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Five of these talented students have qualified for the National competition and will be heading to Portland, Oregon, this summer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The National Qualifiers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to our students who placed in the top tier to advance to the National stage:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lola Martone:<\/strong> JV Creative Lecture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Elizabeth Peterson:<\/strong> JV Exploring Support Services Careers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Heily Solis, Coleson Decker, &amp; Abigail Castillo:<\/strong> JV PSA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Award-Winning &#8220;Harvest&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to our national qualifiers, Berkner students brought home a bounty of medals across multiple categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\ud83e\udd47 <strong>Gold (Project Visualize):<\/strong> Jocelyn Thomas &amp; Harry Wang<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83e\udd48 <strong>Silver (JV Children\u2019s Literature K-3):<\/strong> Londynn Bradley &amp; Paris Baggett<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83e\udd49 <strong>Bronze (Varsity PSA):<\/strong> Leonna Ho, Lyriq Durham, &amp; Sarah Helmich<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>From the classroom to the National stage, these students are proving exactly what Berkner High School excellence looks like. <strong>Portland, here we come!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Berkner TAFE is heading to Nationals! After a dominant showing at the State competition where 12 out of 14 competitors placed with top honors, five of our future educators are officially Portland-bound. 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