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School Title Student(s)
Junior Individual Exhibit
Honorable MentionAmerican Indian Magnet School Jalena IcardAmerican Indian Boarding Schools: The Tragedy of Stolen
Children
Avail Academy (Edina) Katie HealeyJulia Child: The Triumph of Kitchen
Friedell Middle School Claire L. NelsonA Woman's Place is at Home Plate
Highland Park Middle School Brouke BrookinsThe Birth of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Murray Middle School Clare FrebergA Diplomatic Triumph for Women
Murray Middle School Joseph InyangThe Road to Triumph: Freedom Riders
Princeton Middle School Hannah MongeauNight Witches: The Female Pilots Who Terrorized the Nazis
Princeton Middle School Antonia MujicaThe Jacob Wetterling Resource Center: Leaving the Light onfor Hope
Sacred Heart School Laney MurphyThe Nature of Love
St. Mary’s School (Bird Island) Tate SheehanSinking Ship Brings Waves of Triumph
St. Mary’s School (Bird Island) Anna MoorseSister Elizabeth Kenny: A Woman's Triumph over a TragicDisease
Wayzata West Middle School Grace HalldorsonRedlining: National Tragedy
McGuire Middle School Theresa M. LynchThe Influenza Pandemic of 1918
Sunrise Park Middle School Jordyn SchmittdielDr. C. Walton Lillehei
Columbia Academy Sydney MillerThe Salem Witch Trials: Presumed Guilty
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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North Branch Middle School Carson WeberJohn R. Boyd
North Branch Middle School Anna RandallTickling the Dragon's Tail
Stella Maris Academy - St.John’s Campus (Duluth)
David BaumgartenThe Tragic Extirpation of Yellowstone Wolves and theEnvironmental Triumph of their Return
Schaeffer Academy Lydia GregoryThe Triumphant Flight of the WASPS
Chaska Middle School East Kaylee CantelonTitanic
Twin Cities German ImmersionSchool
Jakob GoeldenDakota War of 1862
Brooklyn Center STEAM Middleand High School
Amanda VangJapanese Internment Camps
Keewaydin Community School Elise LeglerThe Violence Against Women Act of 1994: FromPhotographing Tragedies to a Legal Triumph
Salk Middle School Maja HjortLoving v. Virginia
Central Middle School (EdenPrairie)
Emmanuel EdwardsThe Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall
Justice Page Middle School Anna MansonThe White Rose: A Triumphant Resistance Story
Kennedy Secondary School Karah GullicksonOrphan Train: Riding the Rails from Tragedy to Triumph
St. John the Baptist CatholicSchool
Abigail McNeilThe AIDS Memorial Quilt
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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Junior Individual Exhibit
1stMurray Middle School Emily BrennerThe Triumph of Women's Birth Control: Griswold v.
Connecticut
2ndSunrise Park Middle School Calvin WeierThe 1992 Los Angeles Riots
3rdSunrise Park Middle School Jessica GrannTragedy In Space
4thCapitol Hill Gifted and TalentedMagnet School
Pria StauningImportant But Hardly Known: Anna Arnold Hedgeman
5thMurray Middle School Keira DeimanTragedy at Wounded Knee: Triumph of Identity
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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Junior Group Exhibit
Honorable MentionByron Middle School Abigail More, Ella RodemeyerMayo Clinic: The Triumphant and Continuous Improvement
Byron Middle School Anna Splinter, Cambelle JohnsonRadium Girls: The Triumph and Tragedy of WorkingConditions
Capitol Hill Gifted and TalentedMagnet School
Christopher Crutchfield, TeomanAktan, Nick Thao
The Triumphant Creation of the Polio Vaccine
Central Middle School (EdenPrairie)
Regan Lindholm, Bella AndrewsWar on Consumption
Ordean East Middle School Samuel Phillips, Garin HackbarthThe Radium Girls: A Triumph for Workers Rights
Princeton Middle School Keisha Aubrey, Taylor Quickstrom,Amelia White
WWI: Triumphs in Aviation
Salk Middle School Leila Bakri, Ella OlofsonQueens of the Diamonds
Fairmont Junior-Senior HighSchool
Jaylin Miller, Makayla JaversTragedy Averted: How the Financial Triumph of CinderellaSaved the Walt Disney Company
Fairmont Junior-Senior HighSchool
Jazlyn Geerdes, Anna Utermarck,Jayden Smith
Surviving the Angel of Death: How Mengele's TwinsTriumphed over Tragedy
New City Charter School - EastCampus
Alma Ratliff, Jakalyn FrazierMilford Mine Disaster
Columbia Academy Lucy Rosengren, Tiana KralMr. President, How Long Must Women Wait?
Chaska Middle School West Jackson Sperry, Sammy Kreemer,Viriya Sann Chanthalakeo
Kent State Massacre: Assault on Peaceful Protests
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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Junior Group Exhibit
Scott Highlands Middle School Adeline Ganther, Alex ChristiansenTriumph through the Ashes: The Hinckley Fire of 1894
Fairmont Junior-Senior HighSchool
Hannah Judkins, Makenna Anderson,Andrea Rojo
The Little Rock Nine: The Triumph of Individuals' Rightsthrough the Tragedy of Racism
Keewaydin Community School Maisie DeGrote, Maddie GauAlice Coachman's Triumph: Winning Gold and CrushingDiscrimination
Open World Learning Community Zander Sachs, Aeriana WrightThe Manhattan Project: Science Triumphs but at What Cost?
Wayzata West Middle School Ella Lefkow, Olivia Osterberg, ElyseJames
Wilma Rudolph: Turning Childhood Tragedy into Triumph
Princeton Middle School Grace Achtelik, Ella ConnorsThe Orphan Trains: A Ride of Hope
St. Thomas More Caitlyn Budd, Natalie HumbertThe Dirty 30s: Triumph and Tragedy of the Dust Bowl
Fairmont Junior-Senior HighSchool
Chantel Moeller, Kate Busche, AnnaEhlert
"...Let's Put on the Girls": The W.A.S.P.s' TriumphantContribution to the Airforce Despite Tragic Treatment
Sunrise Park Middle School Noah Howard, Jacob Keane, CharlesRobideaux, Nolan Von Walter,Nickalus Watson
The Doolittle Raid
Sunrise Park Middle School Lucas McGladdery, Luke WilliamsThe O'Connor Layover Agreement
Sunrise Park Middle School Jayla Adams, Camdyn Bachmeier,Paige Tubbesing
The Blood of Emmett Till
Anwatin Middle School Bela Santan, Maria LeeThe Forgotten Mutiny that Triumphantly Changed India
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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Junior Group Exhibit
ROCORI Middle School Etenesh Bonitto, Taylor HaagBreaking Barriers with Math: Katherine Johnson and theBlack "Human Computers" of NASA
1stStella Maris Academy - St.John’s Campus (Duluth)
Chase Baumgarten, Colin McShaneThe Triumph of Mandatory Football Helmets Led to TragicBrain Injuries in Players
2ndSunrise Park Middle School Amanda Montgomery, Annika
SchroederThe Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster
3rdKeewaydin Community School Ava Winters, Maia Kennedy-Heldt,
Laila Kennedy-HeldtFrom Tragedy to Triumph: How Rachel Carson TransformedEnvironmentalism
4thSunrise Park Middle School Lillian Glendenning, Olivia
Schwappach, Skylar SwensonThe Internment of Japanese Americans
5thLake Harriet Community School Amra Kelly, Sophia ChurchPol Pot's Reign of Terror
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
School Title Student(s)
Senior Individual Exhibit
Honorable MentionBagley Jr. Sr. High School Nikita VincentThe Epidemic Behind the AIDS Quilt
DeLaSalle High School Maya ShepherdJosef Mengele: The Angel of Death
Great River School Kaija MaierCalled to Reform: Unitarians Spark Transformation inMinnesota Mental Health Institutions
Roosevelt High School Zuko BuechlerThe Jonestown Massacre: How Blind Faith Brought People'sTemple to its Tragic End
Washington Technology MagnetSchool
Duaci YangVincent Chin: Tragedy Leads to a Triumph in the AsianMovement
Washington Technology MagnetSchool
Eh Ma Lay PawElizabeth Blackwell: Overcoming the Tragedy of GenderInequality and Leaving a Triumphant Legacy
Highland Park Senior HighSchool
Quinn DwyerThe Murder of Matthew Shepard
Roosevelt High School Saleim OmerEmmett Till: And His Impact on the Civil Rights Movement
North Lakes Academy Madelyn SchoenbergerA Microscopic Danger: The Triumph of Science over TragicMedical Traditions
Cretin-Derham Hall High School Thomas AndersonBattle of Okinawa
Roosevelt High School Eve Casey"Comfort Women"
Highland Park Senior HighSchool
Senam AkyeaA Crack in the System: The Triumph and Tragedy of the1994 Crime Bill
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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Senior Individual Exhibit
Kennedy Secondary School Amelia BuckmeierPaparazzi's Tragic Pursuit of Diana: How One DeathTriumphantly Improved Privacy Laws
1stMarshall School Lily JohnsonThe White Rose: "We Will Not Be Silent"
2ndNorth Lakes Academy Megan SchneiderThe Cod Wars: How Fish Can Make Impact; The Tragedy of
Britain Overfishing in Iceland and the Resulting Triumph ofthe Law of the Sea
3rdDeLaSalle High School Joey HansonThe Warsaw Uprising of 1944
4thOpen World Learning Community Nora VernerHow Bessie Coleman Triumphed in the Aviation Industry
5thDuluth East High School Justine MartinThe Hmong: The Tragedy of War and the Triumph of New
Beginnings
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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Senior Group Exhibit
Honorable MentionCretin-Derham Hall High School He Wei, Xinye GuoSecond Sino-Japanese War
Highland Park Senior HighSchool
Coral Crutchfield, Usrah Abawari,Pakou Moua
The Purification of Penicillin: A Medical Triumph
Marshall School Claire Boettcher, Grace SemaanThe Manhattan Project
Highland Park Senior HighSchool
Vivian Bui, Vincent BuiHer Story: The Korean Comfort Women of WWII
Parkers Prairie High School Johnathan Suchy, Trenton McClearyBattle of Stalingrad
Bagley Jr. Sr. High School Kaylin Sunderland, Atlanta Leines,Hannah Johnshoy
Out of the Ashes
Cretin-Derham Hall High School Mollie Taft, Astrid BusseThe Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphillis in the Negro Male
Forest Lake High School Evan Dzurik, Abby Leagjeld, HeatherKaup
Patty Wetterling: Missing Children's Advocate
DeLaSalle High School Rayo Daniel, Jalen Travis, DavidMcComas, Andrew Irvin
The Cost of Liberty is Less than the Price of Repression
Duluth East High School Lucas Butler, Jordan BlaisGirl Guides in Weihsien: A Triumph Within a Tragedy
DeLaSalle High School Margaret Engel, Mack Person, ChaseTaylor, Alexis Starr
The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921
Marshall School Olivia Boettcher, Emily LemkerThe Animal Damage Control Act: A Triumph and Tragedy forAmerica's Species
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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Senior Group Exhibit
South High School Will Cornell, Maggie WojcikVincent van Gogh: Painting Through Pain
1stNorth Lakes Academy Hannah Jensen, Jaedyn ThomaThe Final Frontier: The Tragedies and Triumphs During the
Cold War in Space
2ndSouth High School Annabelle Niblett, Gwen McMahon"A Revolution is Not a Dinner Party"
3rdRoosevelt High School Samira Said, Mumtaz AhmedThe Woman Who Stood Up To Infantile Paralysis
4thNorth Lakes Academy Jocelyn Dale, Jessica WagnerExtra! Extra! Street Rats Fight Back! Newsboys Triumph:
New Laws for Working Children
5thMankato West High School Samuel Ambrose, Padraig HaleyLevittown: Racial Construct
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
School Title Student(s)
Junior Individual Performance
Honorable MentionAvail Academy (Edina) Leihanah WeinachtVirginia Hall: A Spy's Triumph in WWII
Murray Middle School Noah SullivanA Twist of Triumph and Tragedy in Lake Superior
Murray Middle School Veronica SikorskiThe Untold Tragedy of Live Aid
Washington Technology MagnetSchool
Lena LeeThe Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: A Tragedy in the LaborIndustry, A Triumph of New Laws
Salk Middle School Brady ZimmermanSamantha Smith: A Warm Heart During Cold Times
Scott Highlands Middle School Alanna VoelkerElizabeth Blackwell: How She Triumphed Over Discriminationof Women in Medicine
Central Middle School (WBL) Henry WhelanJames J. Hill: Triumphant Tycoon
Kenwood Trail Middle School Britta SevcikKnowledge Gained Culture Lost: Native American BoardingSchools
Sunrise Park Middle School Wonser MongrueMarian Anderson
Central Middle School (WBL) Kennedy LangeClara Barton and the Triumphant Establishment of theAmerican Red Cross
Capitol Hill Gifted and TalentedMagnet School
Kate ReganForgotten Voices: The Wild Cliques of WWII
Seward Montessori School Tove BulanderAdolphe Sax: The Man Who Changed Music
Avail Academy (Blaine) Grace BruinThe Life of Louis Zamperini
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
School Title Student(s)
Junior Individual Performance
1stSunrise Park Middle School Noura RezkThe Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
2ndMurray Middle School Kevin TorstensonThe 26th Amendment: A Triumphant Alliance
3rdAvail Academy (Edina) Annika VeurinkThe Triumph of a Symphony: Shostakovich and the Siege of
Leningrad
4thNativity of Our Lord School Grace LoonanThe Cherokee Indian Removal: A United State Triumph, a
Native American Tragedy
5thOak Grove Middle School Olivia BuschMother to the Holocaust Children: Irena Sendler's
Triumphant Preservation of Jewish Generations
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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Junior Group Performance
Honorable MentionChaska Middle School West Caleb Regnier, Mason Lang, Erick
Chapman, Bryce DunkelbergerSitting Bull's Last Stand
Murray Middle School Gabe Napierala, Charlie PowerTheisen
The Hormel P-9 Strike
Abundant Life Academy Margaret Clarke, Peter AndrewsYellow Jack Attack: Walter Reed and the Yellow FeverExperiments
Anwatin Middle School Isabel Sillers, Selma Myers, ReganWight, Marina Amigon
The Berlin Wall
Esko Public Schools Aspen Berg, Layla Hagelin, AshleySchultz
The Boston Tea Party: A Triumph for Independence
Blackduck Public Schools Ben Rudnicki, Colt PoxleitnerEisenhower and the D-Day Invasion
Chaska Middle School West Paige Sommerfield, Sarah RyanRosie the Riveter
DaVinci Academy of Arts andScience
Emily Kehoe, Josie Mellick, AmeliaSchwartz
The Chernobyl Tragedy: How the Soviets Mismanaged theNuclear Disaster
Central Middle School (WBL) Celia Efta, Paige LarsenFinding Triumph through Tragedy for Elizabeth Blackwell
Wayzata Central Middle School Varsha Prasanna, Diya Menon, EllieAbood, Aashna Kshirsagar
The Tragic Sinking of the RMS Titanic and the Triumph thatFollowed
Anthony Middle School Anna Bomar, Josie LaMere, TessSaindon
Phyllis Wheatley: Tragedy turned Triumph, Slave turnedPoetry Extraordinaire
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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Junior Group Performance
Buffalo Middle School Daniel Jungwirth, Kumail AkramThe Partition of India: A Triumph of Freedom, Yet a Tragedyof Segregation
Anwatin Middle School Isabelle Kral, Sara Connors, OpheliaNelson
Stonewall Uprisings
1stMurray Middle School Julia Pletch, Ellery TennisonThe Triumph of Making AIDS History
2ndAnwatin Middle School Sydney McGrath, Aviva FisherAmelia Earhart a Triumph in Female Aviation
3rdAvail Academy (Blaine) Cali Hall, Emmi HallGlen Lake Sanatorium: A Tuberculosis Hospital that
Conquered the White Plague
4thMurray Middle School Pia Banat, Caitlyn Coyle, Maggie
FullerThe Triumph and Tragedy of "I Love Lucy"
5thCHOF School Brooke Harms, Esther Scheeler,
Emerson Isakson, Darlene Schutz,Gianna Piepkom
Superman vs. the Clan of the Fiery Cross: A Radio ShowTriumphs Overs the Tragedy of Bigotry
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
School Title Student(s)
Senior Individual Performance
Honorable MentionDeLaSalle High School Diana TruongAgent Orange: Across Two Worlds
Highland Park Senior HighSchool
Jaya BirdRosalind Franklin and her Discovery on the Structure of DNA
Highland Park Senior HighSchool
Rachel DickinsonTragedy at the Triangle and a Triumph for Worker's Rights
CHOF School Olivia BratzelThe People's Princess: Lady Di: Triumphing Over herPersonal Tragedies
1stDeLaSalle High School Calvin MattsonJean-Eugene Robert-Houdin: How a Conjuror Suppressed a
Revolution
2ndNorth Lakes Academy David PovolnyThe Battle of the Bulge: A Triumph Won through Tragedy
3rdNorth Lakes Academy Daniel SpringerThe Bengal Famine
4thDeLaSalle High School Parker AdamsThe Perons and Peronism
5thSouth High School Isabella SpiessACT UP: People Like Me
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
School Title Student(s)
Senior Group Performance
Honorable MentionSouth High School Theo Wilson, August Gutzmer, Oliver
Marshall, Andrew LockTriumph and Tragedy in the Battle of Leyte Gulf
1stOpen World Learning Community Sam Kellar-Long, Mae WrigleyTorches of Freedom: A Triumph for Cigarette Advertising
2ndSPA-Como High School Tana Ososki, Aaron RamseyMississippi Freedom Summer
3rdCreekside Christian Homeschool Mercy Griswold, Blessing GriswoldProhibition: Minnesota's Triumph and Tragedy
4thNorth Lakes Academy Elena Getchell, Emma LaylandTriumph in Science, Tragedy in Unrecognized Contributions:
Watson, Crick, Wilkins, and Franklin in the Discover of theDouble Helix
5thParkers Prairie High School Callista Gardner, Jacob Suchy, Sierra
DrumHell with a Lid Off
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
School Title Student(s)
Junior Paper
Honorable MentionTwin Oaks Middle School Casidhe DevlinLaika's Launch
Barton Open School Samantha Stever-ZeitlinClashing Cultures: Minnesota Hmong Women's Fight forEqual Rights
Anthony Middle School Han OrrTragedy in the Workplace and Triumph in Numbers: Jensonv. Eveleth Taconite
Orono Middle School Blake BarringtonThe Waco Siege
Winona Middle School Vianna O'HaraProhibition in the United States: An Abysmal Failure
Sunrise Park Middle School Skylar JohnsonTinker v. Des Moines
Kenwood Trail Middle School Alec ChamberlainBastille Day and the French Revolution: Igniting the Fires ofVictorious Change
1stHighland Catholic School Emmett WhinnerySoaring Above Tragedy: The Triumph of the Environmental
Movement in Bald Eagle Conservation
2ndBarton Open School Khayaal Desai-Hunt“Something You Must Forever Carry:” Cambodian Refugees’
Trauma and Survival
3rdMurray Middle School Anders AhlbergThe Triumph and Tragedy of Penicillin the First Antibiotic
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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Junior Paper
4thOlson Middle School-Bloomington
Jessie PhamLove Canal: Taking Action Against Hazardous Waste
5thMarcy Open School Hugo Thomas Wright-LindnerThe War on Drugs and its Effects on American Voting Rights
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
School Title Student(s)
Junior Group Documentary
Honorable MentionByron Middle School Ava Lortscher, Abigail GettmanLip, Dip, Paint: Radium's Fatal Tragedies Leading to Triumph
in Occupational Workplaces
Capitol Hill Gifted and TalentedMagnet School
Quin Carlson, Nolan SpenceThe 1986 Challenger Disaster: A Tragedy in the Space Racethat Propelled Triumph in the Industry
Highland Park Middle School Quinn Harvey, Ellery Merriam,Charlotte Stewart
The Limping Lady
Murray Middle School Annika Culver, Greta SeppanenKaren's Fight to Bring Sharon Home
Murray Middle School Sarah Parker, Hadley NinowThe Rescue of the Danish Jews
Salk Middle School Avery Mortenson, Mia Sarkinen,Nikita Muhonen
The Fall of Saigon: A Triumph for Few, a Tragedy for Many
Twin Oaks Middle School Gavin Shaner, Ethan PfingstenThe Battle of Alesia: The Greatest Triumph in Roman History
Delano Middle School Evelyn Otto, Grace Carver, KayleeFude
William Still: The Father of the Underground Railroad
Parkview Center School Jack Bacon, Pedro De FilippoVannucci
The Berlin Airlift
Marcy Open School Sundy Kabeya Kabeya, Pablo ResnikThe Falkland Island War of 1982: Two Perspectives
Central Middle School (EdenPrairie)
Sophie Lunda, Srijani DattaFidel Castro's Regime: The Regime that Blindsided Cuba
Sunrise Park Middle School Amanda Meyers, Reina YatesThe Nuremberg Trials
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
School Title Student(s)
Junior Group Documentary
CHOF School Leila Simonson, Julianna Moore,Matea Scheeler
Attacking the Silence: Triumphing Over The Tragedy ofSegregation
1stParkview Center School Tara Thomsen, Ricardo Wang-
PolendoMissing Siblings of China: The One Child Policy
2ndSanford Middle School Keokolo Sena, Charles CullenThe Bosnian Genocide: A Tragedy of Neglect, A Triumph of
Diplomacy
3rdOrono Middle School Natalie Close, Hazel SolieThe Great Fire of London: A Spark that Changed a City
4thOpen World Learning Community Tess Campion, Willa CampionPoland's Solidarity Movement: A Triumph for Democracy
5thChaska Middle School East Kylie Silus, Kaille PumperLove Canal: A Dream Turned Deadly
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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Junior Group Web Site
Honorable MentionWinona Middle School Lauren Kimmerle, Miranda
Lindaman, Lacey Kimmerle, EmmaJohnston
Racing Past Life's Early Tragedies: Wilma Rudolph Triumphson the World's Stage
Byron Middle School Alexis Nelson, Calie DockterAddressing the Tragedy of Inefficient Organ Allocation: TheTriumph of the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984
Byron Middle School Lindsey Schultz, Sophia MullenbachFlood, Funding, and the Future: The Tragedy of Rochester'sGreat Flood of 1978
Murray Middle School Naomi Kempcke, Maddy SchillingThe Triumph and Tragedies of a Runaway Slave
Oak Grove Middle School Adam Duerwachter, Jake BovinOperation Dynamo and the Triumph of Dunkirk
Oak Grove Middle School Samson Keefe, Andrew TranThe Pentagon Papers: A First Amendment Triumph Amidst aTragedy of the Century
Oak Grove Middle School Oscar Kane Stewart, Joseph GaulHELA: The Medical and Ethical Triumph Birthed from Tragedy
Sanford Middle School Anna Olivarez, Nic Luckow, LewiLinville
From Nazi to NASA: The Triumph and Tragedy of OperationPaperclip
Delano Middle School Kaitlyn Pink, Sophia Grant, GraceUlberg
Bille Jean King
Roseville Area Middle School Clara Chilefone, Miranda Gladstein,Amelie Nickel
Space Race: The Triumph and Tragedy of the US - SovietUnion Race to Space
Central Middle School (EdenPrairie)
Aadit Bhavsar, Mohit AgarwalGandhi and His Involvement in Indian Independence
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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Junior Group Web Site
Central Middle School (EdenPrairie)
Kate Lee, Divya ManvikarJustice in the Courts
Seward Montessori School Sydney Baudin, Lucy HeagleApollo 1: Accomplishments from Adversity
1stMurray Middle School Alice Wagner-Hemstad, Kai
SackreiterReserve Mining Company v. United States: A Triumph forEnvironmental Policy
2ndSeward Montessori School Laurel Kaufman, Maria MullerThe American Indian Movement: An Organization that
Brought Triumph to Forgotten Native Americans
3rdNativity of Our Lord School Mary Clyde, Margaret Dobie"Sticky and Deadly": The Tragedy of the Great Boston
Molasses Flood and the Triumph of Safer Construction
4thCapitol Hill Gifted and TalentedMagnet School
Marquan Harper, Finnegan Powers-Tiffin
Rondo: How The Interstate Highway System Destroyed ACommunity
5thTwin Cities German ImmersionSchool
Umay Pankratz, Lizzy Kile, SimonaSimha
The Battle of Yorktown: The World Turned Upside Down
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
School Title Student(s)
Junior Individual Documentary
Honorable MentionMurray Middle School Katarina ScholtzOvercoming the Tragedies of the Panama Canal
Murray Middle School Olivia MckeeThirteen Seconds: How the Kent State Tragedy ShapedAmerica
Murray Middle School Siri PattisonTragedy at Home: The Dinkytown Riots of 1972
Salk Middle School Julia PankoChernobyl: The Worst Nuclear Accident in History
Salk Middle School Oluwatoyosi JohnsonThe Black Panther Party: Men In Black
Scott Highlands Middle School Rebecca KranzGrowth of a Nation: The Triumph and Tragedy of America'sMcDonald's Empire
St. Thomas More Elsa BildtsenWas Sweden Really Neutral? Layers of Neutrality in WorldWar II
Friedell Middle School William LaudonPale, Blue Pills: The Triumph and Tragedy of Thalidomide
Marcy Open School Owen BensonHow the Assassination of JFK Affected the Civil RightsMovement
Olson Middle School-Bloomington
Samantha WilsonThe Glowing Girls Who Painted Their Lives Away
Oltman Middle School Caleb Craig“Well, I Guess this Means We Better Put on Our Seatbelts":The Story of United Airlines Flight 232
Seward Montessori School Meti NegewoThe Execution of George Stinney Jr. "Mistake at it's Best"
Sunrise Park Middle School Christopher KnoebelThe O'Connor Layover Agreement
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
School Title Student(s)
Junior Individual Documentary
1stRoseville Area Middle School Abigail PetersAlexander Hamilton: The Triumph and Tragedy of the U.S.
Financial System
2ndCentral Middle School (EdenPrairie)
Sasha AllenTurning the Tide: Glen Lake Sanatorium's Crusade toConquer Tuberculosis
3rdOpen World Learning Community Hiroko ZelekeThe Selma to Montgomery March
4thKeewaydin Community School Erin GrubeTriumphing Over Tragedy: Minnesota's Somali Community
5thOpen World Learning Community Elizabeth DohrerAmelia Earhart Breaks Gender Barriers
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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Junior Individual Web Site
Honorable MentionBemidji Middle School Josh O'LearyTriumph and Tragedy During Nazi Medical Experimentation in
Concentration Camps
Salk Middle School Morgan PetersonKent State Massacre: The Tragedy that Shook the Nation
Twin Cities German ImmersionSchool
Andre SchrickThe Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911: A New AmericaBorn in Flames
Dodge Middle School Mason SullivanFrom the Barbarity of War, to the Collaboration of Nations
Field Middle School Lizzy HagemanThe Deadly Spanish Flu: A Worldwide Tragedy
Field Middle School Max SzarkowiczNavajo Code Talkers
Orono Middle School Sindri BonnerSpanish Influenza: The Forgotten Pandemic
Central Middle School (WBL) Eli SimanekDesmond Doss: Triumph for Diversity
Orono Middle School Carys Summers444 Days: The Iran Hostage Crisis
Buffalo Middle School Lucy LefebvreThe White Night Riots
Kennedy Secondary School Ray CheshireFrom Tragedy to Art: The Triumph and Tragedy of JapaneseInternment
Central Middle School (EdenPrairie)
Suchita SahThe Tet Offensive: Triumph and Tragedy during the VietnamWar
Winona Middle School Maximiliano UribeHung on the Prairie: The Biggest Mass Hanging in US History
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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Junior Individual Web Site
1stMurray Middle School Phoebe FinlayFrances Kelsey's Triumph Over Thalidomide
2ndDodge Middle School Ashley SteffesStolen Children: Native American Boarding Schools
3rdLaura Jeffrey Academy Olive RygTen Days in a Madhouse: The Influential Work of Nellie Bly
4thNativity of Our Lord School Eileen DobieA Tragedy Overcome: The Triumph of the Little Rock Nine
5thSalk Middle School Jenna WeatherlyAlexander Fleming's Discovery
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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Senior Paper
Honorable MentionNorth Lakes Academy Tallen JohnsonThe Interwar Period: The Triumph and Tragedy of Shifting
Maritime Predominance
North Lakes Academy Hannah JohnsonDefying an Empire: Significance of the Greek Triumph atMarathon
Maple Grove High School Edwin MizenTriumph and Tragedy: The 1944 Warsaw Uprising
South High School Georgia Schaefer-BrownNicaragua Libre!: The Opposition to the United StatesOccupation of Nicaragua
South High School Marie Venberg BaeteJesse Owens and the 1936 Olympics: How One ManOvercame the Nazi Regime
South High School Kinsley Wilcox-McBrideComstock to Contraceptives: The Path to Women’s Liberation
Breck School Deirdre O'NeillFrom Perpetuating Decline to Celebrating Diversity: TheMidtown Exchange's Effect on Minneapolis
1stUpper Mississippi Academy Anna RakhmanovWhen Contraceptive Becomes Cosmetic: The Tragedy of
American Douching
2ndSouth High School Gabriel Chang-DeutschTriumph and Tragedy in Metis Resistance to Canadian
Domination in Manitoba 1868-1870
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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Senior Paper
3rdSouth High School Norah AustinShadows of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Ethical and Political
Involvement Reflected Through the Triumphs and Tragediesof the Manhattan Project
4thDeLaSalle High School Abigail HamesJ. Marion Sims: The Father of Modern Gynecology
5thCHOF School Avalon BluhmThe Tragedy of Hank Gathers and the Triumph of His Legacy:
How Death Led to Life in Sports Medicine
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Senior Group Documentary
Honorable MentionChanhassen High School Jake Williams, Thomas Ramsey, Josh
DorionTriumph and Tragedy: Industry in Fascist Germany
Duluth East High School Sophie Grunzke-Johnson, NatalieMiller
Deciphering the German Enigma: How Tragedy Led toTriumph and Innovation
Mary of Lourdes Middle School Emma Holey, Madelyn PloofThrough Her Eyes: Gerda Weissmann Klein
Washington Technology MagnetSchool
Rain Thee Htoo, Christina PhamHoang, Hailey Yang
Loving v. Virginia: Commemoration of the Triumph andTragedy of Interracial Marriage Rights
DeLaSalle High School George Mignogna, Ethan Huber,Wyatt Gibb
Battle of Stalingrad
Roseville Area High School Sebastian Helgeson, Audrey FaricyAlan Turing: The Man Who Saved His Country But WhoseCountry Wouldn't Save Him
Duluth East High School Nelson Han, Mariah Loeffler-Kemp,Ellie Patronas, Julien Yung
The Great Emu War: The Tragedy of an Underrated Foe
DeLaSalle High School Mara Valme-Jones, Greta VanstrumThe Tragic Formation of MS-13
Schaeffer Academy Annie Orvis, Grace LarsonThe Black Gazelle: Wilma Rudolph, an Activist, a Leader, aChampion
Wellstone International HighSchool
Everardo Huinil Vail, Eliazar HuinilVail, Josue Velasquez Morales,Gracielita Lopez Huinil
Cesar Chavez Triumphs for Farm Workers
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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Senior Group Documentary
1stRoosevelt High School Neil Grube, Kathleen GrubePressure to Launch: How the Challenger Tragedy led to a
Triumph in Space Partnership
2ndHighland Park Senior HighSchool
Tess Grundhoefer, Bryn Farmer, EvynOlmstead
Dr. Martha Ripley and Maternity Hospital
3rdForest Lake High School Geena Zebrasky, Amber ZebraskyThe Triumph and Tragedy of Rock 'n' Roll
4thChanhassen High School Lizzie Williamson, Mary McIntire"There Is No Freedom Without Solidarity"
5thOpen World Learning Community Zoe Campion, Elsa CarlsonThe Ethics Behind the Atomic Bomb
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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Honorable MentionComo Park High School Moo Soe, Mai Chue Xiong, Nagma
Aden, Noelia Marin LealWomen's Suffrage in New Zealand
DeLaSalle High School Eleanor Snee, Sydney Riley, HannahOmodt
Rosemary: The Tragedy that Inspired the Kennedy Family'sGreatest Legacy
Highland Park Senior HighSchool
Sonja Kukkonen, Alison Alden-PopeThe Harlem Hellfighters
Mahtomedi High School Anna Thompson, Jackelyn OngThe Conqueror of Thalidomide
Marshall School Greta Leitz-Najarian, JackStauffenecker, Isabelle Sydow
The Wat Tyler Rebellion: The Bloody Dawn of the MiddleClass
Roosevelt High School Tiyyaa Ibrahim, Julia Gehrenbeck-Miller
Agent Orange in the Vietnam War
North Lakes Academy Hannah Anderson, Lily MonsonDay of Reckoning: Tragedy of Jonestown
Marshall School Ava Erickson, Keena Lawler, DeclanKetchum
The Stonewall Riots: Tragedy Turned to Decades of Triumph
Chanhassen High School Dylan Marske, James Erickson, JoeGranlie
Shattering a Democracy: The 1953 Iranian Coup
Chanhassen High School Mia Richter, Brooklynn BergDeinstituitionalization
1stCentral High School (St. Paul) Grace Philippon, Sam SkinnerFinding Honor in Defeat: The Demilitarization of Japan
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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2ndSouth High School Gus LaFave, Sofia Fish, Azalea Rohr"Cooperation in a Divided World": The Global Eradication of
Smallpox
3rdOpen World Learning Community Emma McCarthy, Aiko MattieCelia Hunter: Triumph and Tragedy in the ANWR
4thHighland Park Senior HighSchool
Madeline Baggenstoss, DanielaFernandez
Dr. Harvey Wiley's Poison Squad and the Creation of the F.D.A.
5thSouth High School Aiden Rathmann, Jackson LundThe Black Power Salute
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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Senior Individual Documentary
Honorable MentionDeLaSalle High School Ainsley CoxThe Conservation Camping Trip
DeLaSalle High School Jamie WheelerThe Federal Theatre Project
Highland Park Senior HighSchool
Elizabeth YangThe Rape of Nanking: Japanese Invasion of China
Open World Learning Community Iris CarrollThe Minnesota Experimental City: A Triumph of Ideas
Schaeffer Academy Michelle SauerbornThe Fall of the Berlin Wall from a German Perspective
North Lakes Academy Zachary Matthews"Our Window on the Universe"
Lake Crystal Wellcome MemorialSecondary School
Grace MoellerThe Tragedy and Triumph of the American Bison
DeLaSalle High School Grace DeRocheThe Female Mozart
South High School Daniel CaseThe Port Chicago Disaster and Mutiny: Refusing to Work inthe Name of Safety
Chanhassen High School Emma TierneyThe Government has Blood on its Hands: Gran Fury andAIDS
Al-Amal School Aliyah EgehSputnik: The Surmised Cynical Scarlet Scare turned towardsa Brighter Future for America
South High School Peter de RuiterJesse Owens: The Man Who Outran Race
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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Senior Individual Documentary
Brooklyn Center STEAM Middleand High School
Kong ThaoThe Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1stDeLaSalle High School An Nguyen-TrinhComfort Women: The Tragedy of Japan's Sexual Slavery
2ndAvalon School Jackson FawcettApollo 1: Tragedy Behind Apollo 11's Triumph
3rdMounds View High School Sruthi SubramanianThalidomide: From Tragedy to Safe Drug Regulation
4thHighland Park Senior HighSchool
Ana MendozaWatergate: The Triumph and Tragedy of InvestigativeJournalism
5thDeLaSalle High School William GrassThe Forgotten Truth: Redlining in America
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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Honorable MentionDeLaSalle High School JunFen FreihammerChinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Triumph for Exclusionists:
Tragedy for Chinese Immigrants
Highland Park Senior HighSchool
Annika StallThe Pol Pot Regime
Open World Learning Community Jack GoodrichTriumph and Tragedy: The Occupation of Alcatraz
Open World Learning Community Isabella GrazianiZero: The Rise and Fall of Imperial Japanese Power
Mankato West High School Maryam IbrahimWong Kim Ark v. the United States
North Lakes Academy Annalise SchaafItaly: Rebirth After Ruin
Chanhassen High School Lauren FoxThomas Szasz: A Sane Reaction to an Insane World
1stSouth High School Ella Hoch Robinson"The Risks of Freedom:" The Triumph and Tragedy of Civil
Liberties in Skokie
2ndNorth Lakes Academy Abigail PetersonStomaching America: Tragedies and Triumphs of "The
Jungle"
3rdNorth Lakes Academy Sydney AntczakErnie Pyle, the G.I. Journalist: Chronicling the Triumphs and
Tragedies of the American Infantry
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day
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4thDeLaSalle High School Eden FelekeResisting Colonialism: Ethiopia's Triumph over Italy
5thDeLaSalle High School Joshua AlfanoKim Il Sung: Journey From Freedom Fighter to Oppressor in
North Korea
8 May 2019Minnesota History Day