2000-2001 Academic Awards
Board of Education Academic Award Winners, 2000-2001
Grade 1
Hannah Nesser - 1st place -National Arts Program
Grade 3
Starr Brainard - 1st place - City of St. Paul Arbor Day Poster Contest
Laura Johnson - 2nd place - City of St. Paul Arbor Day Poster Contest
PaKou Moua - 1st place - Borders Poetry Contest
Claudina Yang - 1st place - Borders Poetry Contest
Grade 4
Sam Bisciglia - 1st place - regional Destination Imagination
Shaine Conway - 1st place - regional Destination Imagination
Maria deSamLazaro - placed in top 15 students nationally - WordMasters
Emily Eckhoff-Bennett -1st place - regional Destination Imagination
Berit Goetz - 1st place - Border's Poetry Contest
Anthony Hollingsworth - 1st place - Twin City Region, State Elementary Chess Tournament
Joshua Kim - 1st place - Twin City Region, State Elementary Chess Tournament
Jane King - 1st place - national Kids Philosophy Slam
Paul Kravik- 1st place - Twin City Region, State Elementary Chess Tournament
Paul Kravik - 1st place - SuperNational II Scholastic Chess Tournament
Paul Kravik - 1st place - East Metro Region, State Junior High Scholastic Chess Championships
Sean Lee- 1st place - Twin City Region, State Elementary Chess Tournament
Max Lundgren - 1st place - Twin City Region, State Elementary Chess Tournament
Patrick Malone- 1st place - regional Destination Imagination
Conor Nolan-Finkel - 2nd place - Bockstruck Jewelers Writing Competition
Connor O'Brien - 1st place - Border.s Poetry Contest
Rachel Pain- 1st place - regional Destination Imagination
Reyer Swengel- 1st place - Twin City Region, State Elementary Chess Tournament
James VanZandt - 1st place - regional Destination Imagination
James VanZandt - 2nd place - Bockstruck Jewelers Writing Competition
Teddy Woodward - 1st place - Minnesota Public Radio Greeting Competition
Teresa Yang - 1st place - St. Paul Piano Teacher Assn. Competition
Laura Zats- 1st place - regional Destination Imagination
Grade 5
Andy Eggum - 2nd place - St. Paul Pioneer Press Story Contest
Jessica Falksen - 2nd place - Math Masters Competition
Kevin Fields - 1st place - Twin City Region, State Elementary Chess Tournament
Sage Hellerstedt - 2nd place - Minnesota State Fair Home Crafts
Ilias Karim - 2nd place - Math Masters Competition
Elwood McCreary - 2nd place - Math Masters Competition
Ricky Shih - 2nd place - Math Masters Competition
April Stewart - 2nd place - Math Masters Competition
Liang Zhang - 2nd place - Math Masters Competition
Liang Zhang - 2nd place - individual Math Masters Competition
Grade 6
Irfaan Abid - 2nd place - regional Science Fair
Michael Anderson- 2nd place - regional Science Fair
Jennifer Barry- 1st place - regional Science Fair
Diane Galatowitsch- 1st place - regional Science Fair
Erik Hardy- 2nd place - regional Science Fair
John Olson- 1st place - regional Science Fair
Marissa Papatola- 2nd place - regional Science Fair
Nick Rosenbaum- 2nd place - regional Science Fair
Karl Rothe- 2nd place - regional Science Fair
Peter Schumann- 2nd place - regional Science Fair
Kevin Wei- 2nd place - regional Science Fair
Grade 7
Jenny Aubrecht - 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
Marc Baudry - 1st place - Minnesota State Fair - Best Poetry
Marc Baudry - 1st place - Minnesota State Fair - Best Original Story
Linnea Damer - 1st place - regional Science Olympiad
Philip Dames - 2nd place - regional Science Olympiad
Mackenzie Cramblit - 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
Mackenzie Cramblit - 1st place- National French Contest
Samantha Fung - 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
Katherine Hanneman - 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
Dih Dih Huang - 2nd place - Junior High Math League
Eric Huberty- 2nd place - regional Science Olympiad
Jacklyn Knutson- 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
Jacklyn Knutson - 2nd place - state History Day Competition - Junior Division
Laura Kwong - 2nd place - Junior High Math League
Jennifer Lee - 1st place - Family Housing Essay & Poetry Contest
Jeffrey Lou- 2nd place - Junior High Math League
Claire Luby - 1st place - regional Science Fair
Marisa Mongiat - 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
Jonah Miller - 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
Jonah Miller - 2nd place - state History Day Competition - Junior Division
Tom Olsen - 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
Abbey Otteson - 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
Meredith Pain - 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
Samantha Rivera - 1st place - Math Counts Chapter Competition
Kirsten Slungaard - 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
Joe Sigrin - 2nd place - regional Science Olympiad
Alex Smith - 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
Alex Smith - 2nd place - state History Day Competition - Junior Division
Jessica Taylor - 2nd National French Contes
Irene Tran- 2nd place - Junior High Math League
Albert Wang - 1st place - Math Counts Chapter Competition
Grade 8
Jennifer Barnes - 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
Anna Bartholomay - 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
Kristina Brown - 2nd place - Junior High Math League
Eva Cohen - placed in top three students nationally - WordMasters
Katie Falksen - 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
Elizabeth Fei - 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
Alison Flamm - 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
Eric Griffin - 1st place - East Metro Region, State Junior High Scholastic Chess Championships
Sara Kemper - 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
Jessie King - 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
Danny Maruyama - 2nd place - Junior High Math League
Peter McGarraugh - 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
Betsy Orhn - 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
Lena Olson - 1st place regional Science Fair
Lena Olson - 2nd place state Science Fair
Tasha Rivera - 2nd place - National French Contest
Tasha Rivera - 1st place - Math Counts Chapter Competition
Noel Suri - 1st place - regional Science Fair
Noel Suri - 1st place - state Science Fair
Noel Suri - 1st place - National Kids Philosophy Slam
Noel Suri - 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
Brita Thompson - 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
Kendra Wiest - 1st place - regional History Day Competition - Junior Division
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