Park History Day 2017 competition results

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Emma Dietz

Seniors Dotan Appelbaum and Amira Stone present their History Day exhibit on the Stonewall Riots. Four projects from St. Louis Park High School qualified for the State Competition at Regionals.

Below are the results from the 2017 St. Louis Park High School National History Day competition held on Feb. 1 in the media center.

Individual Websites:

  1. Amanuel Abebe – Muhammad Ali Stands Against the Vietnam War

Group Websites:

  1. Raphy Gendler, Jared Zirkes and Noah Smith – Curt Flood
  2. Anna Zirkes and Freja Olson – Rachel Carson
  3. Anand Datt and Mahad Ade – William Wallace Fights for Scottish Independence

Performances:

  1. Ilana Weinstein, Nils Rykken, Anya Lindell Paulson and Kirby Goodman
  2. Nate Stone, Lukas Garcia, Jack Wheeler and Erik Anderson

Individual Exhibits:

  1. Katelyn Costello – Gandhi and the Salt March
  2. Halle Weinmann – Susan B. Anthony
  3. Lindsey Olson – Jackie Robinson
  4. Nechama Buchbinder – RMS Titanic
  5. Raqiya Omar – Taking a Stand in History: Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Also qualified to move on:

  • Malika Emiraslanova – Felix Dzerzhinsky and “Invisible Children”
  • Naiomi Campbell – Freedom Riders
  • Ahmed Ali – How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football

Group Exhibits

  1. Amira Stone and Dotan Appelbaum – The Stonewall Riots
  2. Ben Hauer and Zion Chappell – The Dakota War of 1862
  3. Ladan Omar and Sawda Abdi – Spark of Powerful Words: Harriet Stowe and Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  4. Adna Mohamud, Elizabeth Tapia Vizcarra and Shukran Mohamed – Ruby Bridges

Also qualified to move on:

  • David Benjamin, Lioul Minas, Beck Berglund and Ajaleigh Develliers – Eliot Ness versus Al Capone
  • Jada Witherspoon and Andi Rodriguez – Susan B. Anthony Stands Up for Women’s Rights
  • Culver Carden and Spencer Enright – The Waco Siege
  • Angela Burgara-Virgen, Brianna Smith, Vesaly Romo-Burgos – The White Rose

Papers (IB History)

  1. Sam Orloff

Papers (World History)

  1. Susanna Hu

Also qualified to move on:

  • Aaron Councilman
  • Ryan Gemliere
  • Angelica Sirotin