Central Virginia Community College
History Day Opens to Hundreds of Middle/High School Students
Lynchburg, VA /Media Release/ -- The threat of inclement weather did not dampen the spirits of those who attended the District One, 2008 National History Day at Central Virginia Community College last Saturday, February 23. Hundreds of students from nine area school districts competed for ribbons and an opportunity to advance to the state finals to be held in Williamsburg.
In separate divisions, middle and high school students submitted essays, website designs, exhibits, documentaries, and performances centered on this year’s National History Day theme, “Conflict and Compromise.” The top three finishers were recognized and awarded ribbons at the College’s Student Center following the judging. First and second place finishers from each medium qualify for the state completion. This year’s ribbon winners include:
Papers
Junior
1. Brandon Coffer, Linkhorne Middle; “Military Women: Nurses, Spies, and Soldiers”
2. Christopher Childress, Linkhorne; “3 Lives Crossed: Kennedy, Oswald, Ruby”
Senior
1. Sarah Lavender, Heritage; “Betty Friedan’s Impact on Second Wave Feminism”
2. Zach Scharf, EC Glass; “Greatest Thanks to U Thant”
3. Cyrus Hinkson, Heritage; “The Battle over the Air Waves: The FCC vs. Private Radio Industry”
Individual Websites
Junior
1. Jeffery Seals, Bedford Middle; “The Cuban Missile Crisis: 13 Days of Conflict Then Compromise”
2. Samantha Casey, Linkhorne Middle; “The Great Northern War: The Turn of Power”
3. Cade Skalka, Bedford Middle; “The Bombing of Hiroshima”
Senior
1. Liesel Anderson, Liberty High; “Terrible Tuber Tale: The Great Hunger”
2. Benjamin Karos, Heritage High; “McCarthyism: Conflict with the Executive Branch”
3. Candler Paige, Heritage High; Matthew Brady, Civil War Photography, and the Impact They Both Had On the Conflict”
Group Websites
Junior
1. Anna Zaryczny and Taylor Myers, Bedford Middle; “The Salem Witchcraft Trials: Conflict! Compromise”
2. John Osinga, Thacher Jennings, and Matthew Tatom, Linkhorne Middle; “Salem Witch Trials”
Senior
1. Jimmy Gaston and Sian Bennett, Heritage High; “Freemason: Secretly Involved”
2. Tyler Terry, Stefan Moscalu, and Myles Westgate, Heritage High; “Christianity in the Byzantine Empire”
Individual Exhibits
Junior
1. Alexa Dahlin, Linkhorne Middle; “It’s a Hard-Knock Life: Child Labor”
2. Sarah Thomas, Linkhorne Middle; “The Berlin Wall: A World Divided”
3. Joe Melton, Linkhorne Middle; “Korea: “The Forgotten War”
Senior
1. Mary Seals, Liberty High; “Navajo: A Code That Could Not Be Compromised”
2. Megan Asano, E.C. Glass High; “Elizabethan Religious Settlement”
3. Will Ruchle, E.C. Glass High; “The Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902: Miners Tired of Getting the Shaft”
Group Exhibits
Junior
1. Sasha Sander, Justine Adams, Danielle Gibbons, and Patrick Amerell, Linkhorne Middle; “A Failed Compromise: The Nazi\Soviet Non-Aggression Pact”
2. Jenna Angell and Katherine George, Linkhorne Middle; “Jailing the Japanese: Internment of WW II”
3. Lindsay Riordan and Carson Creasy, Linkhorne Middle; “If the Sun Comes Up Tomorrow: The Cuban Missile Crisis”
Senior
1. Anna Wade and Anna Fairchild, E.C. Glass High; “On the Brink of a Nation: Resolving the Question of Power and Representation in Young America”
2. Hannah Bondurant, Kayla Ramirez, and Megan Kervin, Heritage High; “Woolworth’s Greensboro 1960”
3. Emily Hughes and Amy Figgatt, E.C. Glass High; “Espionage in the Revolutionary War”
Individual Performances
Senior
1. Lorin Cahow, Liberty High; “The Blue Ridge Parkway: To Be or Not To Be”
Group Performances
Senior
1. Kenzie Van Derweker, Evan Van Derweker, and Phoebe Weber, Liberty High; “Jonestown: Conflict and Compromise”
Individual Documentaries
Junior
1. Megan Lee, Bedford Middle; “The City of Benares: Voyage of Death”
2. Madison Karnes, Bedford Middle; “The Bombing of Pearl Harbor”
3. Audra Van Derweker, Bedford Middle; “S. S St. Louis: Within Sight of Safety”
Senior
1. Emily Overfelt, Liberty High; “Leni Riefenstahl and the Triumph of the Hill”
2. Mariah Skalka, Liberty High; “Mourning Cry: The Carlisle Indian School Story”
3. Jenna Knight, E.C. Glass High; “A Compromise of Values: Yellow Journalism”
Group Documentaries
Senior
1. Stephen Wilson, Sam Carroll, Stefan Phelps, Kyle Tenny, and Yi Shintae, Heritage High; “Between Hammer and Anvil: The Testimony of Joe Bonarro”
2. Ian Bonner and James Rapiejko, E.C. Glass; “Reagan and Gorbachev: From Conflict to Compromise”
3. Christy Wilson, Danielle Goradezzi, Natasha Chowdry, and Ester Jeoung, Heritage High; “Pocahontas: Caught Between Two Cultures”
Related Links
http://www.history.org/history/teaching/vahisday.cfm (Virginia History Day)
http://www.nhd.org/ (National History Day)
Release Date: 1:30 PM (EST) 02/27/08
Release Number: 080227.historydaywinners
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Media Contact:
Kennan J. Meyer
Coordinator, Public Relations and Marketing
Central Virginia Community College
(434) 832-7609
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L to R:
Linkhorne Middle School students
Justine Adams, Danielle Gibbons, and Patrick
Amerell (Sasha Sander not pictured)
pose with their first place group exhibit,
“A Failed Compromise: The Nazi/Soviet Non-Aggression Pact.