A group of Northland Preparatory Academy (NPA) students will be bringing their documentary on three gold rushes to the National History Competition in Maryland next month.
Eighth graders Grace Kim, Sophia Shneyderman and Kaelyn Wyard worked together to research, write and film a documentary examining different gold rushes in U.S. history.
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