Granite School District students took home scores of top honors from the Salt Lake Valley Regional History Fair in categories such as historical paper, individual/group website, documentary, and exhibit.
This year’s contest invited students to examine how leaders and their legacies have shaped the course of history.
These students move on compete in the Utah History Day State Contest on April 18, 2015. Winners at the state level will represent Utah in the prestigious National History Day competition in Washington, D.C.
| Award | Name | School | Division | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Place, Individual Documentary | Isabella Ashton | Bennion Jr. High | Junior | Jazz Music: Leadership and Legacy |
| First Place, Group Exhibit | Jackie Helm, Maddie Egbert | Fox Hills Elementary | Junior | The Brothers Grimm |
| First Place, Individual Exhibit | Garrett Reinholt | Churchill Jr. High | Junior | Admiral Nimitz: From Birth to Victory of the Pacific |
| First Place, Historical Paper | Kate De Groote | Churchill Jr. High | Junior | How the Totalitarian Leadership Took the Power and Freedom Out of the East German People's Hands |
| First Place, Historical Paper | Rachel Cox | Kennedy Jr. High | Senior | Alfred Cumming: A Long-Lasting Gift of Guidance |
| First Place, Group Website | Meylin Al-Saleh, Ivykristine Murphy | Fox Hills Elementary | Junior | Simon Bolivar |
| First Place, Group Website | Michelle Le, Isabella Proctor | Kennedy Jr. High | Senior | Queen Lili'uokalani: First and Last Queen of Hawaii |
| First Place, Individual Website | Alec Vermason | Kennedy Jr. High | Senior | Richard Nixon |
| Second Place, Group Documentary | Vivi Tran, Braydon Le | Fox Hills Elementary | Junior | Kim Jong-il |
| Second Place, Individual Documentary | Liz Dudley | Churchill Jr. High | Junior | Sally Ride: The First American Woman in Space |
| Second Place, Historical Paper | Jelena Dragicevic | West Lake Jr. High | Junior | The Man Who Fired Up the World |
| Second Place, Historical Paper | Rebecca Fredrickson | Kennedy Jr. High | Senior | The Candy Bomber: How Two Sticks of Gum Changed the World |
| Second Place, Individual Performance | Maren Curtis | Bennion Jr. High | Junior | The Story of Anne Boleyn |
| Second Place, Group Website | Audrey Helm, Lindsay Cook | Bennion Jr. High | Junior | U2: Ledership and Legacy in History |
| Third Place, Individual Exhibit | Miles Rollins | Jefferson Jr. High | Junior | The Panguitch Quilt Rescue |
| Third Place, Individual Performance | Annabelle Durham | Bonneville Jr. High | Junior | Jerrie Mock: The flying Housewife |
| Third Place, Group Website | Josh Speth, Daniel Sampson | Fox Hills Elementary | Junior | Robert E. Lee |