Student Medals in International History Competition

We often discuss the importance of creating a learning environment that provides opportunities for all students. While we frequently celebrate achievements in athletics, our outstanding art program, our chorus, and even our Shakespeare on the Playground performances, we also recognize accomplishments in academics. Recently, one of our students competed in an international history competition. Fifth-grade Social Studies teacher Deb Gruner shares more about Porter’s impressive achievement below.

Fifth-grade student Porter Morrison recently competed in the Regional International Academic History  Competition and finished in third place.  International Academic Competitions are open to all students worldwide who qualify on the local, regional, and national level.  Porter qualified for the regional competition by scoring a 96 on the regional qualifying exam in January which enabled him to compete in the regional competition on February 2nd.   His score in the regional competition was enough to qualify him for the national competition in Orlando, Florida, later this year.  Way to go Porter!!