JUNIORS 

 

Junior Individual Exhibit  

First Place  

Protecting Wildlife: Rights of Nature, Responsibilities of Humanity 

Evelyn Olson 

Bennington Middle School 

Amy Diegel, Teacher  

Second Place  

The Right to Safe Food 

Adeline Hladky 

Ainsworth Middle School 

Nichole Flynn, Teacher

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Junior Group Exhibit 

First Place 

Selective Service Act: Civic Rights and Responsibilities 

Ozmondo Cintron and Lexi Wooden 

Loup City High School 

Kim Henry and Janet Kuszak, Teachers  

Second Place  

Healthcare Rights And Ethical Limits 

Aubrey Higgins and June Mead 

Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Public Schools 

Sarah Burr, Teacher 

  

Junior Individual Performance 

First Place 

Rights and Responsibilities: The Homestead Act 

Ezra Barnes 

Fair Meadow School 

Aimee Barnes, Teacher  

Second Place  

The Lady with the Lamp: How Florence Nightingale Brought the Light Back into the Career of Nursing 

Collyns Stout  

St. Rose of Lima School 

Ginger Schieffer, Teacher 

  

Junior Group Performance 

First Place 

Susan La Flesche Picotte: A Trailblazer 

Claire Marsh and Meredith Wortmann 

St. Rose of Lima School 

Ginger Schieffer, Teacher  

Second Place  

Rights in Paradise: Wilhelmina Dowsett and the Responsibility of Suffrage in Hawaii 

Payton Combes and Valeriya Bridgeford 

Bennington Middle School 

Amy Diegel, Teacher

  

Junior Individual Documentary 

First Place 

Sequoyah's Syllabary: Beginning The Fight For Cherokee Rights 

Caitlyn Blake 

Rock County High School 

Clisty Taylor, Teacher 

Second Place  

Mendez v. Westminster: The Pathway to School Desegregation 

Blake Hansmeyer 

Ainsworth Middle School 

Nichole Flynn, Teacher

  

Junior Group Documentary 

First Place 

The Kinkaid Act of 1904: Rights and Responsibilities of Land Ownership 

Dylan Rademacher and Hadley Rademacher 

Loup City High School 

Kim Henry and Janet Kuszak, Teachers  

Second Place  

Farm Security Administration 

Tenley Panowicz and Leah Welch 

Loup City High School 

Kim Henry and Janet Kuszak, Teachers 

  

Junior Individual Website 

First Place 

From Militias to Individuals: The Rights & Responsibilities of the Second Amendment 

Jake Jackson 

St. Rose of Lima School 

Ginger Schieffer, Teacher  

Second Place  

The Creation of Israel 

Adam Curd 

Chadron Middle School 

Candace Rojas and Cathy Kaus, Teachers 

  

Junior Group Website 

First Place 

The Pink Triangle 

Riley Weyers, Evelyn Hancock, and Anabelle Bochnicek 

Ralston Middle School 

Kory White, Teacher 

Second Place  

Standing Bear: Fight for Native American Rights & Civic Responsibilities 

Ashlyn Gappa and Taelyn Kuszak 

Loup City High School 

Kim Henry and Janet Kuszak, Teachers 

  

Junior Individual Paper 

First Place 

A Landmark Decision: How Brown v. Board Changed American Education 

Bennett Sellner 

Meadows Elementary School 

Benjamin Billesbach, Teacher  

Second Place  

Right to Religion: Use It or Lose It 

Sean Snow 

St. Robert Bellarmine School 

Austin Herber, Teachers 

  

SENIORS 

  

Senior Individual Exhibit 

First Place 

The 19th Amendment: Rights and Responsibilities for Women 

Taralee Baker 

Loup City High School 

Kim Henry and Janet Kuszak, Teachers 

Second Place  

Title IX: A Catalyst for Educational Equality 

Milena Prochaska 

Lincoln Southeast High School 

Noa Craft and Sasha Hoxie, Teachers  

  

Senior Group Exhibit 

First Place 

Little Rock Nine Civil Rights - Federal Responsibilities 

Lilly Baker and Aiden Sklenar 

Loup City High School 

Kim Henry and Janet Kuszak, Teachers  

Second Place  

The Great Flappers of the 1920's: Paving the Way for a New Era of Women 

Camree Craft, Avril Ameli, Ava Bearden, and Peyton Svendsen 

Lincoln Southeast High School 

Sasha Hoxie and Noa Craft, Teachers 

   

Senior Individual Performance  

First Place  

Chicano Civil Rights Movement - Si se puede! 

Khris Matul-Rosales 

Hastings High School 

Ann Mays, Teacher 

Second Place  

Irena Sendler: Freedom, a Human Right 

Amelia Meyers  

Crete High School 

Melissa Frans, Teacher 

 

Senior Group Performance   

First Place  

The Sneaky Women: How Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton Fought for Women's Rights (by sneaking in to vote) 

Maddie Kulhanek, Orla Blake, and Kavai Dodworth 

Lincoln Standing Bear High School 

Kyle Beacom, Teacher 

Second Place  

The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Bus Boycott: Civil Rights and Responsibilities 

Anastasia Titman, Michloe Cintron, and Chiann Santos 

Loup City High School 

Kim Henry and Janet Kuszak, Teachers 

 

 Senior Individual Documentary 

First Place 

Gloria Steinem: The Responsible Fight for Women's Rights 

Raegan Skibinski 

Loup City High School 

Kim Henry and Janet Kuszak, Teachers 

Second Place  

The Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools: Loss of Rights and Responsibilities 

Morgan Rademacher 

Loup City High School  

Kim Henry and Janet Kuszak, Teachers 

  

Senior Group Documentary 

First Place 

Nobody is Above the Law 

Ezley Jones, Xonya Jones, and Hattie Hindley 

Westview High School 

Rachel Howe, Teacher  

Second Place  

FFA Taking the Responsibility to Lead Agriculture 

Joe Lambert, Garett Tollman, and Miranda Betson 

Crawford High School 

Moni Hourt and Nathan Kackmeister, Teachers 

  

  

Senior Individual Website 

First Place 

Six Triple Eight: U.S. Army’s 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion 

Paige Stanczyk 

Loup City High School 

Kim Henry and Janet Kuszak, Teachers  

Second Place  

Cesar Chavez & the Delano Grape Strike 

Carlos Guerrero Franco 

Ralston High School 

Shane Adams, Teacher  

  

Senior Group Website 

First Place 

Patients' Rights and Doctors' Responsibilities 

Tessa Miller and Kai Fisher 

Lakeview Junior/Senior High School 

Monte Jones, Teacher 

Second Place  

The Scopes Trial: The Rights and Responsibilities in Education 

Markus Bester, Nicodemuz Castro, and Keghan Schwieger 

Loup City High School 

Kim Henry and Janet Kuszak, Teachers 

  

Senior Individual Paper 

First Place 

The Path of Least Resistance: The Construction of Interstate Highways

and the Displacement of Black America 

Anna Kate Verdoni 

Mercy High School 

Josh Riesberg, Teacher  

Second Place 

Unveiling Injustice: The Systemic Mistreatment of Mexicansin America During and After World War II 

Jackson Froeschl 

Lincoln Standing Bear High School 

Kyle Beacom, Teacher

 

SPECIAL PRIZES  

  

NEBRASKALand FOUNDATION 

Junior Division 

First Place 

Standing Bear’s Triumph: Rights Affirmed, Responsibilities Reclaimed  

Brynn Bonbeck and Makenzie Jacobs 

Bennington Middle School 

Amy Diegel, Teacher  

Honorable Mentions  

Standing Bear: Fight for Native American Rights & Civic Responsibilities 

Ashlyn Gappa and Taelyn Kuszak 

Loup City High School 

Kim Henry and Janet Kuszak, Teachers 

AND  

The Kinkaid Act of 1904: Rights and Responsibilities of Land Ownership 

Dylan Rademacher and Hadley Rademacher 

Loup City High School 

Kim Henry and Janet Kuszak, Teachers 

  

Senior Division 

First Place 

Love Thy Neighbor: The Effects of the Genoa Indian Industrial School on Native American Rights 

Ashlin George, Tom Tran, and Yadriel Colindres Fonseca 

Hastings High School 

Ann Mays, Teacher 

Honorable Mentions   

The Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools: Loss of Rights and Responsibilities 

Morgan Rademacher, Gillian Hanna, and Teagan Fowler 

Loup City High School 

Kim Henry and Janet Kuszak, Teachers 

AND 

Indian Citizenship Act of 1924: Path to Progress  

Ashton Reichmuth and Sam Abak 

Lincoln Standing Bear High School 

Kyle Beacom, Teacher  

 

Behring Teacher of the Year Award 

  

Teacher from Loup City High School  

Kim Henry