Awards Ceremony and Goodbye

Way to go, Washington students!

Team Washington was awarded quite an array of prizes at the 2015 Awards Ceremony, including special awards, scholarships, and even $5,000.00!



AWARDS:

White House History Award

Awarded to Julia Owens (Northshore Junior High) for her Junior Individual Exhibit


Outstanding State Entries Award
(awarded to two outstanding projects from Washington State)

Senior Division: Awarded to Erin Lee (Inglemoor High School) for her Senior Individual Exhibit

Junior Division: Awarded to Aashna Sheth, Sarah Yang, Valerie Chung, and Lauren Zimmerman (International Community School) for their Junior Group Exhibit


National WWII Museum's Salute to Courage Award
(This student wins a trip to New Orleans to study WWII and participate in the Grand Opening of a new wing of the museum)

Awarded to Vincy Fok (Liberty High School)


The History Channel's Award for Outstanding Entry on an International Theme
(This award comes with a $5,000.00 prize)

Awarded to Anmol Bajpai and Christian Culbert (International Community School) for their Senior Group Performance


Chaminade University Scholarship (This student is awarded a 50% college scholarship to Chaminade University in Honolulu, Hawaii)

Awarded to Vincy Fok (Liberty High School)


Washington State also had 11 students in the finals round, all of whom placed either first or second in their preliminary rounds.

FINALS QUALIFIERS:

4th Place:

Aashna Sheth, Valerie Chung, Sarah Yang, and Lauren Zimmerman (International Community School for their Junior Group Exhibit


5th Place:

Peter Lees (Lakeside School) for his Senior Historical Paper

Julia Owens (Northshore Junior High) for her Junior Individual Exhibit


6th Place:

Erin Lee (Inglemoor High School) for her Senior Individual Exhibit

Lorrin Johnson, Issabelle Hayden, and Vincy Fok (Liberty High School) for their Senior Group Exhibit

Sally Rim, Lauryn Hepp, and Carlyn Schmidgall (Liberty High School) for their Senior Group Website


7th Place: 

Anmol Bajpai and Christian Culbert (International Community School) for their Senior Group Performance


12th Place:

Alina Herri and Taylor Caragher (International Community School) for their Junior Group Documentary

Jared Gee and Brenden Rogers (Timbercrest Junior High) for their Junior Group Website


13th Place:

Hannah Varghese, Grace Wang, and Maria Harsvik (International Community School) for their Junior Group Exhibit


14th Place:

Arushi Aggarwal, Grace Kim, and Meghna Shankar (Redmond Middle School) for their Junior Group Documentary


Congratulations to all participants from Washington State! You should all be very proud.

See you next year!

Mark and Hannah