WCHS Student Receives Four-Year Scholarship At National History Day Competition
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INDIANAPOLIS – Zack Rooker, a student at Warsaw Community High School, won the grand prize at The Kenneth E. Behring National History Day contest, which took place June 12-16 at University of Maryland at College Park near Washington D.C.
Rooker competed in the senior individual documentary category with “The Shattered City: Post-War Diplomacy, Cold-War Consequences”.
Rooker was awarded the David Van Tassel Founder Award, a four-year tuition scholarship to Case Western Reserve University, a major research university located in Cleveland, Ohio. The award is the largest scholarship given at The Kenneth E. Behring National History Day program and is presented in memory of Dr. Van Tassel, Hiram C. Haydn Professor of History at Case Western Reserve University and founder of the National History Day program.
The award is to be given to an individual whose records of achievement, leadership and school or community service are noteworthy, including success at the National History Day program and other scholastic achievements.
Rooker has competed in the National History Day program for five consecutive years and has placed in the top three at two of the past national competitions. Rooker plans to pursue an engineering degree at Case Western Reserve University after he graduates from Warsaw Community High School in May 2012.
National History Day in Indiana is a year-long program dedicated to enhancing history education in elementary and secondary schools. Students in grades four through 12 explore a historical subject and then use their research to create imaginative exhibits, original performances, media documentaries, websites and papers.
National History Day in Indiana has been organized by the Indiana Historical Society for the past nine years and has played an active part in Indiana’s schools across for more than 25 years, with more than 3,700 Indiana students taking part in 2011 alone. Sponsors of this year’s National History Day in Indiana program are Brightpoint Inc. and Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance. The Indiana Rail Road Company is the official sponsor of the IHS for 2011.
For more information on this and other Indiana Historical Society programs, contact the IHS at 317-232-1882. Information is also available at www.indianahistory.org
