Twenty-one School District of Lancaster students are advancing to participate in the regional National History Day competition after earning top awards at the district competition on January 25.
The winning projects were selected from nearly 100 entries, including a significant increase in digital projects. The winners, listed in the table below, advance to the regional competition held March 2 at Messiah College.
Each year, students around the world discover history through National History Day by creating historical research projects. Through the process, students develop skills in communication, project management, and historical thinking.
At an NHD contest, students present their work to judges, who give all students feedback on their work and select projects to advance to the next level of the competition. Between contest levels, students are encouraged to revise their project based on what they have learned and the judges’ feedback.
| Category | Place | Project | Student | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Website | 1st | The Dalai Lama Flees Tibet | Carter Huynh | McCaskey |
| Senior Exhibit | 1st | The Turning Point in Movie History | Kathryn Smith | McCaskey |
| 2nd | Women’s Fashion Over the Years The Turning Point: Corsets | Mya Hammond | McCaskey | |
| Senior Paper | 1st | Thaddeus Stevens | Sanaia Bouder | McCaskey |
| 2nd | The Approval of Birth Control | Kennedie Miller | McCaskey | |
| 3rd | What Happened on September 11th, 2001 and Why Was It a Turning Point? | Kaelyn Eckman | McCaskey | |
| Senior Documentary | 1st | Racing for Rum | Ruby Garner-Valle | McCaskey |
| 2nd | The Battle of Midway | Conner Nissley | McCaskey | |
| 3rd (tie) | The Bessemer Process | Quinn Elbon-Dekay and Kam'ron Sanchez | McCaskey | |
| The Banning of the Spitball | Javion Rodriguez | McCaskey | ||
| Junior Website | 1st | The Berlin Wall | Sophia Miranda | E.R. Martin |
| 2nd | Thrown to the Flames: The Turning Point of Censorship in Literature | Asa Witmer and Zoe Fair | Wheatland | |
| Junior Exhibit | 1st | China’s One World Policy | Kyleah Leaman | E.R. Martin |
| 2nd | The Wright Brothers: Turning Point in Aviation | Sophia Eaton | E.R. Martin | |
| 3rd | Jesse Owens: Turning Point at the Berlin Olympics | LeAnn Lopez | E.R. Martin | |
| Junior Paper | 1st | Munich Massacre Changed the Olympics | Hayden Jennings | E.R. Martin |
| Junior Documentary | 1st | EDSA Revolution: The Turning Point of the People | Austin Booc | Wheatland |
| 2nd | The Murder of Emmett Till | Daevianny Rodriguez-Ruiz | E.R. Martin | |
| 3rd | The Declaration of Independence: A Turning Point In History | Anelisse Caballero Medina | E.R. Martin |