Congratulations goes to Quest Academy’s Sara Gregg and Aarushi Verma. Their group website project, “Jane addams: How She Led Immigrants to a Better Life” advanced to nationals (NHD) at the Univeristy of Maryland June 14-18. This is the sixth time in seven years that Quest has sent at least one project to Nationals.

“Sara and Aarushi are going to be wonderful representatives of Quest Academy at nationals,” Mr. Shilhanek said.

Tess Clorfene’s wesbsite “Erna Gans:How Her Leadership and Legacy Changed Holocaust Education” earned runner-up at state. That means she finished third out of all the websites. If one project would decide it could not go, she could advance. Sonya Gupta’s paper “Leona Woods Marshall Libby: How Her Work on the Manhattan Project Changed Society’s View of Women in Science” also earned third place and runner up in the paper division.

“I am so proud of both of these girls,” Shilhanek said. “They put in so much time and effort. Even though third could be considered bitter sweet, they put themselves on the doorstep. Great job.”

Tara Weil and Nanouk Roy both earned superior ratings in the documentary category.

“Both of these documentaries were excellent,” Shilhanek said. “I know they were close.”

Parker Amoroso and Aubrey Landau earned superior ratings for their papers. Jacob Levine earned an excellent for his paper.

“I am so proud of these papers,” Shilhanek said. “All four of these students worked so hard.”

Amoroso captured the Abraham Lincoln Association prize for a top project associated with Lincoln. It came with a cash prize as well.

“How cool is that? Shilhanek said. “It was an excellent paper.”

Aleah Gacek and Liv Markey earned superiors for their websites.

“These young ladies worked so hard. What they learned is invaluable. We sent four excellent websites.”

Audrey Bixby’s historical performance earned an excellent as well.

“I felt so bad for Audrey,” Shilhanek said. “Someone working at the Lincoln Library barged in during her performance, but like a trooper, she finished with class.”

The results showed how hard these kids worked.

“We are so proud of the accomplishments of these students,” Mr. Shilhanek said. “They put so much into their projects that lasted more than eight months. That is true dedication. I am so proud of the quality of projects we sent to regionals and state.”