Many Wisconsin students
have been recognized for their accomplishments at the NHD national
contest. The following listing includes top place finishers,
special awards, and outstanding state awards. Please
note: Results from earlier than 2003 only include projects
placing in the top three in their category/division.
Award |
Project Information |
| 2012 |
1st Place
Junior Individual
Documentary |
Lexie
Van Den Heuvel
University School
of Milwaukee
Counting
the Dead |
Outstanding
State Award
(Junior Division) |
Junior
Individual Website
Susannah Karron
Whitefish Bay
Middle School
Under One
Roof: How Revolutionary Home Design Reformed 20th Century
American Life |
Outstanding
State Award
(Senior Division) |
Senior
Group Documentary
Hayley Gray-Hoehn,
Natalie Mathes
Brookfield Central
High School
We Are
Women Hear Us Roar |
| 2011 |
2nd Place
Junior Individual
Performance |
Julia
Veitinger
University School
of Milwaukee
Why Really
the Moon? |
Outstanding
State Award
(Junior Division) |
Junior
Group Website
John Venable,
Philip Shuler
University School
of Milwaukee
Strategic
Bombing: Necessary Tactic or War Crime? |
Outstanding
State Award
(Senior Division) |
Senior
Group Performance
Charles Labuzzetta,
Briana Schwabenbauer
Holmen High
School
The Wisconsin
Bennett Law of 1889: Americanization Debated |
2010 |
Outstanding Entry on Colonial America or Revolutionary
History
(Senior Division) |
Senior
Individual Performance
Angela Kalas
Whitewater High
School
The Great
Awakening |
Outstanding
State Award
(Junior Division) |
Junior
Website
Teddy Boesen
St. Jude the
Apostle, Wauwatosa
The Homestead
Act: The Innovation that Settled the West |
Outstanding
State Award
(Senior Division) |
Senior
Individual Exhibit
Caitlin Geary
Homestead High
School, Mequon
The Model
T: Paving the Way |
| 2009 |
1st
Place
Senior Paper |
Laura
Ball
University School
of Milwaukee
Cholera
and the Pump on Broad Street: The Life and Legacy of John
Snow |
Outstanding
State Award
(Junior Division)
|
Junior
Group Documentary
Nate Smith and
Jeffrey Zhao
EAGLE School,
Madison
We Shall
Overcome: The Impact of Pete Seeger and His Music |
Outstanding
State Award
(Senior Division)
|
Senior
Individual Documentary
Jacob Wrasse
Durand High
School
Harry S.
Truman: The "S" is for Surprise |
2008 |
Immigration
History Prize
(Junior Division) |
Junior
Individual Documentary
Nate Smith
EAGLE School
The Chinese Exclusion Era
|
Outstanding
Entry Tied to a Historic Site (Senior Division) |
Senior Individual Exhibit
Valerie Dingman
Random Lake High School
Mineral Point Mining:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly |
Outstanding
State Award
(Junior Division) |
Junior Paper
Paul Escher
Lincoln Middle School
Refusal to Compromise: Conflict
Stemming from the 1953 American-led Coup in Iran |
Outstanding
State Award
(Senior Division)
|
Senior Website
Sonya Hochkammer
Manitowoc Lincoln High School
The Antis: Opposition
to Woman Suffrage |
2007 |
1st
Place
Senior Individual
Exhibit
|
Cody
Haro
Holmen High School
The Abraham Lincoln Battalion
|
University
of Minnesota Scholarship |
Senior Individual Exhibit
Cody Haro
Holmen High School
The Abraham Lincoln Battalion |
Outstanding
State Award
(Junior Division)
|
Junior Paper
Mallory Durlauf
EAGLE School
"Mr. President, How Long Must
Women Wait for Liberty?" |
Outstanding
State Award
(Senior Division)
|
Senior Individual Performance
Lynn Zabel
Lancaster High School
Ellis Island: Little Island
Filled with Big Dreams |
2006 |
Women's
History Special Award
(Junior Division)
|
Junior
Individual Documentary
Laura Ball
St. Jude the Apostle School
Treason Against Nature: The Story of Lavinia Goodell
|
Outstanding
State Award
(Junior Division)
|
Junior Group Performance
Eryn Johnson, Erin Jennings, Katie Gunderson
Holmen Middle School
The White Rose |
Outstanding
State Award
(Senior Division)
|
Senior Group Documentary
Mai Ka Thor, Amber Will
D.C. Everest Senior High School
Do Your Thing:
Standing Up on Black Thursday at UW-Oshkosh |
| 2005 |
Outstanding
State Award
(Junior Division)
|
Junior Individual Performance
Kate Van de Loo
Kolbe Academy Home School
Sarah Emma Edmonds:
Civil War Heroine |
Outstanding
State Award
(Senior Division)
|
Senior Individual Performance
Janet Yearous
Lancaster High School
Trains Without Whistles:
Codes of Communication on the Underground Railroad |
2004 |
Military
History Special Award
(Junior Division)
|
Junior
Individual Exhibit
David Hagenbucher
DC Everest Junior High School
The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s
Last Desperate Encounter |
Outstanding
State Award
(Junior Division)
|
Junior Individual Documentary
Mark Van de Loo
Kolbe Academy Home School
Arthur Collins: His
Giant Leap for Mankind |
Outstanding
State Award
(Senior Division)
|
Senior Group Performance
Danielle Reed, Karlee Shaw, Leah Sherfinski
D.C. Everest High School
Roe vs. Wade and the
Feminist Movement |
2003 |
Outstanding
State Award
(Junior Division)
|
Junior Individual Performance
Katherine Peck
D.C. Everest Junior High School
Angelina Grimke
Weld: “I Will Lift Up My Voice” |
Outstanding
State Award
(Senior Division)
|
Senior Individual Documentary
Doug Shultz
Sheboygan North High School
Sati: The Burning
of a Widow |
2000 |
3rd
Place
Senior Individual
Exhibit
|
Melissa Beck
Schofield |
| 1999 |
1st
Place
Senior Individual
Exhibit
|
Sarah Engstrom
Hudson |
1994 |
2nd
Place
Senior Individual
Performance
|
Tess Koppelman
La Crosse |
1993 |
2nd
Place
Senior Group
Media
|
Peter Newburg, Andrew Bosshard, Kevin Wenzel,
Joshua Ruegg
La Crosse |
