On May 20, a group of Forest Lake students competed in the State History Day competition at the University of Minnesota. Several were recognized with honorable mentions and five students won the right to compete at the National Competition in College Park, MD June 11 to 15.
“To qualify for nationals, students first need to place at the regional competition,” group advisor Bill Boegeman said. “There are several of these around the state. Ours was held in St. Cloud this March. All the students who competed at state were already winners at regionals.”broadstreet.zone(48036);
To make it to nationals, a student must take either first or second place for their category at the state level. Categories are based on grade level, project members, and project type. Both of the Forest Lake groups that will compete at nationals took second place at state.
Those moving on to the national competition include Lily Pope and Kate
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