AWARDS
writing & arts 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
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
in the news
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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