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Throughout the 2004/2005 school year,
more than 45,000 California students researched and prepared entries for
local History Day competitions. Coming to San Diego for the state
competition in May 2005 were more than a thousand high-achieving young
people from 33 counties. They made history come alive as they explored the
theme, “Communication in History: The Key to Understanding.”
Once again, “California Kids” brought
home laurels from the National History Day competition held this past June
at the University of Maryland in Washington, DC. Out of thousands of
students nationwide who had competed at the local and state levels, the
Californians listed here came up winners at the national level.
Junior Group
Documentary: 7th Place
Morgan Barnes, Russell Reason
Fruitvale Junior High School, Bakersfield, Kern County
Title: Communicating to a Troubled Nation:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Fireside Chats
Junior Group Documentary: 9th Place
Aaron Feuer, Max Mossler, Sean Oh
Portola Middle School, Tarzana, Los Angeles County
Teacher: Michael Blurton
Title: War of the Words: American and Nazi Propaganda
during World War II
Junior Group Exhibit: 2nd Place
Shaun Pan, Paul Higashi, Michael Jones, Hugo Martinez
Acaciawood School, Anaheim, Orange County
Teacher: John Pester
Title: Understanding the Causes and Consequences
of the Fog of War: The Role of Communication in
the My Lai Massacre
Junior Group Exhibit: 11th Place
Michael Rice, Jacob Williams
Columbia Elementary School, Bakersfield, Kern County
Title: Veronica Guerin and the Evil Empire:
Communication through Journalism
Junior Group
Performance: 3rd Place
Samantha Miles, Melanie Miles, Joe Bagdanov,
Kelsey Hicks, Cassie Wyatt
Grace Preparatory School, Nuevo, Riverside County
Teacher: Irene Miles
Title: Recognizing and Understanding Propaganda
during World War II
Junior
Individual Documentary: 4th Place
Patricia Sanchez
Norco Intermediate School, Norco, Riverside County
Title: Priceless Advantage: Communication at
the Battle of Midway
Junior Individual Documentary: 6th Place
Matthew Guerra
Almeria Middle School, Rialto, San Bernardino County
Teacher: David Mastas
Title: Ernie Pyle's War: Communication in History,
the Key to Understanding
Junior Individual Exhibit: 3rd Place
Emily Simon
Discovery Elementary School, Bakersfield, Kern County
Teacher: Donn Castello
Title: The Life of Harriet Tubman:
Communicating Freedom and Equality
Junior Individual Exhibit: 5th Place
Kristina Bohl
Francis Parker School, San Diego,
San Diego County
Teacher: Cherie Redelings
Title: The Committees of Correspondence:
A Revolutionary Idea
Junior Individual Performance: 9th Place
Megan Reese
Alta Sierra Intermediate School, Clovis, Fresno County
Teachers: Darrow, Linder, Smoot, Smoot
Title: Communicating what Words Cannot:
The Photography of Dorothea Lange
Senior Group
Exhibit: 14th Place
Roger Portillo, Martin Diaz, Gasper Muela
A.B. Miller High School, Fontana,
San Bernardino County
Teacher: Sherry Hamilton
Title: The Pony Express: Communication across
a Divided Nation
Senior Group Performance: 2nd Place
Tatum Holland, Matthew Heiss, Megan Heiss
Liberty High School, Bakersfield, Kern County
Teachers: Dan and Susan Peeler
Title: The Model Protectorate:
Occupied but not Conquered
Senior Individual Exhibit: 8th Place
Allison Jones
Upland High School, Upland, San Bernardino County
Teacher: Marilyn Lubarsky
Title: Thomas Paine: Drafting the Language of
Revolution
Senior Individual Performance: 8th Place
Brittany Darrow
Buchanan High School, Clovis, Fresno County
Title: Communicating a War through Words and Pictures:
Martha Gellhorn and Margaret Bourke-White
Senior Individual Performance: 13th Place
Anna Dewey
Corona High School, Corona, Riverside County
Teacher: David Vaughan
Title: Confidentiality vs. Credibility:
The Crisis in Communicating the Truth
OUTSTANDING STATE
ENTRIES
Junior Individual Paper
Matthias Nikaj
Francis Parker School, San Diego, San Diego County
Teacher: Barbara Ostos
Title: Communicating Freedom and Oppression
through the Works of Dissident Writers
Senior Group Exhibit
Roger Portillo, Martin Diaz, Gasper Muela
A.B. Miller High School, Fontana, San Bernardino County
Teacher: Sherry Hamilton
Title: The Pony Express: Communication across
a Divided Nation
SPECIAL AWARDS
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Early American History Award (Junior)
Junior Individual Exhibit
Kristina Bohl
Francis Parker School, San Diego, San Diego County
Teacher: Cherie Redelings
Title: The Committees of Correspondence:
A Revolutionary Idea
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Early American History Award (Senior)
Senior Individual Exhibit
Allison Jones
Upland High School, Upland, San Bernardino County
Teacher: Marilyn Lubarsky
Title: Thomas Paine: Drafting the Language of Revolution |
