National Event

National History Day 2012

June 10-14, 2012 - University of Maryland, College Park

National Results 2012

Gold Medal

Jennifer Lor

Senior Individual Documentary

"The Highlander Folk School: Educating Revolutionaries for Social Reform"

Open World Learning Community

Grace Gardner

Junior Individual Eshibit

"The Meiji Restoration: A Political Revolution"

Cyber Village Academy

Melanie Blazar, Cassidy Yueh, & Halcyon Brown

Junior Group Exhibit

"Power Over Pain: The Anesthetic Revolution"
Breck School

Silver Medal

Anna Kleven, Nora Sylvestre, & Natalie Tufvesson

Junior Group Documentary

"The Romanian Revolution: A Ten Day Reaction to Decades of Corruption"

Seward Montessori School

Austyn Kaye Otten, Hope Piepkorn, Kit Piepkorn, & Tomas Piepkorn

Junior Group Performance

"Munsingwear: Revolutionizing Your Underwear"

Christ's Household of Faith School

Alexis Ihrig & Anisa Carlson

Junior Group Website

"Operation Ajax: The Fall of Democracy, the Rise of Radical Islam"

Lake Harriet Community School

Bronze Medal

Ana Schaff

Senior Individual Website

"The Freedom Rides of 1961"

DeLaSalle High School

Tasha Holtman

Senior Paper

"'Nobody's Business?'": American Child Protection Become a Public Responsibility"

South High School

Other National Finalists

4th Place

Maggie Schmidt

Senior Individual Performance

"Going Ballistic: The Case that Revolutionized the American Court System"

Schmidt Homeschool

5th Place

Samuel Gearou & Joshua Gearou

Senior Group Exhibit

"The New York Newsboys Strike of 1899"

Elk River Community Education

6th Place

Amelia Heusinkveld & Cara Meyer

Junior Group Performance

"The Revolution of Silent Films to Talkies: How the Movie The Jazz Singer Reformed the Film Industry"

Robbinsdale Middle School

7th Place

Caitlin Hansen

Senior Individual Exhibit

"The Flushing Remonstrance"

Chatfield Public School

Abby Norling-Ruggles

Senior Paper

"Radio Revolution: Communication in Warfare in World War I"

South High School

10th Place

Kellie Frost

Junior Paper

"The Estonian Singing Revolution: A Peaceful Reaction to a Violent History"

Friedell Middle School

Hannah Myers

Senior Individual Performance

"Marting Luther and the Reformation of the Catholic Church"

Northland Jr./Sr. High School

11th Place

Becky Norling-Ruggles, Grace Palmer, & Frances Matejcek

Senior Group Documentary

"Cold War in a Hot Place: CIA Intervention in Guatemala"

South High School

12th Place

Joe Vitt, Mogan Lieske, Neal Billig, & Bridget Farrell

Senior Group Website

"Armenian Genocide: 'The Extermination of a Race'"

DeLaSalle High School

Other Honors and Recognitions

Outstanding State Entry

Junior - Cara Meyer and Amelia Heusinkveld for their Junior Group Performance, "The Revolution of Silent Films to Talkies: How the Movie the Jazz Singer Reformed the Film Industry"

Senior - Sanuel Gearou and Joshua Gearou for their Senior Group Exhibit, "The New York Newsboys Strike of 1899"

Scholarships

Molly Nemer from Henry Sibley High School, West St. Paul for her Senior Individual Documentary, "Opening Levittown: Moving the First Black Family into America's Second Suburb". Nemer earned a full academic scholarship to Case Western Reserve University, one of three scholarhsips available to National History Day participants and the only one that provides for a four year tuition.

Salute to Freedom

Emma Weisner from Saint Louis Park High School. Weisner will be traveling to New Orleans, Louisiana in January 2013 for the grand opening of the US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center at the National World War II Museum. She completed two essays regarding how participating in National History Day has impacted her view of the past and how Minnesota was impacted by World War II.