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Lylburn Downing Middle School students Sarah Edgar and Joe Vargas participated in the National History Day competition held June 11-15 in Washington, D.C. They were among 3,000 students from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., U.S. territories and Department of Defense and international schools to participate in the national competition.
Edgar and Vargas, along with a third group member, Emil Hierman, built a website, “The Medici Family and their Impact on the Renaissance,” doing months of research and placing second and first, respectively, at state and district-level competitions.
Every NHD project from LDMS advanced to state competition this year, and two additional projects placed at states. Dahlia Obiedat’s documentary, “Guernica: Crossing the Frontier Between Art and the Horrors of Modernity & War,” won the arts and literature award and $200 by placing first in the individual documentary category, but she was unable to attend the national competition.
Jude Eicholz’s individual website, “The Navajo Code Talkers,” placed third at state competition, qualifying it as an alternate for nationals. Luke Drumbl and Edison Rahl’s group documentary, “Penicillin: The ‘Miracle Drug’ That Changed Medicine Forever,” won the medical history award and $200 at state competition.
The NHD program at LDMS is in its fourth year, and this was the first time projects advanced to national competition.
