Highland Park 150 History Prizes for Youth Divisions are Awarded

Highland Park, Illinois HP150 -The HP150 History Prize, overseen by the Highland Park

Historical Society and the HP150 Archives, History and Lakefront Committee, and funded

by YEA! Highland Park, is pleased to announce the winners in the Youth Categories.

Stephen Knobel, Highland Park High School, won 1st prize in the high school division with a

video documenting the Highland Park Time Capsule Opening Event on March 11, 2019;

interweaving interviews with pioneer family descendants and former City officials with

current events.

First prize in the Kindergarten-8th Grade division was awarded to a collaborative project

by Edgewood Students Emma Vi Reisinger and Sami Huyler for their montage of the historic

business corner of Saint Johns and Central over time.

Two 2nd prizes were awarded to Sam Kamin and Michale Bryant for old- to- new visual

representations of the downtown Highland Park Metra station and the Lake Michigan shore.

Judges included Professor Patricia Mooney Melvin, Gail Guggenheim and members of the

HP150 Archives, History and Lakefront Committee.

Catherine Lambrecht, Program Chair for the Highland Park Historical Society and HP-150

History, Archives and Lakefront Committee stated, “We are thrilled by efforts set forth to

document Highland Park’s history. Each winner impressed us with their use of primary sources

from the city’s archive and added their interpretation to connecting to the past to help

understand the present. We hope to encourage their curiosity into the future.”

The deadline for the adult competition is November 1st with awards presented in December.

Information on the competition is available at HighlandParkHistory.com. There is a prize of

$500 for first place and $100 for second place, plus a ribbon to commemorate this effort.

About The Highland Park Historical Society

Since 1966, the Highland Park Historical Society works to preserve and make available the

Community's history.