Congratulations to the winners of the Riverside Unified School District History Day competition. More than 250 students participated in this event. Winners will go on to compete at the Riverside County History Day contest, to be held March 16 at Martin Luther King High School.
Special Award Recipients:
March Field Air Museum Award for Best Entry on Aviation
-CameronAbucejo, Bryn DeForge, and Julian Lao (Earhart Middle School), The Space Race
Mission Inn Foundation Award for Best Entry on California History
-HelinHenstridge (Rivera Elementary School), The California Gold Rush and theRemaking of America
National Archives and Records Administration for Best Use ofNational Archives Resources in Research
-HaleyHocking (Woodcrest Elementary School), Isaac Woodard: Turning PointEnding Segregation in the Military
Riverside City Teachers' Association for Best Entry on the Historyof Education
-JadenGardner (North High School), The Desegregation of Schools
Riverside County Black Chamber of Commerce for Best Entry onAfrican American History
-ElisaScott (Emerson Elementary School), Brown v. Board of Education
Riverside Historical Society for Best Entries on Local History
-Rachel Priebe (Earhart Middle School), Indian Boarding Schools
-CourtneyChristiansen (Poly High School), Ambush Murders
Winners (and Alternates) Representing RUSD at Riverside CountyHistory Day, Saturday, March 16, 2013, King High School
Grades 4-5 Individual 2D Display
-Winner: Jordi Martinez (EmersonElementary School), The Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings
-Winner: Allison Bushong (Rivera ElementarySchool), Henrietta Lacks: HeLa Cells Change Scientific Research
-Winner: Helin Henstridge (RiveraElementary School), The California Gold Rush and the Remaking of America
-Alternate: Alexander Horspool (EmersonElementary School), Gettysburg
Junior Historical Paper
-Winner: Ruth Navarrete (Earhart Middle School),Dorothea Dix and the Asylum Movement
-Winner: Elisa Scott(Emerson Elementary School), Brown v. Board of Education
-Winner: Xenia Cortez(University Heights Middle School), The Civil Rights Movement: Woolworth's Lunch Counter Sit-In
-Alternate: Angel Ibarra (Earhart MiddleSchool), Jackie Robinson: The Man Who Broke the Barrier
Junior Individual Documentary
-Winner: Aylin Henstridge (Earhart Middle School),The 16th Amendment
-Winner: Rachel Priebe (Earhart Middle School),Indian Boarding Schools
-Winner: Haley Hocking (Woodcrest Elementary School),Isaac Woodard
-Alternate: Paige Arnett (Earhart MiddleSchool), Walter Reed and the Conquest of Yellow Fever
Junior Group Documentary
-Winner: Alexandra Cobb and Joelle Ramos(Earhart Middle School), Walt Disney
Junior Individual Exhibit
-Winner: Ryan Myers (University Heights MiddleSchool), The Battle of Stalingrad
-Winner: Miriam Layfield (University Heights MiddleSchool), Labor Unions During the Industrial Revolution
-Winner Brian Coffey (University Heights MiddleSchool), The Irish Potato Famine and the Effect on Immigration
-Alternate: Saydra Walker (Sierra MiddleSchool), The First Polio Vaccine
Junior Group Exhibit
-Winner: Citlali Gonzalez, Jessica Pham,and Angela Ramirez-Chavez (Sierra Middle School), Susan B. Anthony
-Winner: Madison Couto and Destiny Salas (SierraMiddle School), Martin Luther and the 95 Theses
-Winner: Alyssa Cline and Shelly Li (UniversityHeights Middle School), The New Deal: A Change in American Society
-Alternate: Sahar Khan and Hailee Ramirez(Sierra Middle School), John Muir
Junior Individual Website
-Winner: Madison O'Toole (Earhart Middle School),The Titanic
-Winner: Zherui Xuan (Earhart Middle School), TheIrish Potato Famine
-Winner: Julian Gomez (University Heights MiddleSchool), The Hoover Dam
-Alternate: Koharu Abe (Emerson ElementarySchool), Film Animation
Junior Group Website
-Winner: Daniel Gerges and Omkar Panse(Earhart Middle School), Penicillin
-Winner: Quinn Douhan and Arlene Reynolds(University Heights Middle School), Title IX-She Wants to Play
-Winner: Crystal Chow and Sofia Goebel(University Heights Middle School), The Vertical Transport Elevator
-Alternate: Shea Foster, IsabelleLopez, Jeanessa Mendoza (Earhart Middle School), Disney
Junior Individual Performance
-Winner: Mikala Brown(Central Middle School), Rosa Parks
-Winner: Kiara Andrade(Univeristy Heights Middle School), George Washington: America's Hero
Junior Group Performance
-JoseGonzalez, Marisol Gutierrez, Alejandra Velazquez (University Heights MiddleSchool), Elvis Presley: A Turning Point in America's Racial Divide
Senior Historical Paper
-Winner: Alexander Armijo (King High School), TheCure of the Century
-Winner: Kiana Scambray (King HighSchool), The National Women's Suffrage Association
-Winner: Brendon Ragan (North High School), TheWright Brothers
-Alternate: Rachel Irwin (Ramona HighSchool), Gugleilmo Marconi
Senior Individual Documentary
-Winner: Claire Grove (Poly High School),Addressing the Problem that has No Name
-Winner: Courtney Christiansen (Poly HighSchool), The Ambush Murders
-Winner: Kolby Nottingham (King HighSchool), Fortran: A Turning Point in Technology
-Alternate: Grant Sewell (North HighSchool), Watergate: Death of a Presidency
Senior Group Documentary
-Winner: PreeankMazumder, Jennifer Nguyen, and Madison Olsen (King High School), BayardRustin: Turning Point for Nonviolence in the Civil Rights Movement
-Winner:Shivalia Gowdaand Sona Naik (King High School): Turning Point in US History: Brown vBoard of Education
-Winner:RobertoGutierrez, Selena Howard, and Serena Howard (North High School), From AC toDC: Tesla's Electric Discovery
-Alternate: Skyler Kent and Maddie Wrathal(King High School), Henry Ford: American History at a Turning Point
Senior Individual Exhibit
-Winner: Holly Everson (King HighSchool), The Women Behind the Men, Behind the Guns
-Winner: Melissa Miulli (King HighSchool), The 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
-Winner: Jaden Gardner (North High School), TheDesegregation of Schools
-Alternate: Kaina Bernal (ArlingtonHigh School), The Black Power Movement
Senior Group Exhibit
-Winner: Lizette Leon and Lorena Orozco(Arlington High School), Mendez v. Westminster
-Winner: Paulina Blanco, Wendy Estrella,Marissa Gomez, Imani Gunter, and Alma Rodriguez (North High School), WorkPrograms of the New Deal
-Winner: Fernando Banales, Karen Figueroa,and Maria Rivera (Ramona High School), Antiseptics
-Alternate: Graciela Pacheco and AllysonPatton (North High School), The Russo-Japanese War
Senior Individual Website
-Winner: Alyssa Lucero (King HighSchool), Turning Point: The Arrival of the American Teenager
-Winner: Jonathan Opsahi (North High School), The First Human Spaceflight
-Winner: KatiePetrillo (Ramona High School), The Tet Offensive
-Alternate: VicenteCapistrano (King High School), The Panama Canal: A Turning Point inTransportation and American Foreign Policy
Senior Group Website:
-Winner: Helena Kuzajewski, Ashley Schles, andKourtney Zorn (Arlington), Mendez v. Westminster
-Winner: Catherine Casavita, AlexisGeary, and Katie Rez (Arlington), The Space Race
-Winner: Tiffnie Leveret, Andrea Nuno,and Briana Saldana (Ramona), Women's Suffrage
-Alternate: Albert Andaya, Sergio Monteon,Martin Sanchez, and Tiffany Trong (Ramona), Clara Barton
Senior Individual Performance
-MelissaCantrell (King High School), The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
-LaurenWilliams (Ramona High School), The Rosenberg Trials
