Central Students Place Sixth at National Competition

A group of female students from West Morris Central High School finished sixth overall in the National History Day Competition at the University of Maryland this week, and were given the top honor in the state of New Jersey.

Sophomores Lorrin Van Evra, Kiera Montgomery, Jennifer Weippert and junior Halina Malinowski, who had been working on a documentary about the Little Rock Nine since September, were named to the top 14 in the country on Tuesday night, and placed sixth overall on Thursday.

Two projects from each state in the country, in addition to U.S. territories such as Guam and Puerto Rico, made up the competition's entries.

The group won a regional competition on April 2, and were one of two projects chosen to represent New Jersey after competing in the state competition on May 7.

To learn more about the group's project, originally reported on Long Valley Patch, .