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News and Events - 2009 Contest Winners

History Day in Arkansas 2009 – Results

Mary J. Landreth – Outstanding Teacher

Sr. Division – Mike Thomas, Pulaski Academy
Jr. Division – Janet Meyer Buford, Pulaski Heights Middle School

Sarah J. Fountain – Outstanding School

Sr. Division – Central High School (Little Rock)
Jr. Division – Alma Middle School

Junior Individual Exhibit

1st - Rebecca Philpott, Douglas Macarthur: Actions of An Old Soldier Whose Legacy Did Not Fade, Beth Tyler, Carl Stuart Middle School

2nd - Emily Lock, Irena Sendler, Beth Tyler, Carl Stuart Middle School

3rd - Winston Rasmussen, James K. Polk and the Legacy of the Manifest Destiny, Winfield Watson & Thomas Pittman, Central Jr. High School

Junior Group Exhibit

1st - Alyssa Strickland, Bailey McKee, Olivia Tzeng, Avery Taylor, Susan B. Anthony, Cheryl Morris, Bob Courtway Middle School

2nd - Emily Luck, Madison Yates, Clara Barton: An Active Individual with a Never Ending Legacy, Sherry Holder & Kaye McMillian, Carl Stuart Middle School

3rd - Katelynn Dotson, Maggie French, Nikola Tesla, Tabitha Stroud, Goza Middle School

Junior Individual Documentary

1st - Isabella Catron, Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield, Jeanie Perkins, Northridge Middle School

2nd - Logan Hampton, Billy Graham: The Actions and Legacy of the Great Evangelist, Sherry Holder & Kaye McMillian, Carl Stuart Middle School

3rd - Logan Needham, Jackie Robinson Breaking the Color Barrier, Jeanie Perkins, Northridge Middle School

Junior Group Documentary

1st - Caroline Osborn, Emily Bailey, Just What the Doctor Ordered—Reading That's Fun! Actions and Legacies of Theodor Seuss Geisel, Sherry Holder & Kaye McMillian, Carl Stuart Middle School

2nd - Kyle Veit, Cooper Whaley, Color Blind: The Don Haskins Story, Robbie Elliott, Shiloh Christian School

3rd - Alexa Vetsch, Marianne Burnett, Alexis Bibbs, Eleanor Roosevelt: A Lifetime of Legacy, Beth Tyler, Carl Stuart Middle School

Junior Individual Performance

1st - Mary Hales, Jane Austen: Romantic Action, Literary Legacy, Sherry Holder & Kaye McMillian, Carl Stuart Middle School

2nd - Abigail Hill, Jane Addams: Compassion in Action and the Legacy of the Social Reform Movement, Beth Tyler, Carl Stuart Middle School

3rd - David Ford, Sic Semper Tyrannis: The Actions and Legacies of John Wilkes Booth, Beth Tyler, Carl Stuart Middle School

Junior Group Performance

1st - Breck Brammer, Mary Morrison, Dr. Jonas Salk the Inventor of the Polio Vaccine, Jeanie Perkins, Northridge Middle School

2nd - Seth Daniell, Braden Archer, Admiral Raymond Sprounce, Tabitha Stroud, Goza Middle School

3rd - Miranda Nonnemacher, Brittany Griffin, Who Am I? Actions and Legacies of First Ladies, Kimberly Dickens, Alma Middle School

Junior Historical Paper

1st - Rachel Anders, Eleanor Roosevelt, The First Modern Liberal, Janet Meyer Buford, Pulaski Heights Middle School

2nd - Libby Hilliard, The Individual in History: William Wilberforce, A Purposeful Passion, Mitzi Davis & Joan Porter, Coleman Jr. High School

3rd - Mason McNeil, John Jay: Preserving the Peace, Gayla Bailey & Aimee Mimms, Russellville Jr. High School

Junior Web Site Design

1st - Anna Grace Mills, Beneath the Apple Tree: The Story of Irena Sendler, Mitzi Davis, Coleman Jr. High School

2nd - Jon Penn, Tim Berners-Lee: "The Project", Dustin Seaton, Lisa Academy

3rd - Laura Craig, Amelia Earhart: Women's Rights Leader, Sherrye Craig, Craig Home School

Senior Individual Exhibit

1st - Emily Blackard, Golda Meir: Illuminating the Zionist Vision, Gayla Bailey, Russellville Jr. High School

2nd - Kyle Witzigman, A Recipe for Success: Ray Kroc's Legacy, Winfield Watson & Thomas Pittman, Central Jr. High School

3rd - Michelle Evans, Truth Through the Lens of A Gambler: Robert Capa, William Richardson & Robert Wills, Conway High School-East

Senior Group Exhibit

1st - Katherine Dombek, Kate McCalman, Becca Morgan, Henry Dunant: A Legacy Relieving Suffering Through His Actions, William Richardson & Robert Wills, Conway High School-East

2nd - Lindsey McKee, Sydney Taylor, Christie Ernsbarger, Benjamin Franklin: An Individual Whose Politics, Inventions, and Ideas Shaped History, William Richardson & Robert Wills, Conway High School-East

3rd - Adrian Williamson, Chelsea Whelpley, Confucius, Chad Cumming, Pulaski Academy

Senior Individual Documentary

1st - Seth Washispack, Rachel Carson: Controversial Action Against Pesticides and the Legacy of Her Ongoing Modern Environmental Movement, William Richardson & Robert Wills, Conway High School-East

2nd - Corey Post, Michael Collins, Chad Cumming, Pulaski Academy

3rd - Amanda Carr, The Color of Courage: U.S. Marshall Bass Reeve's Unsung Legacy in American Frontier History, Toney McMurray & Manesseh Moore, Alma High School

Senior Group Documentary

1st - Clare Brown, Jon Michael Poff, The Importance of Being Ernest, Bruce Qualls, Batesville High School

2nd - Breanne Witherspoon, Courtney Craft, Marie Curie: Lighting Up the World for Science, Toney McMurray & Manesseh Moore, Alma High School

3rd - Natalie Clark, Taylor Jackson, Whitney Meeks, Orval Faubus: An Individual Decision Causing a Changed Future, William Richardson & Robert Wills, Conway High School-East

Senior Individual Performance

1st - Kerry Cole, The Little Lion: Alexander Hamilton and the Creation of the American Economy and Government, William Richardson & Robert Wills, Conway High School-East

2nd - Laura Holmes, By Deeds Not Words: Alice Paul's Militant Fight for Women's Suffrage, Robin Burge, Riverview High School

3rd - Eileen Ablondi, S.E. Hinton and "The Outsiders:" A Teenager's Legacy, William Richardson & Robert Wills, Conway High School-East

Senior Group Performance

1st - Jeannie Corbitt, Rachel Ford, Aspen Madrid, Annie Browne, The Sky Is The Limit: Jackie Cochran and the WASP ofWorld War II, William Richardson & Robert Wills, Conway High School-East

2nd - Hannah Cook, Lindsey, Lindsey Coulter, Erin Green, Alex Williams, Through the Eyes of a Rider: How the Actions of Charles Loring Brace Impacted Children's Lives, Winfield Watson & Thomas Pittman, Central Jr. High School

3rd - Jasmine Burress, Stanley Parker, Nou Yang, David O. Dodd, Karan Hughes, Nashville High School

Senior Historical Paper

1st - Max Virgil, John Maynard Keynes: The Great Economist, Chad Cumming, Pulaski Academy

2nd - Phillip Vandenberg, Isaac Murphy: Arkansas's Forgotten Governor, Winfield Watson & Thomas Pittman, Central Jr. High School

3rd - David Albers, FDR: A Leader through Tough Economic Times and War, Toney McMurray & Manesseh Moore, Alma High School

Senior Web Site Design

1st - Tiancheng Zhang, Vijay Rajaram, Agent of Insurrection: Kermit Roosevelt's Role in the 1953 Iranian Coup D'état, Michael Thomas, Pulaski Academy

2nd - Ashleigh Kuykendall, Lance St. Laurent, Brendan Lee, The Man, The Myth, The Murderer: Jack the Ripper and the Birth of the 20th Century, Erin Mills, Alma High School

3rd - Matt Morgan, David Pollard, Werner von Braun: An Individual in History, Chad Cumming, Pulaski Academy