The 2012 Braille Readers Are Leaders Contest Winners

The 2012 Braille Readers Are Leaders Contest Winners

Future Reflections Summer 2012
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The 2012 Braille Readers Are Leaders Contest Winners
Each year, from November 1 to January 4 (Louis Braille's birthday), blind students across the country take part in the annual Braille Readers Are Leaders Contest sponsored by the National Organization of Parents of Blind Children (NOPBC) and the National Association to Promote the Use of Braille (NAPUB). Students compete for prizes in five categories based on grade. In addition, Twin Vision® prizes are awarded to dual-media readers, and the Jennifer Baker Awards are given to readers who have overcome unusual obstacles to achieve Braille mastery. Community Service Awards go to students who have used Braille in order to perform a community service. While most contestants enter as individuals, student and adult teams also are eligible to participate.
The 2011-2012 contest marks the twenty-ninth year of the Braille Readers Are Readers Contest. Here is a complete list of this year's winners.
K-12 CONTEST
GRADES K-1
1st Place Maia Armstrong, IL--1,976 pages
2nd Place Holly Connor, WA--1,543 pages
3rd Place Emerie Mitchell-Butler, VA--1,179 pages
GRADES 2-3
1st Place Maria Monteiro-Oliveira, GA--8,839 pages
2nd Place Andrea Cordero-Perez, AZ--5,617 pages
3rd Place Matthew Leinart, IL--3,174 pages
GRADES 4-5
1st Place Maegan Weiler, WA--21,646 pages
2nd Place Rosanna Scott, AR--13,255 pages
3rd Place Alayna Hall, IN--10,332 pages
GRADES 6-8
1st Place Kortnee Barton, UT--12,035 pages
2nd Place Shawn Abraham, MD--8,884 pages
3rd Place Samantha Simonton, GA--7,078 pages
GRADES 9-12
1st Place Lanie Molinar, TX--18,328 pages
2nd Place Roosevelt Thermitus, FL--12,365 pages
3rd Place Michael Davidson, OH--12,071 pages
COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
Elizabeth Kazmierski, 10th grade, MI
JENNIFER BAKER AWARD
Page Segura, 11th grade, AZ
Andrea Cordero-Perez, 2nd grade, AZ
TWIN VISION (r) AWARD
Emerie Mitchell-Butler, Kindergarten, VA
Beck Schutte, 2nd grade, MA
Matthew Leinart, 3rd grade, IL
Thomas Bannon III, 4th grade, VA
Shah Mohammad, 3rd grade, TX
TEAM OF THE YEAR AWARD
TEAM SMED
Michael Smedley, 6th grade, PA
Mitchell Smedley, 3rd grade, PA
Team's Total Pages Read: 1,450
ADULT CONTEST
BEGINNER
1st Place Treva Olivero, LA--2,012 pages
2nd Place Julie Newman, IN--1,432 pages
3rd Place Brian Mackey, NJ--1,240 pages
INTERMEDIATE
1st Place Ericka Mosley, VA--12,829 pages
2nd Place Kierra Davis, VA--9,813 pages
3rd Place Judy Sanders, MN--4,512 pages
ADVANCED
1st Place Mike Sivill, OR--5,459 pages
2nd Place Tony Schnurr, IN--3,529 pages
3rd Place Danielle Shives, MD--3,212 pages
EXPERT
1st Place Brandi Bryant, CA, 11,330 pages
2nd Place Patrick Gormley, MD, 8,163 pages
3rd Place Tami Jones, IN, 7,889 pages
SIGHTED
1st Place Veronica Bargehr, IL--3,027 pages
2nd Place Christy Grimstad, AZ--2,658 pages
3rd Place Ephraim Poonen, AZ--1,254 pages
TEAM OF THE YEAR AWARD
LITTLE DOTS ON THE PRAIRIE
Jean Rauschenbach, Beginner, MN
Judy Sanders, Intermediate, MN
Hannah Furney, Beginner, MN
Pat Barrett, Beginner, MN
Trudy Barrett, Beginner, MN
Team's Total Pages Read: 7,520
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