National History Day – Missouri Region 5

National Delegates, Alternates, & Special Prize Winners

National History Day is the nation’s leading program for history education in schools, annually engaging 2 million people in the U.S., Puerto Rico and overseas. University of Missouri-St. Louis has hosted National History Day in Missouri, for the St. Louis region, for over 20 years, and is coordinated by Dr. Peter Acsay. UMSL would like to thank every student, parent, educator, and individual who participated in this year’s National History Day State Finals, for Missouri Region 5. This year over 70 students advanced to the State Finals, and out of those 70 plus students, the following seven will advance to the National Finals:

Catherine Hannon Louisa Blackmoore Rohan Deshpande

Lizzy Vermillon Makenzie Gabriel Maeve Rasmussen

May Hails We would like to recognize and honor those students, their entries, and awards by featuring them on the following pages below.

3rd Place National Alternate

Local History, Shoemaker, & Show Me

Special Prize Winner

Senior Paper From Seed to Mighty Tree: How Susan Blow’s Public Kindergarten Broke Barriers

Catherine Hannon

Cor Jesu Academy

1st Place National Delegate

Women’s History Special Prize

Junior Individual Performance The Remarkable Ruby Bradley

Louisa Blackmoore

Wydown Middle School

1st Place National Delegate

Junior Individual Documentary

The Panama Canal: Breaking Barriers, Bridging Worlds

Rohan Deshpande

Crestview Middle School

3rd Place National Alternate

Senior Group Website

Ryan White: A Teenager Breaker the Barrier of the AIDS Stigma

Lizzy Vermillon & Makenzie

Gabriel

Northwest High School

3rd Place National Alternate

Junior Individual Exhibit

How Did Bloody Sunday in Selma Break Barriers?

Maeve Rasmussen

St. Margaret of Scotland School

3rd Place National Alternate

Junior Individual Documentary

Kicking Down Barriers Like Its 1999

May Hails

Crestview Middle School