Middle and high school students from across central Nebraska showed off their History Day projects on campus for the district History Day competition on February 24.
Following the 2022-23 theme of 鈥淔rontiers in History: People, Places, Ideas,鈥 students entered projects on a variety of topics, with winners from each event advancing to the state History Day competition.
A total of 21 projects received honors in their specific category. Eight high school students also received 糖心传媒 history scholarships in honor of their projects placing in the top three overall.
Alex Reynolds, a student at Hastings High School, received first place overall and $6,000 糖心传媒 Scholarships with his documentary, 鈥淭he Frontier of Charles Lindbergh.鈥
Laura Kate Oliver, Addyson Hermes, Peyton Criss, Mia Pedroza and Moses Rhodes of Hastings High School received second place and a $5,000 糖心传媒 Scholarship with their website, 鈥淢argaret Sanger: On the Frontier of Women鈥檚 Reproductive Rights.鈥
Bianca Truong and Keira Erickson of Hastings High School received third place and a $4,000 糖心传媒 Scholarship with their exhibit, 鈥淭he Spanish Flu: Frontier of New Vaccines and Safety Protocols.鈥
Other top award recipients are included below, by division and entry project.
Top Award Recipients
Junior Division (grades 6-8)
Junior Group Exhibit
First Place: Adylynn Krueger and Lindsay Chambers of Hastings Middle School with 鈥淭he Frontier of the Internet鈥
Second Place: KJ Daehling, Jackson Dilley听补苍诲 Tallen Mahin of Red Cloud Junior/Senior High School with 鈥淭he Bubonic Plague鈥
Third Place: Ryleigh Rodriguez, Logan Dack and Memphis Kincade of Red Cloud Junior/Senior High School with 鈥淪tart of WWI鈥
Junior Individual Exhibit
First Place: Sienna Aipperspach of Hastings Middle School with 鈥淰olleyball – A Game for All鈥
Second Place: Hadley Borer of Sandy Creek Junior High with 鈥淭he Abolishment of Slavery鈥
Junior Group Documentary
First Place: Nolan Rust, Wyatt Favinger, Shane Banzhaf and Cohen Lewis of Red Cloud Junior/Senior High School with 鈥淗istory of the Holocaust鈥
Junior Individual Documentary听
First Place: Milana Eberly of Hastings Middle School with 鈥淔ilm 1900 to 1950鈥
Second Place: John Bartunek of Hastings Middle School with 鈥淭he Organisations of Comedy鈥
Junior Individual Paper
First Place: Esther Allen-Pickett of Hastings Middle School with 鈥淣ot an Object: How Women鈥檚 Reproductive Rights Have Brought New Frontiers to the Workplace and Home for Women in the 1900s鈥
Senior Division (grades 9-12)
Senior Group Exhibit
First Place: Keira Erickson and Bianca Truong of Hastings High School with 鈥淭he Spanish Flu: Frontier of New Vaccines and Safety Protocols鈥
Second Place: Cedric Oeltjen and Dax Shipley of Sandy Creek Senior High School with 鈥淧ropelling through the American Frontier: The Invention of the Steam Locomotive鈥
Senior Group Website
First Place: Addyson Hermes, Peyton Criss, Laura Kate Oliver, Mia Pedroza and Moses Rhodes of Hastings High School with 鈥淢argaret Sanger: On the Frontier of Women鈥檚 Reproductive Rights鈥
Senior Individual Documentary
First Place: Alex Reynolds of Hastings High School with 鈥淭he Frontier of Charles Lindbergh鈥
Second Place: Cori Barwick of Hastings High School with 鈥淭he Carnival that Pioneered the NICU鈥
Third Place: Mason Hinrichs of Sandy Creek Senior High School with 鈥淕ezira Irrigation Scheme鈥
Senior Individual Exhibit
First Place: Faith Schaaf of Hasting High School with 鈥淒orothea Dix: A Pioneer for the Treatment of the Mentally Ill鈥
Second Place: Elizabeth Perry of Hastings High School with 鈥淒wight Harken: Pioneer of Heart Surgery鈥
Third Place: Avery Lowther of Hastings High School with 鈥淢oon Cheese: Mankind鈥檚 Mission to Uncovering the Moon鈥檚 Mystique鈥
Senior Individual Paper
First Place: Kaitlyn Drake of Hastings High School with 鈥淭he Making of a Nation: The Pioneering of the US Constitution鈥
Second Place: Kinlee Bruce of Hastings High School with 鈥淛ohn Douglas: A Pioneer on the Frontier of FBI Investigations鈥
Third Place: Tripp Bracco of Sandy Creek Senior High School with 鈥淭he Space Race鈥