EDUCATION IN BRIEF

A pair of local students prevailed over hundreds of their peers in a

weekend countywide academic competition.

Buck Evans, a sixth-grader at Newport Heights Elementary School, and

Shannon Woodruff, a seventh-grader at Ensign Intermediate School, each

won a blue ribbon Saturday in the Orange County Scholastic Foundation’s

second annual contest.

Evans and Woodruff each took first-place honors in their respective grade

levels in the subject of U.S. history.

Students in the one-day competition took tests covering 12 subjects,

including U.S. history, math, Greek mythology and cultural literacy.

Evans’ mother, Jenifer, said the award reflects her son’s passion for

history.

“He constantly reads any U.S. history book he can get his hands on,” she

said.

-- Alex Katz