(KMJ) – 500 students took part in Fresno County History day, on Saturday, March 14th.
From tri-folds to websites to performances, students could choose a number of different ways to present their topic.
Students Austin and Tyler from Computech Middle School did a skit:
Austin: Our topic was Ryan White – Exploration of the Disease.
Tyler: Yeah, the theme was Exploration, Encounter and Exchange, and we chose Ryan White because it suited the topic really well.
Austin: “Well, competing it was just like a good experience, it was definitely nerve wracking but it was fun.”
The two 7th graders and the rest of their team; Emma (above far left) and Annie (left) won in their performance category.
Edison High School Student Rachel Mrkitch (far right below) also is going to state
“Well, I largely do it because it looks really good on college application, also its kinda interesting to learn about history, I don’t do it just to build my college app.” -Rachel Mrkitch, Edison High School Student.
Rachel is Cheryl Mrkitch’s daughter.
“It give them skills that they can utilize when they are in college, being able to take a topic and go find the primary sources and the narratives of the people who have actually participated in this in the past valuable to the students who are participating in the program.” – Cheryl Mrkitch, Teacher, Parent of Tyler and Rachel.
“You have to realize that something that’s happened in the past can have a repeating pattern in the future – so if you now about something in the past – you can help raise awareness so that something bad, like the Holocaust, wont happen again.” -Rachel Mrkitch, Edison High School Student.
Outstanding students in each category were recognized with awards.
Student winners in each category (two-dimensional display, exhibit, historical paper, website, documentary and performance) move on to the state competition May 7-8 in Rocklin, CA, with the potential to qualify for National History Day June 12-16 at the University of Maryland.
