Forty-six San Bernardino County projects were crowned champions at the 17th annual History Day competition on March 22 at Summit High School.  Individual and group champions advance to the California History Day competition in Sacramento on May 8-11.  (Click here for a complete list of Fontana champions and winners.)

The county History Day event had as its theme, "Conflict and Compromise in History."  There were three divisions with both individual and group competitions: Elementary (Grades 4-5), Junior (Grades 6-8) and Senior (Grades 9-12).  All totaled, 275 students, representing 10 school districts and a private school, competed.

History Day gives students a chance to compete in a variety of categories on a historical theme. The Elementary Division only has one category of competition, posters. The Junior and Senior divisions compete in exhibit, documentary, performance, Web site and research paper categories.

The Fontana champions that will advance to the State competition are:

Junior Division

Group Exhibit

• Julia Pinsak, Angela Nguyen - Sequoia MS
  Japanese-American Internment:  America's Shame
   
• Brenda Estrada, Brissa Ojeda - Jurupa Hills MS
  The Boston Tea Party

Group Performance

• Angelica Guzman, Biance Corral, Kelly Wang, Mindy Bui - Sequoia MS
  Galileo Leads Science's Victory Over Religion

Group Websites

• Ashley Johnson, Elizabeth Jimenez - Sequoia MS
  Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692
   
• Justin Bui, Jonathan Emilio - Sequoia MS
  Harry S. Truman and the Atomic Bomb

Group Documentaries

• Daniel Velazquez, Alfredo Gomes, Kevin Ortiz - Truman MS
  Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-In

Individual Exhibit

• Zion Moes N. Unite - Sequoia MS
  The Siege of Jerusalem:  The Third Crusade
   
• Vanesa Martin - Southridge MS
  Looking Like the Enemy:  Conflict and Compromise of the Japanese Internment

Individual Websites

• Victoria Ciudad-Real - Sequoia MS
  No One Loved Gorillas More. . . .The Efforts of Dr. Dian Fossey to Protect Mountain Gorillas
   
• Nathan Wolf - Sequoia MS
  Harry S. Truman!  To Bomb or Not to Bomb

Research Paper

• Jacob Morales - Southridge MS
  Galileo vs. the Vatican:  Science vs. Religion

Senior Division

Group Performance

• A'Ryann Johnson, Brenda Uribe, Cherri Taite, Khamani Harrison - Summit HS
  The Cherokee:  Conflicts and Compromises End in Tears

Group Exhibit

• Leanne Garcia, Moriah Schnose - Summit HS
  The Berlin Conference

Group Documentaries

• Jeremais Castaneda, Salvador Osorio, Jose Rodriguez, Irving Hernandez - Fontana HS
  To the Summit

Individual Websites

• Anthony Yeh - A.B. Miller HS
  The Chinese Exclusion Act

Individual Exhibit

• Ivan Cisneros - A.B. Miller HS
  You are on INDIAN Land:  The Native American Occupation of Alcatraz Island

Individual Documentaries

• Vanessa Pacheco - A.B. Miller HS
  The Cuban Missile Crisis:  An Unswerving Objective
   
• Nancy Caro - A.B. Miller HS
  Destroying the Barriers of Educational Segregation:  Menendez vs. Westminster