Students from Shorewood and Shorecrest high schools presented their original research March 21 at the North Puget Sound Regional History Day contest at Shoreline Center.
The event’s theme was “Triumph and Tragedy in History,” and included presentations on topics ranging from “Jesse Owens: Triumph amidst Tragedy” to “Trans Antarctic Gone Wrong: Shackleton’s Triumph of Survival over a Tragic Marooning.”
The 224 sophomores and juniors from Shoreline made up 45 percent of the almost 500 sixth through 12th-graders participating. The event was the culmination of a year-long program in which students chose and delved into a topic using historical research strategies. The event is part of a national effort to reform history education and prepare students to be informed and involved citizens.
Students presented research in one of four categories: exhibits, papers, multimedia documentaries and original performances. Students worked as individuals or in groups of up to five members.
Seven high school projects won first-place awards: Shannon Quinn, James Rimbakusumo, Xana Bartlett, Tara McIntyre, Helen Jenne, Nick Karambelas, Andrew Wilson, Stephen Chung and Eric Joy, Emily Forman, Jessalyn Quitugua, Lena Cronin. They and other winners qualified for the state competition May 5 in Auburn.
Shoreline winners at all levels and their projects are:
Heather Dowd, Shorewood: “Safe! Tragedy and Triumph in the Kindertransport”
Kayta Samuels, Shorewood: “Dr. Sara Josephine Baker: Triumphal Figure Against a Tragic Backdrop”
Erin Tenney, Shorewood: “Ruffian”
Anna Eglick Bodi, Shorecrest: “The Hungarian Uprising of 1956: Determination, Deception, and Defeat”
James Rimbakusumo, Shorecrest: “Prosperity: Where is Our Share? Mother Jones’ Army Crusades Against Child Labor”
Emily Olsen, Shorewood: “Resistance: The Triumph of the Danish People”
Yih Ong, Shorewood: “Journey to America: Tragedy and Triumph of the Vietnamese Boat People”
Shannon Quinn, Shorewood: “Triumphant Liberation of Cabanatuan”
Margaux Rotter, Shorewood: “Ellis Island”
Amy Leang, Shorewood: “Chinese Immigration Experience: Endurance and Perseverance in America”
Xana Bartlett, Tara McIntyre, Shorewood: “The 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire: where the death of 146 garment workers spawned the triumphant transformation of workers’ rights and political reform”
Elisa Talbot, Rachel Sacco, Shorecrest: “Bound to Duty: The Tragedy of Robert E. Lee”
Diane Choi, Jaselyn Lee, Shorewood: “Hiroshima — The Triumph. The Tragedy. The Everlasting Echoes.”
Sara Levy, Shorewood: “AIDS: A Medical Holocaust”
Patrick Stein, Shorewood: “Julius Caesar: The Politician, the general, the dictator”
Helen Jenne, Shorewood: “Ray Kroc: Tragically Changing America”
Daniel Inouye, Shorewood: “Go For Broke: The Spirit of Japanese Americans Who Served in World War II”
Andrew Haug, Shorewood: “Sir Edmund Hillary: The Triumph of an Adventurous Mind”
Nick Karambelas, Andrew Wilson, Stephen Chung, Eric Joy, Shorewood: “D-Day: The battle of Normandy”
Wilfred Chan, Tim Tan, Shorewood: “The High Cost of a Low Population: The Triumph &Tragedy of China’s One-Child Policy”
Shaina Ives, Christine Yang, Hannah Yuen, Shorewood: “The Nanjing Massacre: The tragedy affecting China-Japan relations”
Emily Forman, Jessalyn Quitugua, Shorewood: “Bernie Whitebear: A Triumph for Native American Rights”
Allie Doyle, Joseph Dunn, Hollyann Duskin, Shorewood: “The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima &Nagasaki”
Max Cho, Ryan Quey, Shorecrest: “Tragedy and Triumph in Sherman’s March”
Lena Cronin, Shorewood: “Anne Frank’s Diary and its Impact on the World: One Girl’s Ability to Triumphantly View the World Positively during a Time of Tragedy”
Danushen Gnanapragasam, Shorewood: “Serendipity Shattered in Sri Lanka: The Tragic Teardrop of the Indian Ocean”
Jordan Summa, Shorewood: “The Triumphs of the Blackest Night the Sea has Known”
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