By Kathleen Borrelli/Staff Writer
Two William Monroe Middle School students are first in the country for their National History Day (NHD) project. Eighth-graders Caroline Bruton and Kayla Shaller took first place in the junior group documentary category with “Communicating Through Cell Walls: The Secret Correspondence of America POWs in Vietnam.”
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