Trevor McNary of Winburn Middle School paced five FCPS winners in the National History Day state contest. He took second place for his documentary “Separate but Unequal” and also received the African-American History Award.

    Several of our middle schoolers competed April 26 at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort. The students presented individual or group projects based “conflict and compromise,” this year’s theme.

    The Kentucky Historical Society sponsors the state competition for students in grades 6-12. The national contest is June 15 in College Park, Md.

 

 

INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY

1^st place: Huy Tran, Lexington Traditional Magnet School;

“The Big Three: Conflict and Compromise at Yalta”

2^nd place: Trevor McNary, Winburn Middle School; “Separate but Unequal”

 

INDIVIDUAL HISTORICAL EXHIBIT

1^st place: Julie Graf, Winburn; “Their Rights and Nothing Less”

 

WEB SITE

1^st place: Alec Henthorne, LTMS; “The Missouri Compromise: A Pathway to Abolition”

 

PAPER

2^nd place: Alex Petros, Winburn; “The Bloodiest Day”

 

Special prize: African-American History Award, sponsored by Kentucky State University, a $200 prize, to: Trevor McNary, Winburn, “Separate but Unequal”