Annual Choose Respect Video Contest submission is now CLOSED
Please join us at RespectFest on April 7th from 1-4pm at the Wheaton Community Recreation Center to announce the winners
Here are the winners of the 2023 Contest:
1st Place: Broken Pieces
by Daniela from Poolesville High School
2nd Place: If You Love Your Partner
by Parim and Megan from MLK Jr. Middle School
3rd Place: It’s All Your Fault
by Ethan, Jack, Brandon and Mimi from Northwest High School
Honorable Mention and Fan Favorite: Lessons Learned
by Derek, Anders, Daniel and Jorge from Watkins Mill High School, Springbrook High School and Blake High School
Honorable Mention: The Signs Were Always There
by Siena, Aliza and Chelsea from Churchill High School
Past Winners
1st Place - "Not My Fault" - MLK Jr. Middle School
2nd Place and Fan Favorite - "High School Simulator" - Einstein High School
3rd Place - "Words do Hurt" - Shady Grove Middle School
Honorable Mention - "Dating Shouldn't Hurt" - Julius West Middle School
Honorable Mention - "It's Fine" - Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
2021
1st Place and Fan Favorite - "Love Should Never Hurt" - Poolesville High School and Takoma Park Middle School
2nd Place - "Boys Will Be Boys" - Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
3rd Place - "Guys Can Be Victims Too" - Eastern Middle School
Honorable Mention - "I Promise" - Paint Branch High School
Honorable Mention - "False Reflections" - Rockville High School
2020
1st Place and Fan Favorite - "I'm the Victim" - Northwood High School
2nd Place - "He Loves Me" - Roberto Clemente Middle School
3rd Place - "Our Memories" - Richard Montgomery High School
Honorable Mention - "Distraction" - Eastern Middle School
Honorable Mention - "Excuses" - Poolesville High School
2019
1st Place - "Reflection" - Wootton High School
2nd Place - "It Was All Her Fault" - Roberto Clemente Middle School 3rd Place - "Dear Diary" - Roberto Clemente Middle School
Honorable Mention and Fan Favorite - "You are Not Alone!" - Winston Churchill High School
Honorable Mention - "There Is Another Side" - Northwood High School
2018
1st Place - "Text Me Back, K?" - Wootton High School
2nd Place - "Triad" - Tryka Film Coalition
3rd Place - "Isolation" - Sherwood High School
Honorable Mention and Fan Favorite - "I'm Fine." - Richard Montgomery High School
Honorable Mention - "Because He Told Me So" - The Girl Scouts
2017
1st Place and Fan Favorite - "Because He Loves Me" - Northwest High School
Honorable Mention - This is My Story - Hallie Wells Middle School
2016
1st Place - "I Came, I Saw, I Conquered" - Roberto Clemente Middle School
2nd Place - "Abuse Does Not Discriminate" - Sherwood High School
3rd Place - "Don't Be Silenced" - Forrest Oak Middle School
Honorable Mention - "Why Me?" - Gaithersburg High School
Honorable Mention - "Does He Really Like You?" - Wheaton High School
2015
1st Place - "Bruises" - James Hubert Blake High School
2nd Place - "Out of the Dark" - James Hubert Blake High School
3rd Place - "Locked" - James Hubert Blake High School
Honorable Mention - "It Has To End" - James Hubert Blake High School
Honorable Mention - "There's No Excuse" - Sherwood High School