More than 40 Pinon Elementary School 6th graders participated in the first National History Day school contest at the school. Photo Courtesy LAPS
Sixth grader Olivia Conner-Lee’s project garnered first place in the Individual Performance category. Photo Courtesy LAPS
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Piñon Elementary School hosted its first National History Day (NHD) school contest last month. Forty-four 6th graders participated in five project categories: performance, documentary, website, paper and exhibit. Students were also able to gain some pointers during workshops led by NHD students from Los Alamos Middle School. Parent volunteers and volunteers from the Los Alamos Historical Society served as judges, along with representatives from the New Mexico NHD organization.
Courtney Smith, Pinon Elementary’s NHD coordinator, was very impressed with the projects presented by the students.
“They worked hard on their projects, and their efforts paid off,” she said. “Being able to host this event for the first time at our school is a great accomplishment.”
The Los Alamos Historical Society will host an evening showcase for NHD projects from across the district on Tuesday, February 24 at Fuller Lodge.
Here is the list of winners from the Pinon Elementary NHD contest:
Group Performance
1st place: Winnie Birocco and Nixyn Martines
Individual Performance
1st place: Olivia Conner-Lee
Group Documentary
1st Place: Garrett Hodgson, Carlos Marquez, Finnly Harrison, Benjamin Lee and Benjamin
Fichtel
Historical Paper
1st Place: Aditya Nag
2nd Place: Jonas Whitton
Individual Documentary
1st Place: Grant Mason
2nd Place: Mason Englert
3rd Place: Hilario Salinas
Group Website
1st Place: Avery Medina, Elizabeth Adams, Kimberly Gates and Harper Clark
2nd Place: Thomas Starrett and Lucas Kliessen
3rd Place: Jocelyn Valdez and Clara Benedict
Individual Website
1st Place: Everett James
2nd Place: Lucy Smith
3rd Place: Garrett Jensen
Individual Exhibit
1st Place: Riley Galvan
2nd Place: Ariana Aragon
3rd Place: Anabel Thacker
Group Exhibit
1st Place: Sydney Lombardi, Riley Stark, Kyra Blackhart and Kenzie Eborn
2nd Place: Abigail Brown, Melody Naes and Vivien Hansana
3rd Place: Peter Bakosi, Adam Purdy and Lucas Mandril
The next competition will be the NHS Regional Contest on Wednesday, March 4 at the New Mexico History Museum.