One World students showed up and showed out at the Spring Challenge last week. Look at their incredible work and the winners of the night below! The winners are:
Stage Presentations
1st Place
Jaleah Nelson, Perry Street Prep PCS, Grade 8
Grooming and Sexual Abuse
2nd Place
Khloe Reeder, Creative Minds PCS, Grade 8
Human Trafficking
3rd Place
Laila Ukaegbu, Creative Minds PCS, Grade 7
Taxation Without Representation
Honorable Mention
Sekhet Ani, Creative Minds PCS, Grade 6
Inflation
Essays
1st Place – Grades 5/6
Amir Ford, Friendship Southeast PCS, Grade 5
School Only Impacts Academic Intelligence
2nd Place – Grades 5/6
Mahir Feysel, Creative Minds PCS, Grade 6
Middle School Stress
1st Place – Grades 7/8
Natalie Padre, E.L. Haynes PCS, Grade 8
Adult Literacy
2nd Place – Grades 7/8
Malaysia Byrd, Friendship Southeast PCS, Grade 7
Domestic Violence
Honorable Mention
Brielle Holton, Friendship Southeast PCS, Grade 6
Unemployment in DC
Board Presentations
1st Place
Victor Romero-Bonilla, DC International PCS, Grade 8
Microaggressions in Society
2nd Place
Myrna Feysel, Creative Minds, Grade 7
Gun Violence in the US
3rd Place
Violet Hardy, Friendship Southeast PCS, Grade 6
Global Inflation in the Price of Goods
Honorable Mention – Grades 5/6
Kaylee Homes, Friendship Southeast, Grade 5
Child Abuse
Honorable Mention – Grades 7/8
Ikraam Nguo, Creative Minds, Grade 7
Syrian War
Theo Kandik, a 7th-grader from Washington Latin Cooper, shared his project on the death penalty with judge Michael Robbins from Learning Pathways.
Creative Minds 7th-grader Myrna Feysel discussed gun violence in the US with judge and Benjamin Banneker High School teacher Sara Arndt.
E.L. Haynes 8th-grader Natalie Padre presented on adult literacy onstage.
Perry Street Prep 8th-grader Jaleah Nelson delivered her speech on grooming and sexual abuse.
8th-grader Bobby Cavanagh from E.L. Haynes spoke about AI and cheating with Bank of America’s Srini Raghunathan.
R’Juror Douglas, an 8th-grader at Friendship Southeast, delivered her speech on the exploitation of children on social media.
Sophia Davis, an 8th-grader from Creative Minds, also spoke about gun violence with Bank of America’s Michael Lentskevich.
Friendship Southeast 5th-grader Amir Ford spoke about how schools only impact academic intelligence.
Creative Minds 7th-grader Ikraam Nguo discussed the Syrian War with Dessie Nash from Bank of America.
6th-grade Lesja Williams from Friendship Southeast talked about virtual education with Sue Bell from the Hattie M. Strong Foundation.
6th-grade Mahir Feysel from Creative Minds presented on middle school stress.
Jefferson Middle School 7th-grader Kaiyavah Tyson-El discussed climate change and migration patterns with Free Minds Book Club’s Tara Libert.
Thank you, Judges!
The Challenge would not have been possible without the 23 One World friends who volunteered their time to judge student work!
Speech Judges
Margot Berkey
DC Public Schools
Kyle Dargan
American University
Jorge Membreño
DC Action
Lois Nembhard
HumanitiesDC
Raymond Weeden
Thurgood Marshall PCS
Mark Weinberger
Office of the Deputy Mayor of Education
Rashida Young
Education Forward DC
Mary Kay Zuravleff
Author
Board Judges
Sara Arndt
Benjamin Banneker HS
Chris Asis
NIH Federal Credit Union
Sue Bell
Hattie M. Strong Foundation
Erika Bryant
Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS
Valeria Camacho
Bank of America
Vincent Dorris, Jr.
Bank of America
Michael Lentskevich
Bank of America
Tara Libert
Free Minds Book Club
Ronni Lodato
Physician
Nicole Muryn Clement
Bank of America
Dessie Nash
Bank of America
Srini Raghunathan
Bank of America
Michael Robbins
Learning Pathmakers
Angela Stepancic
228 Accelerator
Elisa Tellez Perez
Bank of America
