Fontana Students Make History at County Competition

Forty-two San Bernardino County projects were crowned champions at the 20th annual History Day competition on Saturday, March 21 at Summit High School.   Of the forty-two winning projects, Upland Unified had the most county group and individual champions with 21, followed by Fontana Unified School District with a total of 14 county champions.

The individual and group champions qualify for advancement to the California History Day competition in Sacramento from April 30 to May 3.

The county History Day event had as its theme, "The Individual in History: Actions and Legacies."  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, 200 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, Website and research paper categories.

The Fontana champions that qualified for advancement to the State competition are:

Elementary Poster Individual

• Nicholas Pinsak, Oleander ES

Elementary Poster - Group

• Jaileene Jimenez and Susana Lopez, Palmetto ES
• Gabriela Palomares and Taylor Skillern, Palmetto ES

Junior Research Paper - Invidiudal

• Yessenia Rosales, Sequoia MS

Junior Documentaries - Groups

• Markeese Armstrong, Willie Tucker and Omari Stefan - Truman MS
• Alfredo Gomez, Kevin Ortiz, Tyler Pope and Daniel Velasquez - Truman MS

Junior Performances - Groups

• Crystal Angeles, Olga Mondragon, Bianca Valdes-Corral and Gabriel Vargas - Sequoia MS

Junior Web Sites - Individual

• Vanesa Martin - Southridge MS

Junior Websites - Group

• Andrew Martinez, Ana Moreno, Gerardo Murillo and Ejere Okorie - Truman MS
• Melody Murillo and Alejandra Sanchez - Truman MS

Junior Exhibits - Individual

• Brissa Ojeda-Gomez - Sequoia MS
• Bernice Robles - Sequoia MS

Junior Exhibits - Group

• Beverly Diaz, Priscilla Lozano, Anita Molina, Judith Moreno and Cristina Salgado - Sequoia MS

Junior Exhibit - Group

• Leanne Garcia, Eric Hester and Moriah Schnose - Summit HS
  

 

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