEIR VOICE DURING THE GREAT POSTAL STRIKE OF 1970
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2021 March
Maryland History Day
Advancer, Junior Division, Individual Documentary Film
FLASH-BANG-SILENCE: THE FIGHT TO COMMUNICATE THE FULL STORY ABOUT THE ATOMIC BOMB
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2021 March
Baltimore History Day
Advancer, Junior Division, Individual Documentary Film
FLASH-BANG-SILENCE: THE FIGHT TO COMMUNICATE THE FULL STORY ABOUT THE ATOMIC BOMB
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2021 March
Baltimore History Day
Advancer, Junior Division, Individual Documentary Film
FLASH-BANG-SILENCE: THE FIGHT TO COMMUNICATE THE FULL STORY ABOUT THE ATOMIC BOMB
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2021 March
Baltimore History Day
Jutras Prize
FLASH-BANG-SILENCE: THE FIGHT TO COMMUNICATE THE FULL STORY ABOUT THE ATOMIC BOMB
2020 May
Maryland History Day
Advancer, Junior Division, Individual Documentary Film
ASHES ASHES WE ALL FELL DOWN: HOW THE 1964 SURGEON GENERAL’S REPORT BROKE TOBACCO’S GRIP ON AMERICAN HEALTH
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2020 April
Baltimore History Day
Advancer, Junior Division, Individual Documentary Film
ASHES ASHES WE ALL FELL DOWN: HOW THE 1964 SURGEON GENERAL’S REPORT BROKE TOBACCO’S GRIP ON AMERICAN HEALTH
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2019 May
Maryland History Day
Advancer, Junior Division, Individual Documentary Film
INDISPENSABLE: THE SIGNAL CORPS FEMALE TELEPHONE OPERATORS AT WAR
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2019 March
Baltimore History Day
Advancer, Junior Division, Individual Documentary Film
INDISPENSABLE: THE SIGNAL CORPS FEMALE TELEPHONE OPERATORS AT WAR
selected & screened (documentary)
2024 April
Gettysburg Film Festival
Screened and onstage Q & A with Ken Burns
WADE IN THE WATER: HOW AFRICAN AMERICANS GOT BACK INTO THE POOL
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2024 November
Philadelphia Film Festival
Screened
WADE IN THE WATER: HOW AFRICAN AMERICANS GOT BACK INTO THE POOL
2023 July
400 Years of African American History Commission Docuseries
Selected and Streamed (SMOGO TV)
WADE IN THE WATER: HOW AFRICAN AMERICANS GOT BACK INTO THE POOL
selected & screened (narrative)
AS OUR TIDES TURN
2025 January
Grand Prize Thunder Bay international Film Festival
Selected and Screened, $500 Prize
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2025 April
Michigan Student Film Festival (DAFT)
Received an "Excellence" Score of 9
Screened in June of 2025
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2025 March
Coastline Children's Film Festival
"Michigan's Best" Prize
Selected and Screened
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​2025 April
Central Michigan International Film Festival
Selected and Screened
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April 2025
Golden Lion Student Film Festival
Selected and Screened
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May 2025
Emberlight International Film Festival
Selected and Screened
in the news
2025 January
The Alpena News
SANCTUARY SELECTIONS, STUDENT SHORTS WINNERS ANNOUNCED
2024 April
Interlochen Arts Academy
INTERLOCHEN ARTS ACADEMY STUDENTS AND GRADUATES EXCEL IN THE 2024 NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC ART & WRITING AWARDS​
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2024 June
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH ANNOUNCES RECIPIENTS OF THE NATIONAL WRITING AWARD: THE HUMANITIES AND A FREER TOMORROW
2024 April
Gettysburg Connection
SECOND KEN BURNS FILM FESTIVAL DRAWS 4000
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2024 April
Gettysburg College
THE GETTYSBURG FILM FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS THE ART OF KEN BURNS
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2024 April
The Gettysburgian
MAJESTIC THEATER HOSTS 'OUR DEMOCRACY CHALLENGED’ WITH KEN BURNS
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2024 April
National History Day
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2024 March
Marietta House Museum Vol. 4 Issue 6
NATIONAL HISTORY DAY: BALTIMORE STUDENT WON FIRST PLACE FOR DOCUMENTARY ‘WADE IN THE WATER’
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2024 February
Maryland Humanities
STATE SENATORS AND DELEGATES HONOR MARYLAND HISTORY STUDENTS AT STATE HOUSE
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2024 February
Bryn Mawr School
ABIGAIL GIROUX ’25 WINS NATIONAL HISTORY DAY SENIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY FILM CONTEST
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2024 January
The Baltimore Sun
BALTIMORE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WINS HISTORY AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASES THE HISTORY OF SEGREGATED RECREATION
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2023 November
The Better Angels Society
THE BETTER ANGELS SOCIETY ANNOUNCES 2023 NEXT GENERATION ANGELS AWARD WINNERS, RECOGNIZING THE BEST IN STUDENT FILMMAKING
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2023 November
Maryland Humanities
MARYLAND STUDENT’S DOCUMENTARY FEATURED IN SERIES FROM 400 YEARS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY COMMISSION
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2023 October
National History Day
NATIONAL HISTORY DAY STUDENT DOCUMENTARIES FEATURED IN FIVE-PART DOCUSERIES BY THE 400 YEARS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY COMMISSION
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2023 June
Maryland Humanities
TWO MARYLAND STUDENTS WIN GOLD MEDALS IN NATIONAL COMPETITION
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2022 May
Maryland Center for School Safety
MCSS ANNOUNCES NEW STUDENT FOCUS GROUP
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2019 June
Bryn Mawr School
GIROUX SISTERS HEAD TO NATIONAL HISTORY DAY NATIONALS
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