2014-2015 Essay Contest Finalists

Burnsville Senior High School
Burnsville, Minnesota
Teacher: Matthew Eppen

• Tessa Nania

The Blake School
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Teacher: David Zalk

• Radek Chlebicki
• Mary-Madeleine Norgard
• Solomon Polansky
  First Place Essay
• Asad Rahmatullah
• Jonathan Solomon
• Ben Weinshel

Central High School
St. Paul, Minnesota
Teacher: Ethan Cherin

• Simran Alter

Little Falls Community High School
Little Falls, Minnesota
Teacher: Tom Stockard

• Lindsey Schneider
• Christian Thoms-Warzecha

Mounds View High School
Arden Hills, Minnesota
Teacher: Martha Rush

• Gayathri Dileepan
• Justin Duffy
  Third Place Essay
• Anna Solheim
• Ellie Tsai
• Felix Zhang
  Second Place Essay

Robbinsdale Armstrong High School
Plymouth, Minnesota
Teacher: James Redelsheimer

• Jordan Doely

St. Thomas Academy
Mendota Heights, Minnesota
Teacher: Dean Simmons

• Chris Becker
• Patrick Buethe
• John Dolan
• Charles Hamilton
• John Lee
• Sophie Ostertag
• Nicholas Piram
• Jake Pursley
• Joseph Riehm
• Jack Sorenson
• Renner Thomas
• Branick Weix

Shakopee High School
Shakopee, Minnesota
Teacher: Ed Loiselle

• Cassandra Greening

Southwest High School
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Teacher: Caroline Hooper

• Nathan Carroll