Northshore Students Advance To Washington State History Day Contest

From the Northshore School District:

April 8, 2021

Congratulations to Northshore’s middle and high school students who competed virtually in the 2021 North Puget Sound Regional National History Day Contest. Students who were selected to advance will compete at the Washington State History Day Contest, which will be held virtually from April 14 - May 1.

Students chose a historical topic related to this year’s theme: Communication in History: The Key to Understanding. Once their topic was selected they conducted primary and secondary research to analyze and draw a conclusion about the significance of their chosen topic. They presented their work at the regional competition in one of five ways: a paper, exhibit, performance, documentary or website. One hundred fifty-nine students participated, 118 entries were submitted and 13 schools were represented at the state event.

Students were judged on two main criteria: historical accuracy and relation to theme, as well as clarity of presentation. Students were also required to follow the rules requirements for each category such as word counts and time restrictions.

Junior Individual Documentary

1st: Kavin Palanisamy, Kimberly Ortman, Trisha Pokkuluri, Canyon Park Middle School, Teacher: Craig Tupper
2nd: Arman Alexander, William He, Northshore Middle School, Teacher: Corey Martin
3rd: Bryan Nie, Brandon Nie, Skyview Middle School, Teacher: Nicole Maleki

Junior Group Exhibit

1st: Ishaan Srivastava, Jishnu Mehta, Canyon Park Middle School, Teacher: Craig Tupper
2nd: Ayaana Sharma, Irene Batta, Canyon Park Middle School, Teacher: Craig Tupper
3rd: Anna Lunde, Brynn Hoyt, Canyon Park Middle School, Teacher: Craig Tupper

Junior Group Performance

1st: Brynn Michaels, Chloe Rebh, Anika Treiber, Northshore Middle School, Teachers: Corey Martin, Al Plummer

Senior Group Performance

1st: Megumi Okamoto, Woodinvile HS, Noor Khalidi, Innovation Lab HS, Teacher: Kim Matthews

Junior Group Website

1st: Owen Felt, Anthony Zhang, Timbercrest Middle School, Teacher: Kim Matthews
2nd: Jillian Starosky, Alexa Saladin, Northshore Middle School, Teachers: Corey Martin, Al Plummer
3rd: Emmy Ha, Sophia Pearson, , Northshore Middle School, Teachers: Corey Martin, Al Plummer

Senior Group Website

1st: Nathan Hendrickson, Alex Dimov, Samarth Venkatesh, Bothell High School, Teacher: Kim Matthews
2nd: Amal Jacob, Nihal James, North Creek High School, Teacher: Rhonda McGee
3rd: Shreshth Kharbanda, Shrihari Iyer, Arihan Srirangapatnam, Ray Sapru, Pranav Manchikanti, North Creek High School, Teacher: Rhonda McGee

Junior Individual Documentary

1st: Katie Ng, Timbercrest Middle School, Teacher: Kim Matthews
2nd: Faraz Naqi, Northshore Middle School, Teachers: Corey Martin, Al Plummer
3rd: Cindy Liang, Leota Middle School, Teacher: John Moore
4th: Qiyuan Song, Canyon Park Middle School, Teacher: Craig Tupper

Senior Individual Documentary

1st: Amelie Fry, Innovation Lab High School, Teacher: Dori Wuepper
2nd: Vibhaakshayaa Sathish Kumar, North Creek High School, Teacher: Rhonda McGee

Junior Individual Exhibit

1st: Ainsley Mann, Leota Middle School, Teacher: John Moore
2nd: Olivia Stall, Northshore Middle School, Teacher: Al Plummer
3rd: Arne Omli, Leota Middle School, Teacher: John Moore
4th: Sarah Krug, Timbercrest Middle School, Teacher: Kim Matthews
5th: Lily Bennett, Northshore Middle School, Teacher: Corey Martin

Junior Individual Performance

1st: Sarah Vannoy, Timbercrest Middle School, Teacher: Kim Matthews
2nd: Emily Xin, Northshore Middle School, Teacher: Al Plummer
3rd: Victor Batchvarov, Skyview Middle School, Teacher: Nicole Maleki

Junior Individual Website

1st: Ryan Pascual, Leota Middle School, Teacher: John Moore
2nd: Mahir Emran, Canyon Park Middle School, Teacher: Craig Tupper
3rd: Ishitha Arekapudi, Northshore Middle School, Teacher: Corey Martin
4th Place: Caralyn Pittman, Leota Middle School, Teacher: John Moore

Senior Individual Website

1st: Kaitlyn Han, Innovation Lab High School, Teacher: Dori Wuepper

Junior Historical Paper

1st: Matthew Ng, Timbercrest Middle School, Teacher: Kim Matthews
2nd: Caitlyn Chang, Leota Middle School, Teacher: John Moore
3rd: Jiya Joshi, Leota Middle School, Teacher: John Moore
4th: Tsion Tesfaye, Leota Middle School, Teacher: John Moore

Senior Historical Paper

1st: Andrew Da, North Creek High School, Teacher: Rhonda McGee

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