Oprah's National High School Essay Contest Winners
Ambika Athreya Ames, IA
Ames High School, 11th Grade
Annabeth Barnard Indianapolis, IN
Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, 9th Grade
Jessica Blank New Providence, NJ
New Providence High School, 11th Grade
Corey Brunner Medina, OH
Medina Senior High School, 11th Grade
Miles Campbell Irving, TX
Nimitz High School, 12th Grade
Jean Choo El Paso, TX
J.M. Hanks High School, 12th Grade
Christine DiGangi Elmhurst, IL
Immaculate Conception High School, 11th Grade
Kate Douglas Westfield, NJ
Westfield High School, 10th Grade
Lexi Dufficy Denver, CO
Heritage High School, 11th Grade
Christopher Duncan Queensbury, NY
Queensbury High School, 12th Grade
Kelsey Falter Plantation, FL
St. Thomas Aquinas High School, 10th Grade
Lauren Gaston-Hawkins Washington, DC
Sidwell Friends Upper School, 12th Grade
Sean Gavin Bethel, CT
Immaculate High School, 11th Grade
Jessica Goldstein Berkeley Heights, NJ
Governor Livingston High School, 11th Grade
Philip deGrouchy Media, PA
Strath Haven High School, 11th Grade
Hayley Heineken-Cox Apo, AE (Military base)
Shape American High School, 12th Grade
Connor Hestdalen Hamburg, NY
Saint Francis High School, 12th Grade
Erik Holmes Cobleskill, NY
Cobleskill - Richmondville High School, 11th Grade
Addie Honeycutt Raleigh, NC
W.G. Enloe High School, 12th Grade
Alison Howard Jensen Beach, FL
Jensen Beach High School, 10th Grade
Samantha Hunn Chubbuck, ID
Highland High School, 12th Grade
May Iosotaluno West Covina, CA
South Hills High School, 11th Grade
Luz Jimenez Inglewood, CA
Morningside High School, 12th Grade
Sophie Jin Salt Lake City, UT
West High School, 11th Grade
Kevin Johnson Houston, TX
Cypress Falls High School, 12th Grade
Alyssa Jordan Peoria, AZ
Sunrise Mountain School, 11th Grade
Conner McKinnon Draper, UT
Alta High School, 11th Grade
Geraldine Mande Brookline, MA
Brookline High School, 11th Grade
Kara Monroe Palm Bay, FL
Bayside High School, 12th Grade
Maggie Moore Indianapolis, IN
Lawrence Central, 11th Grade
Megan Moyers Billings, MT
Billings West High School, 11th Grade
Alice Ollstein Santa Monica, CA
Santa Monica High School, 12th Grade
Kaylah Pantaleon Yonkers, NY
Yonkers High School, 11th Grade
Rachel Parkin Arlington, MA
Arlington High School, 11th Grade
Ali Pechman Sherman Oaks, CA
Harvard-Westlake School, 10th Grade
Hannah Perlmutter Shutesbury, MA
Amherst, 12th Grade
Fatimah Bint Fazal Rahaman Rahway, NJ
Rahway High School, 11th Grade
Jessica Kali Rubaii Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Cruz High School, 12th Grade
Belise Rutagengwa Lake Forest, IL
Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart, 11th Grade
Lauren Schneider Southlake, TX
Carroll Senior High School, 12th Grade
Caitlin Servilio Washington, NJ
Warren Hills Regional High School, 12th Grade
Lincoln Shryack Springfield, MO
Parkview High School, 9th Grade
Matthew Starr Lexington, OH
Lexington High School, 12th Grade
Moana Uluave Salt Lake City, UT
East High School, 12th Grade
Emily Walker Philadelphia, PA
Mount Saint Joseph Academy, 11th Grade
Clemantine Wamariya Kenilworth, IL
New Trier High School, 10th Grade
Laura Waxmann Spesbach–Hutschenhausen, Germany
Ramstein American High School (Department of Defense Dependents School), 12th Grade
Marisa West Beltsville, MD
Georgetown Day School, 12th Grade
Lucy Young Oak Hill, VA
Oakton High School, 12th Grade
Iris Yang Saugus, CA
Hart High School, 10th Grade
2006-12-28 06:07:15
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answered by Lady Wildwood 3
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Names of all the 50 essay winners as seen on oprah who were inspired by elie wiesel's book.
http://www.oprah.com/obc_classic/open/obc_essay_contest_winners_print.jhtml
Additional information about the author.
Elie Wiesel was born in 1928 in Sighet, Transylvania, which is now part of Romania. He was fifteen years old when he and his family were deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz. More…..
http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org/ElieWiesel/index.html
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/HOLO/ELIEBIO.HTM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/wiesel.htm
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1986/wiesel-bio.html
http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/authors/about_elie_wiesel.html
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/wie0bio-1
Elie (Eliezer) Wiesel is a novelist, journalist and Nobel Prize winner. He was born an Orthodox Jew in Rumania, survived the concentration camps and wrote about his experiences. He became a spokesman for survivors and dedicated his life to recording the horrors of the Holocaust and helping victims of oppression and racism. More……
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Wiesel.html
Elie Wiesel : Teacher Resource File
Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center page for Elie Wiesel, Nobel Prize Winner. This page includes biography, bibliography and lesson plans. The ISLMC is a preview meta-site for librarians, teachers, parents and students. You can search this site, use an index or sitemap. Revised 8/3/00.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/wiesel.htm
Good luck.
Kevin, Liverpool, England.
2006-12-29 00:39:28
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answered by Anonymous
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