More than 200 rising 11th and 12th grade students in our National Academy of American History and Civics submitted essays. These entries were reviewed by a panel of our master teachers, with twenty-two finalists then reviewed by a jury of historians. The twelve prize winners, including links to their entries, are as follows: First Prize and $10,000: Valerie Gottridge, Birch Wathen Lenox School, New York, NY, for “‘No Jews Are to be Permitted’: Understanding the Context of General Orders No. 11” Second Prize and $5,000: August Neumann, Marquette University High School, Milwaukee, WI, for “U.S…

More than seventy rising 11th and 12th grade students in our National Academy of American History and Civics submitted essays. These entries were reviewed by a panel of our master teachers, with twenty-three finalists then reviewed by a jury of historians. The twelve prize winners, including links to their entries, are as follows: First Prize and $10,000: Liliana Hug, Salamander Meadows Homeschool (Ohiopyle, PA), for the essay “The Silent Spring That Sparked a Thunderous Uproar: How Rachel Carson’s Scientific Communication Ignited the American Environmental Movement” Second Prize and $5,000…

More than seventy 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students in our National Academy of American History and Civics submitted essays. These entries were reviewed by a panel of our master teachers, with twenty finalists then reviewed by a jury of historians. The eleven prize winners, including links to their entries, are as follows: First Prize and $10,000: Kelsey Carlos-Keli’ikipi, Kamehameha Schools Kapālama Campus (Honolulu, HI) for “Senator Daniel K. Inouye: How Senator Inouye’s Advocacy Helped Native Hawaiians Reclaim Kahoʻolawe” Second Prize and $5,000: Liliana Feyk, Sage Creek High School…