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schools april4 2019 11 VMS Eighth Grade Projects Eighth grade students from Ver- nonia Middle School presented their Eighth Grade projects on Friday, March 22. This year’s subject was Nobel Peace Prize winners. Alfred Nobel created the Nobel Prizes in 1895 and awarded the first prize in 1901. The Eighth Grade Project required students to research a person, or persons, who won a Nobel Peace Prize, create a tri-fold on their subject, and make a short speech about what they learned. The Eighth Grade Project is similar to the Senior Project that is required for high school gradua- tion. There were many very good projects this year. The following are a few examples of students’ projects. Kylie Haney did her project on Mikhail Gorbachev, the former leader of the Soviet Union, who worked with U.S. President Ronald Reagan to bring down the Berlin Wall and end the cold war be- tween their countries. For this work he was awarded the Nobel Prize. Later in his life he worked for social justice and helped organize The Green Cross which protects the environment and assists vic- tims of natural disasters. Torey Tolonen did her project on Cordell Hull an American politician from Ten- nessee who fought in the Spanish Ameri- can War and served as the U.S. Secretary of State. In 1945 he helped create the United Nations to help end wars and was awarded the Nobel Prize for this work. Jessika Marine studied Eli Weisel, a holocaust survivor and noted author who won the Nobel Prize in 1986. He spent time in the German concentration camp at Auschwitz and Buchenwald, and depicted his time there in several of his books; Jessika read his book Night as part of her research. He won his prize for bearing witness to the holocaust and exposing the indifference to the geno- cide by the Nazis. Bailey Nordahl researched Rigoberto Menchu from Guatemala who won the Nobel Prize in 1992 for her work to al- ter human rights. She grew up during the Guatemalan civil war and lost many family members during the conflict. She moved to Mexico and eventually to France where she became an internation- al spokesperson for human rights. 503-429-9333 Recreational & Medical Marijuana Dispensary Serving the Community Jayden McCamont did her project on Jane Addams, an American author, phi- losopher, physician, and social activist who won the Nobel Prize in 1931 for promoting world peace. She was the first American woman to receive the award. Linus Ota studied Theodore Roosevelt, a United States President who won the Peace Prize in 1906 for helping negoti- ate the end of the Russo-Japanese War. Roosevelt fought in the Spanish Ameri- can War, famously leading the Rough Riders in battle. 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