Twenty FCPS middle school students will compete in the National History Day state contest April 26 at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort.

    These kids won 1^st, 2^nd or 3^rd place in the North Central District regional competition, held April 12 at Georgetown College. (See results below.)

    The students work on projects independently or in groups after choosing a topic based on the year’s theme. For 2008, it’s “conflict and compromise.”

    “The kids become little mini experts in their topics and feel good about their success,” said Theresa Buczek, a social studies teacher at Winburn Middle School.

    After the regional contest, “they can take the judges’ comments and make changes and hopefully come out even better in the state competition.”

    The Kentucky Historical Society (http://history.ky.gov/index.php) sponsors the competition.  Congratulations to all the participants!

 

 

RESEARCH PAPER

1^st place: Alex Petros, Winburn Middle School, “The Bloodiest Day”

2^nd place: Maria Wu, Winburn, “Martyred Blood”

 

INDIVIDUAL HISTORICAL EXHIBIT

1^st: Julie Graf, Winburn, “Their Rights …”

3^rd: Kathryn White, Winburn, “A Peaceful War”

 

GROUP HISTORICAL EXHIBIT

1^st: Luke Long, Raymond Borja, Alex Neal and Jordan Guiterrez, Jessie M. Clark Middle School, “Cuban Missile Crisis”

3^rd: Brooke Powell, Savannah Wilson, McKenna Hatchett and Kaelin Flynn, Jessie M. Clark Middle School, “Is Separate Really Equal?”

 

WEB SITE (individual and group)

2^nd: Alec Henthorne, LTMS, “Missouri Compromise”

 

INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY

2^nd: Trevor McNary, Winburn, “Separate But Unequal”

3^rd: Huy Tran, LTMS, “The Big Three: Yalta Compromise”

 

GROUP DOCUMENTARY

2^nd: Shelby Detring and Sarah Grashel, Jessie M. Clark Middle School, “Emmett Till”

3^rd: Erika Ross, Jacob Grafanek and Lillie Staton, LTMS, “Berlin Wall”

 

Nia Johnson, Bryan Station Middle School, “Camp Nelson,” Kentucky History Award ($50 prize)

Yih-ning Haois, LTMS, “Civil War,” Abraham Lincoln History Award ($50 prize)