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2008 NHD Contest Results

Missouri delegates to 2008 National History Day competition.

Fifty-one of Missouri's best students represented the state as delegates to National History Day June 15-19, 2008, at the University of Maryland, College Park, competing against more than 2,400 students from around the country. Six Missouri entries—ten students—made it to the final round at NHD.

Third Place winner Chris Ghan in the Senior Individual Performance Category. . Junior Group Exhibit Third Place winners Xiaoya Wu and Dee Luo and First Place winner in Senior Web Sites, Chi Zeng.

FIRST PLACE in the Senior Web Site category went to Chi Zeng, who will be a junior at Clayton High School in Clayton, for his entry entitled, Nixon's 1972 Visit to China: Compromise Across a 23-Year Ocean of Conflict. Janet Baldwin and Joshua Meyers were his sponsors. THIRD PLACE in the Senior Individual Performance category went to Chris Ghan, a recent graduate of Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, for his entry entitled, Spirit of Liberty: Benjamin Franklin and Slavery. Marilyn Toalson was his sponsor. THIRD PLACE in the Junior Group Exhibit category went to Dee Luo and Xiaoya Wu, who finished eighth grade at Wydown Middle School in Clayton, for their entry entitled, Twin Twain: The Conflict and Compromise Between Samuel Clemens and Mark Twain. Their sponsor was Janet Baldwin.

Missouri also had three other entries qualifying for the prestigious NHD finals this year:

  • Laura Daily, Andrea Rolufs, and Erica Westenberg, Rolla Junior High School in Rolla, teachers Cynthia Felts and Mary Mueller; placed 4th in the nation in their category with their Senior Group Exhibit, Conflict and Compromise: Christianity and World War II. They also won recognition as Outstanding Entry for Missouri in the senior division.
  • Benjamin Goldsmith and Zachary Praiss, Wydown Middle School in Clayton, teacher Janet Baldwin; placed 7th in the Junior Group Documentary category for their entry, An Evolving Conflict With No Compromise In Sight. They also were honored with the Outstanding Entry for Missouri in the junior division.
  • Katrina Hauser, Holy Infant School in Ballwin, teacher Robert Stevens; placed 9th in the nation in the Junior Web Site category for her project, Japanese-American Internment in WWII.

Outstanding Entry for Missouri winners.

Congratulations to all Missouri NHD participants, their teachers, and their parents! We are proud of you all and the wonderful job you did!