Lessons of the Holocaust: Then and Now – Stories of Refugees and Upstanders

Division 1: 6th-8th grades





  • 1st Place
    Hand of Hope by Amy Sphapmixay
    Miller South School of Arts
    Malia Tschantz, Instructor

  • 2nd Place (Tie)
    I Wear the Bruise of the Shackles That Bound the Limbs of my Ancestors by Tia Fillingame
    Miller South School of Arts
    Malia Tschantz, Instructor
  • 2nd Place (Tie)
    Remember by Cathleen Kershner
    Holy Family School Stow
    Nick Fiedler, Instructor
  • 3rd Place
    Upstanders by Maddie Curto
    Miller South School of Arts
    Malia Tschantz, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Surviving Through Music… by Ella Gilanyi
    Hudson Middle School
    Cathy Kantin, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    History’s Eyes on You by Lily Zhang
    Hudson Middle School
    Cathy Kantin, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Elie Wiesel: From Victim to Victor by Katherine Thiele
    Hudson Middle School
    Cathy Kantin, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Refugee Then and Now by Garrett Markey
    Hudson Middle School
    Cathy Kantin, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Reflection by Gabriel Davis
    Hudson Middle School
    Cathy Kantin, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Germany’s Day Night by Tessa Lavi
    Hudson Middle School
    Cathy Kantin, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Refugee Boats: Then and Now by Annabel Green
    Hudson Middle School
    Cathy Kantin, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Sacrifice by Rocca Motta
    Miller South School of Arts
    Malia Tschantz, Instructo
  • Honorable Mention
    The Forest of Hope by Nadia Edgar
    Miller South School of Arts
    Malia Tschantz, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Unrecognized Leaders by Vuk Djuric
    Miller South School of Arts
    Malia Tschantz, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Helping Hands by Delilah Sphapmixay
    Miller South School of Arts
    Malia Tschantz, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Then and Now March by Tobias Bolbach & Joshua Malone
    Holy Family School – Stow
    Nick Fiedler, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Refuge by Anna Korecki
    Holy Family School Stow
    Nick Fiedler, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Growth by Zoe Testa
    Holy Family School Stow
    Nick Fiedler, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    I’ll Always Remember You; Thanks by LeAnna Nkrumah
    Miller South School of Arts
    Malia Tshcantz, Instructor

Division 2: 9th-12th grades

  • 1st Place
    The Plight of the Refugee by Andraya Gwen
    Firestone High School
    Patrick Dougherty, Instructor
  • 2nd Place
    Nothing Changes When Nothing Changes by Grace Kostko
    Archbishop Hoban High School
    Jill Fortman, Instructor
  • 3rd Place
    Hardships by Madeline Brown
    Firestone High School
    Patrick Dougherty, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Spears of Terrorism by Alexis Kraft
    Archbishop Hoban High School
    Jill Fortman, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    The Boy Behind Bars by Ronald Belfield
    Kenmore-Garfield High School
    Kelley Waickman, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Story of Concentration Camps by Faith Bryant
    Kenmore-Garfield High School
    Kelley Waickman, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Everything Isn’t What It Looks Like by Grace Dowling
    St. Vincent-St. Mary High School
    Rita Lancianese, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Uncertain Futures by Aiden Brave
    Firestone High School
    Patrick Dougherty, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    The Way Across the Sea by Jenny Wei
    Firestone High School
    Patrick Dougherty, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    The After’path’ of War by Morgan Caferta
    Mogadore High School
    Matthew Beresh, Instructor