This news came into the Tribune today: On April 4th, Willis Junior High CATS (Chandler Unified School District’s gifted program) students competed in the State Competition for National History Day at Fountain Hills. National History Day is a contest to inspire students to revive history and use critical thinking skills to analyze primary and secondary sources. This years theme is The Individual - Actions and Legacies. Only two entries per category for each state are allowed to compete at nationals. The students have been working on this project since August.
Those chosen to represent Arizona at the national contest in Washington D.C. from Willis are: John Wang, 8th grade (First place individual exhibit) and Cali Cappuccio, 7th grade (second place individual exhibit).
Group exhibits are 7th graders Elijah Olivas and Jeremy Duffy (first place) and 8th graders Ali Muller and Mary Nguyen (second place). For documentaries, Corey Nelson - 8th grade (first place Individual documentary) and for 7th grade Sean Graham and Bryce Royball (first place group documentary) and Adithya Nott and Oliver Dorr (second place group documentary). Shandel Roberts teaches language arts and social studies to the 7th graders and Katie Dial teaches Language Arts and Social Studies to the 8th graders.
This is a tremendous academic accomplishment for these students.
Congratulations!!
