2012 THE FOUNTAINHEAD ESSAY CONTEST FIRST PLACE •
Simone Prince-Eichner, Prince Homeschool, Lummi Island, WA
SECOND PLACE •
Rachel Wallen, Rockbridge Academy, Millersville, MD
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Sheila Williams, Cardinal Carter Chs, Aurora, ON, Canada
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Andrew Lin, Radnor High School, Radnor, PA
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Shirley Miao, Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Sam Holley, Huntington Beach High School, Huntingtn Beach, CA
THIRD PLACE •
Deborah Baremberg, Colonel By Secondary School, Gloucester, ON, Canada
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Jacob Boles, Los Fresnos High School, Los Fresnos, TX
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Varun Parameswaran, North Hills Preparatory School, Irving, TX
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Bradley Kleinstuber, Southwood Secondary School, Cambridge, ON, Canada
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Emily Wasek, Fuquay-Varina High School, Fuquay Varina, NC
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Thomas Bloom, Home, Middletown, VA
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Ciera Yates, Empire High School, Tucson, AZ
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Andrew Koenig, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, CA
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Kirk Butler, Washington Twp High School, Sewell, NJ
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Gabriel Duemichen, Ransom Everglades Upper School, Miami, FL
FINALISTS •
Jaclyn Elcock, Uniondale Senior High School, Uniondale, NY
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Benjamin Mitten, Mesa Preparatory Academy, Mesa, AZ
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Mel Goss, Home School, Boca Raton, FL
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Sara Stiklickas, H Frank Carey Jr Sr High School, Franklin Sq, NY
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Emily Frost, Orchard Park High School, Orchard Park, NY
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Gopika Mathew, Alexander Hamilton High School, Elmsford, NY
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Yamile Rose, Bayside High School, Bayside, NY
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Maggie Rutkowski, Fountain Hills High School, Fountain Hills, AZ
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Hannah Mohr, Homeschool, Bozeman, MT
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Miya Gaskell, Hidden Valley High School, Roanoke, VA
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Kevin Madden, Fountain Hills High School, Fountain Hills, AZ
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2012 THE FOUNTAINHEAD ESSAY CONTEST FINALISTS (CONT.) •
Natasha Kilfoil, St Francis High School, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Nicholas Mecikalski, Bob Jones High School, Madison, AL
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Rebecca Froehlich, Madison High School, Madison, SD
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James Duncan, Angola High School, Angola, IN
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Jocelyn Rempel, Medicine Hat High School, Medicine Hat, AB, Canada
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Rebekah Choi, Granada Hills Charter High School, Granada Hills, CA
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Patrick Lucia, Coral Springs High School, Coral Springs, FL
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Elizabeth Willis, Holy Spirit Preparatory School, Atlanta, GA
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Benjamin Clark, University Of Missouri High School, Columbia, MO
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Mariel Fink, Portage Northern High School, Portage, MI
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Joshua Anderson, Batavia High School, Batavia, IL
• Adam Morgan, Westwood Community High School, Fort McMurray, AB, Canada •
Catherine Zuo, Winchester High School, Winchester, MA
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Anna Wang, Port Moody Sr Secondary School, Port Moody, BC, Canada
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Kyung-Seo Min, Sir Winston Churchill High School, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Megan Bourns, St Mary’S Academy, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Leah Wautelet, South Lyon East High School, South Lyon, MI
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Nicholaus Gurrola, Mattawan High School, Mattawan, MI
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Amber O’Dell, Indian River Charter High School, Vero Beach, FL
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Elliot Rossomme, Beaver Co Christian High School, Beaver Falls, PA
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Nathan Mcguire, Toll Gate High School, Warwick, RI
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Corbin Rogerson, Akins High School, Austin, TX
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Megan Morrison, Merrill High School, Merrill, MI
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Antonio Spina, Bartlett High School, Bartlett, IL
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Joyce Jiang, Shawnee Mission S Sr High School, Shawnee Msn, KS
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Frederick Heller, Chatham High School, Chatham, NJ
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Whitney Sha, Spanish River Cmty High School, Boca Raton, FL
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Hannah Horne, Homeschool, Chandler, OK
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Garrett Lam, Wellesley High School, Wellesley, MA
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Pooja Solanki, Charter Oak High School, Covina, CA
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Tiffany Pomares
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Emily Selby, Woodstock High School, Woodstock, GA
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Callie Dorsey, Cave Spring High School, Roanoke, VA
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2012 THE FOUNTAINHEAD ESSAY CONTEST FINALISTS (CONT.) •
Tyler Francis, Cave Spring High School, Roanoke, VA
SEMIFINALISTS •
Gregory Goins, Pilgrim High School, Warwick, RI
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Alexandra Nelson, Sanderson High School, Raleigh, NC
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William Phillips, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, NM
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Pooja Patel, Alfred Almond School, Almond, NY
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Thomas Henderson, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, NM
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Tiffany Zhang, North Cobb High School, Kennesaw, GA
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Radhika Lalseta, Merivale High School, Nepean, ON, Canada
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Kenneth Leidal, Downingtown High School West, Downingtown, PA
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Thomas Stewart, Lansing Catholic Central Hs, Lansing, MI
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Jackson Kennedy, Lansing Catholic Central Hs, Lansing, MI
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Nicholas Witgen, Lansing Catholic Central Hs, Lansing, MI
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Kaitlin Balboa, Lansing Catholic Central Hs, Lansing, MI
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Clare Brennan, Lansing Catholic Central Hs, Lansing, MI
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Isabelle Mercurio, Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, Plymouth Meeting, PA
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Sarah Neva, Jamestown High School, Jamestown, ND
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Elizabeth Hillman, Lansing Catholic Central Hs, Lansing, MI
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Matthew Thaler, Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, NY
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Amber Ruther, Lake George Jr Sr High School, Lake George, NY
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Colleen Kane, Sanderson High School, Raleigh, NC
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Adam Ludvik, Belle Plaine High School, Belle Plaine, MN
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Joshua May, St Mary’S High School, Lancaster, NY
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Andrew Rising, Williamston High School, Williamston, MI
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Lydia Hayes, Williamston High School, Williamston, MI
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Megha Jagannathan, Williamston High School, Williamston, MI
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Kody Striplin, Striplin Home Education, Yuma, AZ
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Megan Kelleher, Homer High School, Homer, NY
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Angela Gizzi, Homer High School, Homer, NY
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Kira Hyde, Homer High School, Homer, NY
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Maggie Hess, Downingtown High School East, Exton, PA
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Nathan Kennedy, Fergus High School, Lewistown, MT
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2012 THE FOUNTAINHEAD ESSAY CONTEST SEMIFINALISTS (CONT.) •
Jingyi Yang, Loudoun Co High School, Leesburg, VA
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Jeffrey Fiorentino, Downingtown High School West, Downingtown, PA
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Courtner Clark, Loudoun Co High School, Leesburg, VA
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Victoria Guzik, Point Pleasant Beach High School, Pt Pleas Bch, NJ
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Chandler Roe, St Paul’S School, Covington, LA
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Christopher Speciale, Croatan High School, Newport, NC
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Daniel Garraway, St Paul’S School, Covington, LA
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Grayson Quay, Beaver Co Christian High School, Beaver Falls, PA
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Genevieve Brei, Meripoint Academy, Williamsburg, VA
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Joshua Szramiak, Willow Canyon High School, Surprise, AZ
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Chelsea Hall, Adam Scott Collegiate & Vi, Peterborough, ON, Canada
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Jacquelyn Matson, Wheatland Chili High School, Scottsville, NY
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Scott Neuhoff, Neuqua Valley High School, Naperville, IL
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Tom Shen, Pennsbury High School East, Fairless Hls, PA
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Mary Kyner, Fuqua School, Farmville, VA
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Miranda Wilder, Wheatland Chili High School, Scottsville, NY
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Alexandra Silver, Bayside Hign School, Bayside, NY
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Jamie Han, Bayside High School, Bayside, NY
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Dawson Lafleur, Paul Kane High School, St Albert, AB, Canada
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Corey Hannah Summers, Hidden Valley High School, Roanoke, VA
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Briana Akani, Riverview Cmty High School, Riverview, MI
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Margo Stokes, Lexington High School, Lexington, MA
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Hannah Combs, Dayton Christian School, Miamisburg, OH
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Veronica Wickline, Polytechnic School, Pasadena, CA
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Mia Stroud, Newsome High School, Lithia, FL
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Maral Battsogt, Hoffman Estates High School, Hoffman Estates, IL
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Melissa Rettig, Ashley Ridge High School, Summerville, SC
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Robert Mcdonald, Bowness High School, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Connor Reece, Fountain Hills High School, Fountain Hills, AZ
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Benjamin Rowles, Downingtown High School East, Exton, PA
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Laura Sherer, Fairbanks High School, Milford Center, OH
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Jett Andersen, Suncoast High School, Riviera Beach, FL
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Carol Bao, Fleetwood Park Secondary School, Surrey, BC, Canada
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2012 THE FOUNTAINHEAD ESSAY CONTEST SEMIFINALISTS (CONT.) •
Timothy Troutner, Theophile Academy Homeschool, Columbus, OH
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Joanne Koong, Orange Co High Sch of The Arts, Santa Ana, CA
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Patricia Dillon, Rivercrest High School, Bogata, TX
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Chloe Raphael, Davis High School, Kaysville, UT
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Aaron Biever, Yuma High School, Yuma, AZ
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Isabelle Klinghoffer, Xiamen International School, Xiamen, Fujian, China
• Emma Chaloux-Pinette, Saint John’S International School, Waterloo, Brabant, Belgium •
Megan Taylor, Orcutt Union School District, Santa Maria, CA
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William Robinson, North Forsyth High School, Cumming, GA
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Samantha Luna, Buena High School, Sierra Vista, AZ
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Maximilian Mohr, Osbourn Park High School, Manassas, VA
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John Semones Ii, Maumee City School District, Maumee, OH
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Michael Bloom, Home, Middletown, VA
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Taylor Goebel, Cape Henlopen High School, Lewes, DE
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James Risberg, Manhattan High School-West, Manhattan, KS
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Helena Lin, Crescent Heights High School, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Wasiq Ahmad, West Babylon Sr High School, West Babylon, NY
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Katherine Perroots, Thomas S Wootton High School, Rockville, MD
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Kenya Greaves, St Dominic Academy, Jersey City, NJ
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Michael Myers, South Lake High School, Groveland, FL
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Jacob Nieb, Fairview High School, Boulder, CO
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Chelsea Powell, West Hills High School, Santee, CA
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Wayne Shu, Troy High School, Troy, MI
• Madison Lahey, United World College of The Atlantic, Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom •
Kyla Jones, Bothell Senior High School, Bothell, WA
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Joohyun Lee, Burnaby Mountain Secondary School, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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Chris Coonrod, The Woodlands Preparatory School, Tomball, TX
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Alyssa Napier, Gwinnet Cs Of Math Sci & Tech, Lawrenceville, GA
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Megan Armstrong, Notre Dame Catholic Sec School, Ajax, ON, Canada
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Kristina Banks, Centre Wellington District High School, Fergus, ON, Canada
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Melissa Herrmann, Brock High School, Cannington, ON, Canada
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2012 THE FOUNTAINHEAD ESSAY CONTEST SEMIFINALISTS (CONT.) •
Nicholas Swanson, Plano East Senior High School, Plano, TX
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Renate Gyenge, North Royalton High School, N Royalton, OH
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Cherisse Cooper, Miami Beach Senior High School, Miami Beach, FL
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Melanie Nault, Billerica Memorial High School, Billerica, MA
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Sabih Rashid, Colonel By Secondary School, Gloucester, ON, Canada
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Elisa Ponce, Wilde Lake High School, Columbia, MD
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Regina Donovan, Zama American High School, Apo, AP
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Kirstin Hill, Ft Worth Academy Of Fine Arts, Fort Worth, TX
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James Furney, Oak Bay East Secondary School, Victoria, BC, Canada
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Tatiana Schlote, Elko High School, Elko, NV
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Genevieve Richard, Somerset High School, Somerset, WI
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Danielle O’Connor, River Hill High School, Clarksville, MD
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Jenna Jaikissoon, Forest Hills High School, Forest Hills, NY
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Lauren Kelly, Toll Gate High School, Warwick, RI
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Abigail Dove, Perkiomen Valley High School, Collegeville, PA
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Tahmina Ahmed, Monterey High School, Monterey, CA
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James Dean, Stratford High School, Goose Creek, SC
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Omozusi Ajayi, Clear Brook High School, Friendswood, TX
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Michelle Olakkengil, John F Kennedy High School, Plainview, NY
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Nicholas Jackson-Chornenki, Royal St George’S College, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Logan Olson, Richardton-Taylor High School, Richardton, ND
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Madison Stieg, Maple Grove Senior High School, Maple Grove, MN
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Brittany Tran, Gabrielino High School, San Gabriel, CA
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Dur-E-Nayab Khan, Reservoir High School, Fulton, MD
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Frances Ellerson, Key School, Annapolis, MD
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Erika KrutSchool, Essex District High School, Essex, ON, Canada
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John Hennon, Morris Central School, Morris, NY
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Ryan Hamilton, Cary Grove Cmty High School, Cary, IL
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Dmitriy Potylitsin, Holmdel High School, Holmdel, NJ
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James Carbone, Oakmont Regional High School, Ashburnham, MA
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Ronald Greene, Freedom High School, Woodbridge, VA
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Amber Weber, Souderton Area School Dist, Souderton, PA
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Andrew Mcgratton, Centre Wellington Dist Hs, Fergus, ON, Canada
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2012 THE FOUNTAINHEAD ESSAY CONTEST SEMIFINALISTS (CONT.) •
Brooke Lalonde, Harrow District High School, Harrow, ON, Canada
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Emily Simmons, Valentine High School, Valentine, NE
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Edoardo Sifuentes, Clements High School, Sugar Land, TX
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Edward Kleiner, Mt Greylock Reg High School, Williamstown, MA
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Rachel Curry, Greenbrier East Sr High School, Lewisburg, WV
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Morgan Kincade, Valhalla Middle High School, Valhalla, NY
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Kaitlin Faherty, Fiorello H Laguardia High School, New York, NY
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Sydney Balgo, West Shore Jr Sr High School, Melbourne, FL
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Anastasia Harper, Red Mountain High School, Mesa, AZ
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Lars Benner, Newsome High School, Lithia, FL
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Philip Von Richthofen, Canton High School, Collinsville, CT
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Luke Downen, Christian High School, O’Fallon, MO
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Sydney Rogalla, Bhs-Puget Sound Bus & Indus, Federal Way, WA
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Jessica Grams, Harry D Jacobs High School, Algonquin, IL
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Shaelee Baldwin, Dixie High School, Saint George, UT
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Matthew Cocco, Liberal Arts & Science Academy, Austin, TX
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Rachel Zimmerman, Jersey Village High School, Jersey Village, TX
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Thomas Hsiao, Stephen F Austin High School, Sugar Land, TX
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Jonathan Reamer, Gilman School, Baltimore, MD
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Jennifer Beall, Anamosa High School, Anamosa, IA
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Vincent Kings, Orange Co High School of The Arts, Santa Ana, CA
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Daniella Rogerson, Mariposa Co High School, Mariposa, CA
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Enya Meng, Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, CA
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Anne Wilkinson, Holy Names Academy, Seattle, WA
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Mona Jia, Glenforest Secondary School, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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Michelle Machut, North Delta Senior Secondary School, Delta, BC, Canada
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John Madsen, Starkville High School, Starkville, MS
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Mahira Qadri, Princess Margaret Secondary School, Surrey, BC, Canada
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James Lee, Thomas Jefferson High School, Auburn, WA
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Dylan Bowles, John F Kennedy Catholic High, Manchester, MO
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Jonathan Aguilera, John Francis Polytechnic High School, Sun Valley, CA
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Brandon Mork, Hopewell High School, Huntersville, NC
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Sarah Keppler, South Kamloops Secondary School, Kamloops, BC, Canada
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2012 THE FOUNTAINHEAD ESSAY CONTEST SEMIFINALISTS (CONT.) •
Eleeza Tourigny, Governor Sch Arts & Humanities, Greenville, SC
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Andrea Pinilla, George Ranch High School, Richmond, TX
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Shawn Gressly
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Ian Lewis
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Madeline Gray
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Margaret Larson
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Anna Ferrandino
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Amy Dalcanton, Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School
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Kyle Howard, Clear Falls High School, League City, TX
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Casey Taylor, Cave Spring High School, Roanoke, VA
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Anna Smith, Cave Spring High School, Roanoke, VA
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Mary Louisa Britt, Cave Spring High School, Roanoke, VA
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Clare Burton, Cave Spring High School, Roanoke, VA
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Jessica Nguyen, Cave Spring High School, Roanoke, VA
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Mckenzie Kostura, Cave Spring High School, Roanoke, VA
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