Saint Peter Middle School seventh graders recently participated in the annual History Day exhibits at the school’s media center. Dustin Sharstrom, SPMS social studies teacher and one of the school’s History Day organizers, recently released the list of those qualifying for the South Central Regional competition on Tuesday, March 24, at Minnesota State University (Mankato).
The following is a list of the 2026 SPMS regional qualifiers:
Individual Exhibit
Sylvie Kuhlman (Roe v. Wade)
Teagan Guentzel (Temple Grandin)
Callie Aguilar (Learning from the Past)
Eliza Olson (Blood Sunday)
Addison Peters (Tylenol Murders)
Callen Davis (Electronic Digital Computer)
Melany Barboza (Rondo)
Izzy Schultz (Women of WWII)
Nora Callahan (Roe v. Wade)
Vivian Winkler (Boundary Waters)
Group Exhibit
Azrii Alas and Isabella Vega (Simon Bolivar)
Leilany Barboza and Julianne Sanchez (Mexican American War)
Mallory Nelson and Cecilia Waller (Eugenics)
Fin Koehler Sandborg and Emmett Ladlie (Storming Bastille)
Pascal Makori and Anam Tungteeya (The Holocaust)
Kayden Deming and Roman Nelson (Titanic)
Ella Evans and Brooklyn Francis (Invention of Anesthesia)
Individual Documentary
Zoey Reichel (Barbie)
Asher Stoffel (Kent State)
Ashlynn Darling (Claudette Colvin)
Carter Ramirez (Allies)
Group Documentary
Emelia Thompson and Dusti Lingen (Heddy Lamar)
Rawan Salim and Aubree Tish (Apollo 11)
Beatrice Combs and Grace Schoch (Titanic)
Astrid Orback and Mila Wilmes (Women's Suffrage)
Individual Website
Jonah Scholl (Charles Lindbergh)
Laila Butterfield (Harlem Renaissance)
Harper Bass (AC Electricity)
Lexi O'Konek (Lego)
Elizabeth Graves (Chernobyl)
Group website
Lydia Vortherms/Esabella Arrazolo (Pearl Harbor)
Podcast
Maya Garcia