Local Students Compete In State History Fair

June 12, 2014

Recently, 44 students represented Escambia County at the State History Fair in Tallahassee.

Escambia County brought home three first place winners, one second place entry, one third place entry, and three special prizes, with an additional eight entries making the run-offs. First and second place winners will compete in the National History Day competition to be held this month in College Park, Maryland.

Escambia County winners were:

EXHIBIT BOARDS:

  • Holly Gorton (Pensacola High School) – 1st place Senior Individual Exhibit,  “Pullman Porters Pave the Way for Civil Rights.”
  • Emily Washler (Tate High School) – 3rd place Senior Individual Exhibit, “Tinker v. Des Moines: Defining Student Rights for Generations to Come.”
  • Peter Jutras and Mary Jutras (Pensacola Catholic) – Finalist Senior Group Exhibit, “I Don’t Want to Be a Good Captain: Going Down with the Ship.”

WEBSITES

  • Drew Anderson and Sara Fuller (Pensacola Catholic) – 1st place Senior Group Website, “Photography with a Purpose: Lewis Hine and the Fight Against Child Labor.”
  • Alexander Pope (Brown Barge) – Finalist Junior Individual Website “Andrew Jackson: Breaking Rights or Following Responsibilities”
  • Chis Bougher and Riley Laggan (Creative Learning Academy) – Finalist Junior Group Website, “The United States Public Health Service: Violating African Americans Rights and Freedom.”
  • Eric Masterson (Pensacola Catholic) – Finalist Senior Individual Website, “Rights and Responsibilities Protected During the Civil Rights Movements of the 1960’s.”

HISTORICAL PAPERS

  • Sara Buchanan (Bellview Middle School) – 1st place Junior Historical Paper, “Gideon V. Wainwright: The Right to Counsel”
  • Gorham Partington, (Episcopal Day School) – Finalist Junior Historical Paper, “Evolution in Science Education: Echoes of the Scopes Monkey Trial”
  • Kelly Wu (Pensacola High School) – Finalist Senior Historical Paper, “Debate and Balance Between Government Responsibilities and Private Rights: the Dissolution of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey”
  • Madison Michelis (Pensacola High School) – Finalist Senior Historical Paper “Evolution vs. Creationism: The 1925 Tennessee Butler Act and the Trial of John Thomas Scopes.”

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCES

  • Allyson Shumpert and Logan Reeder (Episcopal Day School) -1st place Junior Group Performance  “Reading, Writing and Riots: The Responsibility of the U.S. Government to Provide Public Education for All and Ruby Bridges’ Fight for Well Deserved Rights”

HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY

  • Nicholas Krostag (Tate High School)- Finalist Senior Individual Documentary “The Legacy of Landis: The Rights and Responsibilities of Baseball’s First Commissioner and the Black Sox Edict”

Other Special Awards

Sara Buchanan, (Bellview Middle School) was awarded the Frederick Cubberly Florida History Award for her historical paper, “Gideon V. Wainwright: The Right to Counsel.”  The Hispanic Heritage Award went to Georgia Rogers (St. Paul’s Catholic School) for her Junior Performance entry, “Viva La Causa.”  Maggie Byrd (West Florida High School) was awarded the Outstanding County Entry for his documentary entitled, “The Rwandan Genocide.”

This competition is the largest state level contest affiliated with the National History Day program, with over 11,000 students and 640 entries.  Thirty counties competed in the State History Fair with entries aligned to this year’s theme, “Rights and Responsibilities in History.”

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News