Congratulations to student participants who competed at the National History Day Competition that took place on Sunday, March 23 at Anwatin Middle School. Edison did very well this year with 7 out of 9 projects advancing to the State Competition at the University of MN on May 3rd - http://education.mnhs.org/historyday/state-history-day. We also had one project (3 students) earn Honorable Mention. Way to go Tommies!!!  

Honorable Mention: Ser Vang, Nai Saechao and Marina Her for their website on Hmong Bridal Rights

State Qualifiers:
1 - Sia Thao, George Vang and Leng Vang for their website on the Treaty of Versailles
2 - Ania Rae, Jasmine Valentino, Genessa Page and Jahnae El for their group performance on the Black Panthers
3 - Ismael Mendez and Oshana Reich for their group performance on the Cuban Revolution
4 - Haylee Irwin, Gaochee Pha, Lucy Cheng, Julian Tiger and Janet Romero for their group exhibit board on the Stonewall Riots
5 - Jackie Zelaya and Nicole Idrovo for their group website on Child Labor - Mother Mary Jones
6 - Isiah McGill for his individual performance on Jackie Robinson; and
7 - Tomas Reznicek for his individual documentary on the Doolittle Raids