A number of Lakeview and Edgewood Middle School students have advanced to state competition for the National History Day contest.

Indiana Historical Society announced Tuesday the local middle school students who are among the finalists of the National History Day in Indiana northeast region contest at Ivy Tech Community College in Fort Wayne.

Approximately 120 students took part in the contest on Saturday, with all finalists advancing to the NHDI state contest on April 14 at Ivy Tech's campus in downtown Indianapolis.

NHDI is a yearlong program dedicated to enhancing history education in Indiana's schools, according to a news release. Students in grades four through 12 explore a historical subject and then use their research to create a documentary, exhibit, paper, performance or website. To reach the state contest, students must qualify at one of seven regional or district contests around Indiana – with the northeast region contest being the first of 2018.

 

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The Northeast Region Contest finalists from Ivy Tech Community College, Fort Wayne, are:

Junior Individual Documentary

• Anastasia Kalikova, Edgewood Middle School, “The Most Notorious Witch Hunt"

Junior Group Exhibit

• Kaci Krebbs, Tes Berelsman, Edgewood Middle School, "She Made a Difference"

• Tate VanHouten, Jennifer Tiahuextl, Elena Crawford, Ava Knight, Edgewood Middle School, "The Women's Suffrage Movement: Unveiling a Conflict"

• Wini Barnett, Myah Ault, Aspen Wagoner, Sydney Langhorn, Edgewood Middle School, "Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: On the Brink of a Nuclear War"

• Zachary Nicholas, Andrew Frush, Edgewood Middle School, "The Manhattan Project"

• Kaylee Ochoa, Rachel Doyle, Lakeview Middle School, "Eleanor Roosevelt"

– Elena Sullivan, Hannah Shapiro, Abigail Rahn, Lakeview Middle School, "Alexander Hamilton's Plan"

Junior Individual Exhibit

• Bianca Jordan, Edgewood Middle School, "Witchcraft Ends with a Noose"

• Regan Brouwer, Edgewood Middle School, "Extra! Extra! The Newsboy Strike of 1899: An Incredible Story of Conflict and Compromise"

Junior Paper

• Jessica Pogue, Edgewood Middle School, "Margaret Ray Ringenberg: Women's Rights Take Flight"

• Junior Group Performance

• Keller Bailey, Ryun Hoffert, Jason Benyousky, Geoffrey Hochstetlar, Edgewood Middle School, "A Journey to Chickamauga Through the Eyes of Ambrose Bierce"