Hello History Day Fans,

The national contest is officially over…

And Washington state yet again did great at the national level. There were over 2900 competing students this year and Washington had 59 students in 36 projects.

I’m happy to report that we had 10 projects make it into the final round, way to go Team WA! Of that we had 2 golds and 2 silver medals. We also took home the NARA award for Constitutional History, Hannah Foster, Stephanie Massart, Avalon Tarbot-Mendoza, Nathan Runkle.

With that being said, here are your official results:

GOLD

Heni Barns, Coupeville High School, “Striking a Turning Point: the 1917 Pacific Northwest Lumber Strike.” Senior Individual Documentary

Anand Nambakam, Kevin Nakahara, Ethan Perrin, STEM High School, “Nikola Tesla: Electrifying a New Era.” Senior Group Documentary

SILVER

Taylor Walsh, Charles Wright Academy, “Samuel F. B. Morse: Artist to Innovator, A Turning Point in Communication.” Senior Individual Website

Andrew Simon, Kingston Middle School, “The Trans-Alaska Pipeline: A Struggle for Balance.” Junior Paper

4^th Place

Samhita and Adarsh Karnati, Eric Burlingame, Redmond High School, “From Panic to Progress: the Launch of Sputnik.” Senior Group Documentary 

Kaylee Kim, Charles Wright Academy, “Roberts Commission.” Senior Individual Exhibit

5^th Place

Hannah Foster, Stephanie Massart, Avalon Tarbot-Mendoza, Nathan Runkle, Pleasant Valley Middle School, “Silencing Celilo Falls: Symbol of a Century of Loss, Turning Point in Native American Activism on the Columbia River. Junior Group Performance

6^th Place

Sophia Michaels, Alicia Lee, International Community School, “The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 1958: A Turning Point in Racial Integration.” Junior Group Website

7^th Place

Serena Caryl, Lewis and Clark High School, “The 26^th Amendment: A Youth Revolution.” Senior Individual Performance

9^th Place

Anael Kuperwajs, Timbercrest Junior High, “The Final Solution: the Horrific Turning Point that Prompted the Jewish Holocaust.” Junior Individual Performance

Way to go Team WA for another great year and another great national contest. You should all be proud of your accomplishments this year and thank you for taking part.

Don’t forget, next year’s theme is “Rights and Responsibilities in History.”

Have a safe trip home and have a great summer. See you next year.

 

Your wonderful and able bodied History Day staff and volunteers.

 

 

Hello History Day Fans,

It's Wednesday night and after another fun day of activity we are finally winding down here with our last night on campus.

Today we had some seniors competing in the group and individual documentary category along with another senior in individual performance. All did great and we are so proud of them! Way to go all seniors.

We also had one of our senior group exhibits presenting at the National Museum of American History all day, see picture below.

The campus was a real ghost town after the lunch hour as everyone headed into DC for one last afternoon of touring before the Night at the Museum hosted by the Behring family. Thank you Behrings.

It's been a long day and we have a very early morning with a group photo and the awards ceremony. Should be a fun day and I kow everyone is looking forward to the parade of states. :-)

Time to go judge some dorm room doors...

Helen and Erin Lee, Woodinville High School. "Turning Points for Women in Journalism."

Welcome to Tuesday everyone,

BUSY DAY TODAY! The day started with seniors in preliminary rounds and ended with juniors in the final rounds. We had several projects this morning, but the majority of our seniors ended up with afternoon judging times. That made it a bit challenging to cover everyone, but not to worry, your faithful staff made sure to get to everyone and at least wish them luck, and in most cases, view the project as it was judged. Way to go seniors, job well done.

I'm also happy to report that Susan and I made our way to the Comcast Center and got our seats all roped off and tagged for the big awards ceremony on Thursday. :-)

After dinner we all headed over to support our wonderful juniors taking part in the evening finals. We saw two of our performance projects give it their all, way to go juniors. Job well done!

We are now in a very quiet dorm lounge busily making schedules for the seniors that moved on to finals tomorrow. We have an individual performance, individual documentary, and BOTH of our group docs have made their way into finals. :-) It's going to be a very busy morning for your crew here to make sure we cover a lot of ground and be there in person to cheer them on.

Below you will see Ben Tran, Clara Bardot and Paige Hopkins from Liberty High School, (Renton), enjoying one of the many bronze turtles on campus. This is Liberty's first year in the program, and we are very happy to have them here at the contest with us. :-)

For those of you looking for an update from the dance last night, sorry, but the weather was so bad we skipped it. :-(

Great day everyone, see you all tomorrow...

Mark
aka, Washington History Man

Welcome to 2013 Washington Hisdtory Day - National Contest...

Your source for updates of Team WA.

It's already Monday, where does the time go?

To catch you up, on Saturday, most of the team arrived with a few exceptions and everyone got settled into their lovely and luxurious air conditioned dorms. This year, Team WA is staying in La Plata, and for those of you back home, that is the place to be, as not many dorms on campus have AC. The lounge on the 2nd floor is decorated with all sorts of Team WA signs to let those that wander along know who's hanging out on that floor. :-) 

Sunday was a day of exhibit set up for a few of the kids, sight seeing in DC for many, and some fast and furious button trading for most. The night ended with the Opening Ceremonies and a great speech by Peter Sagal.

Now, catching you back up to today, it's Monday and it's Junior time! It's been a fun and lively day with juniors all over campus as they compete for the chance to make it into finals. Your dedicated staff, (Mark, Susan, Mindy, Gwen, Randy and Barbara), have also been racing all over campus as they do their best to wish all of the kids good luck and cheer them on! Go Team WA!

The only thing complicating things thus far is the weather. Now most of you back home probably take that to mean that the heat and humidity must really be taking a toll on us WA folks. Sadly that is not the case, this year it's the rain and humidity that are causing things to be a bit challenging. :-) But hey, it's only rain and being from Washington we are used to it. No big deal, it's just rain. :-)

OK time for more junior level excitement. Be sure to follow updates on Facebook as well. Posting lots of pics there. www.facebook.com/washingtonhistoryday