One World students wowed audiences at the Fall Challenge on December 15th. See the winners of the night below!
Stage Presentations
1st Place
Sekhet Ani, Creative Minds PCS, Grade 8
Child Abuse
2nd Place
Parker Matthews, Friendship Southeast PCS, Grade 7
Brain Rot
3rd Place
Yacelee Capellan Martinez, Creative Minds PCS, Grade 7
Children’s Digital Privacy
Honorable Mention
Alethea Chingos, Inspired Teaching PCS, Grade 7
Affordable Childcare in DC
Essays
1st Place – Grades 5/6
Eve Trujillo, Creative Minds PCS, Grade 6
US Neglect of Native American Reservations
2nd Place – Grades 5/6
Skylar Randolph, Creative Minds PCS, Grade 6
Autism Bullying
1st Place – Grades 7/8
Keyla Lloclle Pacco, Inspired Teaching PCS, Grade 7
ICE Detainments
2nd Place – Grades 7/8
Adekoya Bayo-Solarin, Center City NOMA PCS, Grade 7
Youth Mental Health
Honorable Mention
Violet Hardy, Friendship Southeast PCS, Grade 7
Depletion of Federal Funds
Board Presentations
1st Place
Mahir Feysel, Creative Minds PCS, Grade 7
Gun Violence
2nd Place
Danae Jackson, Alice Deal Middle School, Grade 8
Internalized Racism
3rd Place
Myrna Feysel, Creative Minds, Grade 8
Teen Homicide in America
Honorable Mention – Grades 5/6
Ma’Syi Richardson, Friendship Southeast, Grade 5
TikTok Distracting Students
Honorable Mention – Grades 7/8
Jeffrey Gabriel Bucoy, Ingenuity Prep, Grade 8
Domestic Violence
Thank you, Judges!
The Challenge would not have been possible without the 29 One World friends who volunteered their time to judge student work!
Speech Judges
Lisa Brooks
Acorn Outdoor Learning
Abdu’l-Karim Ewing-Boyd
Office of the Deputy Mayor of Education
Tope Folarin
Institute for Policy Studies
Donna Hemans
DC Writers Room
Brandon Johnson
Social Justice School
Jessica Sutter
EdPro Consulting
Mark Weinberger
Office of the Deputy Mayor of Education
Rashida Young
Education Forward DC
Board Judges
Liza Achilles
Author
Arianna Ashton
Capital City PCS
Leslie Brooks
Afterschool Alliance
Sarah Cole
Social Justice School
Susan Coll
Author
Paul Goldberg
Author
Rebecca Lemos Otero
HumanitiesDC
Gregory Luce
Washington Unbound
Katie Morton
Kiwanis DC
Nicole Muryn Clement
Bank of America
Kinjal Nana
Kiwanis DC
Ronni Lodato
Physician
Philip Pulliam
Bank of America
Grace Quinn
Bank of America
Caren Roushkolb
Kiwanis DC
Shanna Samson
Office of the Deputy Mayor of Education
Courtney Sexton
The Inner Loop
Stacey Simmons
Kiwanis DC
Jordan Smith
Bank of America
Latrice Stevenson
Bridges PCS
Nicole Travers
DC Charter School Alliance
Mary Kay Zuravleff
Author
