• Benedetto Colagiovanni, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, Teacher/s: Janet Baldwin; Cold War, Hot Topics: Conflict, Compromise, and Evolution during the Kennedy Administration
• Michael Doman, Kirksville Middle School, Kirksville, Teacher/s: Susan Hazen; Conflict and Compromise: The Navajo Code Talkers

• Ryan Link, New Mark Middle School, Kansas City, Teacher/s: Julie Goldsberry; Brown vs. Board of Education

• Zachary Aldrich, Neosho Middle School, Neosho, Teacher/s: Julia Hulley;Led by the Game from Conflict to Compromise
• Billy Swift, Columbia Catholic School, Columbia, Teacher/s: Widget Ewing; Lloyd Gaines: Paving the Way to Integrated Schools

• Mikayla McGoldrick, Hollister Junior High School, Hollister, Teacher/s: Charlene Free; The Bald Knobber: Citizens Committee or Ozark Vigilantes?

• Haley Brownfield, Kendace Patterson, Libby Shannon, Carthage Junior High, Carthage, Teacher/s: Kathleen Swift; A Conflict of Bread and Roses: The Lawrence Strike of 1912
• Janene Inman, Erin Marston, Carthage Junior High, Carthage, Teacher/s: Sue Pitts; Religious Conflicts of 1947: Creating India's Compromise

• Dee Luo, Xiaoya Wu, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, Teacher/s: Janet Baldwin; Twin Twain: The Conflict and Compromise Between Samuel Clemens and Mark Twain [Since Janene and Erin could not attend NHD, Dee and Xiaoya competed as the second MO entry in this category. Dee and Xiaoya won third place at NHD.]

• Patrick Lawhon, Pembroke Hill School, Kansas City, Teacher/s: Dan O'Connell; The 1707 Act of Union: Was Scotland Bought and Sold for English Gold?
• Gabrielle Lachtrup, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, Teacher/s: Janet Baldwin; Jefferson Davis: Compromise in the Face of Southern Conflict

• Nidhi Khurana, Gentry Middle School, Columbia, Teacher/s: Cathy Libey; Golda Meir: A Pursuit for Everlasting Peace in Palestine

• Ellie Kidd, Lizzie Nussbaum, Faith Reynolds, Kristyn Sanders, Central Junior High, Cape Girardeau, Teacher/s: Emily Goode; Women of the Civil War
• Alexa Grissom, Hannah Moore, Taylor Robinson, Gideon Junior High, Gideon, Teacher/s: James Breece, Micah Breece; Above and Beyond With Flying Colors

• Randol Batts, Christine McCoy, Melissa Stallbaumer, East Buchanan Middle School C-1, Easton, Teacher/s: Shawn Purl; Rosie the Riveter: America's Rebel Sweetheart

• Kassidy Murphy, Risco R-II Schools, Risco, Teacher/s: Michael Murphy, Melanie Tipton, Kim Powell, Casey Lewis; "To Gaze Idly at a Crime"
• Jocelyn Lee, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, Teacher/s: Janet Baldwin; The Little Rock Nine: A Struggle for Integration

• Mitchell Leippert, New Mark Middle School, Kansas City, Teacher/s: Julie Goldsberry; Tulsa Race Riot of 1921
• Allison Magoc, St. Raphael the Archangel, St. Louis, Teacher/s: Christy Connor; Fannie Lou Hamer: Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired. [Since neither Jocelyn nor Mitchell could attend NHD, Allison competed as the second MO entry in this category.]

• Benjamin Goldsmith, Zachary Praiss, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, Teacher/s: Janet Baldwin; An Evolving Conflict With No Compromise In Sight [Benjamin and Zachary were NHD Finalists and winners of Outstanding State Entry award for juniors at NHD.]
• Melanie Blase, Raylynn Charlton, Gabbie Wiley, Hannibal Middle School, Hannibal, Teacher/s: Terry Trullinger; From the Supreme Court to America's Hometown: The Conflict, Compromise, and Triumph of School Desegregation through the Eyes of a Hannibal High Pirate

• Nabeel Chowdhury, Daniel Galarza, Rolla Junior High, Rolla, Teacher/s: Cynthia Felts, Janiece Mulia, Mary Mueller; Conflict From Within: Malcolm X v. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Henry Shull, Warrensburg High School, Warrensburg, Teacher/s: Matthew Bax; The Rise and Fall of the Oath of Loyalty: Conflict and Compromise in Missouri During the Civil War Era
• Christian Johns, Carthage High School, Carthage, Teacher/s: Caroline Tubbs; "I Dissent:" The Supreme Court and Japanese American Internment

• Joshua Windsor, Central High School, Springfield, Teacher/s: Ken Elkins; The Jay Treaty [Neither Christian nor Joshua could attend NHD, so MO only had one entry in this category.]

• Adam Davis, Rolla Junior High, Rolla, Teacher/s: Cynthia Felts, Mary Mueller; The U-2 Incident
• Gabriela Fonseca, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, Teacher/s: Stephen Platte; The Struggle for Citizenship

• Olivia Atkinson, Westminster Christian Academy, St Louis, Teacher/s: Bob Vass; Monkey Business

• Laura Daily, Andrea Rolufs, Erica Westenberg, Rolla Junior High, Rolla, Teacher/s: Cynthia Felts, Mary Mueller; Conflict and Compromise: Christianity and World War II [Laura, Andrea, and Erica were NHD Finalists and winners of Outstanding State Entry award for seniors at NHD.]
• Justine Leiser, Silvina Roman, Carthage High School, Carthage, Teacher/s: Caroline Tubbs; James Milton Turner: Overcoming Conflict to Promote Compromise for His People

• Matt Prince, Emily Robinson, Christian Shade, Central High School, Springfield, Teacher/s: Molly Gray; The Rise of Al-Andalus

• Chris Ghan, Rock Bridge High School, Columbia, Teacher/s: Marily Toalson; Spirit of Liberty: Benjamin Franklin and Slavery [Chris won third place at NHD.]
• Christian Davis, Westminster Christian Academy, St Louis, Teacher/s: Bob Vass; A Battle Within the Brotherhood: M.L. King vs. Malcolm X

• Kate Baue, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, Teacher/s: Stephen Platte; What did they ever do?

• Mallory Alpert, Ashley Segrave, Westminster Christian Academy, St Louis, Teacher/s: Bob Vass; Newsboys Strike of 1899
• Anna Godbey, Ashley Moore, Risco R-2 Schools, Risco, Teacher/s: Michael Murphy, Casey Lewis, Melanie Tipton; "The Broken Pane of Glass": Conflict and Compromise in the Women's Movement

• Lucy Egan, Grace Johnson, Westminster Christian Academy, St Louis, Teacher/s: Bob Vass; The Man Who Sank the Slave Ships

• Kelsey Murphy, Risco R-2 Schools, Risco, Teacher/s: Michael Murphy, Casey Lewis, Melanie Tipton; "Great People Do Not Always Do Great Things"
• Amanda Williams, Waynesville High School, Rolla, Teacher/s: Kelly Tillott; The Building of Ft. Leonard Wood: Conflict and Compromise of Eminent Domain

• Krystle Wright, Risco R-2 Schools, Risco, Teacher/s: Michael Murphy, Casey Lewis, Melanie Tipton; 444: A Campaign of Terror

• Nick Arnold, Jacob Dahl, Westminster Christian Academy, St Louis, Teacher/s: Bob Vass; The Conflicts and Compromises of the Constitution
• Jessica Ann, Ellie Hart, Allison Pericich, St Teresa's Academy, Kansas City, Teacher/s: Karen Johnson; The One Child Policy: The Conflict of the Cultural Revolution that Lead to a National Compromise

• Sarah Fleming, Emily Sherman, Westminster Christian Academy, St Louis, Teacher/s: Bob Vass; The Glorious Revolution

Women's History Prizes presented by the American Association of Univeristy Women (AAUW)

• Junior Individual Exhibit - "Above All Nations--Humanity"; Kinsey Helton, Kirksville Middle School, Kirksville, Teacher/s: Susan Hazen
• Junior Individual Performance - Carry A. Nation: The Use and Need of Conflict in a Leader without Compromise; Kori Caswell, Hannibal Middle School, Hannibal, Teacher/s: Terry Trullinger

Cansler Folk History Prize

• Junior Individual Exhibit - The Bald Knobbers: Citizens Committee or Ozark Vigilantes?; Mikayla McGoldrick, Hollister Junior High, Hollister, Teacher/s: Charlene Free

Dr. Howard Croteau Memorial Prize

• Junior Individual Documentary - Five Gold Stars in the Window Pane; Kassidy Murphy, Risco R-II Schools, Risco, Teacher/s: Michael Murphy, Melanie Tipton, Kim Powell

Jewish History Prize

• Senior Individual Documentary - "Great People Do Not Always Do Great Things"; Kelsey Murphy, Risco R-II Schools, Risco, Teacher/s: Michael Murphy, Melanie Tipton, Casey Lewis
• Senior Group Documentary- The Six Day War: A Conflict of Powers and Their Inability to Compromise; Ethan Blacksher, Mariah Marsden, Maggie Scott, Carthage High School, Carthage, Teacher/s: Kathleen Swift

Kansas City Area Archivists Prize

• Senior Historical Paper - The Rise and Fall of the Oath of Loyalty: Conflict and Compromise in Missouri During the Civil War Era; Henry Shull, Warrensburg High School, Warrensburg, Teacher/s: Matthew Bax

Kansas City History Prize

• Senior Individual Documentary - The Battle of Westport; Tommy Freeman, Rockhurst High School, Kansas City, Teacher/s: Chris Elmore

Local History Prize

• Junior Individual Exhibit - Lloyd Gaines: Paving the Way to Integrated Schools; Billy Swift, Columbia Catholic School, Columbia, Teacher/s: Widget Ewing

Missouri State Museum Prize

• Junior Individual Exhibit - Lloyd Gaines: Paving the Way to Integrated Schools; Billy Swift, Columbia Catholic School, Columbia, Teacher/s: Widget Ewing

Arvah Strickland African-American History Prizes

• Senior Historical Paper - Prudence Crandall: Conflict Without Compromise; Katie Roberts, Homeschool, Walnut Shade, Teacher/s: Patty Roberts
• Senior Individual Exhibit - To the Back of the Bus No More: Rosa Parks; Logan Randolph, Clearwater High School, Piedmont, Teacher/s: Lori Randolph
• Senior Individual Documentary - Little Rock Nine; LaCoiya Harris, Blue Springs High School, Blue Springs, Teacher/s: Dacia Rzchowski
• Senior Individual Performance - Black Man in School; Deandre White, Central High School, Springfield, Teacher/s: Ken Elkins

Willard T. Young Prize

• Senior Individual Exhibit - "I Was Only Thirteen" Japan and the Stolen Flowers of Korea; Ji Yean Yoo, Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School, Joplin, Teacher/s: Scott Johnson

Joseph Webber Teacher Award

Several years ago, National History Day established an award program for teachers, naming its prize for Richard Farrell, one of the first coordinators of a state program. Soon after that, when Joseph Webber, a member of the State Historical Society Executive Committee died, his family and friends funded a memorial to honor History Day teachers in Missouri. The 2008 Webber Prize for the NHDMO teacher of the year is Dacia Rzchowski, Blue Springs High School. Ms. Rzchowski was the Missouri nominee for the national teacher award presented at the 2008 NHD contest in College Park, MD in June.

Governor's Humanities Awards

For the second year, the Missouri Humanities Council honored Missouri's NHD finalists and their teachers at its annual Governor's Humanities Awards at the Governor's Mansion in Jefferson City. On October 10, the three students were among those recognized at the ceremony and high tea celebrating their achievements. Each received a special certificate commemorating the event.

Annual NHD Delegate Clinics

There were three delegate clinics this year with 35 of the 52 NHDMO delegates attending. The students attended a daylong workshop at the Harry S. Truman Library on April 26, at the University of Missouri-St. Louis on May 3, or at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia on May 10. While getting to know some of the other members of the Missouri delgation, the students benefited from advice for upgrading their presentations prior to the national contest. Providing the expert advice were volunteers as well as the NHDMO state coordinator, regional coordinators, several teachers, parents, and other students.

Black History Month Exhibit

For the seventh year in a row, an exhibit was transferred to a portable exhibit board and sent to the Columbia Public Schools as a traveling exhibit for Black History Month. This year's exhibit about the Shelley vs. Kraemer court case of 1948 was created by Stewart Pence, an NHDMO participant from the Joplin Gifted Center, and was enjoyed by students in both middle schools and junior high schools around Columbia.

Additional Funding

Since the initial funding of the NHDMO program by the state legislature, through the State Historical Society in 1991, there has been no increase in the annual amount provided to run the program. As costs for most items and services have escalated, NHDMO has consistently reduced expenses by eliminating or reducing costs wherever possible. This year, the State Historical Society of MIssouri was able to provide an additional $10,000 for NHDMO. This money was used to reinstate some previously eliminated aspects of the program and purchase needed supplies, to allow the new state coordinator to travel to regional workshops and regional contests, to cover the full costs of student registrations to NHD, and to take an additional staff member to the NHD contest in Washington, DC.

For the first time, NHDMO also instated a registration fee of $15 at the state level. Approved by the NHDMO Advisory Board in 2007, this fee helped to cover the cost of the NHDMO contest and provided a t-shirt to each participant in the state contest.

New State Coordinator

Deborah Luchenbill began working as state coordinator for NHDMO on August 27, 2007. Originally from Florissant, MO, Deborah graduated with a BA in History from the University of Arizona, a MTS in Biblical and Historical Studies from Boston University, and a MLS from the University of Missouri. Before beginning with NHDMO, she worked professionally as a graduate school administrator at Boston University and as a teen services librarian at a public library in Kansas.