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SAN BERNARDINO — San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools proudly named 63 champions following the 35th Annual San Bernardino County History Day competition. The champions were selected from over 140 projects submitted by 200 students from across the County. The winners were honored during an awards ceremony held at California State University, San Bernardino on March 1.
“Each and every student who submitted an entry dedicated time both in and out of the classroom to choose a topic, drive their own research, and create one-of-a-kind entries,” said County Superintendent Ted Alejandre. “We are incredibly proud of the outstanding work our students produced and are ecstatic to see the passion and interest they have in learning from the past.”
History Day is an inter-disciplinary program that encourages students to research and prepare projects in the following six categories: podcasts, exhibits, performances, documentaries, websites, and posters; all based on an annual historical theme. This year’s theme is Rights and Responsibilities in History which encouraged students to research how the two powerful forces in history work together.
All entries were judged and scored by historians, educators and other professionals in related fields.
Students who are now eligible to participate in the upcoming California History Day competition May 2-4 at Sacramento State University in Sacramento, CA are as follows:
Elementary Division (Grades 4 and 5)
Podcast, Individual
- “Brown v. Board of Education” | Jazmyne Burton – Victoria Magathan Elementary School, Adelanto Elementary School District
- “Ida B. Wells: A Courageous Fighter” | Athena Acosta – Victoria Magathan Elementary School, Adelanto Elementary School District
Podcast, Group
- “Understanding the Rights and Responsibilities During the Race Riots and the Great Migration” | Jathan Taylor, Cristian Gonzalez – Victoria Magathan Elementary School, Adelanto Elementary School District
- “The Rights and Responsibilities of Military in Regards to the Six Triple Eight” | Andriea Shehee, Keshon White – Victoria Magathan Elementary School, Adelanto Elementary School District
Poster, Individual
- “The Emancipation Proclamation” | Ashton Tan – Magnolia Elementary School, Upland Unified School District
- “The Antiquities Act” | Andy Collier – Magnolia Elementary School, Upland Unified School District
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“The Road to Equality: 19th Amendment – Women’s Right to Vote” | Rylee Wagner, Valencia Elementary School, Upland Unified School District
- “Women’s Rights During World War II” | Valerie Cervantes – Victoria Magathan Elementary School, Adelanto Elementary School District
Poster, Group
- “John Adams: The Trial of the Boston Massacre” | Nathan Roberts, Jaiden DeMunn – Baldy Mesa Elementary School, Snowline Joint Unified School District
- “John Laurens: Advocating for Equality” | Brandon Vazquez, Evanelle O’Donnell, Mekhi Cummings – Baldy Mesa Elementary School, Snowline Joint Unified School District
- “Mary Ludwig Hays: The Real Molly Pitcher” | Valeria Barragan Carrillo, Shanice (Aniyah) Brown-Robinson, Malylah Vasquez Hernandez – Baldy Mesa Elementary School, Snowline Joint Unified School District
- “Sybil Ludington: The Female Paul Revere” | Mackenzie Chambers, Courtney Alvarez – Baldy Mesa Elementary School, Snowline Joint Unified School District
Junior Division (Grades 6 – 8)
Documentary, Individual
- “Preserving the Pyramids: Keeping Their Legacy Alive” | Klara Armanyous – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
- “Pepper’s Story: The Rise of the Animal Welfare Act” | Mia Diaz – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
- “Happily Never After: The Responsibility to Protect the Rights of the Innocent” | Jaylah Cruz – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
Documentary, Group
- “The Untold Profile in Courage: The Ultimate Sacrifice of American Hero Charles Sumner" | Edwin Luna-Calva, Anthony Moreno – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
- “Judy Huemann: The Fight for Disability Rights” | Esperanza Franco Casarrubias, Kandee Garcia-Torres – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
- “Wounded Knee: The Dance for Freedom” | Johnny Ruiz, Ivan Venegas, Aaron Mojarro, Nathan Ramirez, Josias Ramirez - Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
Exhibit, Individual
- “System of Denial: The Armenian Genocide and the Responsibility to Remember” | Ryan Delgado – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
- “Detention at Guantanamo Bay” | Joel Leon – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
- “The Dark Truth of the Salem Witch Trials” | Giselle Meza – Melva Davis Academy of Excellence, Adelanto Elementary School District
- “Beyond Reasonable Doubt: The Right to Fair Trials and the Fight Against Wrongful Conviction” | Rooney Pizano-Acosta – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
Exhibit, Group
- “Spark of Hate: The Weaponization of Book Burning” | Evangelina Granados, Priscilla Navarrete – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
- “Bracing for the Future: Balancing Safety Rights and Preservation Responsibilities” | Thomas Marquez, Federico Luna, Julian De La Rosa, Mateo Mellin – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
- “Punk, Power, Protest: Riot Grrrl’s Fight for Female Empowerment” | Aria Rosales, Abbie Garza, Yazmine De Leon – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
Performance, Individual
- “The Power of the People: John Locke’s Fight for Rights” | Iyared Hernandez-Orellana – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
- “Stars, Stripes, and Sousa: The Responsibility to Honor Our Republic” | Elijah Aviles – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
- “Changing the World One Law at a Time: The McKinney Vento Act" | Scarlet Murcia-Ruiz – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
Performance, Group
- “Tinker vs Des Moines: How the Ants Marched Towards Freedom of Speech” | Julie Montiel, Viviann Rodriguez, Isaac Enriquez Cervantes, Allison Gonzalez, Vanessa Beltran – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
- “A Reform for All: Dorthea Dix” | Janeth Esquivel-Mejia, Alexa Flores-Falcon, Yulissa Gomez-De Leon, Ximena Castro – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
- “The Seneca Falls Convention: A Responsibility to Speak Up” | Ashley Moran-Lopez, Daisy Alvarez-Martinez, Daniel Andrade, Jocelyn Jimenez-Valentin – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
Podcast, Individual
- “History’s Blind Spot: The Responsibility of Preserving Rights in Victory” | Dominic La Croix – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
- “The Responsibility to Come Out to Defeat Briggs and Protect the Right to Work” | Sofia Peace – Pinon Mesa Middle School, Snowline Joint Unified School District
- “Every Day is an Adventure: Her Long Walk to Freedom” | Carlos Barrera-Fuentes – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
Podcast, Group
- “Breaking Barriers: The Evolution of Women’s Rights” | Aniyah Boyd, Alonah Boyd, Jonathan Wolf – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
- “Guardians of the Deep: The Rights of Whales and the Responsibility Humans Have Fables with Abel and Facts with Jasmine” | Jasmine Leonardo-Gaspar, Abel Reyes – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
- “The Bloodiest Moments in History: The Boston Massacre” | Andy Ayon-Flores, Yeshuwa Narvaez-Vazquez – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
Website, Individual
- “Ka Pepe: The Father of Human Rights in the Philippines” | Angelina Laron Niro – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
- “The Electoral College: Safeguarding Rights and Defining Responsibilities in U.S. Elections” | Carlos Villasenor – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
- “My Mother Tongue: The Right to Speak” | David Terrazas – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
Website, Group
- “Encoding Honor: The Navajo Code Talkers’ Sacred Responsibility to Protect Tribal Rights” | Joshua Lopez, Jake Romero, Matthew Ayala-Urbina, Carlos Casas, James Fabian – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
- “The Un-American Dream: The Tragic History of Angel Island” | Andreaa Felix, Camila Gonzalez-Mendiola – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
- “How the Other Half Lives: Jacob Riis” | Sophia Hurtado, Chloe Yip – Ray Wiltsey Middle School, Ontario-Montclair School District
Senior Division (Grades 9 – 12)
Documentary, Individual
- “The Price of Protection: The U.S. Patriot Act” | Jackson Rodgers – Upland High School, Upland Unified School District
- “Lost Angeles: The LA Riots’ Fight for Change" | Isabel Bonus – Chaffey High School, Chaffey Joint Union High School District
- “To Pimp a Melody; A Voice for Civil Rights and Social Change” | Mia Pinkerton – Colony High School, Chaffey Joint Union High School District
Documentary, Group
- “The Salem Witch Trials; A Story of Accusation, Assumption, and Agony” | Isabella Avalos, Lily Elliott, Isaac Rodriguez – Upland High School, Upland Unified School District
- “Disneyfication’s Influence on Society” | Calais Ortega, Charles Menke – Upland High School, Upland Unified School District
- “The Delano Grape Strike" | Kylie Mena, Victoria Vicencio – Chaffey High School, Chaffey Joint Union High School District
Exhibit, Individual
- “18 and Ready: How the Vietnam War Changed Voting” | Amira Simmons – Colony High School, Chaffey Joint Union High School District
- “Chernobyl: The Nuclear Disaster" | Lauren Renteria – Upland High School, Upland Unified School District
- “The Role of African American Women in the Suffrage Movement” | Lysette Ortega – Chaffey High School, Chaffey Joint Union High School District
Exhibit, Group
- “The Holocaust on Trial: How Nuremberg Paved the Way for Universal Human Rights” | Nayleen Pulver, Angel Garay – Summit High School, Fontana Unified School District
- “The Victorville Five: Policing the Police through the Lens of a Video Camera” | Robert Long, Jazzmeen McCrory, Emmalynn Glass – Oak Hills High School, Hesperia Unified School District
- “The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: The Spark that Ignited Labor Rights” | Katelyn Robinson, Faith Arrula – Upland High School, Upland Unified School District
Performance, Individual
- “Susan B. Anthony: A Fight for Rights” | Rebecca Twombly – Upland High School, Upland Unified School District
Podcast, Individual
- “The Rat Pack: Using Fame to Fight for Civil Rights” | Marlen Valadez – Upland High School, Upland Unified School District
Podcast, Group
- “The Rosenhan Experiment: Redefining Rights and Responsibilities in American Psychiatry” | Evan Bravo, Nolan Vu – Upland High School, Upland Unified School District
- “The Legacy of the Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance: Upholding Rights & Responsibilities Amid Oppression” | Matthew Cabrera, Samuel Lai, Arnold Wang – Upland High School, Upland Unified School District
- “Proposition 65: Public Safety or Punchline” | Sarah Caine, Elizabeth Ribak – Upland High School, Upland Unified School District
Website, Individual
- “Voices for Justice: Music in the Civil Rights Movement” | Kelemilani Williams – Oak Hills High School, Hesperia Unified School District
- “The Harlem Renaissance: A Cultural Movement for Rights and Responsibility” | Christian Jimenez – Upland High School, Upland Unified School District
- “The Second Amendment is Needed, But So is Responsibility!” | Mikayla Leagons – Upland High School, Upland Unified School District
Website, Group
- “Her Duty and Right: How the Suffrage Movement Broke Social Norms in the Battle for Women’s Rights” | Jesiah Lepe, Aminah Abdur-Rahim – Cobalt Institute of Math and Science, Victor Valley Union High School District
- “Margaret Sanger – The Birth Control Rights Pioneer” | Michelle Tiang, Mateo Angel – Upland High School, Upland Unified School District
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