DENVER (KDVR) — A scholar from Aurora gained a prize in a nationwide C-SPAN documentary-making competitors referred to as StudentCam.
Lilyan Mauro, a scholar from Vista Peak Prepatory in Aurora, was listed among the many honorable mentions of the competitors.
C-SPAN delivered a immediate to heart the documentary round. The immediate was “Your Message to the President: What challenge is most necessary to you or your neighborhood?”
Mauro responded together with her documentary, “My Message to the President: A Story of Unity and Advocacy.” She produced the documentary with the assistance of a mentor and educator at her college, Jason Burchard, who was additionally acknowledged by C-SPAN for his advisory position within the documentary’s creation.
C-SPAN stated it obtained 1,700 documentaries from 3,500 college students throughout 42 states and Washington D.C. Essentially the most coated subjects included:
- Local weather, atmosphere and land use — 11%
- Okay-12 training insurance policies and the price of school — 10%
- Well being care and psychological well being — 10%
- Gun violence, college security, and firearm insurance policies — 9%
- Inflation, taxes, authorities spending and the financial system — 9%
“Congratulations to the entire extremely proficient younger college students who gained awards on this yr’s competitors! Via in-depth analysis and interviews with an array of topical and technical specialists, you have got crafted brief tales that seize problems with vast public curiosity and significance,” stated C-SPAN’s Director of Schooling Relations Craig McAndrew. “Your documentaries set a really excessive bar for future StudentCam filmmakers, and try to be proud understanding your work will encourage your friends and foster considerate consideration from all audiences. We will’t wait to see what you do subsequent!”
C-SPAN awarded grand-prize and first-prize winners, 16 second prize winners, 32 third prize winners and 97 honorable mentions. The prizes have been distributed in quantities of $1,500, $750 and $250. C-SPAN stated the StudentCam competitors has awarded over $1.6 million in prizes since 2004.
Mauro was awarded $250.
Throughout the competitors, america was divided into three areas: the east, central and west areas the place excessive schoolers would compete in opposition to one another at a regional stage. Center schoolers have been judged on a nationwide foundation. The grand-prize winner was chosen from any of the grades, Sixth-Twelfth, at a nationwide stage.
The profitable documentaries may be discovered on the StudentCam web site.
