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Riverside County students shine at State History Day Nine advance to Nationals
Riverside County advanced 94 students to the California State History Day Finals in Sacramento May 1-3, 2009. Students from the county advanced to the final round in almost every category of the competition. At the awards ceremony on Sunday, May 3, 14 entries received medals, with 9 entries advancing to the National History Day competition to be held June 14-18, 2009, at the University of Maryland.
The award winning students and entries include:
Jason Ablott, Vista Heights Middle School, Moreno Valley USD – advancing to the national competition in the Junior Individual Exhibit category
Elizabeth Brandon and Holly Everson, Earhart Middle School, Riverside USD – advancing to the national competition in the Junior Group Exhibit category
Siegen McKellar, El Cerrito Middle School, Corona-Norco USD – advancing to the national competition in the Junior Individual Documentary category
Loren Newton, Villegas Middle School, Alvord USD – runner up (alternate) in the Junior Individual Documentary category
Osten Anderson, Earhart Middle School, Riverside USD – advancing to the national competition in the Junior Individual Website category
John Ibrahim, Poly High School, Riverside USD – advancing to the national competition in the Senior Historical Paper category
Andrea Canales, Poly High School, Riverside USD – advancing to the national competition in the Senior Individual Exhibit category
Sharlyn Nelson, Norco High School, Corona-Norco USD – advancing to the national competition in the Senior Individual Exhibit category
Brad Smith, Melanie Miles, Samantha Miles, Joseph Bagdanov and Briana Monson, Grace Preparatory School – runner up (alternate) in the Senior Group Performance category
Emily Pavela, John F. Kennedy Middle College High School, Corona-Norco USD – runner up (alternate) in the Senior Individual Documentary category
Jasper Bernbaum, Ryan Homme, and David Hong, Poly High School, Riverside USD – advancing to the national competition in the Senior Group Documentary category
Troy Kawahara, Santiago High School, Corona-Norco USD – advancing to the national competition in the Senior Individual Website category
Pedro Raya, Rosa Zerineno, Marilu Miranda, and Kiara Felix, Coachella Valley High School, Coachella Valley USD – second place in the Senior Group Website category
Stephanie Castellon, Danielle Delgado, and Kadirah Mubashshir, Poly High School, Riverside USD – runner up (alternate) in the Senior Group Website category
In addition, the following students received special awards provided by various organizations:
Pedro Raya, Rosa Zerineno, Marilu Miranda, and Kiara Felix, Coachella Valley USD
Audrianna Chastain, Corona-Norco USD
Deonah Shavifi-Cendejas, Moreno Valley USD
Two county students received the perseverance awards for their participation at the California State History Day level for seven years in a row:
Patricia Sanchez, Corona-Norco USD
Melainie Miles, Grace Preparatory School
In addition, JoAnn Gillespie, teacher from Moreno Valley Unified School District, received the distinguished Educator of Merit award.
For information contact:
Rick Peoples,
Public Information Officer
Telephone: (951) 826-6642
Fax: (951) 826-6199
rpeoples@rcoe.us
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