Athens, Ga. – Three students received top honors at the District I History Day Competition held recently at the University of Georgia. Dayton Hare and Will Martin, students at DaVinci Academy, were named Junior Division, District I overall winners and first place winners in the Junior Group Web site category for “Shadow of an Emperor.” Lauren Blessing, a student at Collins Hill High School, was named Senior Division, District I overall winner and first place winner in the Senior Individual Exhibit category for, “Leukemia Treatment: One Step Further.”
Using the theme, Innovation in History, individual and group projects included papers, documentaries, Web sites, exhibits and performances. More than 100 sixth through 12th-grade students and teachers representing 32 counties in Georgia, participated in the annual competition held in February, sponsored by the UGA Office of Academic Special Programs.
Hare, Martin and Blessing, along with participants who placed first, second and third in other categories, will advance to the state contest for National History Day in Georgia on May 1 at Macon State College. At each level of competition, participants are recognized through certificates, medals, trophies or monetary awards.
Junior Division Winners (by school)
DaVinci Academy
Documentary Individual – Junior
First Place
- * Madison Tasker
Exhibit Group – Junior
First Place
- * Kaitlin Threlkeld
- * Lydia Moon
Exhibit Individual – Junior
Second Place
- * Jarrett Turner
First Place
- Savannah Girard
Performance Group – Junior
First Place
- Fione Hare
- Emily Fredericks
Performance Individual – Junior
Third Place
- Katie Dionne
Second Place
- J.D. Ross
First Place
- Ian Cundiff
Web site Group – Junior
First Place
- Dayton Hare
- Will Martin
Web site Individual – Junior
Third Place
- Taylor Worthington
Second Place
- Jessica Giles
First Place
- Brooklyn Bassett
Overall Winner – Junior
- Dayton Hare
- Will Martin
Russell Middle School
Documentary Group – Junior
First Place
- Margaret Petree
- Elizabeth Perry
Exhibit Group – Junior
Second Place
- Hannah Easterling
- Colleen Gerke
South Hall Middle School
Web site Group – Junior
Second Place
- Lindsey Brock
- Kimmie Brady
- Kaitlin Houston
West Jackson Middle School
Exhibit Individual Junior
Third Place
- Jessica Casaday
Senior Division winners (by school)
Clarke Central High School
Paper Individual – Senior
First Place
- Carmina Escalante
Collins Hill High School
Exhibit Group – Senior
Third Place
- Katha Patel
- Mitch Kyle
Second Place
- Caitlyn Youngblood
- Lexie Bell
First Place
- Trent Keatley
- Craig McCown
- Tahmid Mohiuddin
Exhibit Individual – Senior
Third Place
- Katharine Frechette
Second Place
- Giovanni Righi
First Place
- Lauren Blessing
Paper Individual – Senior
Third Place
- Nancy Chung
Second Place
- Matt Hester
Web site Group – Senior
Second Place
- Will Teich
- Walter Mertins
- Sarah Nagy
First Place
- Melissa Moore
- Nadia Sanjaya
Web site Individual – Senior
Third Place
- Royce Baptist
Second Place
- Anay Nawathe
First Place
- Alykhan Lalani
Overall Winner – Senior
- Lauren Blessing
Norcross High School
Documentary Group – Senior
First Place
- Zoe Robbins
- Andrew Schwab
- Grainne Hutton
More information is available at www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/oasp or by calling 706/542-7623.
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