County History Day Competition to be Held at Summit

Approximately 150 students representing 18 schools throughout San Bernardino County will compete in three divisions at the County History Day event on Saturday, March 20, at Fontana's Summit High School.  Seventeen projects (nine individual and eight group) from Fontana Unified School District will be competing in the County competition.

This year’s theme for History Day is “Innovation in History: Impact and Change.”  The competition, which will begin with registration at 7:30 a.m., has three divisions:  Elementary (grades 4-5), Junior (grades 6-8), and Senior (grades 9-12).  There are 126 entries in all the divisions, representing 10 county school districts and one private school.  History Day gives students an opportunity to compete in a variety of categories on a historical theme.  The students' work is judged by historians, educators, and other professionals in related fields.  The Elementary Division only has one category of competition, posters.  In addition to the poster category, the Junior and Senior divisions also have exhibit, documentary, performance, website, and research paper categories.

Public viewing will be from 1:30 to 2:30 pm; the awards ceremony for the county competition is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. on March 20. Champions of the respective divisions advance to the California History Day event on May 6-9 in Pasadena.

The following FUSD students will be participating at the County Competition:

• Melissa Smith - Palmetto Elementary School
  Elementary Poster/Individual:  "Samuel Morris and the Telegraph"
  
  
• Jhoceling Mercado - West Randall Elementary School
  Elementary Poster/Individual:  "Playing with Plastics: Charge Cards"
  
  
• Brissa Ojeda-Gomez - Sequoia Middle School
  Junior Exhibition/Individual:  "The New Deal: Innovation Prolonging the Great Depression"
  
  
• Aracely Ruvalcaba - Sequoia Middle School
  Junior Exhibition/Individual: "Ring, Ring, Ring!"
  
  
• Paola De La Riva - Almeria Middle School
  Junior Exhibition/Individual:  "Innovation in History: Wind Energy"
  
  
• Samuel Murillo - Sequoia Middle School
  Junior Website/Individual:  "X-Rays"
  
  
• Elora Newton - Sequoia Middle School
  Junior Performance/Individual:  "The Telephone"
  
  
• Alan Perez - Truman Middle School
  Junior Documentary/Individual:  "Hubble's Amazing View of the Universe"
  
  
• Oscar Medina - Sequoia Middle School
  Junior Historical Paper/Individual:  "Atomic Energy"
  
  
• Iraj Aamer & Samara Aamer - Oleander Elementary School
  Elementary Poster/Group:  "Anesthesia"
  
  
• Erick Jaramillo, Brian Perez & Michael Reyna - West Randall Elementary School
  Elementary Poster/Group:  "The Incandescent Light Bulb"
  
  
• Jacob Randolph & Rebecka Smith - Sequoia Middle School
  Junior Exhibit/Group:  "Read All About It!  Gutenberg Printing Press"
  
  
• Yamen Mubarka & Aaron Plascencia - Truman Middle School
  Junior Exhibit/Group:  "Prosthetics: Lending a Helping Hand"
  
  
• Debora Handojo & James Zamora - Ruble Middle School
  Junior Exhibit/Group:  "The Camera: Putting the World into Focus"
  
  
• Carina De La Cueva, Edith De La Cueva & Anthony Reyes - Summit High School
  Senior Exhibit/Group:  "Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin"
  
  
• Sean Burford, Magnum Terrazas & Norman Zeledon - Summit High School
  Senior Exhibit/Group:  "Gutenberg and the Printing Press"
  
  
• Victoria Avalos, Daniel Blanco & Emily Tehrani - Sequoia Middle School
  Junior Website/Group:  "The Theory of Evolution"

 

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