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Alex Carr won the 2008 Optimist Oratorical Competition for all
of Southern California and a $1500 scholarship
Click to read the complete speech, "America: Why Me? Why Not?",
both written and delivered by Alex, on his web page

Alex is also the youngest person to ever win a
San Diego Press Club
award in the organization's 36 year history for a humorous
article he wrote for the Valley Roadrunner newspaper in 2008

Click to read the article, "Boredovacationitis: Does Your
Child Exhibit the Symptoms?" on Alex's web page


Sammi's full-length original stage play,
Auditioning Truths and Lies, receives rave
reviews from the national KidsFIRST!
competition-perfect scores in every category
Click to visit the Auditioning Truths and Lies web page

Sammi with some of her awards

Mystery High, Samantha Carr's full-length comedy thriller,
was a finalist in the 2007 iVIE awards
(Interactive Video in Education)

Mystery High was also named a finalist at the
Fallbrook Film Festival

Sammi was also named 2007's
"Storyteller of the Year" at the VCTV Video Awards

And Alex won the 2007 statewide CABE writing contest for his
essay, "My Bilingual Rewards" (click to read the complete
essay on his web page)


Alex Carr at CABE's annual convention held in Long Beach, CA

Outside Spreckels Theater

Sins of the Father on the big screen

Alex with his award

Sammi and her trophy

Alex also received a 2006 iVIE Award for his video,
The Movie I Made About What My Little
Brother Bluto Did Last Summer
Click to watch it on the Flour and Bluto web page

Alex's win was especially impressive because the then-6th
grader was competing against high school seniors from all over
San Diego County

Click to watch the short video Alex made about the iVIE awards:
"Valley Center Joins the iVIE League"