By Madison Beveridge / Pt Loma-OB Monthly SDUT / May 25, 2025
Three students at Point Loma’s Correia Middle School were rewarded for short documentary-style films they made for the C-SPAN network’s 2025 StudentCam competition.
Students, parents, teachers, administrators and C-SPAN representatives turned out to honor the young filmmakers at a gathering May 21.
The trio’s works were among nearly 1,700 student entries from across the country.
For the 21st edition of the competition, C-SPAN asked contestants to focus their films on the issue most important to them or their community as though they were presenting it to the president of the United States.
Harper Haden and Helena de la Houssaye, seventh-graders at Correia Middle School, won second prize and $1,500 for their video titled “One Pill Can Kill,” a look at the fentanyl crisis and how the San Diego-Mexico border plays a role in fentanyl and other drugs entering the U.S.
Daniel Steinhauer, an eighth-grader at Correia, received an honorable mention and $250 for his video, “Preservation of Our National Parks,” which features insights from park representatives and volunteers on why funding and preservation of national parks are vital.
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