White Rose Student Essay Contest Finalists
The 2012-2013 White Rose Student Essay Contest finalists have been announced. You can see a full list and read the winning essays below.
Flight from the Reich: The Search for Safe Havens
From 1933 to 1939, Nazi policy toward the Jews focused on separating them from non-Jews and persecuting them in an attempt to force their emigration from Germany, and later, from Austria and Czechoslovakia when those countries became part of the Reich. Many methods were used to implement this policy, including passing restrictive laws, and later, organized violence. This year's contest asked students to Analyze the conditions experienced by Jews living in the Reich during the 1930s and explore what choices were open to them as potential emigrants. Explain the reasons for and obstacles to emigration as they were experienced by one Jewish family or individual during this time.
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Amanda Nguyen from Harmony Middle
School reads her first place essay in the
8-9th place division.
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Kenneth Berglund from Rockhurst High
School placed first in the 10-12th grade
division.
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8th-9th Grade Finalists
Cooper Ashen - Harmony Middle School
Sponsoring Teacher: Ronda Hassig
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Karen Barkema - Westridge Middle School
Sponsoring Teacher: Jennifer Jenkins
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Kate Cosentino- Lakewood Middle School
Sponsoring Teacher: Amanda Schweiger
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Joe Frommelt - Lakewood Middle School
Sponsoring Teacher: Amanda Schweiger
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Jenny Huang - Lakewood Middle School
Sponsoring Teacher: Jennifer Tavernaro
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Eric Karney - Lakewood Middle School
Sponsoring Teacher: Erin Peavey
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Amanda Nguyen - Harmony Middle School
Sponsoring Teacher: Dan Blumeyer
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Sydney Schmanke- Harmony Middle School
Sponsoring Teacher: Michelle Sutton
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Daniel Stucky - Heartland High School
Sponsoring Teacher: Kay Barnes
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Kara Torgler - Harmony Middle School
Sponsoring Teacher - Michelle Sutton
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10th-12th Grade Finalists
Kaylinn Baker - Heartland High School
Sponsoring Teacher: Kay Barnes
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Kenneth Berglund - Rockhurst High School
Sponsoring Teacher: Christopher Elmore
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Lora Clark - Heartland High School
Sponsoring Teacher: Kay Barnes
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Lindy Dimsdale - Heartland High School
Sponsoring Teacher: Kay Barnes
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Savannah Gentry - Lee's Summit High School
Sponsoring Teacher: Christopher Bobal
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Bridget O'Connor - Notre Dame de Sion High School
Sponsoring Teacher: Dennis Conaghan
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Wes Orth - Lee's Summit High School
Sponsoring Teacher: Christopher Bobal
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Luke Parton - Lee's Summit High School
Sponsoring Teacher: Christopher Bobal
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Megan Sheeder - Lee's Summit High School
Sponsoring Teacher: Christopher Bobal
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Shelby Wagner - Lee's Summit High School
Sponsoring Teacher: Christopher Bobal
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Quotes from the White Rose Essay Finalists
Sponsors for MCHE's 2012-2013 White Rose Student Essay Contest are the Gould Charitable Foundation and individual members of MCHE's White Rose Society.