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Asheville and Greenville Students Honored With Silver Medals At National History Day Competition
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(RALEIGH) – Forty-six North Carolina History Day winners traveled to College Park, Maryland, to represent the state at the National History Day competition, June 11-15. Students researched topics related to the theme “Taking a Stand in History: People, Ideas, Events” and presented their findings in the form of historical papers, exhibits, documentaries, or performances. Ten North Carolina students were chosen for special recognition at the national competition.
“The students exhibited comprehensive knowledge and amazing creativity with their projects,” said Cultural Resources Secretary Lisbeth C. “Libba” Evans. “We are very proud of our winners.”
Students from A. C. Reynolds High School in Asheville received several awards. Carolyn Johnson received the silver medal in the senior performance category for her project entitled “Galileo: A Man of Faith Standing for Science.” Keeshan Ganatra, Emily Janiero and Tim Hughes finished in the top 14 in the country in the senior group exhibit division for their project “Greensboro Sit-Ins: Sometimes Taking a Stand for What is Undeniably Right Means Taking a Seat.” They received the outstanding state project award in the senior division. Taylor Browning finished in the top 14 of the country with her exhibit entitled “Dorothea Lange: Speaking Out through Photography.”
St. Peter’s Catholic School in Greenville had two winners. William Payne won the silver medal in the junior paper category for his paper entitled “John Marshall Harlan: Taking a Stand through Dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson.” Anna Dietrich and Amelia Dietrich received the award for Outstanding Project on the History of the Federal Government for their exhibit entitled “The Filibuster Pirating the Senate: Taking a Stand Against Civil Rights.”
A. C. Reynolds Middle School students from Asheville received top honors. Annlei Briggs was chosen as North Carolina’s recipient of a trip to participate in a program commemorating the 400 th anniversary of the Jamestown settlement in November 2006. Each state chose a student to send to the event. Annlei’s junior individual exhibit at National History Day was entitled “William Tyndale.” Clare Fisher finished in the top 14 in the country with her junior individual performance entitled “The March of the Mill Children: Crusading for a Childhood.” She received the Outstanding State Project award in the junior division.
The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources is a state agency dedicated to the promotion and protection of North Carolina’s arts, history and culture. For more information about the Department of Cultural Resources visit www.ncculture.com.
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