Lake Washington School District - News from the Schools - May 12, 2014

LWSD students win big at statewide National History Day contest

Teams from five LWSD schools participated in the statewide National History Day contest held on Saturday, May 3 at Green River Community College in Auburn, Wash.: International Community School (ICS), Lake Washington High School (LWHS), Redmond High School (RHS), Redmond Middle School (RMS), and STEM High School (STEM).  The following students placed at that event and will move on to the National event

Junior Individual Documentary:

·         Mehak Mann (eighth grade), second place,  ICS – “The NY Times v US 1971: Tension Between First Amendment Rights and National Security”

Junior Group Documentary:

·         Andreea Ifrim (eighth grade), Deepthi Mohanraj (eighth grade) and Virginia Qian (eighth grade), second place, RMS – “An Empire for 250 Years: The Hudson's Bay Company Students”

Junior Group Performance:

·         Lucy Jiang (eighth grade), Sophia Hwang (eighth grade), and Anna Wang (eighth grade), first place, RMS – “The Chinese Exclusion Act: The Only Ones Barred Out”

·         Paulina Kosykh (eighth grade) and Kaelan O'Neill (eighth grade), third place, ICS – “Conserving the Conscience: The Rights of Christian Pacifists During World War I”

Junior Group Exhibit:

·         Rachel Leu (eighth grade) and Madelyn Vollmer (eighth grade), second place, ICS – “Child Rights through the Lens of Lewis Hine: Responsibilities of Child Welfare”

Junior Group Website:

·         Devika Baliga (eighth grade), Vaishnavi Phadnis (eighth grade) and Suchi Sridhar (eighth grade), first place, RMS – “FOIA: Balancing Rights and Responsibilities”

·         Anna Klinkenberg (eighth grade) and Jessica Robertson (eighth grade), second place, ICS – “We are all in this Boat: The Waterfront Strike Fights for Rights in 1934”

Senior Individual Documentary:

·         Carlisle Boyle (junior), first place, RHS – “On Foreign Soil...POW Rights to Habeas Corpus: A Nation's Responsibility to Uphold the Geneva Conventions with the Changing Nature of War”

·         Katie Brandao (junior), third place, LWHS – “Caught Between Rights and Responsibilities: the Great Smoky Mountains National Park”

Senior Individual Performance:

·         McKenna Conlin (freshman), third place, ICS – “Gallaudet University Protests: Rights of the Students, Responsibilities of the Board”

Senior Group Exhibit:

·         Alina Liokumovich (junior), Leina McDermott (junior) and Mia Richards (junior), first place, ICS, “The Scenic Hudson Decision of 1965: Opening the Gates to Environmental Rights”

Award Winners:

Adrianna Royal Title IX History Award: Aarthi Ganapathi (junior), ICS

National Archives at Seattle Award:

·         Devika Baliga (eighth grade), Vaishnavi Phadnis (eighth grade), Suchi Sridhar (eighth grade), RMS

·         Aaron Johnston (junior), Hana Keller (junior) and Lynsey Liu (junior), STEM

Voyages of Discovery Award: Laura Willits (junior), LWHS

Redmond High senior qualifies for USAMO

Peter Brechner, a senior at Redmond High School is one of only six students from Washington who has qualified to take the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO). There are only 263 qualifiers from the U.S. and Canada. Students who perform well on the American Mathematics Competition (AMC) 10 or AMC 12 then qualify for the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME). Students who perform well on the AIME are then invited to participate in the USAMO.

LWSD students qualify for FBLA National Conference

Students from International Community School and Tesla STEM High School competed in the state Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) state conference held April 17-19 in Seattle, Wash. for the opportunity to move on to the national conference to be held in Nashville, Tenn. from June 29 – July 2. The following students will move on to the national conference. (Students who placed first through third automatically qualify. Students who placed fourth or fifth may have the opportunity to attend the national conference).

ICS:

·         Ryan Chae (sophomore), William Chae (sophomore) and Avi Soval (sophomore): first place, Business Plan

·         Axel Hauduc (senior), Savannah Hauduc (freshman) and Josef Benzaoui (senior): first place, Business Presentation

·         Osman Salahuddin (senior), Kevin Wong (senior) and Dylan Steele (senior): first place, Digital Design

·         Danuta Egle (junior): first place, Electronic Portfolio

·         Alicia Kacharia (freshman): first place, FBLA Principles and Procedures

·         Laura Liao (sophomore): first place, Introduction to Business Communication

·         Ishan Narula (sophomore) and Tanima Paul (freshman): first place, Mobile Application Development

·         Kevin Wang (senior): second place, Business Communications

·         Alina Liokumovich (junior) and Aarthi Ganapathi (junior): second place, Public Service Announcement

·         Ishan Narula (sophomore): third place, Introduction to Parliamentary Procedures

·         Kristina Moutafov (sophomore): fourth place, Introduction to Parliamentary Procedures

·         Aarthi Ganapathi (junior): fourth place, Job Interview

·         Katie Park (senior): fourth place, Who’s Who in FBLA

·         Joey Smith (senior) and Jerry Sun (senior): fifth place, Business Financial Plan

·         Ashley Yoo (senior): fifth place, Community Service

STEM:

·         Sonia Murthy (sophomore): first place, Agribusiness; first place, Intro to Parliamentary Procedure; second place, Intro to Business Communication; third place, Introduction to Business; named Outstanding Member of the chapter

·         Sonia Murthy (sophomore) and Sophia Tevosyan (sophomore): first place, Business Ethics

·         Aaron Johnston (junior), Maya Ganesan (junior) and Pranav Vasudha (junior): first place, Marketing

·         Maya Ganesan (junior): first place,  Business Communication; first place, Future Business Leader; third place, Insurance and Risk Management

·         Chris Yu (junior): first place, Job Interview.  Chris was offered a real job with Mens Wearhouse in a mock interview by one of the judges; fifth place, Client Service

·         Jenna Oratz (sophomore): third place, Business Law

·         Shravya Kakulamarri (sophomore): second place, Creed

·         Dinesh Parimi (sophomore): second place, Business Math

·         Apoorv Khandwal (freshman): third place, Mobile App Development

·         Udit Ranasaria (sophomore): fourth place, Business Calculations

·         Aaron Johnston (junior): fourth place, Business Communication

·         Teri Guo (sophomore) and Karisma Kulkarni (sophomore): fourth place, Management Information Systems

·         Sophia Tevosyan (sophomore): fifth place, Business Math; fourth place, Introduction to Business

RHS students win big at Model United Nations Conference

The Viking Model United Nations Conference, (VIKMUN) was held at Western Washington University on April 26 and 27. This was the largest secondary Model UN Conference in the Pacific Northwest, with 27 schools represented by a total of 259 delegates. The conference offered eight committees that aimed to provide an opportunity for high school students to engage in problems in international relations.

Redmond High School (RHS) Model UN Winners included Julia Doherty (junior) who received one of the highest designation awards, “Most Diplomatic” for Security Council (A). Also receiving awards were Andrew Luo (junior) as “Distinguished Delegate” for the Commission on the Status of Women and Jordan Johnson (junior) as “Distinguished Justice” for the International Court of Justice. RHS had a total of 16 Delegate Committee Members in attendance.