2008 NHDMO State Contest Winners

First and second place winners in each category are Missouri's delegates to National History Day, June 15-19, 2008 at the University of Maryland-College Park.

Junior Historical Papers

• 1ST PLACE: Benedetto Colagiovanni, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, Teacher/s: Janet Baldwin; Cold War, Hot Topics: Conflict, Compromise, and Evolution during the Kennedy Administration
• 2ND PLACE: Michael Doman, Kirksville Middle School, Kirksville, Teacher/s: Susan Hazen; Conflict and Compromise: The Navajo Code Talkers

• 3RD PLACE: Ryan Link, New Mark Middle School, Kansas City, Teacher/s: Julie Goldsberry; Brown vs. Board of Education

• 4TH PLACE: Kenneth Bohannan, Rolla Junior High, Rolla, Teacher/s: Cynthia Felts, Mary Mueller; Conflict in Cuba: The Cuban Missile Crisis
• 5TH PLACE: Aishwarya Yadama, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, Teacher/s: Janet Baldwin; Aung San Suu Kyi: Resolving Burma's Political Conflict
• 6TH PLACE: Nathan Wikle, Columbia Catholic School, Columbia, Teacher/s: Widget Ewing; Kansas City Died After Pendergast: Thriving Culture in a Corrupt Political Environment

Junior Individual Exhibits

• 1ST PLACE: Zachary Aldrich, Neosho Middle School, Neosho, Teacher/s: Julia Hulley;Led by the Game from Conflict to Compromise
• 2ND PLACE: Billy Swift, Columbia Catholic School, Columbia, Teacher/s: Widget Ewing; Lloyd Gaines: Paving the Way to Integrated Schools

• 3RD PLACE: Mikayla McGoldrick, Hollister Junior High School, Hollister, Teacher/s: Charlene Free; The Bald Knobber: Citizens Committee or Ozark Vigilantes?

• 4TH PLACE: Kane Laks, Hannibal Middle School, Hannibal, Teacher/s: Terry Trullinger; The Treaty of Versailles
• 5TH PLACE: Emma Barry, Liberty Junior High, Liberty, Teacher/s: Penny Holm; Kansas City Race Riots
• 6TH PLACE: Kinsey Helton, Kirksville Middle School, Kirksville, Teacher/s: Susan Hazen; "Above All Nations--Humanity"

Junior Group Exhibits

• 1ST PLACE: 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
• 2ND PLACE: Janene Inman, Erin Marston, Carthage Junior High, Carthage, Teacher/s: Sue Pitts; Religious Conflicts of 1947: Creating India's Compromise

• 3RD PLACE: Dee Luo, Xiaoya Wu, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, Teacher/s: Janet Baldwin; Twin Twain: The Conflict and Compromise Between Samuel Clemens and Mark Twain

• 4TH PLACE: Tayler Klemenz, Rachael Monteil, Odessa Middle School, Odessa, Teacher/s: Paula Hawk; Conflict and Compromise: How Rosie the Riveter Transformed Women's Rights in History
• 5TH PLACE: Wesley Hjelm, Peyton Munch, Hannibal Middle School, Hannibal, Teacher/s: Terry Trullinger; Conflict and Compromise in History Building the Panama Canal
• 6TH PLACE: Steven Gieseke, Logan Moore, Lange Middle School, Columbia, Teacher/s: Beth Winton; Brown vs. Board of Education: Fair is Fair

Junior Individual Performances

• 1ST PLACE: 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?
• 2ND PLACE: Gabrielle Lachtrup, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, Teacher/s: Janet Baldwin; Jefferson Davis: Compromise in the Face of Southern Conflict

• 3RD PLACE: Nidhi Khurana, Gentry Middle School, Columbia, Teacher/s: Cathy Libey; Golda Meir: A Pursuit for Everlasting Peace in Palestine

• 4TH PLACE: Brittany Golden, Carthage Junior High, Carthage, Teacher/s: Kathleen Swift; New England Conflict, New England Compromise: King Philip's War
• 5TH PLACE: Julia Lewis, Joplin Gifted Center, Joplin, Teacher/s: Pamela Page; Mary Mallon: Killer Cook or Helpless Victim
• 6TH PLACE: Jeni Steele, Rolla Junior High, Rolla, Teacher/s: Christy Dalton, Mary Mueller; Religious Conflict: Anne Hutchinson

Junior Group Performances

• 1ST PLACE: Ellie Kidd, Lizzie Nussbaum, Faith Reynolds, Kristyn Sanders, Central Junior High, Cape Girardeau, Teacher/s: Emily Goode; Women of the Civil War
• 2ND PLACE: Alexa Grissom, Hannah Moore, Taylor Robinson, Gideon Junior High, Gideon, Teacher/s: James Breece, Micah Breece; Above and Beyond With Flying Colors

• 3RD PLACE: Randol Batts, Christine McCoy, Melissa Stallbaumer, East Buchanan Middle School C-1, Easton, Teacher/s: Shawn Purl; Rosie the Riveter: America's Rebel Sweetheart

• 4TH PLACE: Anne Ortwerth, Claire Rainford, St Raphael the Archangel, St Louis, Teacher/s: Christy Connor; Uncommon Spirit: Women of the Civil War
• 5TH PLACE: Caroline Fischer, Josie Ruggeri, St Raphael the Archangel, St. Louis, Teacher/s: Christy Connor; Oveta Culp Hobby: Story of a Hero
• 6TH PLACE: Robyn Chism, Morgan McClard, Bloomfield Middle School, Bloomfield, Teacher/s: Paul Arnold; The House of Opportunities

Junior Individual Documentaries

• 1ST PLACE: Kassidy Murphy, Risco R-II Schools, Risco, Teacher/s: Michael Murphy, Melanie Tipton, Kim Powell, Casey Lewis; "To Gaze Idly at a Crime"
• 2ND PLACE: Jocelyn Lee, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, Teacher/s: Janet Baldwin; The Little Rock Nine: A Struggle for Integration

• 3RD PLACE: Mitchell Leippert, New Mark Middle School, Kansas City, Teacher/s: Julie Goldsberry; Tulsa Race Riot of 1921

• 4TH PLACE: Allison Magoc, St Raphael the Archangel, St Louis, Teacher/s: Christy Connor; Fannie Lou Hamer: Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired
• 5TH PLACE: Siri Ancha, Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School, Joplin, Teacher/s: Scott Johnson; On the Brink of Nuclear War
• 6TH PLACE: Miles Moser, Central High School, Springfield, Teacher/s: Julie Chapin; Osage Indian Murders

Junior Group Documentaries

• 1ST PLACE: Benjamin Goldsmith, Zachary Praiss, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, Teacher/s: Janet Baldwin; An Evolving Conflict With No Compromise In Sight
• 2ND PLACE: 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

• 3RD PLACE: 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.

• 4TH PLACE: Kelsey Harper, Alicia Hoagenson, Gentry Middle School, Columbia, Teacher/s: Cathy Libey; The U-505 Submariine and How it Changed World War II
• 5TH PLACE: Josh Barker, Logan Grady, Seneca R-7 School, Seneca, Teacher/s: Julie Schwartz; Tet Offensive - The Turning Point in The Vietnam War
• 6TH PLACE: Lydia Graviett, Caitlyn Salazar, Bloomfield Middle School, Bloomfield, Teacher/s: Paul Arnold; The Birth of the Stars and Stripes Newspaper: The Compromise That Came From the Conflict

Junior Websites

• 1ST PLACE: Katrina Hauser, Holy Infant School, Ballwin, Teacher/s: Robert Stevens; Japanese-American Internment in WW II
• 2ND PLACE: Micah Alford, Spencer Lowden, Jeremy Robbins, Diamond Middle School, Diamond, Teacher/s: Heather Asbell; Conflict and Compromise: The World Near Nuclear War

• 3RD PLACE: Lindley Round, Barstow School, Kansas City, Teacher/s: Sarah Knopik; Murderous Conflict and a Partial Compromise in Osage Nation

• 4TH PLACE: Apoorva Sharma, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, Teacher/s: Janet Baldwin; Sputnik: A Story of Conflict and Compromise
• 5TH PLACE: Bryce Bennett, Lange Middle School, Columbia, Teacher/s: Beth Winton; The Life of Two Soldiers
• 6TH PLACE: Amanda Walton, Risco R-2 Schools, Risco, Teacher/s: Michael Murphy, Kim Powell, Casey Lewis, Melanie Tipton; Mercury 13: One Small Step for "Womenkind"

Senior Historical Papers

• 1ST PLACE: 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
• 2ND PLACE: Christian Johns, Carthage High School, Carthage, Teacher/s: Caroline Tubbs; "I Dissent:" The Supreme Court and Japanese American Internment

• 3RD PLACE: Joshua Windsor, Central High School, Springfield, Teacher/s: Ken Elkins; The Jay Treaty

• 4TH PLACE: Lita Eakens, Risco R-2 Schools, Risco, Teacher/s: Michael Murphy, Kim Powell, Casey Lewis, Melanie Tipton; Murder--It's just a Shot Away: Altamont Music Festival--Decempter 6, 1969
• 5TH PLACE: Helen Wiley, Clayton High School, Clayton, Teacher/s: Janet Baldwin; Operation Wetback and the Bracero Program
• 6TH PLACE: Katie Roberts, Homeschool, Walnut Shade, Teacher/s: Patty Roberts; Prudence Crandall: Conflict Without Compromise

Senior Individual Exhibits

• 1ST PLACE: Adam Davis, Rolla Junior High, Rolla, Teacher/s: Cynthia Felts, Mary Mueller; The U-2 Incident
• 2ND PLACE: Gabriela Fonseca, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, Teacher/s: Stephen Platte; The Struggle for Citizenship

• 3RD PLACE: Olivia Atkinson, Westminster Christian Academy, St Louis, Teacher/s: Bob Vass; Monkey Business

• 4TH PLACE: Megan White, Blue Springs High School, Blue Springs, Teacher/s: Dacia Rzchowski; America Gets Educated: The Conflict and Compromise of Public Education
• 5TH PLACE: Logan Randolph, Clearwater High School, Peidmont, Teacher/s: Lori Randolph; To the Back of the Bus No More: Rosa Parks
• 6TH PLACE: Ji Yean Yoo, Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School, Joplin, Teacher/s: Scott Johnson; "I Was Only Thirteen:" Japan and the Stolen Flowers of Korea

Senior Group Exhibits

• 1ST PLACE: Laura Daily, Andrea Rolufs, Erica Westenberg, Rolla Junior High, Rolla, Teacher/s: Cynthia Felts, Mary Mueller; Conflict and Compromise: Christianity and World War II
• 2ND PLACE: Justine Leiser, Silvina Roman, Carthage High School, Carthage, Teacher/s: Caroline Tubbs; James Milton Turner: Overcoming Conflict to Promote Compromise for His People

• 3RD PLACE: Matt Prince, Emily Robinson, Christian Shade, Central High School, Springfield, Teacher/s: Molly Gray; The Rise of Al-Andalus

• 4TH PLACE: Shelby Asbill, Ashley Linder, Seneca High School, Seneca, Teacher/s: Cheryl Butterfield; Flying Above the Conflict: Breaking the Berlin Blockade
• 5TH PLACE: Rebekah Harrah, Jessica Perona, Kristen Ross, Lauren Schumacher, Rolla Junior High, Rolla, Teacher/s: Debra Heimbaugh, Cynthia Felts, Mary Mueller; Conflict in America: Women Abolitionists Against Racial Injustice
• 6TH PLACE: Shawna Burhans, Anahita Fazlollahi, Qinqin Yu, West Junior High, Columbia, Teacher/s: Chris Fischer; Helpless: The Story of the Disabled in the Holocaust

Senior Individual Performances

• 1ST PLACE: Chris Ghan, Rock Bridge High School, Columbia, Teacher/s: Marily Toalson; Spirit of Liberty: Benjamin Franklin and Slavery
• 2ND PLACE: Christian Davis, Westminster Christian Academy, St Louis, Teacher/s: Bob Vass; A Battle Within the Brotherhood: M.L. King vs. Malcolm X

• 3RD PLACE: Kate Baue, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, Teacher/s: Stephen Platte; What did they ever do?

• 4TH PLACE: DeAndre White, Central High School, Springfield, Teacher/s: Ken Elkins; Black Man in School
• 5TH PLACE: Kelsey Johnson, Strafford High School, Strafford, Teacher/s: Lisa King; The Conflict of the Berlin Wall and the Compromised Social Conditions
• 6TH PLACE: Tommy Larsen, Rockhurst High School, Kansas City, Teacher/s: Chris Elmore; The Downfall of the Pendergast Machine

Senior Group Performances

• 1ST PLACE: Mallory Alpert, Ashley Segrave, Westminster Christian Academy, St Louis, Teacher/s: Bob Vass; Newsboys Strike of 1899
• 2ND PLACE: 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

• 3RD PLACE: Lucy Egan, Grace Johnson, Westminster Christian Academy, St Louis, Teacher/s: Bob Vass; The Man Who Sank the Slave Ships

• 4TH PLACE: Jimmy Myers, Tom Winter, Westminster Christian Academy, St Louis, Teacher/s: Bob Vass; Galileo and His Trial
• 5TH PLACE: Kara Cross, Lauren Stevens, Rolla Junior High, Rolla, Teacher/s: Cynthia Felts, Mary Mueller; Ida Tarbell: Conflict with Standard Oil
• 6TH PLACE: None

Senior Individual Documentaries

• 1ST PLACE: Kelsey Murphy, Risco R-2 Schools, Risco, Teacher/s: Michael Murphy, Casey Lewis, Melanie Tipton; "Great People Do Not Always Do Great Things"
• 2ND PLACE: Amanda Williams, Waynesville High School, Rolla, Teacher/s: Kelly Tillott; The Building of Ft. Leonard Wood: Conflict and Compromise of Eminent Domain

• 3RD PLACE: Krystle Wright, Risco R-2 Schools, Risco, Teacher/s: Michael Murphy, Casey Lewis, Melanie Tipton; 444: A Campaign of Terror

• 4TH PLACE: Stephen Henady, Seneca High School, Seneca, Teacher/s: Cheryl Butterfield; Pursuing Our Rights: Overcoming Racial Segregation in the United States Military
• 5TH PLACE: Natalie Tyrey, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, Teacher/s: Stephen Platte; Addicted to Accusation
• 6TH PLACE: Lacoiya Harris, Blue Springs High School, Blue Springs, Teacher/s: Dacia Rzchowski; Little Rock Nine

Senior Group Documentaries

• 1ST PLACE: Nick Arnold, Jacob Dahl, Westminster Christian Academy, St Louis, Teacher/s: Bob Vass; The Conflicts and Compromises of the Constitution
• 2ND PLACE: 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

• 3RD PLACE: Sarah Fleming, Emily Sherman, Westminster Christian Academy, St Louis, Teacher/s: Bob Vass; The Glorious Revolution

• 4TH PLACE: Anne Connor, Maddy Esther, Samantha Myears, Greenwood High School, Springfield, Teacher/s: Candace Fisk; Footprints of War: Conflict and Compromise of the Bataan Death March
• 5TH PLACE: Jordan Boone, Lindsey Wilson, Cassy Woolverton, Gideon High School, Gideon, Teacher/s: James Breece; A Well Paid Slave is Nonetheless a Slave
• 6TH PLACE: Evie Bush, Caroline Jansen, Micah Scroggins, Greenwood High School, Springfield, Teacher/s: Candace Fisk; Confict & Compromise: The Oneida Community

Senior Web Sites

• 1ST PLACE: Daniel Lappin, Rockhurst High School, Kansas City, Teacher/s: Chris Elmore; Apollo-Soyuz Test Projects: The End of the Space Race
• 2ND PLACE: Chi Zeng, Clayton High School, Clayton, Teacher/s: Joshua Meyers, Janet Baldwin; Nixon's 1972 Visit to China: Compromise Across a 23-Year Ocean of Conflict

• 3RD PLACE: Amelia Jester, Liberty Junior High, Liberty, Teacher/s: Penny Holm; Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

• 4TH PLACE: Tasha Stratton, College Heights Christian School, Joplin, Teacher/s: Katie Strawn; The Cuban Missile Crisis: Conflict in the Caribbean
• 5TH PLACE: Nathan Conley, Matthew Stiles, Nevada High School, Nevada, Teacher/s: Tina Sudkamp; Illicit Diamonds: Conflict in Africa
• 6TH PLACE: Alex Balmaceda, Rockhurst High School, Kasas City, Teacher/s: Chris Elmore; The Strike for Bread and Roses: The Lawrence Strike of 1912

2008 NHDMO Special Prize Winners

Women's History Prizes presented by the American Association of Univeristy Women (AAUW) ($100)

• 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

Dr. Howard Croteau Memorial Prize presented by the family of Dr. Howard Croteau ($100)

• 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

Cansler Folk History Prize presented by Laura Cansler and family ($100)

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

Jewish History Prize presented by the United Hebrew Congregation of Joplin and Temple Israel of Springfield ($100)

• 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

KCAA Prize presented by the Kansas City Area Archivists ($100)

• 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 presented by the Native Sons of Kansas City and the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Kansas City ($100)

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

Local History Prize presented by Lynn Morrow ($100)

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

Missouri State History Prize presented by the Missouri State Museum (display at Missouri State Museum in the Missuri Capitol Building)

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

Strickland African-American History Prizes presented through an endowment by Dr. Arvah E. Strickland, Department of History, University of Missouri-Coulmbia ($100)

• 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 presented by the family of Willard T. Young ($100)

• 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

2008 Webber Teacher of the Year Prize

      Dacia Rzchowski, teacher at Blue Springs High School, won the 2008 Webber Teacher of the Year award and will have her name in nomination for the Farrell teacher award at NHD in June.