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Who is Your Hero?—Introduction
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First Place
My Father (592 KB)
TEACHER, COACH—AND MY INSPIRATION
By Alexia Yelton
Chesterton High School, Chesterton, Indiana
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Second Place
Uncle George (509 KB)
ATTACKED, HE CARED FOR ANOTHER
By Melinda Douros
Walsingham Academy, Williamsburg, Virginia
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Third Place
My Family (560 KB)
THE LESSONS WE LIVE
By Jason Weisburd
General Douglas MacArthur High School, Levittown, New York
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Honorable Mention
My Sister
(489 KB)
THE BEAT OF BUSY WINGS
By Michelle Koplitz
Memorial High School, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
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Honorable Mention
A Stranger (506 KB)
ENCOUNTER IN THE WAVES
By Kathia Guerrier
Boyd Anderson High School, Lauderdale Lakes, Florida
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Judges’ Choice
My Grandfather (515 KB)
IN HIS HANDS
By Elizabeth Tricase
Bishop Grimes High School, Syracuse, New York
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Judges’ Choice
A Teacher (517 KB)
RIGHTS: THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON
By Jonathan Kessel
Model Secondary School for the Deaf, Washington, D.C.
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Judges’ Choice
My (Many!) Teachers (531
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SKILLED, KNOWLEDGEABLE, PASSIONATE, HEROIC
By Margaret Tufo
Smoky Hill High School, Aurora, Colorado
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Editors’ Choice
My Teachers (541 KB)
STEPPING UP INTIMES OF TERROR
By Jackie Brower
Murry Bergtraum High School, New York, New York
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Editors’ Choice
My Mother (535 KB)
By Daniel Foley
Newton North High School
EDCO Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Newtonville, Massachusetts
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Mama (535 KB)
By Jusley Ramirez
Model Secondary School for the Deaf
Washington, D.C.
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Editors’ Choice
My Father (549 KB)
By Quinton Petty
North Carolina School for the Deaf
Morganton, North Carolina
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My Teacher (549 KB)
By Ruth Anna Spooner
Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind
Gooding, Idaho
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You Said It!
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Comments from Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teens
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