Congratulations! Winners of the 2015 Hawaii History Bee and Bowl

Wow! What a day it was at Iolani School for the 2015 Hawaii History Bee & Bowl State Championship Competitions!

We'd like to announce the following winners. In the History Bee Varsity the winners were Darwin Peng in first place, followed by James Jenkins and Kento Tanaka, all students of Iolani School. 

The Bee winners in the Junior Varsity category were William Heyler of Iolani School, with Matthew Sohn of Stevenson Intermediate in second place, followed by Maddie Gaudlitz of Iolani School.

Finally, in the Varsity Bowl category Iolani Team A beat Iolani Team B. In the Junior Varsity Iolani Team E defeated Iolani Team D. The winner of the Middle School category was Stevenson Intermediate.

We express our sincerest thanks to co-sponsors History Education Hawaii, Inc., the affiliate of the National Council for History Education, and The Pacific Learning Consortium. Special thanks goes to Iolani School for hosting the competitions, to all of the volunteer staff, teachers, students and parents who made the competitions exciting and enjoyable.

Now it is on to the nationals! How will Hawaii do? Last year the team from Iolani School that represented Hawaii came in at third place. We wish them good luck!