STEM students win first place at National History Day Contest

After months of intensive research and success at regional- and state-level competitions, local STEM High School students Anand Nambakam, Ethan Perrin and Kevin Nakahara presented their group documentary project at the annual Kenneth E. Behring National History Day contest, held at the University of Maryland College Park Campus in the Washington, D.C. area June 9-13. Competing against approximately 100 qualified documentaries at the senior level, the boys finished in first place, took home gold medals and received a $5,000 scholarship award.

June 28, 2013 3:41 pm

After months of intensive research and success at regional- and state-level competitions, local STEM High School students Anand Nambakam, Ethan Perrin and Kevin Nakahara presented their group documentary project at the annual Kenneth E. Behring National History Day contest, held at the University of Maryland College Park Campus in the Washington, D.C. area June 9-13. Competing against approximately 100 qualified documentaries at the senior level, the boys finished in first place, took home gold medals and received a $5,000 scholarship award.

Under the guidance of their history teacher, Kim West, the freshmen boys from STEM created a 10-minute documentary under the theme of Turning Points in History titled “Nikola Tesla: Electrifying a New Era.” The documentary focused on the critical invention of Tesla’s alternating current (AC) power system and how it is the framework for the power grid used today.