2009 Minnesota World Affairs Challenge™
Minnesota's First Annual World Affairs Challenge™ took place on April 25th 2009 at Macalester College. The theme for the 2009 Challenge was: Human Migration in a Global Society. Over 350 students from 13 schools participated in the program, which just under 100 competing on Challenge day.
Media Coverage
- Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Dana Curran Mortenson - May 7, 2009: Big World. Big Need for Global Education
- KSTP TV/5 Eyewitness News, Elena Kibasova - April 25, 2009: Students meet for World Affairs Challenge
- School Stories:
North View Junior High
The Blake School
Breck School - MN Sun:
Brooklyn Park - May 6, 2009: North View Junior High Students Compete at World Affairs Challenge
New Brighton - May 6, 2009: Irondale High School students Excel at World Affairs Challenge
Hopkins - May 6, 2009: World Affairs Challenge
Apple Valley - May 6, 2009: Community Line - Twin Cities Daily Planet, Scott Russell - April 23, 2009: World Affairs Challenge launches in Minnesota: Will National Cultural Awareness Day fly?"
- MinnPost.com, Scott Russell - October 10, 2008: New youth competition: World Affairs Challenge
Results
Best Overall Team
Best Formal Presentation
Most Creative Presentation
Best Discovery Poster
Best Collaborative Question
Best Global Awareness Quiz
Best Overall Team
Senior Division (10-12th grades)
- 1st – Highland Park AP All Starz, Highland Park Senior High
- 2nd – Team Bombo, School of Environmental Studies
- 3rd – Southwest Super 6, Southwest High School
Junior Division (6-9th grades)
- 1st – Irondale High School
- 2nd – Blake Bears, The Blake School
- 3rd – Chaotic Culture Connectors (aka C3s) – Metcalf Junior High
Best Formal Presentation
Senior Division
- 1st – Highland Park AP All Starz, Highland Park Senior High
- 2nd – Southwest Super 6, Southwest High School
- 3rd – Team Bombo, School of Environmental Studies
Junior Division
- 1st – Irondale High School
- 2nd – Knights, North View Junior High
- 3rd – Chaotic Culture Connectors (aka C3s) – Metcalf Junior High
Most Creative Presentation
Senior Division
- 1st – Southwest Super 6, Southwest High School
- 2nd – Highland Park AP All Starz, Highland Park Senior High
- 3rd – Lighthouse Lions, Lighthouse Academy of Nations
Junior Division
- 1st – Irondale High School
- 2nd – Knights, North View Junior High
- 3rd – The Hurricanes, Metcalf Junior High
Best Discovery Poster
Senior Division
- 1st – Team Bombo, School of Environmental Studies
- 2nd – Monstars, Southwest High School
- 3rd – Lighthouse Lions, Lighthouse Academy of Nations
Junior Division
- 1st – Blake Bears, The Blake School
- 2nd – Chaotic Culture Connectors, Metcalf Junior High
- 3rd – Irondale High School
Best Collaborative Question
Senior Division
- 1st – Group B4: Robert Garzon, Mainhia Xiong, Awad Abdiwahed, Ifrah Mukhtar, Stephanie Washington
- 2nd – Group A4: Amir Zubaida, Mohamed Aden Mohamed, Lindsay Buesguens
- 3rd – Group A2: Jacob Derkson, Jordan Jones, Molly Davis, Beth Wallace, Callan Lowen
Junior Division
- 1st – Group D1: Sara Vargas, Eva Mitchell, Alli Shaw, Leah Niemeyer, Annie Oberg, Emma Peterson
- 2nd – Group D3: Morgan Freeberg, Barry Blanchard, Greta Regan
- 3rd – Group A1: Annie Beckel, Jordan Quale, Asad Rahmatullah, Helen Furlan, Maddy Smith
Global Awareness Quiz
Senior Division
- 1st (tie) – Kellie Rock & Emma Wright, School of Environmental Studies (Score - 40/50)
- 3rd – Lindsay Buesguens, School of Environmental Studies (Score - 39/50)
- 4th – Kira Natrop, Highland Park Senior High (Score 36/50)
- 5th – Robert Garzon, Southwest High School (Score 35/50)
Junior Division
- 1st – Nicholas Thyr, Breck School (Score 47/50)
- 2nd (tie) – Katie Eckstrom, South High School & Maddy Smith, Irondale High School (Score 46/50)
- 4th – Andreas Loken, The Blake School (Score 45/50)
- 5th – Nathan Yeazel, South High School (Score 42/50)