Thirteen Lake Washington School District students on five teams, and one individual, earned first place in their division at the National History Day State Event held at Green River Community College in Auburn, Wash. on May 2.
In total, 29 teams/individuals placed in the top six, with three groups winning special awards.
Four LWSD schools participated in the event, including: International Community School (ICS), Redmond High School, Redmond Middle School and Tesla STEM High School (Tesla STEM).
All first, second, and third place teams will move on to the National History Day contest to be held at the University of Maryland, College Park from June 14-18.
The full list of Kirkland winners is available below:
Junior Group Documentary:
Taylor Caragher and Alina Herri, ICS – “Sally Ride: Launching a Legacy for American Women in Space,” first place
Junior Group Exhibit: Valerie Chung, Aashna Sheth, Sarah Yang, and Lauren Zimmermann, ICS – “Wangari Maathai’s Legacy: Leading Kenya from the Ground Up,” first place
Maria Harsvik, Hannah Varghese, and Grace Wang, ICS – “The Legacy of Coco Chanel: Leading a New Era of Fashion,” second place
Daniel Chen, Omeed Ostry, and Andrew Urrutia, ICS – “Leader on and off the Court: John Wooden’s Timeless Legacy,” fourth place
Junior Individual Performance:
Anne Munoz, ICS – “Pope John Paul II: His Human Rights Legacy in El Salvador,” sixth place
Junior Group Performance:
Shruthi Kondaboina, MacKenzie Lahren, and David Paraschiv, ICS – “Margaret Thatcher Challenges Labor: A Resiliant Leader Writes Her Historical Legacy,” fifth place
Junior Paper:
Sanjay Raman, ICS – “A Quantum Educator: Richard Feynman’s Leadership and Legacy as a 20th Century Physicist,” fourth place
Junior Individual Website:
Ciara Gormley, ICS – “The Legacy of a Hated Hero: Eamon de Valera’s Battle for Independence,” first place
Svetoslav Dimitrov, ICS – “Che Guevara: The Controversial Legacy of a Revolutionary Leader,” second place
Detlef Knauss, ICS – “The Iroquois: Powerful Leadership and a Forgotten Political Legacy,” fifth place
Senior Individual Documentary:
Lana Nguyen, ICS – “Nellie Bly: Exploitation of Blackwell Island,” fourth place
Senior Group Documentary:
Neha Hulkund and Anne Lee, Tesla STEM – “Rachel Carson: Mother of the Environmental Movement,” first place
Andreea Ifrim, Deepthi Mohanraj, and Virginia Qian, RHS – “White Rose: Leading Student Dissent in Nazi Germany,” second place
Hana Keller and Lynsey Liu, Tesla STEM – “The International Space Station: Leading a Global Endeavor into Space Exploration,” fourth place
Kartik Iyer, Angedd Kalsi, Tanima Paul and Adam Tazi, ICS – “Malcolm X: A New Legacy in Civil Rights,” sixth place
Senior Group Performance:
Anmol Bajpai and Christian Culbert, ICS – “The Opium War: A Game of Leadership,” first place
McKenna Conlin and Trevor Mueller, ICS – “’We Must Fight to Live:’ the Leadership and Legacy of Larry Kramer,” third place
Amanda Doolittle and Stella Gonzalez, ICS – “Aretha’s Anthem: A Legacy of Respect,” sixth place
Senior Individual Performance:
Emma Hunt, ICS – “The Legacy of Bertha Knight Landes: Leading Seattle’s Transformation in the 1920s,” fourth place
Senior Group Website:
Vaishnavi Phadnis and Suchi Sridhar, Tesla STEM – “Franklin D. Roosevelt: A New Dealer in Hope,” second place
Alicia Lee and Vishaka Nirmal, ICS – “Leading the Race: The Legacy of Kathrine Switzer,” fifth place
Senior Individual Website:
Surya Manivannan, ICS – “The Controversial Legacy of Lee Kuan Yew: The Father of Singapore,” fourth place
