History Day gives students a chance to compete in a variety of categories on a historical theme.  This year's theme was "Triumph and Tragedy in History:  People, Ideas and Events."  There were three divisions:  Elementary (Grades 4-5), Junior (Grades 6-8) and Senior (Grades 9-12).  The Elementary Division has only one category of competition, posters.  In addition to the poster category, the Junior and Senior Divisions also have exhibit, documentary, performance, Web site, and research paper categories.

The individual and group champions advance to the State History Day competition in Long Beach on April 26-29.

Fontana Unified School District History Day Champions

Elementary Division

Posters - Groups

• Kyle Manning and Joab Santoyo - Locust Elementary
  Phillis Wheatley:  First African American Poet
   
• Mia Camden, Michelle Alvarez and Ezhana Adams - Canyon Crest Elementary
  The San Francisco Earthquake & Fire of 1906

Junior Division

Documentary - Groups

• Andrea Perez and Lareine Callejas - Truman Middle School
  Deadly Service:  Anderson vs. PG&E

Performance - Groups

• Fracesca Santos, Shannon Lasiter, Blair Washington, Andrew Hernandez and Cynthia Navarro - Sequoia Middle School
  The Triumph and Tragedy of Edgar Allan Poe

Website - Individuals

• Amy Carney - Sequoia Middle School
  The Challenger Accident
   
• Janet Barrera-Martinez - Truman Middle School
  The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906

Website - Groups

• Mindy Bui, Ashley Johnson and Shannon Graham - Sequoia Middle School
  The Life and Death of the Titanic
   
• Jazmine Juarez and Melina Navarrete - Truman Middle School
  Martha Stewart

Exhibit - Individuals

• Matthew Almendarez - Southridge Middle School
  Apollo I - Tragedy Leads to New Triumphs in Space Innovations
   
• Mario Contreras - Jurupa Hills Middle School
  Navajo Code Talkers

Exhibit - Groups

• Bianca Valdez-Corral and Katherine Diaz - Jurupa Hills Middle School
  Bubonic Plague Changes History
   
• Ramon Perez, Jaibir Padda, Annel Vallejo, Stephanie Calvillo and Brianna Vargas - Southridge Middle School
  The Price of Our Voice:  Women's Suffrage

Senior Division

Documentary - Individuals

• Vanessa Pacheco - A.B. Miller High School
  Vietnam War in the Media:  An American Awakening

Documentary - Groups

• Esmeralda Cano, Jasmine Causor, Johan Diaz and Celina Lopez - A.B. Miller High School
  Panama Canal:  Passage Through the Seas

Exhibit - Groups

• Eric Hester, Corey Jennings, Jannete Fernandez - Summit High School
  Dynamo Kiev:  Triumph and Tragedy in Nazi Occupied Ukraine