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On May 2, the state competition for History Day projects was held at the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota. Two North Branch Area Middle School projects, the Helen Keller project by Kari Berggren, and the Moses Fleetwood Walker project by Matt Solberg and Jon Blomquist, won Creativity Awards. The Solberg - Blomquist project made it to second round and finished one of the top 25 projects out of thousands in the state.

The following students represented Chisago Lakes Middle School at the competition: Thomasin Lee, Kevin Schmidt, Ryan Chambers, Natasha Terlinde, Caitlin Bjorgan, Jeremiah Jones, Hunter Thompson, Jacqueline Vitali, Viveka Amundson, Emmelie Dabill, Carlton Djam, Rachael Crowe, Sarah Crowe, Kara Herr, and Erica Ristow. Out of the nearly 30,000 students who compete statewide in History Day, three CLMS students were presented with awards at this year's ceremony.

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