Nine Northshore student projects to compete at National Competition

Published 2:51 pm Friday, May 17, 2013

Thirty Northshore students won awards for their history projects at the Washington State History Day Competition May 4, in Bellevue, and nine Northshore projects are eligible to compete at the national level. Students earning a first or second place award can attend the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md., June 9-13, where projects from across the United States, American Samoa, Guam, International Schools and Department of Defense Schools in Europe will meet and compete at either the junior (grades 6-8) or senior (grades 9-12) level.

Northshore state award winners, their category of competition, placement, project name and school of attendance are:

Junior Individual Documentary

First place: Charlie Bohlin, “The Secret of Life: The Discovery of DNA’s Structure,” Leota Junior High School

Second place: Wilson Turk, “The P-51 Mustang, The Plane That Changed the War,” Northshore Junior High School

Fourth place: Zarah Khan, “Seattle’s Gold Rush: A Northwest Turning Point,” Northshore Junior High School

Junior Group Documentary

First place: Mason Burdge and Michael Hadreas, “ESPN, Turning Point in Broadcasting and Media Revolution,” Northshore Junior High School

Fifth place: Bennett Lewis and Anna Plampin, “The Space Race: Revolutionizing Space Exploration,” Timbercrest Junior High School

Sixth place: Joey Wick and Colton VanTil, “Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Pivotal Point in American Society,” Timbercrest Junior High School

Junior Individual Exhibit

First place: JoHanna Flahiff, “The Lacey Acts: The Birth of Conservation Legislation,” Northshore Junior High School

Second place: Bryce Coyne, “Rising from the Ashes of the Great Fire: The Creation of Physical and Financial Fire Protection,” Timbercrest Junior High School

Third place: Christopher Ragan, “Smallpox: The Death of a World Wide Disease,” Timbercrest Junior High School

Fourth place: Jordan Hailey, “The Treaty of Versailles,” Northshore Junior High School

Fifth place: Morgan Baccus, “The Great Depression: Impacts of the Grand Coulee Dam,” Timbercrest Junior High School

Sixth place: William Darwent-Rice, “Titanic: The Story of the Unsinkable Ship,” Timbercrest Junior High School

Junior Individual Performance

First place: Anael Kuperwajs, “The Final Solution: The Horrific Turning Point that Prompted the Jewish Holocaust,” Timbercrest Junior High School

Third place: Emma Atkinson, “Uncle Sam’s Nieces,” Northshore Junior High School

Fourth place: Megan Schuh, “Forward into Light: The Fight for Women’s Suffrage in Washington State,” Northshore Junior High School Junior Individual

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Second place: Brenden Rogers, “Walt Disney: Shaping the Golden Age,” Sunrise Elementary School

Fourth place: Nate Pietraszak, “Sputnik 1: Catalyst for U.S. Space Exploration,” Timbercrest Junior High School

Sixth place: Ashley Gothenquist, “The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks and the Lake Washington Ship Canal; How it Changed Seattle’s History,” Northshore

Junior High School Senior Group Exhibit

First place: Helen and Erin Lee, “Turning Points for Women in Journalism: WWII, Vietnam, and the Civil Rights Era,” Woodinville High School

Senior Individual Web site

First place: Megan Messer, “Educating the Disabled: A Special ‘IDEA’,” Woodinville High School

Junior Paper

Fourth place: Alexandra Besson-Bode, “Mary Wollstonecraft: The Mother of Feminism,” Timbercrest Junior High School

Junior Group Exhibit

Fourth place: Elaine Huynh and Ariana Stenson, “Model T Ford: Shifting American into the Fast Lane,” Northshore Junior High School

Junior Group Performance

Sixth place: Eva Sullivan and Julia Hughes, “The Titanic: The Most Life-changing Shipwreck in History,” Timbercrest Junior High School

Senior Individual Performance

Third place: Allyson Wheaton, “The Battle of Trenton: Morale Miracle,” Timbercrest Junior High School

In addition, Northshore Junior High School eighth-grader Wilson Turk’s junior individual documentary received the Lyle L. Nelson Research Award, Northshore Junior High School eighth-grader JoHanna Flahiff’s junior individual exhibit received the Animal Welfare Award, Northshore Junior High School eighth-grader Megan Schuh’s junior individual performance received the Washington State Historical Society Award, Timbercrest Junior High School eighth-grader William Darwent-Rice’s junior individual exhibit received the Naval History Award, Timbercrest Junior High School eighthgrader Bryce Coyne’s junior individual exhibit received the Temple of Justice Award, Timbercrest Junior High School ninth-grader Allyson Wheaton’s senior individual performance received the Colonial History Award (senior level) and Northshore Junior High School received the 2013 Washington History Day Most Outstanding School Award.