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2010 Minnesota World Affairs Challenge™ Winners

Best Overall Team
Best Formal Presentation
Most Creative Presentation
Best Solutions Showcase
Best Collaborative Question Team
Highest Global Knowledge Quiz Score
Rising Stars

Best Overall Team

Senior Division (9-12th grades)

  • 1st – School of Environmental Studies
  • 2nd – Southwest Water Rangers, Southwest High School
  • 3rd – A Team, Metcalf Junior High School

Junior Division (6-8th grades)

  • 1st – Ninja-frog-lightning-strike-alpha Force Turtles, Central Middle School
  • 2nd – Blake Polar Bears, Blake Middle School
  • 3rd – Blake Black Bears, Blake Middle School

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Best Formal Presentation

Senior Division

  • 1st – School of Environmental Studies
  • 2nd – Southwest Water Rangers, Southwest High School
  • 3rd – Wonder Water Women, Burnsville High School

Junior Division

  • 1st – Ninja-frog-lightning-strike-alpha Force Turtles, Central Middle School
  • 2nd – Blake Grizzly Bears, Blake Middle School
  • 3rd – Blake Koala Bears, Blake Middle School

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Most Creative Presentation

Senior Division

  • 1st – Lighthouse Lions, Lighthouse Academy of Nations
  • 2nd – Southwest Water Rangers, Southwest High School
  • 3rd – Wonder Water Women, Burnsville High School

Junior Division

  • 1st – Ninja-frog-lightning-strike-alpha Force Turtles, Central Middle School
  • 2nd – The View, St. Anthony Middle School
  • 3rd – Blake Grizzly Bears, Blake Middle School

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Best Solutions Showcase

Senior Division

  • 1st – A Team, Metcalf Junior High School
  • 2nd – School of Environmnetal Studies
  • 3rd – H2Oh So Cool, Metcalf Junior High School

Junior Division

  • 1st – Blake Black Bears, Blake Middle School
  • 2nd – SMC Team, Central Middle School
  • 3rd – Breck Middle School

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Best Collaborative Question

Senior Division

  • 1st – Group 11: Maggie Dodge, Suhur Ahmed, Faiza Hashi, Roumany Phan, Naweed Ahmadazai, Sophie Scholtz
  • 2nd – Group 12: Hamdi Mohamed, Mohamed Mohamed, Erick Strain, Mimi Kuglenya, Morgan Freeburg
  • 3rd – Group 8: Barka Omar, Muhammed Burchard, Arus Sahakyan, RaeAnn Orth, Erica McDonald

Junior Division

  • 1st – Group 2: NickCieslukowski, Sita Dandiker, Chris Baker, Thu Nguyen, Becca Rowe, Foley Simons, Jolene Rotich
  • 2nd – Group 9: Zahara Kathawalla, Matt Martin, Isaiah Baker, Fallon Cassidy, Emily Peterson, Sue Yang
  • 3rd – Group 6: Maddy Norgard, Quinn Ellis, Erik Phillips, Laura Liefeld, Sam Kim, Lacy Myrman

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Global Knowledge Quiz

Senior Division

  • 1st – Joe Zwack, Zimmerman High School (Score - 40/50)
  • 2nd (tie) – Jessica VanKempen and Katie Paulsen Smith, School of Environmental Studies (Score - 39/50)
  • 4th (tie) – James Kossilia and Aaron Anderson, Zimmerman High School (Score 36/50)

Junior Division

  • 1st – Kevin Khieu, Central Middle School (Score 41/50)
  • 2nd (tie) – Tie: Zhenying Zhu, Saathithi Rao, Rebecka Miller, Central Middle School (Score 39/50)
  • 5th – Solomon Polansky, Blake Middle School (Score 38/50)

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Rising Stars

Asad Rahmatullah – Blake Middle School

Zahara Kathawalla – Blake Middle School

Dominic Leblanc – Blake Middle School

Korlekuor Akiti – Blake Middle School

Humphrey Pruett – Blake Middle School

Ian Champion – Blake Middle School

Samantha Boardman – Blake Middle School

Quinn Ellis – Blake Middle School

Sarah Vargas – Burnsville High School

Erica Sholing – Cannon Falls High School

Jenah Black – Central Middle School

Jenna Powell – Central Middle School

Kevin Khieu – Central Middle School

Justus Sizemore – Crosswinds Arts and Science Magnet

Alyssa VanVossen – Hastings Middle School

Elon Hailu – Highland Park Senior High School

Fadumo Abshir – Lighthouse Academy of Nations

Daud Mohamed – Lighthouse Academy of Nations

Avesta Yakob – Metcalf Junior High

Sarah Cowder – Metcalf Junior High

Lacy Myrman – North View Junior High School

Katie Paulson-Smith – School of Environmental Studies

Muhammed Camara – Southwest High School

Brandon Ranum – Southwest High School

Sylvia Bueltel – St. Anthony Middle School

Sam Kim – St. Anthony Middle School

Kelly Morris – St. Anthony Middle School

Molly Jenson – St. Anthony Middle School

Tahlia Ford – World Cultures Magnet

Justin Whitten - World Learner School

Hilary Wickenhauser - World Learner School

James Kossila – Zimmerman High School

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