River City Science Academy (RCSA) recently held its school-wide history fair and recognized the finalists for National History Day at an award ceremony.
Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford, Carol Hladki, director of police services, and Greg Burton, chief department of police services, were the honorary guests at the ceremony.
National History Day is a nationwide historical research project competition. Thousands of schools participate each year, and each year has a special theme. This year’s theme is Debate and Diplomacy: Successes, Failures and Consequences.
Students around the country create research projects in a variety of categories including: historical paper, exhibit (individual and group), performances (individual and group), documentary (individual and group) and website. The contest is divided into both a junior (middle school) and a senior (high school) division.
All projects must utilize available primary and secondary sources and, of course, adhere to the yearly theme.
The first- and second-place winners from RCSA will compete at the Duval County History Fair at Atlantic Coast High School. Winners from that competition will then go on to Tallahassee for the state competition. Winners at the state level will head to the National History Day Fair in June at the University of Maryland at College Park.
The winners of the RCSA History Fair are:
Junior Division
Historical Paper (No Group Division): First Place - Trevor Alden; Second Place – Asha La Favor
Performance Group: First Place - Chandler Jackson; Second Place- Megan Eggers ,Shebah Sawyer, Kari Stevenson, Moriah Taylor
Website: First Place - Sarah Idris and Norin Zhupa; Second Place – Steven Carney
Documentary (Individual): First Place - Sean Dorrian; Second Place - Conyers Pano
Documentary (Group): First Place - William Bell, Jonathan Correa, Alexander DeFilippis, Jerry Ridgeway; Second Place - Tyson Ellison, Ahmed Hamsic
Exhibit (Individual): First Place - Blake Ashe; Second Place - Stephanie Metcalf
Exhibit (Group): First Place - Jared Norse, Jason Norse; Second Place - John Calvin, Javier Hernandez Mark Young
Senior Division
Historical Paper (No Group Division)
1st place- Olin William Calvin
2nd Place – Rebecca Smith
Performance Group: First Place - Rodney Carroll, Caleb Jackson, Javon Moore, Thomas Monts
Website: First Place - Savannah Mitchell; Second Place – Malaz Idris, Ilma Kovac, Nicole Okuthe
Documentary (Group): First Place - Hunter Alley, Franesa Brown, Konstantina Kirkos, Amanda Velez; Second Place - Cameron Dorrian, Courtney Dorrian, Justine Henry, Mark Ronan
Exhibit (Individual): First Place - Tavarius Horne; Second Place - Jacob Hixson
Exhibit (Group): First Place - Yasha Alikhanov, Muhamed Sabotic, Ibraim Shakirov; Second Place - Allison Fissel, Gabriela Nieves
Coordinator: Mr. Adam J. Suslak
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