Northshore students participated in the North Puget Sound Regional History Day competition on March 20 and will advance to the state competition to be held May 4 at Bellevue College.

Students competed at either the junior, grades 6–8, or senior, grades 9–12, level in the following categories: exhibits,papers, multi-media documentaries, original performances and websites. This year’s theme was “TurningPoints in History: People, Ideas, Events.”

Northshore School District state qualifiers, home school, project category, project name and award are: Junior Paper Nick DeSantis, Timbercrest Junior High School, “Free Agency in Sports – How Curt Flood ChangedProfessional Sports in America,” first place; Alexandra Besson-Bode, Timbercrest Junior High School,“Mary Wollstonecraft – The Mother of Feminism,” second place; Garrett Stanley, Northshore Junior HighSchool – “Henry Jackson: Guardian of Life’s Backdrop,” third place; and Ally Nuttbrock, Northshore Junior High School – “Kristallnacht: Never Forget,” fourth place.

Junior Individual website: Ashley Gothenquist, Northshore Junior High School – “The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks and the Lake Washington Ship Canal; How it Changed Seattle’s History,” first place; Nate Pietraszak, Timbercrest Junior High School – “Sputnik 1: Companion for U.S. Space Exploration,” second place; Eric Zhu, Northshore Junior High School – “The Great Seattle Fire: The Beneficial Catastrophe,” second place; Brenden Rogers, Sunrise Elementary School – “Walt Disney: Shaping the Golden Age,” third place; Cameron Do, Northshore Junior High School – “The Cuban Missile Crisis: 13 Days on the Edge of War,” third place; Emily Best, Northshore Junior High School – “European Resistance Movements: The Nazi Rebels,” fourth place; and Natalie Pilla, Timbercrest Junior High School – “Peering Into the Universe: The Hubble Space Telescope’sImpact on Science and Technology,” fourth place.

Junior Group website: Adam Bradshaw and Andrew Metz, Timbercrest Junior High School – “Transformation to Steel: How theBessemer Process Sparked the Industrial Revolution,” third place; and Drew Ruana and Caelan Wisont, Timbercrest Junior High School – “Nuclear Energy: A Turning Point in the History of Clean Energy,” fourthplace.

Senior Individual website: Megan Messer, Woodinville High School – “Educating the Disabled: A Special “IDEA”,” second place.

Junior Individual Documentary: Charlie Bohlin, Leota Junior High School – “The Secret of Life: The Discovery of DNA’s Structure,” first place; Wilson Turk, Northshore Junior High School – “The P-51 Mustang,” first place; Jakob Jessen,Timbercrest Junior High School – “The Electric Guitar: The Birth of Rock n Roll,” second place; and ZarahKhan, Northshore Junior High School – “Seattle’s Gold Rush: A Northwest Turning Point,” third place.

Junior Group Documentary: Connor Portugal and Tym Merchel, Northshore Junior High School – “The Klondike Gold Rush’s Effecton Seattle,” first place; Joey Wick and Colton VanTil, Timbercrest Junior High School – “Attack on PearlHarbor: The Pivotal Point in American Society,” second place; Mason Burdge and Michael Hadreas, Northshore Junior High School – “How Has ESPN Affected Sports History?,” third place; and Bennett Lewisand Anna Plampin, Timbercrest Junior High School – “The Space Race: Revolutionizing Space Exploration,” third place.

Junior Individual Exhibit: William Darwent-Rice, Timbercrest Junior High School – “Titanic: The Story of the Unsinkable Ship,”first place; Jordan Hailey, Northshore Junior High School – “The Treaty of Versailles,” first place; JoHannaFlahiff, Northshore Junior High School – “The Lacey Acts: The Birth of Conservation Legislation,” firstplace; Bryce Coyne, Timbercrest Junior High School – “Rising from the Ashes of the Great Fire: TheCreation of Physical and Financial Fire Protection,” first place; Morgan Baccus, Timbercrest Junior High School – “The Great Depression: Impacts of the Grand Coulee Dam,” second place; Noelle Watson,Sunrise Elementary School – “Henry Ford: Assembly Line Innovation,” second place; Katie Ragan, SunriseElementary School – “A Long Walk Into History,” second place; and Christopher Ragan, Timbercrest Junior High School – “Smallpox: The Death of a Worldwide Disease,” second place.

Junior Group Exhibit: Elaine Huynh and Ariana Stenson, Northshore Junior High School – “Model T Ford: Changing AmericanHistory,” first place; Ben Vandehey and Devyn Young, Timbercrest Junior High School – “A Turning Point for Churches: The Gutenberg Bible,” second place; and Molly and Megan Taketa, Sunrise Elementary School – “Title IX: Changing the Way Women Play,” second place.

Senior Group Exhibit: Helen and Erin Lee, Woodinville High School – “Turning Points for Women in Journalism: WWII, Vietnam,and the Civil Rights Era,” first place.

Junior Individual Performance: Emma Atkinson, Northshore Junior High School – “Uncle Sam’s Nieces,” first place; Anael Kuperwajs,Timbercrest Junior High School – “The Final Solution: The Horrific Turning Point that Prompted the JewishHolocaust,” second place; and Megan Schuh, Northshore Junior High School – “Forward into Light: The Fight for Women’s Suffrage in Washington State,” fourth place.

Junior Group Performance: Gerrilyn Vail and Rebecca Ledsham, Northshore Junior High School – “37 Words That Changed History,”second place; and Eva Sullivan and Julia Hughes, Timbercrest Junior High School – “The Titanic: The MostLife-changing Shipwreck in History,” third place.

Senior Individual Performance: Allyson Wheaton, Timbercrest Junior High School – “The Battle of Trenton: Morale Miracle,” third place.