More than 30 Green Bay Area Public Schools students are heading to the National History Day competition after successful regional performances at UW-Green Bay on March 1, 2025.

Students researched a variety of historical subjects and created a project for the competition. Students also chose how to present their research; exhibit, website, documentary, paper, or performance.

The following students move on to the State competition at UW-Madison on May 3, 2025:

John Dewey Academy of Learning

• Max Requin; exhibit on Otis Blackwell

• Miranda Neuman; paper on Jane Addams

• Asa Schellin; documentary on the Right to Practice Their Own Religion

• Ellenore Younger; website on The Nuremberg Trials

• Brinley Bilke; received the American Women's History Award for her project on Ella Baker

Preble High School

• Riley Potapenko; paper on climate change

Southwest High School

• Sophia Glime, Harper Kemper, and Nayeli Thomas; performance on Women's Sports. This group also received the Daughters of the American Revolution Special Prize for Women's History.

• Van Lai; documentary on COINTELPRO

• William Hansen; paper on Sumerian Law

• Tryniti Mertes, Reese Rodal, Jayana Vang, and Lauren Gabryel; project on Indigenous Boarding Schools

• Kyler Pagel, Jaisa Vanden Houten, Kenzie Beres, and Emma Cunningham; website on Harvey Milk

• Elly Vang and Corbin Dennis; documentary on the abandonment of the Hmong population after the Vietnam War

• Preston Madison, Luke  Peterson, Alexander Klimek, and Carter Jansen; documentary on Jackie Robinson

• Sean Niesen-Johnson, Johnny Maes, and Brian Champeau; website on Japanese Internment

• Lyla Wellens; exhibit on Susan B. Anthony

• Caitlin Mellberg, Lucia Suarez, and Jessica Trevarthen; performance on Zona Gale. This group also received the Brown County Historical Society's Special Prize for local history.

• Joelle Jefferson; documentary on Bob Dylan

Learn more about the National History Day competition. See the full Northeastern Wisconsin National History Day Contest results and project details here.

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