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Youth Sing Out! John Marshall High School students perform their original song incorporated themes of diversity and tolerance into their lyrics

Students from Newton D. Baker Elementary perform their original Stop the Hate Youth Sing Out piece

Solon High School junior Justin Bachman heads to the stage to accept his Grand Scholarship Prize as Runners Up Chane's Collins and Anja Block applaud

Scholarship Finalists await the announcement from Maltz Museum co-founder Milton Maltz

Justin Bachman with Solon High School Principal Erin Short; the school with the grand prize winning entry was presented $10,000 to be used specifically toward anti-bias education

Justin Bachman reads his essay about his battles with Tourette syndrome

Grand Scholarship Winner Justin Bachman, junior, Solon High School

Gang violence was the theme of Chane'l Collins' prize-winning essay

Anja Block tells of her encounter with racial prejudice

With the highest percentage of entries, Rocky River Middle School was presented $10,000 to be used specifically toward anti-bias education. (7th grader Nolan Weaver, Principal Megan Rose, 8th grader Thomas Schill pictured)

6th - 10th Grade Finalists take the stage; 1st place winner for each grade level received a $300 cash prize

2nd Runner-Up Chane'l Collins, senior, Glenville High School

1st Runner-Up Anja Block, senior, Shaker Heights High

1st place for his grade, Jeffrey Morgan, a 7th grader at St. Bartholomew, holds victory in his hands