On Monday, May 4th, Rivermont Collegiate students competed amongst 700 students from 110 schools across Iowa in the state's National History Day contest in Des Moines. State competition champions are invited to compete in the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest at the University of Maryland June 14-18, 2015.
The Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest will comprise nearly 3,000 students from the United States, Guam, America Samoa, Department of Defense Schools in Puerto Rico, and international schools in China, Korea and South Asia for scholarships and prizes.
We are exceptionally proud to announce that Rivermont students will be representing the state of Iowa at the national competition. Among those recognized include :
· Manasa Pagadala (10th Grade), Shivani Ganesh (10th Grade), Emilia Porubcin (10th Grade), Kenton Fee (9th Grade), Hema Chimpidi (10th Grade)
National Competition Qualifier
Division: Senior
Category: Group Performance (topic: Women's Suffrage)
- Lauren Schroeder (8th Grade)
National Competition Qualifier
Division: Junior
Category: Individual Documentary (topic: Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
· Anastasia Eganova (11th Grade)
National Competition Alternate, Women's History Award
Division: Senior
Category: Individual Paper (topic: Mother Jones)
Rivermont students worked tirelessly on their projects and presentations and we could not be more proud and excited for this exceptional opportunity. Good luck to our National Qualifiers as they prepare for the competition in June.
For more information about The Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest, visit: www.nhd.org
Rivermont Collegiate is the Quad Cities' only Private College Prep School for PreSchool through 12th Grade. For more information visit: www.RivermontCollegiate.org
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