Washington State Contest Winners 2007
1st place:
Sophia Carter, Junior Individual Documentary The Dutch Resistance to the Holocaust, Sequim Middle School, Sequim
Raluca Ifrim, Koyo Kim, Junior Group Documentary Galloping Gertie: The Collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Redmond Junior High School, Redmond
Helen Lee, Junior Individual Exhibit The Triangle Factory Fire: Tragedy and Triumph for the American Worker, Sunrise Elementary School, Redmond
Madalyn Schei, Emily Najar, Nicolas Jensen, Junior Group Exhibit Pearl Harbor: The Tragic Setting of the Rising Sun, Port Susan Middle School, Stanwood
Leigh Douglas, Junior Individual Performance Traditional Irish Music and Dance: Triumphing Over Tragedy, Northshore Junior High School, Bothell
Madeline Camp, Anna Stewart, Katie Treend, Junior Group Performance Hanged on the Noose of Oppression and Conformity, Pleasant Valley Middle School, Battle Ground
Dana Floberg, Junior Historical Paper Classroom Assimilation: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Indian Boarding Schools, Canyon Park Junior High School, Bothell
Luke Jensen, Senior Individual Documentary Charles Wilkes and the United States Exploring Expedition, Bainbridge High School, Bainbridge
Olivia Boots, Rachel Haughland, Senior Group Documentary Marching Against Time: The Crusade for the Polio Vaccine, Sequim High School, Sequim
Ashley Hall, Senior Individual Exhibit Out of the Ashes – A Cry for Reform: The Tragic Fire that Sparked Progressive Triumphs, Stanwood High School, Stanwood
Alexandra Bartlett, Tara McIntyre, Senior Group Exhibit The 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: Where the Death of 146 Garment Workers Spawned the Triumphant Transformation of Workers’ Rights and Political Reform, Shorewood High School, Shoreline
Anna Dubnow, Senior Individual Performance Home at Last: Theodore Herzl, Paving the Way to Zion, Academy Northwest, Marysville
Amy Christianson, Audrey Christianson, Senior Group Performance The Invention that Changed the World: Triumph and Tragedy of Johann Gutenberg, Christianson Home School, Stanwood
Rebecca Smith, Senior Historical Paper Save the Dust Bowl: “Big Hugh” Bennett’s Triumph over Tragedy, Bothell High School, Bothell
2nd place:
Laura Harkins, Junior Individual Documentary Triumph from the Ashes of the Triangle Tragedy: Women’s Wear, Women’s Work, Women’s Will, Coupeville Middle School, Coupeville
Arjun Narayanan, Anthony McNicoll, Jacob Levin, Anand Raghuraman, Junior Group Documentary The Great Seattle Fire: Phoenix of the Northwest, Redmond Junior High School, Redmond
Audrey Lichten, Junior Individual Exhibit Wilma Rudolph: A Tragic Beginning to Triumphant Gold, Sequim Middle School, Sequim
Brianna Lacy, Katherine Lacy, Junior Group Exhibit A Concrete Divide: The Contrasting Outcomes of the Grand Coulee Dam, Canyon Park Junior High School, Bothell
Lucas Shores-McKinney, Junior Individual Performance Upton Sinclair: Triumphantly Raising Public Awareness towards the tragic Conditions in Meat Packing Houses, Sequim Middle School, Sequim
Sara Hankins, Dalton Ackley, Junior Group Performance Frederick Douglas: An American Slave, Sequim Middle School, Sequim
Jacob Bruce, Junior Historical Paper Trust in Treaties: How Tragedy Turned to Triumph for Puget Sound Native American Fishing Rights, Kingston Junior High, Kingston
Angela Cloud, Senior Individual Documentary Social Growth and Injustice in the Meatpacking Plants of Chicago, Lynden High School, Lynden
Wilfred Chan, Tim Tan, Senior Group Documentary The High Cost of a Low Population: The Triumph and Tragedy of China’s One-Child Policy, Shorewood High School, Shoreline
Brian Maskal, Senior Individual Exhibit Atomic Bomb: A Race for Triumphs or Tragedy, Academy Northwest, Marysville
Shona Voelckers, Neil Carlson, Senior Group Exhibit The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Stanwood High School, Stanwood
Anya Eber, Senior Individual Performance Through the Tragedies of War, Triumphs of Character are Born: The Story of Mary Boykin Chesnut, Bainbridge High School, Bainbridge
Emily Weeks, Marie Jenkins, Abigail Anderson, Senior Group Performance The Centralia Massacre, Centralia High School, Centralia
Stephen Payne, Senior Historical Paper To the Ends of the Earth: The United States Exploring Expedition, Seattle Preparatory School, Seattle
3rd place:
Adrianna Royal Junior Individual Documentary More than Man’s Best Friend during Tragic Timers: History of the War Dog Program, Royal Home School
Sana Nagar, Marianne Ostertag, Milan Vu, Junior Group Documentary Embers of Reform: The Triangle Factory Fire, Redmond Junior High School, Redmond
Emilee Olson, Junior Individual Exhibit Amelia Earhart: Spirit in the Sky, Mattson Middle School, Kent
Lauren Olson, Julia Roper, Junior Group Exhibit Cabanatuan: A Mission that Saved Lives, Lynden Middle School, Lynden
Emily Kreifels, Junior Individual Performance Japanese American Internment: The Triumphs and Tragedies, Klahowya Secondary School, Silverdale
Brian Jeng, Aaron Mathisen, Nick Stoumbos, Jake Wilson, Junior Group Performance Remember, Remember: Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot, Wy’east Middle School, Vancouver
Stanley Janicki, Junior Historical Paper The Revolving Fun Turret: Triumph for the North, Tragedy for the South: The Day the Wooden Navy Died, Janicki Home School, Stanwood
Toban Platt, Senior Individual Documentary A Decision of Atomic Consequence: The Triumphs and Tragedies of Truman’s Ultimatum, Coupeville High School, Coupeville
Tyler Gregg, Sean Cockey, Thomas Massey, Senior Group Documentary Sergei Korolev: Triumphant in Space Despite a Life of Tragedy, Poulsbo Junior High School, Poulsbo
Erin Tenney, Senior Individual Exhibit Ruffian: A Hero Before and After Her Death, Shorewood High School, Shoreline
Breanne Harris, Casey Bridenbaugh, Carrie Eidsness, Tamara Jansen, Senior Group Exhibit The Space Race, Stanwood High School, Stanwood
Elyse Brouhard, Senior Individual Performance When the Triumph of Reform Becomes a Tragedy: The Treatment of the Mentally Ill in America, Messiah Academy
Lindsay Simon, Claire Petersen, Ian Stoner, Senior Group Performance Liberating the Innocent: Finding Truth in the Tragedy of the Holocaust, Charles Wright Academy, Tacoma
Kayta Samuels, Senior Historical Paper Dr. Sara Josephine Baker: Triumphal Figure against a Tragic Backdrop, Shorewood High School, Shoreline
4th place:
Alison Coombs, Junior Individual Documentary Patriotism in the Face of Prejudice: The 442nd Regimental Combat Team’s Triumph over Racial Discrimination, Canyon Park Junior High School, Bothell
Darien French-Owen, Tian Kisch, Junior Group Documentary The Crimes of this Guilty Land: The Legacy of John Brown, Redmond Junior High School, Redmond
Kavita Smith, Junior Individual Exhibit The Indian Independence Movement: Strength of Satyagraha, Sunrise Elementary School, Redmond
Maria Hamilton, Hunter Vaughn, Junior Group Exhibit Hindenburg, Wy’east Middle School, Vancouver
Simone Prince-Eichner, Junior Individual Performance Fair Trade: A Triumphant Alternative to the Tragedy of Child Labor, Prince Home School, Lummi Island
Jessica Howard, Frances Coughlin, Junior Group Performance Triumph over Tragedy for the Blind and Deaf, Sunrise Elementary School, Redmond
Kiehl Sundt, Junior Historical Paper First Shot of the Cold War, Sequim Middle School, Sequim
Daniel Inouye, Senior Individual Documentary The Triumphant Spirit of Japanese-Americans Who Fought in World War II, Shorewood High School, Shoreline
Sarah Roper, Natalie Witte, Senior Group Documentary Triangle Shirtwaist: The Fire that Fueled Reform, Lynden High School, Lynden
Shannon Quinn, Senior Individual Exhibit Triumph and Tragedy of Camp Cabanatuan, Shorewood High School, Shoreline
Hayley Peter-Contesse, Cara Thompson, Lindsay Willman, Josephine Wallace, Senior Group Exhibit Pirates: A Treasure Hunt for Democracy, Bainbridge High School, Bainbridge
Lena Cronin, Senior Individual Performance 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, Shorewood High School, Shoreline
Chaune Schafer, Clarin McDonald, Savannah Hunka, Senior Group Performance The Rwandan Genocide: The Story of Immaculee Illibagiza, Mount Spokane High School, Mead
Jack Hanley, Senior Historical Paper Bainbridge Island: A Close-Knit Community’s Tragedy and Triumph, Seattle Preparatory School, Seattle
5th place:
Erin Altenhof-Long, Junior Individual Documentary The Triumphs and Tragedies of Polio, Wy’east Middle School, Vancouver
Erin Anderson, Alexis Garvin, Katelyn Mellinger, Mishaal Aleem, Junior Group Documentary Dream, Discover, Soar: A Documentary on Amelia Earhart, McKnight Middle School, Renton
Hailey Estes, Junior Individual Exhibit Fly Girls, Sunrise Elementary School, Redmond
Martin Kanning, Nathan Madison, Dylan Marashi, Junior Group Exhibit The Great Chicago Fire: Rising from the Ashes, Sunrise Elementary School, Redmond
Amanda D’Almeida, Junior Individual Performance Triumph: Clara Burton’s Red Cross Overcome the Tragedy of Johnston, Coupeville Middle School, Coupeville
Alana Peters, Debra Hulse, Elisha Burnett, Junior Group Performance Sacagawea’s Trail of Triumph and Tragedy, Housel Middle School, Prosser
Aaron Janicki, Junior Historical Paper The Cost of War: Napoleon’s Tragedy and America’s Triumphant Purchase of the Louisiana Territory, Janicki Home School, Stanwood
Sara Levy, Senior Individual Documentary Politics and AIDS: A Tragedy of Ignorance and Fear, Shorewood High School, Shoreline
Amber Dickson, Jamie Gilmore, Gloria James, Dreya Bundesen, Senior Group Documentary Jane Addams: Triumph over the Tragedy of Social Injustice, Bethel High School, Spanaway
Blake Allen, Senior Individual Exhibit Bismarck: Destruction of a Mighty Surface Raider, Kentridge High School, Kent
Michele Susee, Sierra Schleining, Senior Group Exhibit The Artificial Heart: Triumph over Mortality, Bethel High School, Spanaway
Max Piscioneri, Senior Individual Performance Savonarola Versus the Renaissance, Kentwood High School, Kent
Evelyn Economy, Donna Horning, Julia Ringo, Senior Group Performance Manhattan: The Triumph of the Quest to Build the Bomb and the Tragedy it Became, Bainbridge High School, Bainbridge
Melissa Weiner, Senior Historical Paper The Tragedy and Triumph of the Holocaust Leads to the Triumphant Creation of Israel, Bethel High School, Spanaway
6th place:
Thomas Karren, Junior Individual Documentary I am Become Death, Kingston Junior High School, Kingston
Clemente Welding Jones, Anthony Li, Junior Group Documentary Clouds over Hiroshima, Mattson Middle School, Kent
Benjamin Wright, Junior Individual Exhibit The Great Chicago Fire and the Rebirth of the City, Redmond Junior High School, Redmond
Jaiden Dokken, Sarah Doty, Junior Group Exhibit Puritans vs. the Witches: A Battle of Morals, Sequim Middle School, Sequim
Sara Maskal, Junior Individual Performance Tears of Blood: Triumph and Tragedy of the Korean War, Academy Northwest, Marysville
Brooke Adams, Esmy Jimenez, Benjamin Zocher, Alexander Miller, Junior Group Performance Tragedy in the Skies: Japanese Balloon Bombs over Oregon, Housel Middle School, Prosser
Emily Raszler, Junior Historical Paper Octavius Catto: Civil Rights Activist Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice, Poulsbo Junior High School, Poulsbo
Nathan Doyle, Senior Individual Documentary Velvet Revolution: Triumph over Tragic Oppression, Bethel High School, Spanaway
Erika Maskal, Angela Wickstrom, Senior Group Documentary The Korean War: Forgotten Tragedy, Enduring Triumph, Academy Northwest, Marysville
Alicia Travis, Senior Individual Exhibit The Irish Potato Famine: Tragedy and Triumph, Bethel High School, Spanaway
Samantha Woods, Justine Berry, Senior Group Exhibit The Hiroshima Maidens, Edgemont Junior High School, Puyallup
Danushen Gnanapragasam, Senior Individual Performance Serendipity Shattered in Sri Lanka: The Tragic Teardrop of the Indian Ocean, Shorewood High School, Shoreline
Jonathan Shines, Reggie McDuffy, Senior Group Performance Malcolm X: One Man’s Journey Through Triumph and Tragedy, Bethel High School, Spanaway
Conor Mahoney, Senior Historical Paper Martha and Waitstill Sharp: Overcoming Tragedy to Triumph, Seattle Preparatory School, Seattle
Gold
Rebecca Smith, Senior Historical Paper, Bothell High School, Bothell
Anand Narayanan, Arjun Raghuraman, Anthony McNicoll & Jake Levin, Junior Group Documentary, Redmond Junior High, Redmond
Silver
Ashley Hall, Senior Individual Exhibit, Stanwood High School, Stanwood
Katherine & Brianna Lacy, Junior Group Exhibit, Canyon Park Junior High, Bothell
Raluca Ifrim & Koyo Kim, Junior Group Documentary, Redmond Junior High, Redmond
4th Place
Will Chan and Tim Tan, Senior Group Documentary, Shorewood High School, Shoreline
5th Place
Helen Lee, Junior Individual Exhibit, Sunrise Elementary, Redmond
6th Place
Nic Jensen, Madalyn Schei & Emily Najar, Junior Group Exhibit, Port Susan Middle School, Stanwood
8th Place
Anya Eber, Senior Individual Performance, Bainbridge High School, Bainbridge
*Luke Jensen, Senior Individual Documentary, Bainbridge High School, Bainbridge
Neil Carlson and Shona Voelckers, Senior Group Exhibit, Stanwood High School, Stanwood
Laura Harkins, Junior Individual Documentary, Coupeville Middle School, Coupeville
*Bainbridge's Luke Jensen was the inaugural winner of the Benjamin Franklin Legacy Award, given to a senior student in the spirit of Ben Franklin by the Creativity Foundation. Luke participated in a roundtable of American intellectuals next year, chaired by the 2008 Franklin Laureate, Meryl Streep, and will help select next year's Legacy Award winner.