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2008 World Affairs Challenge™ - Awards

Best Overall Team
Best New Team
Best Formal Presentation
Most Creative Presentation
Best Discovery Poster
Best Collaborative Question
Best Global Awareness Quiz

Best Overall

High School

1st - Globe Trotters, Presentation High School Intellectual Property Rights vs. Human Rights

2nd - iSpera, George Washington High School Tuberculosis

3rd - A Prayer of a Chance, New Technology High School Pollution of the Ganges River and the UN&8217;s Role

4th - Safe Sets, Wilcox High School AIDS: From a Different Perspective

5th - Nicotine Obliterators, New Technology High School Cigarette and Tobacco Marketing in Countries with Little Knowledge of Their Negative Health Effects

Middle School

1st - The Luke, Mill Valley Middle School Pollution in Linfen, China

2nd - The Kirk, Mill Valley Middle School Trial at Lake Tai (Contamination of Lake Tai, China)

3rd - The Poppy People, River School Opium Production in Afghanistan

4th - OGHO: Oakland Global Health Organization, Roots International Academy Teach it, Cure it, Prevent it! (Focus on Malaria, TB, HIV/AIDS)

5th - The Mojojojoes, Lee Mathson Middle School A Special Report on Childbirth in Developed and Developing Countries

Best New Team

High School

The Crushers, Vintage High School HIV/AIDS

Middle School

The Mojojojoes, Lee Mathson Middle School A Special Report on Childbirth in Developed and Developing Countries

Best Formal Presentation

High School

1st - Globe Trotters, Presentation High School Intellectual Property Rights vs. Human Rights

2nd - A Prayer of a Chance, New Technology High School Pollution of the Ganges River and the UN’s Role

3rd - Nicotine Obliterators, New Technology High School Cigarette and Tobacco Marketing in Countries with Little Knowledge of Their Negative Health Effects

Middle School

1st - OGHO: Oakland Global Health Organization, Roots International Academy Teach it, Cure it, Prevent it! (Focus on Malaria, TB, HIV/AIDS)

2nd - The Poppy People, River School Opium Production in Afghanistan
Cease the Obese, James Denman Middle School Obesity in China and Canada

Most Creative Presentation

High School

1st - The M&Ms (Mercury Minimizers), New Technology High School Mercury Contamination in Japan

2nd - A Prayer of a Chance, New Technology High School Pollution of the Ganges River and the UN’s Role

3rd - Globe Trotters, Presentation High School Intellectual Property Rights vs. Human Rights

Middle School

1st - Super Hyphe Blondes and Lauren, River School Hunger in Uganda

2nd - OGHO: Oakland Global Health Organization, Roots International Academy Teach it, Cure it, Prevent it! (Focus on Malaria, TB, HIV/AIDS)

3rd - The Poppy People, River School Opium Production in Afghanistan

Best Discovery Poster

High School

1st - Stop in the Name of Slums, Berkeley High School Health Concerns in Urban Slums

2nd - HERA, Mira Loma High School Child Birth Practices in Developed vs. Undeveloped Countries

3rd - Chinese Cloud Killers, New Technology High School Air Pollution in China and its Effect on China’s Economy and Trade System

Middle School

1st - The Poppy People, River School Opium Production in Afghanistan

2nd - Team #3, Mill Valley Middle School Malaria: A Global Problem

3rd - Electric Kablamos, River School Avian Influenza in China

Best Collaborative Question

High School

1st - Collaborative Question Team #23:
McKenna Duffy, Berkeley High School
Andria Armas, Mercy High School
Robert Morris, New Technology High School
William Chadwick, New Technology High School
Kristina Pham, Presentation High School
Patrick Lee, Skyline High School
Jaxon Sanchez, Vintage High School
Meng Deng, Washington High School

2nd - Collaborative Question Team #15:
Michael Johnson, Berkeley High School
Miriam Shetub, Mira Loma High School
Andrea Guianan, New Technology High School
Brigette Pascu, New Technology High School
Pamela Jimenez, Presentation High School
Sophia Ho, Skyline High School
Alicia Payne-Ristow, Vintage High School
Anita Chiang, Wilcox High School

3rd - Collaborative Question Team #30:
Rosa Escandon, Berkeley High School
Katie Gedeon, John F. Kennedy High School
Mary Rodriguez, Mercy High School
Jacklyn Liboon, New Technology High School
Andrea Hadjiyianni, New Technology High School
Isabel Osorio, New Technology High School
Akilah Burford, Skyline High School
Rosemarie Hernandez, Vintage High School

Middle School

1st - Collaborative Question Team #24:
Avery Gerhardt, River School
Edward Jackson, Roots International Academy
Sam Kellner, St. Lucy School
Gabriella Peralta, River School
Stephanie Rocha, James Denman Middle School
Logan Steinharter, River School
Kirk Wong, Mill Valley Middle School

2nd - Collaborative Question Team #28:
Ysabel Cayabyab, James Denman Middle School
Julian Conner, Mill Valley Middle School
Amani Pritchard, River School
Leonida Radford, James Denman Middle School
Nicole Rowley, River School
Selina Tam, Francisco Middle School
James Thorne, River School
Kameryn Whipple, River School

3rd - Collaborative Question Team #23:
Billy Butler, Mill Valley Middle School
Elizabeth Garay, James Denman Middle School
Rayna Isola, River School
Chloe Meltzer, River School
Meghan O’Sullivan, St. Lucy School
Luis Ramirez, Roots International Academy
Nathan Sabatusso, River School

Global Awareness Quiz

High School

1st - Jacky Cheng, Burton High School

2nd tied - Margaret Freiwald, Mira Loma High School
Selome Getachew, Mira Loma High School
Sarah Brown, Presentation High School

3rd tied - Assile Osman, John F. Kennedy High School
Shaona Bandyopadhyay, John F. Kennedy High School
Katelyn Sills, Mira Loma High School
Katy Hannigan, Presentation High School
Kristina Fontecha, Presentation High School
Leland Au, Wilcox High School

Middle School

1st - Max Diebel, Mill Valley Middle School

2nd - Eliel Antila, Mill Valley Middle School

3rd - Billy Butler, Mill Valley Middle School

4th tied - Anna Purna, Mill Valley Middle School
Jake Carroll, Mill Valley Middle School
Matthew Reiser, River School
Oliver Ramin, Mill Valley Middle School