2004 Contest Winners

The 2004 Character's Cool Contest had 335 schools participate from 45 states. Check out the winners below to read what our nation's youth have to say about tolerance and compassion. Winners who choose to remain anonymous will not be listed on the Web site. Sign up to receive an email notification about the 2005 contest.

School Grand Prize Winner: Receives a New Computer for the School and a One-Year License to the MindOH! Discipline and Life Skills Series

A.I. Root Middle School in Medina, Ohio with a total of 484 survey entries

School Runner-Up Winner: Receives Project Wisdom's Character Education Series

Gibson City Melvin Sibley Middle School in Gibson City, Illinois with 230 survey entries

Student Grand Prize Winner: Receives a Nintendo Game Cube - Platinum Limited Edition w/ 1 memory card

Carlos Burks, Odyssey High School, Boston, MA

Additional Student Winners

Prize	Winner
Portable CD/MP3 player	To be announced
$25 Amazon.com gift certificate	David Joshua Hall, Lynn Middle School, Las Cruces, NM
$25 Old Navy gift card	Kristen McClure, Mabry Junior High, Inman, SC
$25 Best Buy gift card	Breanna Sipley, Sanford Middle School, Sanford, FL
$25 Barnes & Noble gift card	To be announced
$15 Blockbuster Video gift card	To be announced
Cranium game	Justine Hazuka, Jared Eliot Middle School, Clinton, CT
Pictionary game	Ignacio Perez, Jr., Oak Crest Intermediate, San Antonio, TX
Jenga game	Kyle Milton, Chehalis Middle School, Chehalis, WA
Superbowl XXXVIII hat	Brandon Hicks, Scott Central Junior High, Sikestown, MO
Athletes for a Better World T-shirts	Jake Patterson, Athena Middle School, Rochester, NY Margarette Jule Sia, Warm Springs Middle School, Murrieta, CA Marian Kyna A. Siopongco, Warm Springs Middle School, Murrieta, CA
Athletes for a Better World Posters	Joshua A. Peak, Gibson City Melvin Middle School, Gibson City, IL Peter Groh, Farnsworth Middle School, Sheboygan, WI Quinten Wilkens, Mabry Junior High, Inman, SC Haley Lewis, Valley View Middle School, Germantown, OH
Seattle Seahawk T-shirts	Brandy A. Johnson, Mabry Junior High, Inman, SC Gerry Newland, Monument High School, 29 Palms, CA
Seattle Mariners Fan Packs	To be announced
Seattle Supersonics Fan Packs	Glen Johnson, Forney Middle School, Forney, TX

Character's Cool Contest High School Essay Winners

1st Place High School Essay, $500 cash prize: "Tolerance -- The Remedy of Life"
by Janice Cho, 15, Galena High School, Reno, NV

2nd Place High School Essay, $250 cash prize: "All You Need Is Love" by Susan Payton, 15, Pike View High School, Athens, WV

3rd Place High School Essay, $175 cash prize: "A Lesson in Love" by Paul Monaco, 16, Allen High School, Allen, TX

High School Honorable Mentions

Character's Cool Contest Middle School Essay Winners

1st Place Middle School Essay, $500 cash prize: "Fairness" by Puja Gujarathi, 12, Belleville Middle School, Belleville, NJ

2nd Place Middle School Essay, $250 cash prize: "How I Learned About Tolerance"
by Meghan Buckles, 14, Glastonbury High School, Glastonbury, CT

3rd Place Middle School Essay, $175 cash prize: "Through the Eyes of a Homeless Person" by Dustin Curtis, 12, Lynn Lucas Middle School, Willis, TX

Middle School Honorable Mentions

Past Character's Cool Contests

To view winners from past contests, visit the 2002 Web site and/or the 2003 contest web site.

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