Five LCS middle- and high-school projects qualified for Nationals after finishing first or second in the Virginia History Day Contest.
In all, 11 LCS projects placed in the top three of their categories. Student winners represented E. C. Glass and Heritage high schools and Linkhorne Middle School.
The HHS trio of Sierra Foster, Ravdeep Mathone, and Prabdeep Mathone won the Senior Division Group Website category, and the HHS trio of Aaron Burstein, John Jaminet, Tristan Polk won the Senior Division Group Documentary. Both groups were under the leadership of HHS teacher Holly Frazier, who won the event’s teacher of the year award. Katie Morse from E. C. Glass High School won the Senior Division Individual Performance, and Linkhorne Middle’s Paul Skorcz won the Junior Division Historical Paper category. The LMS duo of Sophie Minnick and Hannah Schindler also qualified for state by finishing second in the Junior Division Group Exhibit.
See below for a full list of LCS winners:
Senior Group Web Site
1st Place: Sierra Foster, Ravdeep Mathone, Prabdeep Mathone
Lincoln: The Right and the Responsibility to Save the Union
(Heritage High School - Holly Frazier, teacher)
3rd Place: Judith Nunley, Matthew Nunley
Rights and Responsibilities of Young Adults During the Vietnam War
(Heritage High School - Holly Frazier, teacher)
Junior Group Documentary
3rd Place: Nick Gada, Jack Leatherwood
Rights and Responsibilities: Draft Resistance in the Vietnam War
(Linkhorne Middle School - Brenda Murphy, teacher)
Senior Group Documentary
1st Place: Aaron Burstein, John Jaminet, Tristan Polk
Feudalism: Preventing the Collapse of European Civilization
(Heritage High School - Holly Frazier and Matt Day, teachers)
3rd Place: Carson Ferguson, Sabina Sabat
The Rights and Responsibilities of Ancient Roman Citizens
(E. C. Glass High School - Chuck Yarbrough, teacher)
Junior Group Exhibit
2nd Place: Sophie Minnick, Hannah Schindler
Miranda v. Arizona: Preventing Self Incrimination
(Linkhorne Middle School - Brenda Murphy, teacher)
3rd Place: Luke Sarantos, Ethan Snyder
Upton Sinclair Throws His Right and Hits Our Nation in the Gut
(Linkhorne Middle School - Brenda Murphy, teacher)
Senior Individual Exhibit
3rd Place: Rebekah Chun
American Paradox: Democratic Rights and Imperialistic Responsibilities
(Heritage High School - Holly Frazier and Matt Day, teachers)
Senior Group Exhibit
3rd Place: Masi Shah, Kameron Tweedy
India-pendence – Gandhi’s Wheel to Freedom
(Heritage High School - Holly Frazier and Matt Day, teachers)
Senior Individual Performance
1st Place: Katie Morse
Olympia De Gouge
(E. C. Glass High School - Krista Rawls-Fanning, teacher)
Junior Historical Paper
1st Place: Paul Skorcz
Voting Rights and Wrongs: A History of Felony Disenfranchisement
(Linkhorne Middle School - Brenda Murphy, teacher)