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By Dan Cosgrove -
Social Studies Fair/National History Day Coordinator
March Madness was happening Friday Night in Parkersburg at the 2013 RESA 5 Regional Social Studies Fair. Forty-six (46) Calhoun students, representing 29 projects, participated in the fair. Thirty-six (36) students walked away with medals around their necks, 13 with 1st place medals. These 13 students will head to Charleston in April to compete in the state's social studies fair.
Students, in grades 3-12, competed in 3 different age divisions, in one of 9 categories (anthropology, economics, geography, political science, psychology, sociology, state and local studies, U.S. history, and world history). In all, there were 192 students with 128 projects from 7 counties, the largest ever.
Between the students, their families, friends and teachers, approximately 100 people from Calhoun descended upon the RESA V's annual event. People definitely knew Calhoun was represented during the awards ceremony when cheers after cheers were heard as each student was called to the stage to receive awards. First place winners include:
5th grade student, Cassidy Conley, with her project, "The Titanic"
6th grade students, Destiney Murphy and Shaylah Wilson's "The Connection between Bullying and Suicide"
7th grade student Darla Harrison, with her forensic anthropology project, "Who Are
You?"
High School students: Amber Prusack, Timothy Richards and Josie Whipkey's "Holocaust"
Makensy Bailey and Chloey Boggs's "LEGO---Affecting Kids"
Rebbicca Newlon and Justin Siers' "Twisted Minds or Twisted People"
Bailey Cain and Hannah Burris' "The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum"
Second place winners included Erika Newell, Cole Bell, Jaden Swearingen, Lacy Whytsell, Christopher Kirkland, Morgan Moneypenny, Karlie Johnson, Kiera McKown, Chelsea Jones, Trisha Turner, Erica Jones, Kimberly Bradley and Emily Felter.
Third place winners included Gracie Carper, Brad Lacy, Selina Rush, Carissa Yoak, Trenton Cunningham, and Ryan Milliron.
Honorable mention went to Claire Boggs, Jaida Ferrell, Gracie Cooper, and Anita Wolf.
Other students participating included Kelcie Wilson, Brandon Keener, Macy Schoolcraft, Kole Jarvis, Tori Arnold, Hunter Schoolcraft, Audrey Taylor, Erika Riggs, Brandy Dobbins, and Tiffany Rush. All students had previously won 1st place at the county's social studies fair in February.
In addition to the regular medal round competition, representatives from the Parkersburg American Revolutionary Society identified 8 projects that reflect the values of our country and what the founding father cherished most, liberty. Two projects were chosen from Calhoun:
Middle School students Christopher Kirkland and Morgan Moneypenny's project on "The 2nd amendment and gun control" gave a hard look at maintaining the integrity of the Constitution and especially the 2nd Amendment, with a common sense approach to gun control. A moving tribute to the children of the recent shooting in Connecticut was also part of their project.
High School students Brandy Dobbins and Tiffany Rush were also recognized for their project, "13 to 50" detailing how each state became part of the union.
Special thanks to the middle and high school social studies teachers â every social studies teacher put in many hours after school, giving students access to the library and computer labs for research, as well as offering advice and encouragement. The Social Studies team would like to congratulate the nearly 200 students from Calhoun County who participated this year, which lead to the 13 students who will represent the county.
Nine additional middle and high school students will join forces at the state competition on April 26 at the Charleston Civic Center, during a joint Social Studies Fair and National History Day competition. These students will compete in one of three performances/skits of historical significance that were turning points in history (The Great Depression, The Manhattan Project, and Rosa Parks and the subsequent Montgomery Bus Boycott).
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