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Flatteners of the World Essay Competition Winners!

This past spring, Minnesota high school students were invited to participate in an essay competition, reflecting on the thoughts and research shared in the best-selling book The World Is Flat by Thomas Friedman.

The top 25 student winners and their respective teachers were invited to BestPrep’s Educational Forum featuring Thomas Friedman in Minneapolis on Friday, May 9, 2008.
Copies of their award winning essays are available for viewing. (This is a large file and it may take several minutes to load.)

Not only did the students and teachers attend a private VIP reception and Q&A session with Mr. Friedman, they also attended BestPrep’s Educational Forum luncheon with approximately 950 business and educational professionals.

Congratulations to the top essay winners and their teachers!

 
Stephanie Anderson
Teacher: Nancy Breening
Mahtomedi High School
Hayley Hemphill
Teacher: Lori Merrill
Breck School
Sarah Ostazeski
Teacher: Jim Schwarzbauer
Hermantown High School
Erika Brown
Teacher: Jim Schwarzbauer
Hermantown High School
Catelyn Holm
Teacher: Denise Eidem
Elk River High School
Allen Process
Teacher: Jim Schwarzbauer
Hermantown High School
Amanda Bunde
Teacher: Sarah Lorntson
Mahtomedi High School
Meghna Kataky
Teacher: Marsha Swails
Woodbury High School
Ellen Reinke
Teacher: Sarah Lorntson
Mahtomedi High School
Jon Butler
Teacher: Rick Toward
Bemidji High School
Helena Keller
Teacher: Denise Eidem
Elk River High School
Nikki Schminski
Teacher: Jim Schwarzbauer
Hermantown High School
Amy Cragun
Teacher: Tania Lyon
Mankato West High School
Ben Kramer
Teacher: Denise Eidem
Elk River High School
Erik Schwarzkopf
Teacher: Jim Schwarzbauer
Hermantown High School
Henry Funk
Teacher: Lori Merrill
Breck School
Kailey Kreatz
Teacher: Mark McIlmoyle
Wayzata High School

Danielle Shepard
Teacher: Nancy Breening
Mahtomedi High School

Peter Gifford
Teacher: Ann Carroll
Totino-Grace High School
Katrina Krogh
Teacher: Ann Carroll
Totino-Grace High School
Maggie Thompson
Teacher: Ann Carroll
Totino-Grace High School
Sophia Harris
Teacher: Lori Merrill
Breck School
Brandon Law
Teacher: Candy Lee
Wayzata High School
David Trinh
Teacher: Scott Fodness
Jefferson High School
  Tara Mokhtari
Teacher: Lori Merrill
Breck School
 

A special thank you to the essays judges:

Kim Christianson
Ecolab
Diana Lawson
St. Cloud State University
Kristen Keran
Achieve!Minneapolis
Mark McCleary
OptumHealth
Matthew Kyler
Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.
Kristine Mogollon
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Angela Schema
Securian Financial

Questions? Please contact:

Andrea Hanson
ahanson@bestprep.org
763-398-0090 ext. 226

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