Students from the Kent School District made an impressive showing March 26 at the regional level of the Washington State History Day contest at Green River Community College in Auburn.
The top three winners in each of the contest’s categories are now going on to compete at the state contest, which takes place April 25 at GRCC.
The Kent students, part of the South Puget Sound region, will go up against students from six other regions across the state, for the chance to go to the national contest June 13-18 in Maryland. Listed by their schools, the top Kent students at regionals are:
Kent Phoenix Academy
Fourth place, Jonathon Corbeil, Amber Cleveland, Ravinder Singh, group documentary 3: “The Wright Brothers Changing the World One Flight at a Time”
Second place, Haylie Lugo, Trevor Cronn, Julia De Roshia, Aubrianna Moore, group presentation: “Harold Moss A Man With a Vision of Equal Opportunity for all Citizens of Tacoma”
Kentridge High School
First place, Ryan Mann, paper: “Henry Ford: Putting the World on Wheels”
Third place, Kaitlin Bailey, paper: “Edward Murrow: One Man, One Microphone and One Murrow”
First place, Brian Gibbon, Cory Davis, group documentary 1: “Pope Urban II”
Third place, Amanda Earls Beltran, individual documentary: “Victoria Woodhull”
Kentlake High School
Second place, Brendon Cescon, paper: “Many Worlds: Ruminating on Stephen Hawkings”
Third place, Katie Steckler, Web: “Clara Barton: A Legacy of Helping Others”
Third place, Caitlin Callahan, Taylor Bouffard, group presentation: “Jonas Salk”
Second place, Kyle Koon, individual documentary: “Roberto Clemente, Humanitarian Legend”
Third place, Larissa Bevier, individual exhibit: “Helen Keller”
Kentwood High School
Third place, Dalton Cryderman, Anthony Ford, Nathan Harris, group documentary 1:”Robert Oppenheimer The Man Behind the Fire”
Mattson Middle School
First place, Nicholas Tillotson, individual exhibit: “Beyond Genius: Albert Einstein”
First place, Evan Russell, individual presentation: “Paul Newman”
First place, Derek Allen, Eli McMeen, group documentary: “Martin Luther”
Second place, Samantha Larson, Emily White, group documentary: “All the Juice on Dr. Seuss”
Third place, Arshdeep Kaur, web: “Joseph Lister”
First place, Miles Anderson, individual documentary: “The Legacy of Chief Joseph: The Nez Perce Retreat”
Second place, Galen Kornowske, individual documentary: “Alexander Graham Bell”
Third place, Patrick Daly, individual documentary: “Wilbur Wright and His Legacy”
Mill Creek Middle School
Second place, Amelia Pierce, paper: “Harald Sigurdsson: The Last Viking King of Norway”
Second place, James Hsu, individual presentation: “Ronald Reagan: The Legacy of the 40th President of the United States”
Third place, Dion Leung, Kevin Merrill, Jonathan Hanson, Reidar Riveland, group documentary: “What if?”
Cedar Heights Middle School
Third place, David Ollodart, paper: “Mark Twain: Literature in Action”
Fourth place, Molly Merlinn, Courtney Larjon, group exhibit: “Doctor Elizabeth Blackwell’s Actions and Legacies”
Fifth place, Taeglan Thomtom, individual exhibit: “The Action and Legacy of an Ingenious Inventor”
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