NATIONAL HISTORY DAY:
Our school competition for National History Day was held on Tuesday, February 18. The theme this year is “Rights and Responsibilities in History”. The students did a wonderful job presenting and displaying their projects. Thirteen students were selected to advance to Regional NHD which will be held at Indian Hills in Ottumwa on March 7. Special thanks to Sydney Bruxvoort, Joel Rietema, Joan Kunz, Jon Spronk, Ruth De Bruin, Lukas Hamilton, Stephen Henderson, and Cameron Beach for judging our local NHD competition.
6th Grade:
1st – Collin Stam (Exhibit – “The Little but Big Gettysburg Address”)
2nd – Avery Vander Wal (Exhibit – “The Trail of Tears: Rights and Responsibilities”)
3rd – Claire Swope (Exhibit – “Women’s Suffrage: The Fight for the Human Right”)
7th Grade:
1st – Cobie De Jong (Exhibit – “Freedom of the Press: The Founding Fathers Influence on 1st Amendment Rights”) and
Emma Roberts (Exhibit – “Inez Crittenden and the Hello Girls”)
2nd – Clay Bruxvoort (Exhibit – “Soil Conservation Act of 1935: Addressing a National Menace”) and
Jonathan Stam (Website – “Fortune or Failure: The Quest for Gold in California”)
3rd – Ella De Boef (Exhibit – “Salem Witch Trials: When Fear Reigns Over Justice”) and
Ellie Watts (Exhibit – “Susan B. Anthony: The Fight for Women’s Rights”)
8th Grade:
1st – Josie Hessing (Documentary – “The Great Depression: Helping Women be Seen as Equal”)
2nd (Tie) – Aubrey Kaisand (Website – “Child Labor Laws: A Chance to be a Child”) and
Leah Spronk (Documentary – “Mangled in Meatpacking: What Led to the Pure Food and Drug Act”)
3rd – Kate De Bruin (Exhibit – “Horace Mann: Championing the Fight for Education”)
