2020-2021 Essay Contest Finalists

Alexandria Area High School
Alexandria, Minnesota
Teacher: Ty Granning

• Nicholas Nelson

The Blake School
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Teacher: Mackenzie Mcilmail

• Sonia Baig
• Dennis Eum
• Gabriel Ganz
• Evelyn Mendoza
• Amanda Molina
• Josh Noteboom
• Ryan Ressemann
• Jonathan Wu
• Leon Xue

Edina High School
Edina, Minnesota
Teacher: Steven Cullison

• Ryan Jiang

Mayo High School
Rochester, Minnesota
Teacher: Jeff Swegarden

• Kesarin Mehta

Minnetonka High School
Minnetonka, Minnesota
Teacher: Scott Mayerle

• Charlie Pears

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

• Cameron Dolbow
• Laura Hansen (3^rd place)
• Annabelle Huang
• Anna Kim (2^nd place)
• Sophia Ohmann
• Allison Yu

• Elisa Guo

Orono High School
Long Lake, Minnesota
Teacher: Michelle Naylor

• Ella Nordlie
• Elsie Robin

Robbinsdale Armstrong High School
Plymouth, Minnesota
Teacher: James Redelsheimer

• Natasha Burglechner

Shakopee High School
Shakopee, Minnesota
Teacher: Narayanan Sundaresan

• Shruthi Narayanan

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

• Nolan Andres
• Thomas Hedman
• Ted Lawder
• Christopher Peters
• Daniel Staelgraeve
• Jordan Young, First Place Essay