WCS Historians Advance To Nationals — Again
WARSAW — A group of middle schoolers with the Warsaw School Corporation will now prepare to enter the national arena of fledgling historians after capturing state honors for the fourth straight year.
The fivesome of Ryun Hoffert, Jason Benyousky, Finn Bailey, Keller Bailey and Robinson Hoffert competed in and won the state competition in the Junior Group Performance category of National History Day with their historic sketch depicting the civil rights movement titled “The Freedom Rides of 1961: Makers Of Good Trouble.”
The quintet were only several historians to take home state accolades at the competition, held in Indianapolis on Saturday, April 13. Other winners included:
Junior Group Exhibit
First Place, National Qualifier:
Hannah Bradford and Grace Friedberg, Lakeview Middle School
“Japanese Internment Camps: Our Homeland Tragedy”
Junior Individual Exhibit
Second Place, National Qualifier:
Alli Gudeman, Edgewood Middle School
“Anne Frank”
Third Place, Alternate:
Raquel Brouwer, Lakeview Middle School
“Triumph out of Darkness: The Legacy of Louis Braille”
Junior Group Performance
Second Place, National Qualifier:
Edward Robison, Noah Knepp, Phoenix Klein, Lakeview Middle School
“Welcome Back to D-Day”
Junior Group Website
First Place, National Qualifier:
Zoe Bergan, Katie McKibbin, Edgewood Middle School
“American Eagle Flight 4184”
Second Place, National Qualifier:
Keely Roe, Abby Stapleton, Edgewood Middle School
“Bringing Math to the Moon”
Senior Individual Exhibit
Second Place, National Qualifier:
Rachel Doyle, Warsaw Community High School
“Doctor Jonas Salk and the Triumph of the Polio Vaccine”
Senior Paper
Second Place, National Qualifier:
Abby Rahn – Warsaw Community High School, Warsaw
“William Wilberforce: Triumph Over Britain’s Slave Trade”
The 2019 national contest will be held June 9-13 at the University of Maryland, College Park, Md.