Westerville Middle school students participated in the District 6 History Day Competition on March 9 at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware. Research and projects were created following the theme Triumph and Tragedy.
Advancing to the state competition from Genoa Middle School are:
- Grant Hamilton, Nabeel Eljallad, Ryan Tran, Junior Group Documentary, The Triumph and Tragedy of the Titanic. Leslie Thompson, Deanna McDaniel, teachers.
- Isaac Choo, Landon Wuycheck, Olivia Stevens, Junior Group Documentary, The Battle of Marathon. Lisa Lunn, Deanna McDaniel, teachers.
- Isaac Leigh, Kevin Sullivan, Junior Group Documentary, The Battle of Somme. Caitlin Begeny, Deanna McDaniel, teachers.
- Brianna Wade, Julia Chambers, Junior Group Exhibit, Fear, Flames, and Frightened by a Shake of 1906. Leslie Thompson, Deanna McDaniel, teachers.
- Ashley Varekojis, Sophia Johnson, Junior Group Exhibit, Children of the Holocaust. Caitlin Begeny, Deanna McDaniel, teachers.
- Anna Lampe, Stella McCrea-Smith, Junior Group Exhibit, Crash of Titanic. Caitlin Begeny, Deanna McDaniel, teachers.
- Kate Steele, Mackenzie Boyd, Junior Group Performance, The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Lisa Lunn, Deanna McDaniel, teachers.
- Sidney Choo, Junior Individual Website, Fall of Saigon: More Tragedy Out of Triumph. Leslie Thompson, Deanna McDaniel, teachers.
- Aarzoo Boparai, Junior Individual Website, Hitler and the Invasion of Poland. Caitlin Begeny, Deanna McDaniel, teachers.
- Giselle Sustaita, Junior Paper, Yellow Fever Racial Disaster: 1793. Leslie Thompson, Deanna McDaniel, teachers.
- Ben Krueck, Finnian Mitchell, Junior Group Website, Apollo 13. Caitlin Begeny, Deanna McDaniel, teachers.
Advancing to the state competition from Walnut Springs Middle School are:
- Adam Kauh, Evan Pate, Junior Group Website, Separate is Never Equal. Jeffrey Holmes, teacher.
- Sophia Wright, Junior Individual Documentary, A Sequence of Plagues That Occurred in England in Between the Years 1348-1665. Patricia Schirtzinger, teacher.
- Katherine Zonner, Junior Individual Exhibit, The Cuyahoga River Fire and the Environmental Spark. Patricia Schirtzinger, teacher.
- Jane Gruber, Junior Individual Exhibit, The Iran Hostage Crisis. Patricia Schirtzinger, teacher.
- Addison Obringer, Junior Individual Exhibit, Loving vs. Virginia. Patricia Schirtzinger, teacher.
Advancing to the state competition from Heritage Middle School are:
- Sammy Gurgiolo, Junior Individual Documentary, Operation Dynamo: The Tragedy that Never Was. Jacob Thuman, teacher.
All student projects will go on to Ohio History Day State Competition at Ohio Wesleyan on Saturday, April 27.