The
New
York
Times
Learning
Network
2024
Open
Letter
Contest
Finalists
(
in
alphabetical
order
by
the
writer's
first
name
)
Top
9
Winners
Alexander
Klee
,
16
,
Amity
Regional
High
School
,
Woodbridge
,
Conn
.:
"
Every
High
School
Student
Can
Save
a
Life
”
Alexis
Rippon
,
13
,
Geelong
Grammar
School
,
Geelong
,
Australia
:
"
The
Devil
From
Down
Under
"
Anya
Wang
,
16
,
Ridge
High
School
,
Basking
Ridge
,
N.J
.:
“
A
Letter
From
a
'
Loser
"
"
Casey
Goldstein
,
17
,
Byram
Hills
High
School
,
Armonk
,
N.Y
.:
“
Dear
New
York
State
Senators
,
Could
You
Please
Repeat
That
?
”
Emma
Wang
,
15
,
Choate
Rosemary
Hall
,
Wallingford
,
Conn
.:
"
Reclaiming
Singapore's
Credit
for
Success
:
Removing
Colonialist
Statues
"
Justin
,
16
,
Seoul
Foreign
School
,
Seoul
:
"
A
Letter
to
Midjourney
"
Leela
Uppaluri
,
16
,
The
Winsor
School
,
Boston
:
"
Accepting
Autism
:
A
Sibling's
Perspective
"
Lucy
Robb
, 17
,
Jesuit
High
School
,
Portland
,
Ore
.:
"
Grass
Lawns
:
Lavish
and
Lamentable
"
Oliver
Bohon
,
17
,
Bloomington
High
School
South
,
Bloomington
,
Ind
.:
“
Insulin
:
Drugs
vs.
Dividends
"
Runners
-
Up
Aila
Woods
,
17
,
Brooklyn
Technical
High
School
,
Brooklyn
,
N.Y
.:
"
To
the
Mothers
of
the
9
-
Year
-
Olds
in
Sephora
"
Aliyah
Majeed
-
Hall
,
16
,
The
Potomac
School
,
McLean
,
Va
.:
"
Why
Gen
Z
Needs
Ted
Lasso
"
Callisto
Lim
,
17
,
Kinder
High
School
for
the
Performing
and
Visual
Arts
,
Houston
:
"
Reinstate
DEI
in
Texas
Universities
:
An
Open
Letter
"
Celine
Tay
,
17
,
Shanghai
:
"
Dear
Moms
and
Dads
,
We
Should
Talk
About
Sex
"
Jessie
Hui
Hu
,
17
,
Colégio
Bandeirantes
,
São
Paulo
,
Brazil
:
“
Dear
Taylor
Swift
,
Let's
Shake
Off
Those
Carbon
Emissions
!
"
Lauren
,
14
,
Seoul
International
School
,
Gyeonggi
-
do
,
South
Korea
:
“
An
Open
Letter
to
Mr.
James
Quincey
Addressing
Worker
Exploitation
in
India
"
Matan
Davies
,
17
,
Scarsdale
High
School
,
Scarsdale
,
N.Y
.:
“
An
Open
Letter
to
Governor
Hochul
From
a
High
Schooler
Entering
Society
"
Natalie
Krause
,
16
,
South
Lyon
High
School
,
South
Lyon
,
Mich
.:
“
My
(
Menstrual
)
Education
"
Niah
L.
Maduakolam
,
15
,
Munster
High
School
,
Munster
,
Ind
.:
"
An
Open
Letter
to
Schools
Districts
that
Discriminate
Against
Afro
-
Centric
Hairstyles
"
Om
Nair
,
17
,
North
Carolina
School
of
Science
and
Mathematics
,
Durham
,
N.C
.:
"
An
Open
Letter
to
the
Commissioner
of
the
F.D.A.
,
Written
By
a
Maternal
Orphan
”
Rongfei
Mu
,
16
,
Beijing
World
Youth
Academy
,
Beijing
:
“
An
Open
Letter
to
Prime
Minister
Kishida?
Sofia
Fontenot
,
18
,
Kinder
High
School
for
the
Performing
and
Visual
Arts
,
Houston
:
“
An
Open
Letter
to
Labi
Siffre?
Sophie
Jin
,
14
,
Shanghai
American
School
,
Shanghai
:
"
N.Y.C.
Needs
to
Pee
-
An
Open
Letter
The
New
York
Times
Learning
Network
to
the
New
York
City
Council
"
Honorable
Mentions
Abigail
King
,
16
,
Pleasantville
High
School
,
Pleasantville
,
N.Y
.:
"
An
Open
Letter
to
Mental
Health
Professionals
From
a
Member
of
the
Lockdown
Generation
"
Amy
Lau
,
15
,
Roosevelt
High
School
,
San
Antonio
,
Texas
:
“
Letter
to
Washington
:
End
the
Use
of
Hateful
Rhetoric
"
Anniyah
Rizvi
,
17
,
Langley
High
School
,
McLean
,
Va
.:
“
An
Open
Letter
to
the
English
Language
"
Ava
Resnick
,
13
,
Ethical
Culture
Fieldston
School
,
Bronx
,
N.Y
.:
"
An
Open
Letter
to
Screenagers
:
Start
Living
Outside
the
Phone
-
Shaped
Box
"
Caroline
Serenyi
,
18
,
Holton
-
Arms
School
,
Bethesda
,
Md
.:
“
A
Necessary
Breakup
"
Chiana
Le
,
17
,
Tarbut
V'Torah
Community
Day
School
,
Irvine
,
Calif
.:
"
Dental
Healthcare
Isn't
a
Privilege
,
It
Is
a
Natural
Right
"
Chidera
Okeke
,
15
,
The
Berkshire
School
,
Sheffield
,
Mass
.:
"
Written
in
the
Margins
"
Claire
Weng
,
14
,
Clements
High
School
,
Sugar
Land
,
Texas
:
“
Leaving
Library
Fines
Behind
"
Clementine
Lu
,
15
,
World
Foreign
Language
School
:
“
Let
Kids
Be
Kids
in
High
School
Interviews
"
Cyrus
Sarfaty
,
17
,
Upper
Canada
College
,
Toronto
:
"
Regrets
From
a
Font
-
Fretting
Fussbudget
"
Daniel
Kang
,
16
,
Tanglin
Trust
School
,
Singapore
:
“
Open
Letter
to
Men
:
Breaking
the
Silence
on
Mental
Health
"
Ella
Dickinson
,
15
,
East
Chapel
Hill
High
School
,
Chapel
Hill
,
N.C
.:
"
Dear
United
States
Preventative
Task
Force
"
Eva
Manevski
,
17
,
South
Lyon
High
School
,
South
Lyon
,
Mich
.:
“
Oh
Crickets
:
Turning
Over
a
New
Leaf
for
Food
"
Felize
Riona
G.
Ilagan
,
16
,
Philippine
Science
High
School
-
Main
Campus
,
Quezon
City
,
Philippines
:
"
An
Open
Letter
to
the
Tycoons
of
the
Global
North
"
Georgia
Bond
,
17
,
Lower
Merion
High
School
,
Ardmore
,
Pa
.:
“
Reforming
Our
College
Admissions
Culture
"
Harshitha
Sudhakar
,
17
,
South
Lyon
High
School
,
South
Lyon
,
Mich
:
"
What
Is
the
Value
in
Movie
Classics
?
"
Irene
Yebin
Joh
,
14
,
Seoul
International
School
,
Gyeonggi
-
do
:
“
Beyond
'
Gifted
'
:
Embracing
Diversity
in
Washington's
Classrooms
"
Isha
Harbaugh
,
17
,
Bloomington
High
School
South
,
Bloomington
,
Ind
.:
"
My
Life
,
My
Choice
:
An
Open
Letter
"
Jessica
Zhang
,
15
,
Sage
Hill
School
,
Newport
Beach
,
Calif
.:
"
Fast
Fashion
Brands
:
Your
Young
Customers
Are
Heading
for
the
Exit
”
Jina
Song
,
15
,
Seoul
Foreign
School
,
Seoul
:
“
Mayor
Oh
,
Stop
Suffocating
Us
With
Seoul's
Waste
"
Kathryne
Hong
,
16
,
Durham
Academy
:
"
Farewell
From
Nowhere
"
Leah
Platts
-
Mills
,
14
,
Smith
Middle
School
,
Chapel
Hill
,
N.C
.:
“
An
Open
Letter
Advocating
for
Accessible
Swimming
Lessons
"
Lila
Boutin
,
16
,
School
One
,
Providence
,
R.I
.:
“
Dear
U.S.D.A
.:
Underresourced
Communities
The
New
York
Times
Learning
Network
Can
Only
Join
Your
'
People's
Garden
Initiative
'
Once
They
Have
Access
to
Resources
for
Growing
"
Lila
Cassinari
,
15
,
Farmington
High
School
,
Farmington
,
Conn
.:
“
Fueling
the
Future
:
A
Student's
Right
to
Eat
"
Lola
Babinski
,
15
,
Lyons
Township
High
School
,
Western
Springs
,
III
.:
"
Normalize
Noise
-
Cancelling
"
Lucas
Rounds
,
15
,
Open
World
Learning
,
Saint
Paul
,
Minn
.:
"
An
Open
Letter
to
Millionaires
Who
Hold
Our
Healthcare
Hostage
,
and
the
American
Healthcare
System
"
Qiming
Yang
,
18
,
Emma
Willard
School
,
Troy
,
N.Y
.:
"
An
Open
Letter
to
High
School
Educators
:
The
Case
for
Home
Economics
"
Nathan
Yam
,
14
,
International
Christian
School
:
"
Nuclear
Power
Is
Safer
and
Greener
Than
You
Think
:
A
Letter
to
Greenpeace
"
Ngoc
Linh
Nguyen
,
17
,
Vinschool
Smart
City
,
Hanoi
,
Vietnam
:
“
Tote
Overload
:
A
Letter
to
Cotton
Tote
Bag
Users
"
Nickohli
Beiersdorf
,
17
,
James
E.
Dottke
Project
-
Based
Learning
High
School
,
West
Allis
,
Wis
.:
"
A
Letter
to
the
Metal
Community
(
From
a
Metalhead
)
"
Paula
Garcia
Moreno
Caraza
,
17
,
Instituto
Mexicano
Regina
,
Mexico
City
,:
"
An
Open
Letter
to
Mexico's
Undecided
Voters
"
Santiago
Vira
,
17
,
Brooklyn
Technical
High
School
,
Brooklyn
,
N.Y
.:
“
To
the
3
-
D
Printing
Industry
,
Let's
Fix
This
"
Sophia
Tsien
,
17
,
Bergen
County
Technical
High
School
,
Teterboro
,
N.J
.:
“
Dear
Congress
:
Let
the
China
Initiative
Rot
"
Vale
Kerns
,
18
,
Arlington
Career
Center
,
Arlington
,
Va
.:
“
Health
of
a
Nation
"
Vanessa
Moffett
,
15
,
Jack
,
Emma
and
Grace
,
Bernards
High
School
:
"
Peaking
at
16
:
Unregulated
Competitive
Sports
Are
Breaking
Children's
Bodies
and
Minds
"
Xinyi
(
Cindy
)
Zeng
,
15
,
Milton
Academy
,
Milton
,
Mass
.:
"
(
An
Unapologetically
Pink
)
Letter
to
the
National
Speech
and
Debate
Association
on
Gender
Bias
in
Debate
"
Additional
Finalists
That
Made
It
to
the
Last
Round
of
Judging
Aakriti
Rustagi
,
16
,
Langley
High
School
,
McLean
,
Va
.:
“
An
Open
Letter
to
the
Only
Woman
Who
Makes
Me
Feel
Beautiful
"
Abbey
Schimel
,
17
,
Dundee
Crown
High
School
,
Carpentersville
,
III
.:
“
Open
Letter
to
Biden
:
Climate
Change
"
Adam
Finkelstein
,
15
,
Livingston
High
School
,
Livingston
,
N.J
.:
"
Dangers
of
the
Popular
Vote
"
Adhithiya
Narayanan
Balamurugan
,
16
,
Solon
High
School
,
Solon
,
Ohio
:
"
An
Open
Letter
to
the
American
Civil
Liberties
Union
"
Adrian
Stancescu
,
16
,
Ramsey
High
School
,
Ramsey
,
N.J
.:
"
An
Open
Letter
to
High
School
Coaches
"
Alexander
Andazola
,
16
,
Cerritos
High
School
,
Cerritos
,
Calif
.:
"
A
Call
to
the
President
,
Save
the
Middle
East
"
Andre
Tang
,
16
,
Concord
Carlisle
Regional
High
School
,
Concord
,
Mass
.:
"
An
Open
Letter
to
KFC
"
Apolline
Rameau
,
Lycée
Français
De
New
York
,
New
York
,
N.Y
.:
“
Americans
Have
No
Choice
But
to
Eat
Chemicals
,
But
You
Do
Nothing
About
It
"
The
New
York
Times
Learning
Network
Ariel
Chen
,
16
,
Munster
High
School
,
Munster
,
Ind
.:
"
Why
I
Prefer
Email
Signatures
With
a
Wink
"
Arti
Jain
,
16
,
Ladue
Horton
Watkins
High
School
,
St.
Louis
:
"
Women's
Laughter
Is
None
of
Your
Business
"
Ashlynn
Wells
,
18
,
Da
Vinci
Communications
,
El
Segundo
,
Calif
.:
“
Do
the
Classics
Still
Matter
?
Why
You
Should
Read
Them
But
Read
Them
Carefully
"
Audrey
Cho
,
15
,
Dwight
Englewood
,
Englewood
,
N.J
.:
"
An
Open
Letter
to
Neal
Mohan
,
CEO
of
Youtube
"
Audrey
Zhang
,
16
,
St.
Paul's
School
,
Concord
,
N.H
.:
“
No
Mistakes
:
An
Open
Letter
to
Eldest
Daughters
"
Beau
Souders
,
17
,
Oakton
High
School
,
Vienna
,
Va
.:
“
Crabs
:
The
Unsung
Heroes
"
Betsy
Engelhardt
,
15
,
Archie
Williams
High
School
,
San
Anselmo
,
Calif
.:
“
An
Open
Letter
to
Governor
Ron
DeSantis
"
Bhaavni
Krishna
,
16
,
South
Windsor
High
School
,
South
Windsor
,
Conn
.:
"
Dear
Crayola
,
Please
Do
Not
Treat
My
Color
As
an
Afterthought
"
Bill
Jang
,
14
,
Regis
High
School
,
New
York
,
N.Y
.:
"
The
Fashion
Industry
Needs
to
Clean
Up
Its
Act
"
Bradley
Dunn
,
15
,
Chelsea
High
School
,
Chelsea
,
Mich
.:
“
An
Open
Letter
to
Smartphone
Users
"
Brandon
Garcia
,
17
,
Acellus
Academy
:
"
Mercy
to
Those
Whom
You
Call
'
Aliens
"
Cathy
Sui
,
16
,
Dulles
High
School
,
Sugar
Land
,
Texas
:
“
To
America
:
Confront
and
Mitigate
Settler
Violence
"
Charles
McCauley
,
17
,
Lower
Merion
High
School
,
Ardmore
,
Pa
.:
"
Dear
Class
of
2025
"
Chloe
Haslam
,
17
,
Hume
-
Fogg
Academic
High
School
,
Nashville
:
“
An
Open
Letter
to
Congressman
Andy
Ogles
"
Clara
Banks
,
17
,
Kirkwood
High
School
,
Kirkwood
,
Mo
.:
"
Connection
in
Cinema?
Claudia
Rose
,
16
,
Jesuit
High
School
,
Portland
,
Ore
.:
“
The
'
Conference
of
Champions
'
Is
Dead
,
Olympic
Sports
Take
the
Hit
"
Colette
Leighton
,
15
,
Marblehead
High
School
,
Marblehead
,
Mass
.:
"
A
Child's
Crisis
"
Colin
Dougherty
,
16
,
Ramsey
High
School
,
Ramsey
,
N.J
.:
“
The
Derailment
of
Sustainable
Tourism
:
An
Open
Letter
to
'
El
Tren
Maya
'
Megaproject
"
Cooper
Terry
,
17
,
Kirkwood
High
School
,
Kirkwood
,
Mo
.:
“
Congress
Must
Address
the
Backhand
Advertisements
of
E
-
cigarette
Companies
to
Teens
"
Corbin
Nam
,
17
,
Menlo
-
Atherton
High
School
,
Menlo
Park
,
Calif
.:
"
Stop
Banning
ChatGPT
in
Schools
"
Dalida
Janevathanavitya
,
17
,
Suffield
Academy
,
Suffield
,
Conn
.:
"
A
Wish
Upon
a
Star
:
Don't
Make
Diversity
an
Afterthought
"
David
Huynh
,
15
,
Willow
Glen
High
School
,
San
Jose
,
Calif
.:
"
A
Letter
to
My
School
District
,
San
Jose
Unified
"
Diya
Nair
,
16
,
Vista
del
Lago
,
Folsom
,
Calif
.:
"
Gen
Z
-
Stop
Hiding
Behind
the
Screen
!
"
Dylan
McGinty
,
14
,
Smith
Middle
School
:
"
An
Open
Letter
About
Public
Schooling
:
What
Needs
to
Change
"
Emma
,
16
,
Verona
Area
High
School
,
Verona
,
Wis
.:
"
Friendly
Fashion
!
"
Eric
Lu
,
18
,
Rowland
Hall
,
Salt
Lake
City
:
"
Ranked
Choice
Voting
Is
Not
a
Sufficient
Solution
”
Ethan
Sun
,
16
,
The
Bishop's
School
,
La
Jolla
,
Calif
.:
“
A
Scheduled
Tragedy
"
The
New
York
Times
Learning
Network
Felicitas
Crusen
,
17
,
Lake
Oswego
High
School
,
Lake
Oswego
,
Ore
.:
“
Saudi
Arabia's
Leadership
at
the
CSW
:
A
Threat
to
Women's
Rights
"
Gabi
Zambrano
,
15
,
Canterbury
School
,
Fort
Wayne
,
Ind
.:
“
Voting
Rights
Denied
"
Giulia
Ronzan
,
17
,
Da
Vinci
Communications
,
El
Segundo
,
Calif
.:
“
Making
a
Case
for
the
'
Classics
""
Isadora
Riquelme
,
13
,
Humbercrest
Public
School
,
Toronto
:
"
Manners
Matter
"
Ishaan
Reddy
, 15
,
Livingston
High
School
,
Livingston
,
N.J
.:
"
Rehash
to
Refresh
:
What
Hollywood
Can
Do
to
Stop
Redoing
the
Past
"
Jackson
Kirk
,
16
,
Lakeside
High
School
,
Atlanta
:
"
A
Letter
to
the
President
on
Improving
the
Organ
Transplant
System
"
Jaden
Holtz
,
17
,
Glenbard
North
High
School
,
Carol
Stream
,
III
.:
“
A
Plea
for
Rest
and
Relaxation
"
Ji
Hyo
Kim
,
16
,
Seoul
Foreign
School
,
Seoul
:
"
Dear
Wellness
Influencers
:
I'm
No
Longer
Your
Organic
Ginger
Wellness
Shot
Girl
"
Jialu
Li
,
18
,
The
Experimental
High
School
Attached
to
Beijing
Normal
University
,
Beijing
:
"
An
Open
Letter
to
the
Man
Who
Downloaded
My
Artwork
Without
My
Permission
and
Photoshopped
It
"
Jimin
Suh
,
15,
International
School
of
Sacred
Heart
,
Tokyo
:
"
A
Costless
Escape
From
Urban
Stress
:
City
Parks
"
Josiah
Reimer
,
13
,
Farnsworth
Middle
School
,
Guilderland
,
N.Y
.:
“
An
Open
Letter
to
Governor
DeSantis
"
Julia
Young
,
15
,
University
School
of
Nashville
,
Nashville
:
“
An
Open
Letter
to
My
State
Senator
"
June
Pezalla
-
Granlund
,
17
,
Cheltenham
High
School
,
Wyncote
,
Pa
.:
"
Byte
-
Sized
Dictionaries
:
Changing
Linguistics
in
the
Digital
Age
"
Karinna
K.
Martinez
,
16
,
Holland
High
School
,
Holland
,
Mich
.:
"
Dear
Cop
Who
Beat
My
Dad
"
Kathryn
Ye
,
16
,
University
Prep
,
Seattle
:
"
To
Advocates
of
Affirmative
Action
"
Laiq
Sorrell
,
16
,
Cherry
Creek
High
School
,
Greenwood
Village
,
Colo
.:
"
The
Political
Geriatric
Crisis
"
Leah
Woodell
,
17
,
Jesuit
High
School
,
Portland
,
Ore
.:
“
Lacking
Lessons
"
Leonor
Vaucher
,
16
,
Lycée
Français
De
New
York
,
New
York
,
N.Y
.:
"
On
Intersectionality
:
Homelessness
and
Mental
Illness
"
Lili
Grimm
,
17
,
Lake
Oswego
High
School
,
Lake
Oswego
,
Ore
.:
"
Closing
the
Gap
:
A
Call
to
OSHA
for
Improved
Bathroom
Stall
Safety
"
LJ
Johnson
,
18
,
Kinder
High
School
for
the
Performing
and
Visual
Arts
,
Houston
:
“
An
Open
Letter
to
Greg
Abbott?
Madhav
Kochhar
,
15
,
Step
By
Step
School
,
Noida
,
India
:
“
An
Open
Letter
to
All
the
Guys
I'm
Almost
Friends
With
"
Malina
,
16
,
Lake
Oswego
High
School
,
Lake
Oswego
,
Ore
.:
"
Food
Additives
Need
Greater
Regulations
"
Maren
Prosa
,
16
,
Verona
Area
High
School
,
Verona
,
Wis
.:
"
A
Letter
Demanding
Free
Period
Products
to
Be
in
Schools
"
Marian
Dang
,
16
,
Cheltenham
High
School
,
Wyncote
,
Pa
.:
"
An
Open
Letter
to
Nihilistic
Teens?
Matthew
Carleton
,
17
,
Concord
Carlisle
Regional
High
School
,
Concord
,
Mass
.:
"
Save
Our
Snow
:
An
Open
Letter
to
the
President
of
ExxonMobil?
The
New
York
Times
Learning
Network
Michael
Noh
,
14
,
Korea
International
School
,
Seongnam
,
South
Korea
:
"
You're
Not
Seeing
the
Real
Me
"
Michael
Tsai
,
17
,
Brophy
College
Preparatory
,
Phoenix
:
“
Realignment
for
the
Maligned
"
Miro
Raj
,
17
,
Lower
Merion
High
School
,
Ardmore
,
Pa
.:
"
To
My
Fellow
Students
:
Cheating
?
It's
Not
the
Answer
.
"
Miles
Niemeyer
,
17
,
Mounds
Park
Academy
,
Maplewood
,
Minn
.:
"
An
Open
Letter
to
Pete
Buttigieg
:
Acknowledging
Our
Future
”
Molly
O'Loughlin
,
15
,
University
School
of
Nashville
,
Nashville
:
“
An
Open
Letter
to
Tennessee
Lawmakers
on
Gun
Violence
"
Natalie
Hankin
,
14
,
Farnsworth
Middle
School
,
Guilderland
,
N.Y
.:
“
An
Open
Letter
to
My
Favorite
Brother
"
Nate
Warren
,
17
,
and
Henry
Koban
Payne
,
16
,
Lower
Merion
High
School
,
Ardmore
,
Pa
.:
"
A
Letter
to
'
Progressive
'
Suburbanites
"
Nix
Ochs
T
,
15,
Woodgrove
High
School
,
Purcellville
,
Va
.:
"
What
It's
Like
Being
a
Queer
Student
in
LCPS
"
Noah
Cornerstone
Joo
,
17
,
Wake
STEM
Early
College
High
School
,
Cary
,
N.C
.:
"
Korean
Reunification
Is
Only
a
False
Dream
If
We
Make
It
One
"
Olivia
Karr
,
13
,
German
School
Brooklyn
,
Brooklyn
,
N.Y
.:
"
The
Case
for
Free
Menstrual
Products
in
Schools
"
Olivia
Salo
-
McCloskey
, 15
,
Ichabod
Crane
High
School
,
Valatie
,
N.Y
.:
"
Cancel
Cancel
Culture
"
Quinn
Rudnick
,
17
,
Cherry
Creek
High
School
,
Greenwood
Village
,
Colo
.:
“
Anti
-
Trans
Legislation
Has
Left
Me
Feeling
Boxed
Out
and
Isolated
During
the
College
Application
Experience
"
Riya
Modi
,
16
,
South
Windsor
High
School
,
South
Windsor
,
Conn
.:
"
Embracing
Recess
for
Holistic
Development
"
Samaya
Jeannot
-
Schroeder
,
16
,
Lake
Stevens
High
School
,
Lake
Stevens
,
Wash
.:
"
A
Letter
to
Florida
Governor
Ron
Desantis
"
Samuel
Wang
,
16
,
The
Lawrenceville
School
,
Lawrenceville
,
N.J
.:
“
Telling
the
Truth
About
Science
"
Shakti
Subramanian
,
15
,
Centennial
High
School
,
Frisco
,
Texas
:
"
From
a
Second
Generation
Immigrant
"
Shannon
Kelly
,
16
,
Maynard
High
School
,
Maynard
,
Mass
.:
"
Why
We
Shouldn't
Go
to
Zoos
"
Shogo
Yamashita
,
15
,
Lake
Stevens
High
School
,
Lake
Stevens
,
Wash
.:
"
The
Deadliest
Poison
-
Fossil
Fuels
”
—
Sophia
Ren
,
15
,
Arcadia
High
School
,
Arcadia
,
Calif
.:
"
The
Water
Crisis
in
Jackson
"
Sophia
Webb
,
16
,
Kirkwood
High
School
,
Kirkwood
,
Mo
.:
"
A
Decision
Beyond
Repair
"
Sophie
Visweswaran
,
17
,
Byram
Hills
High
School
,
Armonk
,
N.Y
.:
"
A
Letter
to
the
Supreme
Court
the
Right
to
Abortion
"
Stephanie
Ma
,
16
,
The
Webb
Schools
,
Claremont
,
Calif
.:
“
An
Open
Letter
to
My
English
Teacher
Who
Stayed
Silent
"
Stephen
,
17
,
State
College
Area
High
School
,
State
College
,
Pa
.:
“
A
Letter
to
White
Guys
in
High
School
"
Suri
Tu
,
16
,
Cosumnes
Oaks
High
School
,
Elk
Grove
,
Calif
.:
"
Dear
Reckless
Driver
"
Taeyeon
Min
,
14
,
BC
Collegiate
Upper
,
Seoul
:
“
A
Letter
to
Parents
"
The
New
York
Times
Learning
Network
Tayla
Ha
,
16
,
Lower
Merion
High
School
,
Ardmore
,
Pa
.:
"
A
Letter
to
the
Man
Who
Laughed
at
My
Mom's
Accent?
Tessa
Rosan,
16
,
POLYTECH
High
School
,
Woodside
,
Del
.:
“
Dear
Dress
Code
"
Todd
Avery
Lin
,
17
,
Phillips
Academy
Andover
,
Andover
,
Mass
.:
“
Cruel
,
Viscous
and
Worth
Loving
"
Victoria
Anderson
-
Lynch
,
14
,
Archie
Williams
High
School
,
San
Anselmo
,
Calif
.:
"
Dear
Men
in
the
White
Truck
"
Vishnu
Kagolanu
,
17
,
Sacred
Heart
Preparatory
,
Atherton
,
Calif
.:
“
The
C.D.C.
Should
Provide
More
Funding
to
Research
Rare
Neurological
Diseases
"
Xi
(
Angela
)
Fang
,
17
,
St.
Cuthbert's
College
,
Auckland
,
New
Zealand
:
“
Uphold
Public
Transport
Subsidies
:
Don't
Throw
Students
Under
the
Bus
"
Xinyi
Wu
,
17
,
St.
Paul's
School
,
Concord
,
N.H
.:
“
Open
Letter
to
Museum
Leaders
in
the
Western
World
"
Yechan
(
Chloe
)
Lee
,
16
,
Korea
International
School
,
Seongnam
,
South
Korea
:
"
An
Open
Letter
to
Tarte
Cosmetics
"
Yining
Zhang
,
17
,
University
of
Toronto
Schools
,
Toronto
:
"
Left
Behind
:
The
Desolate
State
of
Indigenous
Healthcare
in
Canada
"
Z.
Nwosu
,
16
,
Lycée
Français
De
New
York
,
New
York
,
N.Y
.:
"
Black
America
Has
a
Problem
"
Zhen
Mo
(
Adam
)
,
13
,
BASIS
International
School
Guangzhou
,
Guangdong
,
China
:
"
Guangzhou
Plans
to
Have
53
Metro
Lines
,
Yet
It
Won't
Open
Up
the
Most
Urgent
One
"
The
New
York
Times
Learning
Network
