Kentucky Historical Society
KHS Announces 2012 District 3 Kentucky History Day Winners

FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 5, 2012) — Students from Jefferson, Shelby and Spencer counties presented academic projects at the Kentucky Junior Historical Society 2012 Kentucky History Day District 3 contest at the University of Louisville on Saturday, March 17.

Kentucky History Day is part of National History Day, an annual, year-long program designed to promote teaching and learning history in America’s schools. Students in sixth through 12^th grades analyze the historical significance of certain topics and present conclusions in dramatic performances, imaginative exhibits, multimedia documentaries, websites and research papers. The theme for this year’s contest is “Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History.”

“Recent studies have confirmed that students who participate in National History Day outperform their non-participating peers in all subjects, not just history. They are better-prepared for college, are better writers and researchers and more confident in their abilities. Also, by researching the past, they become enthusiastic about history and its relevance to their lives today,” said Cheryl Caskey, KHS student programs coordinator.

Nine schools, three counties and 70 students participated in the District 3 contest in hopes of advancing to the state contest April 28 at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort. The top three students in each category received a medal, while all finishers in the top five received recognition and will advance to the state competition.

Winner(s) listed by name, project title, school, place and category:

Jefferson County

Noah Hiner; “The Twin Resignations: George Washington’s Most Revolutionary Acts.” Jefferson Homeschool Chapter. First place, junior individual exhibit.

Calvin Pham; “No Taxation Without Representation.” Olmsted Academy North. Third place, junior individual exhibit.

Fatuma Nur, Jessyca Hammonds, Amber Karnes, Nimo Aden, Chloe Brown; “1970s JCPS Bussing: The Making of a Diverse Community.” Olmsted Academy South. First place, junior group exhibit.

Claire Egan; “A Man and a Mouse: The Disney Animation Legacy.” Jefferson Homeschool Chapter. First place, junior individual documentary.

Mustafa Ali; “Christopher Columbus Journeys.” Olmsted Academy North. Second place, junior individual documentary.

Leonardo Benito, Rockie Lukudu; “The Stamp Act: Road to Revolution.” Olmsted Academy North. First place, junior group documentary.

Taylor Morlan, Nora Alshimary, Amina Shale; “Muhammad Ali.” Olmsted Academy South. Junior group documentary.

Kevin Combs; “Paris is NOT Burning! How the FFI Uprising Saved Paris (August 1944).” Jefferson Homeschool Chapter. Second place, junior individual performance.

Elieh Stokes; “The Revolutionary Protests of Kent State and the National Guard’s Reaction.” Jefferson Homeschool Chapter. Third place, junior individual performance.

Samantha Carson Murrell, Jillian Gregory, Addison Combs, Hannah Lauck; “Babies in the Mill.” Academy for Individual Excellence. First place, junior group performance.

Tom Stevenson; “Pressing Matters: Printing and the Reformation.” Jefferson Homeschool Chapter. First place, junior individual website.

Christopher Zhou; “The Burgeoned Yield of the World.” duPont Manual High School. First place, senior paper.

Emma Collins; “Silent Spring.” Mercy Academy. Second place, senior paper.

Megan Minogue; “The Rise of Parliamentary Power.” Academy for Individual Excellence. Third place, senior paper.

Michael Black; “Upton Sinclair: Muckraking Reformer.” Academy for Individual Excellence. Fourth place, senior paper.

Jingjing Xiao; “Nearest Heaven: The Dual History of the Tibetan Highlands.” duPont Manual High School. Fifth place, senior paper.

Hellary Zhang; “Mao’s Down to the Countryside Movement: RE-Education or Lost Opportunity?” duPont Manual High School. First place, senior individual website.

Alison Davis; “The 1984 Olympics.” duPont Manual High School. Second place, senior individual website.

Katy Campbell, Nick Tehrani; “Anne Braden: Advocate, Radical, and Revolutionary.” Academy for Individual Excellence. First place, senior group website.

Ben Cooper, Jack Keyes; “From the Negro League to the Majors: The Role of Race in Baseball’s Development.” duPont Manual High School. Second place, senior group website.

Sarah Charida; “Child Labor: Development of Reactions to the Road to Reform.” Academy for Individual Excellence. First place, senior individual exhibit.

Kimberly Glover; “The Reconstruction: Flaming Reactions by the Ku Klux Klan.” Academy for Individual Excellence. Second place, senior individual exhibit.

Claire Schortmann; “Sandra Day O’Connor: A Pioneer for Women in Politics.” Mercy Academy. Third place, senior individual exhibit.

Abigail Wimmer; “The Declaration of Rights and Sentiments.” Mercy Academy. Fourth place, senior individual exhibit.

Cayla Metzmeier; “Martin Luther King, Jr. & the Civil Rights Movement.” Mercy Academy. Fifth place, senior individual exhibit.

Jessica James, Jenna Fairneau; “Flight From Extermination: Immigration During the Holocaust.” duPont Manual High School. First place, senior group exhibit.

Rebecca O’Brien, Emily Hummel; “Jackie Robinson: Breaking the Color Barrier.” Mercy Academy. Second place, senior group exhibit.

Gabriella Torres, Anthony Springate; “The Cubism Revolution.” duPont Manual High School. Third place, senior group exhibit.

Sarah Katherine Doyle, Lauren Fiscus, Priya Matadar; “The Columbine Massacre.” duPont Manual High School. Fourth place, senior group exhibit.

Shelby County

Jeron Russell; “Entertainment Sheep.” Shelby East Middle School. First place, junior paper.

Madalin Roach; “We Cannot Forget that Children Go to War Too…” Shelby East Middle School. Second place, junior paper.

Nancy Clark; “John Brown: Hero or Villain?” Shelby East Middle School. Second place, junior individual exhibit.

Emma Saarinen; “A Girl, A World, An Idea, A Movement: How Juliette Gordon Low Faced the World and Won.” Shelby East Middle School. First place, junior individual performance.

Zach Brown; “Libya: A Repeating History.” Shelby County High School. First place, senior individual documentary.

Ethan Russell; “Failure of a Revolution: The Assassination of William McKinley.” Shelby County High School. First place, senior individual performance.

Spencer County

Grant Owens; “The Mafia Have Control.” Spencer County Middle School. Second place, junior individual website.

Briar Honeycutt; “Insulin.” Spencer County Middle School. Third place, junior individual website.

Samantha Hawkins, Gabi Deetch; “The Women Finally Have a Voice.” Spencer County Middle School. First place, junior group website.

The National History Day program culminates with the national competition at the University of Maryland each June.

For more information about the Kentucky Junior Historical Society, visit www.history.ky.gov/kjhs, or contact Cheryl Caskey at 502-564-1792, ext. 4461 or cheryl.caskey@ky.gov.

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