Congratulations Shelby!!

Each year the Middle School participates in the NHD ("National History Day") Competition. 6th graders through 8th can participate. Last year, Shelby one 1st in her catagory for the school competition, then 1st in the district, and went on to Europeans. Winners from Europeans are then invited to go to National in Washington D.C. Last year she did not place 1st or 2nd (which qualifies you for Nationals) at the European competition - but she had fun being with all her friends...

This year's theme was "The Individual in History - Legacy and Actions". Shelby chose to do a group documentry with her friend Caitlin. They did their documentry on Gail Halversen, the Berlin "Candy Bomber", who dropped candy to the children of Berlin during the airlift.

Shelby and Caitlin got FIRST at the school level, and FIRST at the district level!! They really do have an impressive documentry ... They will compete in the European competition in April ... we'll let you know how they do! I'm hoping to be able to upload their documentry on the blog so you can all see it!! (It's only about 8 minutes) ... I'll let you know if it works ...

Congratulations, Shelby & Caitlin!!