2014 National Contest is over.

2014 National Contest update…

Hello Team WA fans! The 2014 National Contest is now over.

Team WA had a good showing this year, although not quite as good as years past. This year, we will be bringing home one gold medal and two special awards. You can’t win them all, and this year proves how tough the competition was nationwide. 

This year we had 9 out of 36 projects advance to the final round, 6 in Juniors and 3 in Seniors. In the preliminary rounds we did have 25 projects finish in the top half of their section, so a good showing there. 

MEDALISTS:

Gold Medal:

Jethro Abatayo and Jeffrey Logan Gibert, “Vietnam Prisoners of War: Taking Responsibility When Deprived of All Rights,” Irene Soohoo, Pleasant Valley Middle School.

FINALISTS: 

7^th Place:

Ally Orr, “Hanford Nuclear Waste 1943-2014: Seventy-one Years of Denial and Delay: a Disaster Waiting to Happen,”  Irene Soohoo, Pleasant Valley Middle School.

Carlisle Boyle, “On Foreign Soil…POW Rights to Habeas Corpus: A Nation’s Responsibility to Uphold the Geneva Conventions with the Changing Nature of War,” Maynard Garritty, Redmond High School. 

8^th Place:

Katie Orr,” DDT: Protect Today or Protect Tomorrow,” Bill Boniface, Donna Matthies, Northshore Junior High. 

Gina Svab, “A Dangerous Workplace: Triangle Factory Fire,” Alan Plummer, Northshore Junior High.

Leina McDermott, Mia Richards, Alina Liokumovich, “The Scenic Hudson Decision of 1965: Opening the Gates to Environmental Rights,” Mark Elliott, Mark Bach, International Community School.

11^th Place:

Deepthi Mohanraj, Virginia Qian, Andreea Ifrim, “An Empire for 250 Years: The Hudson’s Bay Company,” Liz Dunsire, Redmond Middle School.

12^th Place:

Simon Benko, “Fish-Ins: Non-violent Protests to Restore Native American Fishing Rights,” Irene Soohoo, Pleasant Valley Middle School.

Christine Donnan, “The U.S. Labor Movement: Rights & Responsibilities in History,” Lara Sukol, Shorewood High School.

SPECIAL AWARDS:

Colonial America or Revolutionary History: 

Deepthi Mohanraj, Virginia Qian, Andreea Ifrim, “An Empire for 250 Years: The Hudson’s Bay Company,” Liz Dunsire, Redmond Middle School.

Naval History Prize: 

Jethro Abatayo and Jeffrey Logan Gibert, “Vietnam Prisoners of War: Taking Responsibility When Deprived of All Rights,” Irene Soohoo, Pleasant Valley Middle School.

Way to go Team WA for another fun 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 “Leadership and Legacy.”


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


Your wonderful and able-bodied History Day staff Mark and Hannah.