Middle and high school students from across central Nebraska showed off their History Day projects on campus for the district History Day competition recently.
This year’s theme for entries was “Turning Points in History,” and students presented projects on a variety of topics. Winners from each event advanced to the state competition.
Fourteen projects earned honors in their specific categories, with six students placing in the top three overall.
Ashlin George, Tom Tran and Yadriel Colindres Fonseca of Hastings Senior High School received first place overall with their group website, “Dropping Like Flies.”
Mackenzie Tate of Hastings Senior High School received second place overall for her individual exhibit, “Hisashi Ouchi: The Radioactive Man.”
Jaina Muth and Nataly Morales Rubalcava of Hastings Senior High School School earned third place overall with their group exhibit, “Filippo Brunelleschi and Linear Perspective.”
Madison Armenta of Hastings Middle School also earned third place overall with her individual exhibit, “We are the Ship, All Else the Sea.”
Other top award recipients are included below, by division and entry project.
Top Award Recipients
Junior Division (grades 6-8)
Junior Group Documentary
First Place: Nahla Dey, Jayden Furr, Chasie Jorgensen and Kira Lorence of Red Cloud Junior/Senior High School with “The First Mars Rover”
Second Place: Ireland Bryan, Kaelee Minnick, Charlotte Rust and A’Kieda Watts of Red Cloud Junior/Senior High School with “The Mystery of Amelia Earhart”
Third Place: Haize Heldt, Jezebel Olson and Laynee Rust of Red Cloud Junior/Senior High School with “Stanley Comeback”
Junior Group Exhibit
First Place: Lindsay Chambers, Brint Christensen and Adylynn Krueger of Hastings Middle School with “Pearl Harbor: Turning Point for the U.S.”
Second Place: Gage Elliot, Rylan McCutcheon, Remington Ord and Alessander Shipley of Red Cloud Junior/Senior High School with “The Attack on Pearl Harbor”
Junior Individual Documentary
First Place: Annie Marzolf of Hastings Middle School with “Polio’s Biggest Turning Point”
Junior Individual Exhibit
First Place: Madison Armenta of Hastings Middle School with “We are the Ship, All Else the Sea”
Second Place: Lexy Amen of Hastings Middle School with “Putting a Spotlight on the Holocaust”
Senior Division (grades 9-12)
Senior Group Exhibit
First Place: Nataly Morales Rubalcava and Jaina Muth of Hastings Senior High School with “Filippo Brunelleschi and Linear Perspective: A Turning Point in Art History”
Senior Group Website
First Place: Ashlin George, Tom Tran and Yadriel Colindres Fonseca of Hastings Senior High School with “Dropping Like Flies”
Second Place: Keaton Corman and Evan Swartzendruber of Sandy Creek Senior High School with “Blitzkrieg in WW2 and the Effects”
Senior Individual Exhibit
First Place: Mackenzie Tate of Hastings Senior High School of “Hisashi Ouchi: The Radioactive Man”
Second Place (Tie): Aiden Aldrich of Hastings Senior High School with “Hugh Hammond Bennett: The Father of Soil Conservation” and Shekinah Penar of Sandy Creek Senior High School with “The Steamboat Willie Exhibit”
Third Place: Madison Fielder of Hastings Senior High School with “YMCA”
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