Three Junior Projects Move to Finals
Not one, not two, but THREE Washington projects have moved on to the junior division final round at nationals. Laura Harkins of Coupeville Middle School wowed the individual documentary judges with her project on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. Reports from prelims were that Laura was poised and professional during her interview with the judges....and on she goes!
Redmond Junior High continues its extraordinary first-year run. The school just started History Day this year. They went to regionals. They went to state, where they took 1st through 4th place in junior group documentary. Now, BOTH junior group docs here are going on to finals. Quite a year for Raluca Ifrim and Koyo Kim, with their project on Galloping Gertie; and for Anand Raghuraman, Arjun Narayanan, Anthony McNicoll and Jake Levin, whose film on the Seattle Fire of 1889 wowed the judges (I know, I was there!).
Those of you familiar with History Day know that exhibit and paper finals aren't posted, so we don't know who went on from those categories. But we do know this: we are enormously proud of ALL our Washington students. It's no cliche to say that they're all winners. We're privileged to accompany these extraordinary scholars to National History Day.
Go Washington! Congratulations and thanks to our state's history high achievers. Good luck and thanks for all your hard work.
Posted by: Joan Piper, Bainbridge Is Historical Museum | June 12, 2007 at 10:16 AM