2014 Regional History Fair Winners

Aldine ISD celebrated the Regional History Fair on February 21 at the Aldine Staff Development Center. Judges had the difficult task of judging student projects. The theme for the 2014 history fair is “Rights and Responsibilities.” First and second place winners will advance to compete at the State History Day Event, which will be held May 1-2 in Austin.

Results from Regional History Fair are posted below.

Congratulations to all the participants and good luck to the students who advanced to the state event!

Junior Historical Papers
*1st Place — Linda Duong for project entitled “DOMA”
Campus: Plummer Middle School
Teacher: Stephanie Powell
*2nd Place — Brenda García for project entitled “Revolution Within a Revolution: The Battle for the Right to Bear Arms”
Campus: Rayford Intermediate
Teacher: LaTarsha King
3rd Place — Ángel Vega for project entitled “Pledge to Mutual Defense: NATO’s Role in the Cold War”
Campus: Stovall Middle School
Teacher: Nicholas Plaisance

Senior Historical Paper
*1st Place — Kyisha Butcher for project entitled “Ida B. Wells and Her Anti-Lynching Crusade”
Campus: MacArthur High School
Teachers: Adam Harrer & Julie Thoma
*2nd Place — Cedric Rucker for project entitled “Blood, Sweatt and Tears”
Campus: Eisenhower Ninth Grade School
Teacher: Stephen Martin
3rd Place — Ashley Yáñez for project entitled “Jim Crow Laws”
Campus: Davis Senior High School
Teacher: Kimberly English

Junior Group Website
*1st Place — Kameron Mason, Krista Mason & Marc Rapalo for project entitled “The Great Upheaval”
Campus: Rayford Intermediate School
Teacher: LaTarsha King
*2nd Place — John Castañeda, Nicolás Gonzales, Elizabeth Manriquez, Jillian Nguyen & Samantha Salazar for project entitled “The Love Canal”
Campus: Parker Intermediate School
Teacher: Valentina Lizcano
3rd Place (tie) — Valeria Alcoser, Quincy Chatman & Areli Martínez for project entitled “Trail of Tears – Neglected Rights”
Campus: Drew Academy
Teacher: Joseph Wendorf
3rd Place (tie) — Amanda Durán & Kyrstin Mark for project entitled “Japanese Interment Camps: Loyal Americans in Exile”
Campus: Lewis Middle School
Teacher: Katherine Speight

Senior Group Website
*1st Place — Kaden Brown, Brianna McCutchen, Wilson Pérez & Brian Tea for project entitled “A Rebel for the Right to Know”
Campus: Nimitz High School
Teacher: Barbi Binnig
*2nd Place — Samir Hassam, Bryson Keal, Bayron Puac & Daniel Ward for project entitled “The One-Sided Reformation of China”
Campus: Carver High School
Teacher: Todd Gonion
3rd Place — Julio González, Jessica Navarro, Gaby Pérez, Jacqueline Rivas & Nhi Vu for project entitled “Secret Rights and Responsibilities of a Deciphering War”
Campus: Carver High School
Teachers: Todd Gonion & Jessica Gray
Honorable Mention — Detrick Bell, Derrick Brown & Kameron Pryor for project entitled “Building Little Harlem”
Campus: Davis Ninth Grade School
Teacher: Joseph Lucario

Junior Individual Website
*1st Place — Denisse Córdova for project entitled “The Great Terror: The Suppressors and the Suppressed”
Campus: Hambrick Middle School
Teacher: Crystal Cline
*2nd Place — Juan Flores for project entitled “My Lai Incident”
Campus: Eckert Intermediate School
Teacher: Karin Anderson
3rd Place (tie) — Taylor Joseph for project entitled “The Indian Removal Act”
Campus: Rayford Intermediate School
Teacher: LaTarsha King
3rd Place (tie) — 1st Place — Ashley Nguyen for project entitled “Dreamtime Dangers”
Campus: Stovall Middle School
Teacher: Nicholas Plaisance

Senior Individual Website
*1st Place — Alexis Speer for project entitled “Equal in the Eyes of God”
Campus: Nimitz High School
Teacher: Barbi Binnig
*2nd Place — Neema Calendar for project entitled “Septima Clark: Literacy to Liberation”
Campus: Nimitz High School
Teacher: Barbi Binnig
3rd Place — Shara Duong for project entitled “Government Responsibility Leads to Injustice: Internment of Japanese Americans During WWII”
Campus: Aldine High School
Teachers: David Cannefax & Tonya Juarez

Junior Group Exhibit
*1st Place — Ray Barrera, Viviane Huara, Isaac Huerta & Kealana Wolfe for project entitled “Ima Hogg: Advocate for People’s Rights, Responsible Philanthropist”
Campus: Rayford Intermediate School
Teacher: LaTarsha King
*2nd Place — Bianca Farfán, Brenda Farfán & Denise López for project entitled “The Outsiders of Little Rock”
Campus: Rayford Intermediate School
Teacher: LaTarsha King
3rd Place (tie) — Cameron Lee, Alberto Morales, José Pérez, Alan Reyes & Erick Vega for project entitled “A Declaration: The Right to Commit Treason?”
Campus: Lewis Middle School
Teacher: Katherine Speight
3rd Place (tie) — Van-Anh Dang, Emily Luong, Judith Orozco, Zoe Simmons & Emily Sydavong for project entitled “Gwangju Massacre”
Campus: Shotwell Middle School
Teacher: Monica Broussard
Honorable Mention — Alan Aguirre, Christian Arriaga & Alan Cholico for project entitled “Oil Refineries”
Campus: Grantham Academy
Teacher: Tanya Anderson

Senior Group Exhibit
*1st Place — Lázaro Rojas, Marvin Thomas, Judit Urrea, Hannah Medina & Carolina Chala for project entitled “The Right-On Right to Vote”
Campus: Nimitz High School
Teacher: Barbi Binnig
*2nd Place — Hannah Guerrero, Zaira López, Tamara Rangel & Lourdes Rodríguez for project entitled “Japanese Internment”
Campus: MacArthur High School
Teachers: Adam Harrer & Julie Thoma
3rd Place — Biankah Cortez, Nurriya Mohammad & Breyonsa Rose for project entitled “Arbeit Macht Frei”
Campus: Carver High School
Teacher: Todd Gonion & Ian Shepley
Honorable Mention — Beatriz Castro, Keundre Hawkins & James White for project entitled “The Berlin Wall, A Human Rights Violation”
Campus: Eisenhower Ninth Grade School
Teacher: Stephen Martin

Junior Individual Exhibit
*1st Place — Arionne Samuels for project entitled “John Peter Zenger: A Champion of Free Press”
Campus: Wilson Intermediate School
Teacher: Matt Strommer
*2nd Place — Quierra Dilworth for project entitled “Stand Up”
Campus: Houston Academy
Teacher: Elizabeth Gilbert
3rd Place — Talia Chinn for project entitled “The Unheard”
Campus: Grantham Academy
Teacher: Katharine Oldberg
Honorable Mention — Stephanie Niño de Rivera for project entitled “Education Is the Key to the Future”
Campus: Grantham Academy
Teacher: Katharine Oldberg

Senior Individual Exhibit
*1st Place — Eduardo Castañeda for project entitled “Colossus of the North”
Campus: Nimitz High School
Teacher: Barbi Binnig
*2nd Place — Luis Banda for project entitled “Trail of Tears”
Campus: MacArthur High School
Teachers: Adam Harrer & Julie Thoma

Junior Group Documentary
*1st Place — Yazmín Coronado & Jasmine Iglesias for project entitled “Death by Fire: The Deadliest Industrial Fire of 1911”
Campus: Rayford Intermediate School
Teacher: LaTarsha King
*2nd Place — Bailey Henderson & Maryam Memon for project entitled “The Kindertransport: Into the Arms of Strangers”
Campus: Lewis Middle School
Teacher: Katherine Speight

Senior Group Documentary
*1st Place — Christina Castro, Erica Chang, Lauren Jones & Karen Pérez for project entitled “Mercy Killing or Killing Mercy”
Campus: Carver High School
Teacher: Todd Gonion
*2nd Place — Karen Gallardo, Mary Gonzales, Emily Quan, Geraldo Salazar & Kathryn Whitehead for project entitled “Never Again, Then Again: Silent Screams of Sudan”
Campus: Nimitz Ninth Grade School
Teachers: Ofelia Suffle & Rick Cheplick

Junior Individual Documentary
*1st Place — Jasmine Vital for project entitled “Sylvia Méndez: The Fight for Desegregation”
Campus: Rayford Intermediate School
Teacher: LaTarsha King
*2nd Place — Roland Angelo Reyes for project entitled “Emilio Aguinaldo’s Fight for the Philippine’s Rights and Responsibilities”
Campus: Rayford Intermediate School
Teacher: LaTarsha King
3rd Place — Víctor Hernández for project entitled “The March on Skokie and the Right to Assemble”
Campus: Lewis Middle School
Teacher: Katherine Speight

Senior Individual Documentary
*1st Place — Brent Vela for project entitled “Stealing Home”
Campus: Nimitz High School
Teacher: Barbi Binnig
*2nd Place — Marco Medina for project entitled “Rights and Responsibilities: Civil Rights for Hispanic Americans”
Campus: Eisenhower High School
Teacher: Raechel Broussard
3rd Place — Marisol Díaz for project entitled “Rights and Responsibilities of Muslim Women”
Campus: Aldine High School
Teachers: David Cannefax & Tonya Juarez

Junior Group Performance
*1st Place — Ada Argueta, Breanna Graves-Brown, Emily Hernández, Javarhea Thompson & Huan Tran for project entitled “Pictures Worth More Than A Thousand Words”
Campus: Shotwell Middle School
Teacher: Monica Broussard
*2nd Place — Jessica Fortune, Tyric Hardy & Frank Macías for project entitled “Dusting Off the History Behind the Manhattan Project”
Campus: Shotwell Middle
Teacher: Monica Broussard
Honorable Mention — Karina Guevara, Gloria López, Fernanda Manzano & Stephanie Vásquez for project entitled “César Chávez”
Campus: Reed Academy
Teacher: Jan Martínez

Senior Group Project
*1st Place — Brianna García, Edith Hernández, Bryan Lara & Isaac Penilla for project entitled “La Vida de Rigoberta Menchú: A Fight for Indigenous Rights”
Campus: Nimitz Ninth Grade School
Teachers: Ofelia Suffle & Rick Cheplick
*2nd Place — Johnathan Franco, José Godoy Johnny Nguyen & Brian Vuong for the project entitled “Rice and Responsibilities”
Campus: Aldine High School
Teachers: David Cannefax & Tonya Juarez
3rd Place (tie) — Joshua Austin, Brittany Egland, Laurie Nowlin, Alexis Udorah & Kayla Williams for the project entitled “The Great Awakening: New Lights vs. Old Lights”
Campus: Carver High School
Teacher: Todd Gonion
3rd Place (tie) — Courtnee Conway, Deja Horn, Treasure Smith & Kayla Washington for project entitled “Freedom Riders: The Rights and Freedoms of Civil Rights Activist and the Responsibility of Government Protection”
Campus: Eisenhower High School
Teacher: Raechel Broussard

Junior Individual Performance
*1st Place — Nfia Goya for project entitled “Fannie Lou Hamer: The Lady Who Sings the Hymns”
Campus: Lewis Middle School
Teacher: Katherine Speight

Senior Individual Performance
*1st Place — Branden Ventura for project entitled “Echoes of a Riot”
Campus: Nimitz High School
Teacher: Barbi Binnig
*2nd Place — Jenny Hwang for project entitled “Restricting the Rights of Parents: Family Planning in China”
Campus: Aldine High School
Teacher: David Cannefax
3rd Place — Ana Sánchez for project entitled “From Behind the War Lens: the Rights of the Subject and the Responsibility of the Media”
Campus: Eisenhower High School
Teacher: Raechel Broussard