A Cedar Heights Middle School student, of the Kent School District and representing the Kent Chamber of Commerce, placed second in the 2026 National Civics Bee Washington finals June 20 in Olympia.
Manraj Uppal won $500 for taking second against other middle schoolers, according to a June 22 Association of Washington Business press release. Cedar Heights is at 19640 SE 272nd St., in Covington, part of the Kent School District.
Calista Christiansen, a seventh-grade homeschool student from the Columbia River Gorge community of Lyle, won the first place prize of $1,000. She will compete this fall representing Washington in the National Civics Bee Championship in Washington D.C…