For the first time since 2020, and only the second time in the last 12 years, a trio of local students have earned the rare distinction of qualifying for nationals in the annual History Day competition.
Seventh-grader Dorothy Karson and eighth-graders Elsie Johanson and Henry Winger researched the impact of the Columbine school shooting in 1999, and changes to school security as a result. They presented their findings as a theatrical performance and advanced through school and regional competitions to finish in third place out of 28 teams at state.
