Sarah Phillips of E. C. Glass High School took first place in the Individual Website category at the state level of the Virginia History Day contest in April at Thomas Nelson Community College. Her project, titled "The Printing Press: A Turning Point in Communication," qualifies for the national competition at University of Maryland in June. Also qualifying for national competition were Heritage High School's Rebekah Chun who placed second in the Senior Individual Exhibit; E. C. Glass group Galen Shen and Ann Marie Taheny who placed second in the Senior Group Exhibit; and Linkhorne Middle School’s Ethan Snyder who placed second in the Junior Individual Exhibit.
Others placing at state for LCS were: E. C. Glass group Holly Carrington and Annie Gianakos (3rd) in the Senior Group Performance, Dunbar’s Christopher Sewell, Jonathan Sewell and Brennan Childers (3rd) in the Junior Group Exhibit, and Heritage High School’s Jennifer Roach (3rd) in the Senior Individual Exhibit
Full results can be viewed here: http://www.facebook.com/VirginiaHistoryDay.
The first round of competition was held in March in the eight districts of Virginia. The top two from each category competed at state. The LCS district winners were:
Individual Exhibits
Junior Division:
1. Hannah Schindler (Linkhorne Middle School)
Penicillin: The Turning Point in the Battle of Infectious Disease
2. Ethan Snyder (Linkhorne Middle School)
AC-DC: Brawl over Niagra Falls
3. Megan Hack (Dunbar Middle School)
Abraham Lincoln's Legacy
Senior Division:
1. Rebekah Chun (Heritage High School)
Inception of Psychoanalysis: Unlocking the Unconscious
2. Jennifer Roach (Heritage High School)
Impressionism: An Artistic Turn to Spontaneous Ideas
3. Russell Reynolds (Heritage High School)
Manifesto Destiny
Group Exhibits
Junior Division:
1. Brennan Childers, Christopher Sewell, and Jonathan Sewell (Dunbar Middle)
The Summer of 1814: A Nation Rises
2. Kane Campbell and Reese Evans (Lynchburg City)
California Gold Rush
3. Julian Welcher and Mekhi Langhorne (Dunbar Middle)
Fort Sumter
Senior Division:
1. Eric Wiger, Ian Oliver, Rhyan-Dennis Cooper (E. C. Glass High School)
The Battle of Granicus
2. Galen Shen and Annmarie Taheny (E. C. Glass High School)
1905: Annus Mirabilis
3. Carrington Smith and Jacob Spano (Heritage High School)
The Space Race: Sputnik
Group Performance
Senior Division:
1. Holly Carrington, Anne Gianakos (Heritage High School)
Joan of Arc: the Power of Inspiration
2.Gabby Cleaver, Griffin Hammersmith (Heritage High School)
Gladiators: the Musical
Individual Documentaries
Junior Division:
1. Lauren Brown (Dunbar Middle)
The Causes of the Great Depression
2. Eleanor Matthews (Dunbar Middle)
The Dust Bowl: A Turning Point
3. Mary Catherine Dudley (Dunbar Middle)
The Opening of Japan
Group Documentaries
Junior Division:
1. Nick Gada and Jack Leatherwood (Linkhorne Middle)
D-Day: Omaha Beach
2. Taylor Robertson and Sabina Sabot (Dunbar Middle)
The Key to the Future
3. Lucy Jablonski and Abbey Kirkwood (Dunbar Middle)
Treaty of Paris: 1783
Senior Division:
1. Jonathan Polk, Gerard Brooker, and Aaron Burstein (Heritage High School)
The Punic Wars: Hannibal's Journey
2. Bradley Wetzel and Evan Lindsay (Heritage High School)
Chemical Weapons: Waiting for an Army to Die
Individual Websites
Junior Division:
2. Brenden Singy (Linkhorne Middle)
El Alamein
Senior Division:
1. Sarah Phillips (E. C. Glass High School)
The Printing Press: A Turning Point in Communication
3. Trisha Guthman (Heritage High School)
Revolutionizing Harvest: The Cotton Gin
Group Websites
Senior Division:
2. Hannah Royer, Alex Singy, and Clare Skorcz (E. C. Glass High School)
A Universal Development: The Heliocentric Theory
3. Judy Nunley, Mohammad Chaudhry, and Prabdeep Mathone (Heritage High School)
Hamilton's Financial Experiment