Northshore students from Bothell and Inglemoor high schools and Leota, Northshore and Timbercrest junior high schools participated in the Washington State History Day Competition on April 23, at Green River Community College.

Sixteen students qualified to compete at the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest on June 12-16, at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD.

Those students include: Rimma Polevoy, Nikita Kansal, Daniel Ng, Natalie Keys, Maya Oleynikova,Deepthi Chandra, Jonathan Tinker, Brian Xie, Alex Wang, Tejas Raj, Marissa McMaster, Sarah Epley, Reese Glick, Kate Companion, Jerry Cao and Robert Ha.

Northshore Junior High School won the Most Outstanding School trophy in the Junior Division for the third time in four years. Additionally, Gretchen Schaefer, Northshore School District Director of Secondary Curriculum and Instruction, was named the Jim Kiefert Administrator of the Year. The award recognizes an administrator who has demonstrated support for the History Day program and fosters a learning environment that encourages student success.

Junior Group Exhibit:

Fifth Place—Joe Zimet and Bilaal Ahmad, “Galileo Galilei: The First Explorer of Our Universe,” Leota Junior High School

Junior Group Documentary:

Second Place—Rimma Polevoy and Nikita Kansal, “Alan Turing: The Man Nobody Knew,” Northshore Junior High School

Third Place—Mayah Rieth and Megan Best, “Marie Curie: Curer of Disease,” Northshore Junior High School

Junior Individual Documentary:

Third Place—Amy Xu, “Exploring the Unknown: Rosalind Franklin and Her Role in the Discovery of DNA Structure,” Northshore Junior High School Fourth Place—Kelly Wu, “The Originator of Immunology: Edward Jenner’s Exploration and

Exchange of the Smallpox Vaccine,” Northshore Junior High School

Junior Paper:

First Place—Daniel Ng, “Wernher von Braun: From Hitler to Huntsville,” Northshore Junior High School

Second Place—Natalie Keys, “The Significance of San Juan Island’s ‘Pig War’,” Northshore Junior High School. Keys’ paper also received the Washington State Historical Society Award.

Junior Individual Performance:

First Place—Maya Oleynikova, “Neil Armstrong Through Space and Time,” Northshore Junior High School

Junior Group Website:

Second Place—Sarah Epley and Reese Glick, “Lucille Ball: Exploration of Film,” Timbercrest Junior High School

Third Place—Peter Lie and Olivia Wisont, “George Vancouver: Redefining the Pacific Northwest,” Northshore Junior High School

Sixth Place—Ben Smith and Henry Goss-Grubbs, “Relativity: Continued Exploration,” Timbercrest Junior High School

Junior Individual Website:

First Place—Kate Companion, “Edward Curtis and the North American Indian,” Timbercrest Junior High School

Second Place—Deepthi Chandra, “John Muir Inspires Conservation,” Northshore Junior High School

Sixth Place—Jenny Xiong, “The Atomic Bomb: Destroyer of Worlds,” Northshore Junior High School

Senior Group Documentary:

Second Place—Jonathan Tinker, Brian Xie, Alex Wang and Tejas Raj, “Wernher von Braun and the

Saturn V Rocket: Launching a New Age in Exploration,” Northshore Junior High School

Senior Individual Documentary:

First Place—Jerry Cao, “The Exploration of Heart Surgery: Vivien Thomas and the Blue Baby

Operation,” Inglemoor High School

Senior Individual Exhibit:

First Place—Marissa McMaster, “The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: Pioneering Cooperation in Space,” Northshore Junior High School

Senior Individual Website:

Second Place—Robert Ha, “Brown v. Board of Education: Constitutional Exploration Amidst the Black/White Racial Paradigm of Segregationist America,” Bothell High School