National History Day – Missouri Region 5
National Delegates, Alternates, & Special Prize Winners
National History Day is the nation’s leading program for history education in schools, annually engaging 2 million people in the U.S., Puerto Rico and overseas. University of Missouri-St. Louis has hosted National History Day in Missouri, for the St. Louis region, for over 20 years, and is coordinated by Dr. Peter Acsay. UMSL would like to thank every student, parent, educator, and individual who participated in this year’s National History Day State Finals, for Missouri Region 5. This year over 70 students advanced to the State Finals, and out of those 70 plus students, the following seven will advance to the National Finals:
Catherine Hannon Louisa Blackmoore Rohan Deshpande
Lizzy Vermillon Makenzie Gabriel Maeve Rasmussen
May Hails We would like to recognize and honor those students, their entries, and awards by featuring them on the following pages below.
3rd Place National Alternate
Local History, Shoemaker, & Show Me
Special Prize Winner
Senior Paper From Seed to Mighty Tree: How Susan Blow’s Public Kindergarten Broke Barriers
Catherine Hannon
Cor Jesu Academy
1st Place National Delegate
Women’s History Special Prize
Junior Individual Performance The Remarkable Ruby Bradley
Louisa Blackmoore
Wydown Middle School
1st Place National Delegate
Junior Individual Documentary
The Panama Canal: Breaking Barriers, Bridging Worlds
Rohan Deshpande
Crestview Middle School
3rd Place National Alternate
Senior Group Website
Ryan White: A Teenager Breaker the Barrier of the AIDS Stigma
Lizzy Vermillon & Makenzie
Gabriel
Northwest High School
3rd Place National Alternate
Junior Individual Exhibit
How Did Bloody Sunday in Selma Break Barriers?
Maeve Rasmussen
St. Margaret of Scotland School
3rd Place National Alternate
Junior Individual Documentary
Kicking Down Barriers Like Its 1999
May Hails
Crestview Middle School