Student Services A-Z
Students in grades four and five (4-5) are assigned to the Elementary Division. They are limited to the exhibit category only, they can participate as either an individual or as a group, and they do not need to annotate their bibliographies. All the other rules and requirements for an exhibit entry apply, including word count, size, and the process paper.
Grades six through eight (6-8) are assigned to the Junior Division, students in grades nine through twelve (9-12) are assigned to the Senior Division. Students in the junior and senior divisions may compete in any one of nine categories (groups may include 2 to 5 students:
The two best entries in each category, and in each age division, at the District competition qualify for the State contest. The two best entries in each category, and in each age division, qualify for the state competition.
Junior Group Exhibit, First Place: “Breaking the Laws for Love” by Eliza Hayes, Isobel Rice, and Grace Doss, Forest Middle Senior Individual Exhibit, Third Place: “Connecting a Country: The Construction of the Transcontinental Railroad” by Tammy Cash, Heritage High Senior Group Performance, First Place: “Breaking The Gender Barrier at the Virginia Military Institute” by WilliamTabor, Willow Lehrer, Shayleigh Cire, and Scarlett Pleasant, Liberty High Senior Individual Performance, Second Place: “Anne Sullivan: Breaking the Barrier of Communication” by Sara Johnson, Liberty High 2020 Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commemoration Award, Senior Division: “Breaking The Gender Barrier at the Virginia Military Institute” by Scarlett Pleasant, Shayleigh Cire, William Tabor, and Willow Lehrer, Liberty High
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