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High school students from central Nebraska presented their History Day projects on campus for the district History Day competition on February 25.
This year’s theme for entries was “Rights and Responsibilities in History” and students entered projects on a variety of topics, with winners from each event advancing to the state competition.
Eleven projects from seven different categories earned honors at the competition.
First place overall and receiving a $6,000 scholarship to Hastings College went to Khris Matul-Rosales of Hastings High School for his senior individual performance “Chicano Civil Rights Movement – Si se puede!”
Second place overall went to Esther Allen-Pickett of Hastings High School for her senior individual documentary, “Life at Los Alamos: The Rights and Responsibilities of Scientists and their Families at Los Alamos.” Allen-Pickett received a $5,000 scholarship to Hastings College.
Tied for third place was Noah Bardon of Hastings High School with a senior individual paper on “The Rights & Responsibilities of the Rich: Andrew Carnegie’s “Gospel of Wealth,”” and senior group exhibit Athena Barney, Caylen Donner and Natalie Warner of Hastings High School with “Rights of the Insane: Asylum Reforms of the 19th Century”. All will receive a $4,000 scholarship to Hastings College.
Other top award recipients are included below, by division and entry project.
Senior Group Exhibit
First place: Athena Barney, Caylen Donner and Natalie Warner of Hastings High School with “Rights of the Insane: Asylum Reforms of the 19th Century.”
Second Place: Mackenzie Tate and Josephine Walker of Hastings High School with “Rights and Responsibilities to Contraceptives.”
Third place: Bennett Baack, Paxton Rhodes and Brayden Sawicki of Hastings High School with “The Rights of Prisoners of War: The Experience of POWs In Japan in WWll.”
Senior Individual Exhibit
First place: McKenna Wheeler of Hastings High School with “The Right to Die or The Responsibility to Save: The Debate over Assisted Suicide.”
Senior Individual Documentary
First place: Esther Allen-Pickett of Hastings High School with “Life at Los Alamos: The Rights and Responsibilities of Scientists and their Families at Los Alamos.”
Senior Group Documentary
First place: Henry Black, Andi Dominguez and Michael Gonzalez of Hastings High School with “Silent Sorrow, A Look At Rights and Responsibilities In A Japanese Internment Camp.”
Senior Group Website
First place: Yadriel Colindres Fonseca, Ashlin George and Tom Tran of Hastings High School with “Love Thy Neighbor: The Effects of the Genoa Indian Industrial School on Native American Rights.”
Senior Individual Paper
First place: Noah Bardon of Hastings High School with “The Rights & Responsibilities of the Rich: Andrew Carnegie’s “Gospel of Wealth.””
Second place: Hadley Borer of Sandy Creek High School with “The Nuremberg Trials: A Turning Point.”
Third place: Rebecca Schmidt of Hastings High School with “The Drama of Blood and Gold: Rights and Responsibilities in the Osage Reign of Terror.”
Senior Individual Performance
First place: Khris Matul-Rosales of Hastings High School with “Chicano Civil Rights Movement – Si se puede!”
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HistoryDay_25a: Noah Bardon of Hastings High School received a $4,000 scholarship to Hastings College for his project “The Rights & Responsibilities of the Rich: Andrew Carnegie’s ‘Gospel of Wealth.’”
HistoryDay_25b: Caylen Donner, Athena Barney and Natalie Warner of Hastings High School received a $4,000 scholarship to Hastings College for their project “Rights of the Insane: Asylum Reforms of the 19th Century.”
HistoryDay_25c: Esther Allen-Pickett of Hastings High School received a $5,000 scholarship to Hastings College for her project “Life at Los Alamos: The Rights and Responsibilities of Scientists and their Families at Los Alamos.”
HistoryDay_25d: Khris Matul-Rosales of Hastings High School received the top prize, which is a $6,000 scholarship to Hastings College for his project “Chicano Civil Rights Movement – Si se puede!”
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