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