Read the entire collection of 2016 Youth Speak Out winning essays here.
TOP 10 FINALISTS
YOUTH SPEAK OUT GRAND SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
(4-year $40,000 scholarship)
Nupur Goel, 11th Grade, Gilmour Academy
YOUTH SPEAK OUT FIRST RUNNER-UP
(4-year $15,000 scholarship)
Christian Borkey, 12th Grade, Gilmour Academy
YOUTH SPEAK OUT SECOND RUNNER-UP
(4-year $10,000 scholarship)
Vishnu S. Nistala, 12th Grade, Mentor High School
YOUTH SPEAK OUT HONORABLE MENTIONS
($500 cash prize)
Elijah Bugg, 12th Grade, Oberlin High School
Alexia Faulkner, 12th Grade, Gilmour Academy
Ana Sofia Fehn, 12th Grade, Gilmour Academy
Kevin Gramajo, 12th Grade, John Marshall High School
Nya Hardaway, 12th Grade, Shaker Heights High School
Isabel Sands, 11th Grade, Orange High School
Alexandra Wainwright, 12th Grade, Firestone High School
YOUTH SPEAK OUT 6 – 10TH GRADE WINNERS
10th Grade
1st Place: Kendra Kalish, Magnificat High School
2nd Place: Ellie Gutierrez, Magnificat High School
3rd Place: Madelyn Jett, Magnificat High School
9th Grade
1st Place: Ella Attell, Hawken School
2nd Place: Shavonne Jackson, The School of One
3rd Place: Eli Goldman, Beachwood High School
8th Grade
1st Place: Jacob Gibson, Rocky River Middle School
2nd Place: Henry Pentecost, Roxboro Middle School
3rd Place: Athena Grasso, Beachwood Middle School
7th Grade
1st Place: Lauren Paulus, Highland Middle School
2nd Place: Shayna Preisler, Beachwood Middle School
3rd Place: Yoav Pinhasi, Beachwood Middle School
6th Grade
1st Place: Matthew Mullin-Gray, Campus International School
2nd Place: Madison Tatum, Campus International School
3rd Place: Jayda Collins, Paul L. Dunbar
YOUTH SPEAK OUT SCHOOL WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF ESSAYS ($10,000 Anti-Bias Education Grant)
Newton D. Baker School of Arts
YOUTH SPEAK OUT SCHOOL WITH A GRAND PRIZE WINNER ($10,000 Anti-Bias Education Grant)
Gilmour Academy
YOUTH SING OUT WINNING SCHOOLS
1st Place High School: “Can Anybody Hear Me?” Cleveland Heights High School ($5,000)
Runner-Up High School: “New Perspective” Midview High School
1st Place Middle School: “Issues Today” Newton D. Baker School of Arts ($5,000)
