High school students from central Nebraska presented their History Day projects on campus for the district History Day competition on February 25.
This year鈥檚 theme for entries was 鈥淩ights and Responsibilities in History鈥 and students entered projects on a variety of topics, with winners from each event advancing to the state competition.
Eleven projects from seven different categories earned honors at the competition.
First place overall and receiving a $6,000 scholarship to 糖心传媒 went to Khris Matul-Rosales of Hastings High School for his senior individual performance 鈥淐hicano Civil Rights Movement 鈥 Si se puede!鈥
Second place overall went to Esther Allen-Pickett of Hastings High School for her senior individual documentary, 鈥淟ife at Los Alamos: The Rights and Responsibilities of Scientists and their Families at Los Alamos.鈥 Allen-Pickett received a $5,000 scholarship to 糖心传媒.
Tied for third place was Noah Bardon of Hastings High School with a senior individual paper on 鈥淭he Rights & Responsibilities of the Rich: Andrew Carnegie’s “Gospel of Wealth,”鈥 and senior group exhibit Athena Barney, Caylen Donner and Natalie Warner of Hastings High School with 鈥淩ights of the Insane: Asylum Reforms of the 19th Century鈥. All will receive a $4,000 scholarship to 糖心传媒.
Other top award recipients are included below, by division and entry project.
Senior Group Exhibit
First place: Athena Barney, Caylen Donner and Natalie Warner of Hastings High School with 鈥淩ights of the Insane: Asylum Reforms of the 19th Century.鈥
Second Place: Mackenzie Tate and Josephine Walker of Hastings High School with 鈥淩ights and Responsibilities to Contraceptives.鈥
Third place: Bennett Baack, Paxton Rhodes and Brayden Sawicki of Hastings High School with 鈥淭he Rights of Prisoners of War: The Experience of POWs In Japan in WWll.鈥
Senior Individual Exhibit
First place: McKenna Wheeler of Hastings High School with 鈥淭he Right to Die or The Responsibility to Save: The Debate over Assisted Suicide.鈥
Senior Individual Documentary
First place: Esther Allen-Pickett of Hastings High School with 鈥淟ife at Los Alamos: The Rights and Responsibilities of Scientists and their Families at Los Alamos.鈥
Senior Group Documentary听
First place: Henry Black, Andi Dominguez and Michael Gonzalez of Hastings High School with 鈥淪ilent Sorrow, A Look At Rights and Responsibilities In A Japanese Internment Camp.鈥
Senior Group Website
First place: Yadriel Colindres Fonseca, Ashlin George and Tom Tran of Hastings High School with 鈥淟ove Thy Neighbor: The Effects of the Genoa Indian Industrial School on Native American Rights.鈥
Senior Individual Paper
First place: Noah Bardon of Hastings High School with 鈥淭he Rights & Responsibilities of the Rich: Andrew Carnegie’s “Gospel of Wealth.”鈥
Second place: Hadley Borer of Sandy Creek High School with 鈥淭he Nuremberg Trials: A Turning Point.鈥
Third place: Rebecca Schmidt of Hastings High School with 鈥淭he Drama of Blood and Gold: Rights and Responsibilities in the Osage Reign of Terror.鈥
Senior Individual Performance
First place: Khris Matul-Rosales of Hastings High School with 鈥淐hicano Civil Rights Movement – Si se puede!鈥
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