51st Annual Festival Winners (2017)

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Overall Winners
Elementary Division

Craft
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 Flu Season

Millikan Middle School
Secondary Division

Look Beyond the disABILITY

​Rancho Minerva Middle School
5 Finger Discount 

Val Verde High School
Curricular Category Winners
Elementary Division
Secondary Division
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Bilingual/Foreign Language
California Geography in Korean

Mark Keppel Elementary School
Aztec Dance
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Mission Middle School

Career and Technical Education
Scratch Rocks

Mark Keppel VAPA Elementary
 Digital Promise FilmMAKERS Challenge: Rancho Minerva Middle School 

Rancho Minerva Middle School

English/Language Arts
What is Kindness?
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Juniper Elementary
Idiot

Cleveland High School

Fine Arts (Art, Design, Music, Drama)
Keppel's Cartoon Dance #30

Mark Keppel VAPA Magnet School
Unrecognized, Invisible & Latina: The Hollywood Struggle

UC Riverside ARTSblock

History/Social Science
 Take Learning to New Heights, Understand Your Rights!
Flora Vista
Loving Someone 

American Canyon High School

Journalism
Millikan Votes 2016
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Millikan Middle School
CCA-TV Oscar Edition
 
Canyon Crest Academy

Science/Health
Scoop on Sugar
Capri Elementary
The California Drought 

Arcadia High School

Special Education Projects
Hour of Code

​Kelly Elementary 
Look Beyond the disABILITY

​Rancho Minerva Middle School

Teacher Created Project
Ecosystem in Korean
 
Mark Keppel Elementary School 
 Voice Without a Choice

High Tech High North County
Craft Category Winners
Elementary Division
Secondary Division


“Eye-Catcher"
 
 
 Come Out and Play

Burbank High School

Best Animation
Thayer's Pi Movie - A Flash Animation

Echo Horizon School
Buzzkill

 UC Riverside ARTSblock


Best Cinematography
 Flu Season

Millikan Middle School
La Fortezza
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Canyon Crest Academy

Best Editing
 It's Pi Day

Echo Horizon School
5 Finger Discount 

Val Verde High School

Best Instructional
 
 Speak Out!

Daniel Pearl Magnet High School
 ​Best Original Score - Secondary
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Livin' That DV Lifestyle

Deer Valley High 
Best Screenplay - Secondary
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Sofia Private Eye

Deer Valley High 
California's Gold - Secondary 

​ Incognito
 
Canyon Crest Academy

Special Category Winners
2015-16 Echo Horizon Video Yearbook 
 Most Creative Video Yearbook​
​Echo Horizon School
 21st Century People
Excellence in Original Music
San Diego Jewish Academy
 Attack of the Germs
Excellent Use of Humor in a PSA (Elementary)
Sherman Elementary
Backpacks and Bicycle Chains 
Best Silent Film
Slauson Middle School
Being Mindful
Excellent Use of Community
Granada Elementary Community Charter
Caged Bird PSA
Excellence in Cultual Understanding
Franklin High School

​ CCAA News
Best Set Production Design
 ​Creative Connections Arts Academy K-6

​Centurion Spotlight
Excellence in Editing
Saugus High School

​Dear America
Excellent Intergenerational Project
​Rancho Minerva Middle School
Depression's Effects 
Powerful Public Health PSA Award
​El Camino Creek 
Egyptian Artisans
 Making History Relatable Award 
Echo Horizon School
Emilee
Most Moving
American Canyon High School
End the R Word
Excellent Use of Humor in A PSA (Secondary)
Escondido High School
Escape Room
Excellent Short News Segment 
Mission Middle School
 Ferdinand Magellan 
 Award for Historical Reenactment
 Carpenter Community Charter

​Let's Talk About Depth Shots!
Best Student Performance
Robert C. Fisler School

​How the Gingrich Stole Christmas  
Excellent Political Satire
Pacoima Middle School

​Garden Crew Pizzeria
Best Elementary Cooking Show
Paul Ecke Central Elementary

​Mario Comes to Golden West
Excellence in Special Effects
Golden West High School

​ Hope: Let's Talk
 Excellent PSA
Fresno Christian

MY LA311 App
Best Community Resource Highlight
Daniel Pearl HS

​National History Day Documentary
Excellent Cross-Generational Collaboration
American Canyon High School

The Color of Life
Excellence in Storytelling 
 Laguna Hills High School

​Paws for the News 2.0
Elementary Anchor Excellence
Juniper Elementary

The Subtle Art of Crafting a Believable Story
Excellence in Storytelling 
 Laguna Hills High School

​TK News Special Report: Bearded Dragon Eggs
Best Field Reporter
Carroll Elementary

​Taking a Stand: Students for a Democratic Society
Honorable Mention, History/Social Studies
Juniper Elementary
Timeless
Excellence in Animation
​Orchard Hills School

Prizes

  • All participants and winners are invited to the festival on June 3, 2017. RSVP HERE.
  • Every award-winning school receives one plaque. Extra plaques are available for school trophy cases, classrooms, or student homes.​
  • Teachers of all winning entries will receive: one-year membership to CUE (current memberships will be extended by one calendar year)
  • Teachers of Grand Prize winners (announced at the festival June 3) will also receive a cash prize, one complimentary registration for the CUE National Conference in Palm Springs, and other goodies!