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San Bernardino County History Day Champions Honored

2011-03-21

FONTANA - Thirty-eight San Bernardino County projects were crowned champions at the 22nd annual History Day competition on March 19 at Summit High School.

Among school districts, Upland Unified had the most county group and individual champions with 21, followed by Fontana Unified with seven. Among individual schools, Upland High had the most individual and group champions with 17.

The individual and group qualifiers advance to the California History Day competition in San Jose on April 28.

The county History Day event had as its theme, "Debate and Diplomacy in History: Successes, Failures and Consequences." 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, 170 students, representing seven 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 event is sponsored by the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, and Summit High School in the Fontana Unified School District.

San Bernardino County 2011 History Day Champions

Elementary Division
Posters, Individuals
Ashly Jose, Holy Rosary Academy
Arya Mashraghy, Pepper Tree Elementary

Groups
Aubrey Butler and Karen Liu, Pepper Tree Elementary
Aditi Chitre and Gurleen Buttar, Pepper Tree Elementary

Junior Division, Research Paper
Alan Buezo, Holy Rosary Academy
Brian Cortes, Southridge Middle School

Documentaries, Individual
Miranda Cortez, Vanguard Prep
Sierra Knoch, Vanguard Prep
Casi Martinez, Pioneer Junior High

Groups
Robert Christiansen, Greggory Gant and Chase Sled, Vanguard Prep
Juhi Gopal and Tabitha Tolsma, Vanguard Prep

Performances, Individual
Roxanne Bodenbender, Vanguard Prep

Web Sites, Individuals
Connor Chew, Vanguard Prep

Group
Jorge Araujo, Anthony Calderon, Jose Hermosillo and Carlos Sazo, Sequoia Middle School
Ryan Griffin, Jacob Hampton and Arnold Perez, Krystal Schools of Science, Math and Technology

Exhibits, Individuals
Daud Azariah, Southridge Middle School
Shannon Pham, Southridge Middle School

Groups
Daniel Blanco, Jacob Randolph and Frank Ramirez Suarez, Sequoia Middle School
Nayma Khan and Milagros Razo, Southridge Middle School

Senior Division, Research Paper
Ian Lundberg, Upland High School
Lance Xing, Upland High School

Documentaries, Individuals
Kaila Corrington, Upland High School
Pema Donyo, Upland High School

Groups
Monse Calderon, Tania Medina and Kimberly Romero, Victor Valley High School
Tyler Clinkaberry, Christopher Cruz and Thomas McKay, Upland High School
Amy Padilla and Katherine Villatoro, Upland High School

Performances, Individual
Hannah Lundberg, Upland High School

Groups
Celina Cisneros and Lauren Hall, Upland High School
Kristen Matthews and Rebecca Miller, Upland High School

Web Sites, Individuals
Wesley Dalton, Upland High School
Veronica Osborn, Upland High School

Groups
Khalifa Rahaman and Najma Rahaman, Upland High School

Exhibits, Individuals
Megan Larson, Upland High School
Roshan Plamthottam, Upland High School
Tim Plummer, Upland High School

Groups
Sean Burford, Shannon Lasiter, Magnum Terrazas and Norman Zeledon, Summit High School Taylor Block, Mehwish Khan and Eric Pangracs, Upland High School
Ashlynn Cardoso and Lindsey Jackson, Upland High School