History Champs Head to Washington D.C.
Published April 28, 2017
Students from Spring Station Middle School and Ravenwood High School are making history of their own as they advance to the National History Day finals in Washington D.C.
Spring Station eighth graders Colin Anderson, Alison Dropp, Becca Lilly and Ella Tubbs are the first students from Spring Station to participate in a national academic competition.
They advanced following their performance in the state competition where they won first place in the Junior Group Exhibit category.
“Their hard work is something I’m proud to put on display at the national level,” said Spring Station Gifted Education Teacher Christopher Harrod. “It’s an incredible achievement for each student.”
Joining them will be Ravenwood juniors Sithara Samudrala, Leah Farmer, Vamsi Konjeti, Saitheeraj Thatigotla, Joe Roebuck, Noelle Link, Pranav Saravanan, Arshia Basutkar and RHS sophomore Andrea Huang. They won first place in the Senior Group Website category.
RHS AP History Teacher Andrew Elrod says these students have worked hard for this honor.
“The National History Day contestants did an incredible job of organizing the club, researching their topics and presenting the content with utmost professionalism,” said Elrod. “These students have represented Ravenwood and Williamson County Schools with excellence at the regional and state levels, and will continue to bring national recognition to WCS with their efforts in Washington D.C.”
National History Day is a year-long academic program focused on historical research, interpretation and creative expression for sixth to twelfth grade students. By participating in National History Day, students become writers, filmmakers, web designers, playwrights and artists as they create unique contemporary expressions of history. The experience culminates in a series of contests at the local and affiliate levels and an annual national competition in the Nation’s Capitol in June.
About 600,000 National History Day projects were completed this year, globally. There were 7,100 in Tennessee and 1,252 of those competed at the regional level. From there, 313 projects from Tennessee regions advanced state competition in April. Of those, 73 move on to the national contest which will be held June 11-15.