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The School District of Osceola County, FL
Melba Luciano, Superintendent
Press Release
April 1, 2015 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (English and Spanish)
Contact: Dana Schafer, Public Information Officer - Osceola School District -- 407870-4007 or 407-908-8811 (cell)
Osceola School District's History Fair Winners
Nine secondary schools were represented by 122 students at this year's District
History Fair, which was held on March 4, 2015, at Denn John Middle School.
Students from Denn John Middle, Discovery Intermediate, Gateway High, Horizon
Middle, Kissimmee Middle, Narcoossee Middle, Neptune Middle, Osceola County
School for the Arts, and St. Cloud Middle created projects for submission after
winning at their respective school's History Fairs. Students competed in the
categories of Historical Papers, Documentaries, Websites, Exhibits, and
Performances. Students placing first or second in their category will have the
opportunity to attend the Florida History Fair to be held May 3-5 in Tallahassee,
Florida.
The list of winners in each category from this event are as follows:
Historical Paper: Junior Division Awards
First Place – The Leadership and Legacy of William Churchill - William Ozment, St.
Cloud Middle School
Second Place - The International Space Station - Jason Miguel Torres, Osceola
County School for the Arts
Third Place - Henry Ford - Abigail Kratochvil, Neptune Middle School
Historical Paper: Senior Division
First Place - Bartholomew de las Casas - Sara Anis, Gateway High School
Individual Exhibit: Junior Division Awards
First Place – FDR: Courageous Leader, Enduring Legacy - Noah Craig, Narcoossee
Middle School
Second Place - Hitler: Strong Leader, Evil Legacy - Cody Huff, Narcoossee Middle
School
Third Place - Thomas Paine Revolutionary Writing - Caroline Serrano, St. Cloud
Middle School
Individual Exhibit: Senior Division Awards
First Place – Dr. Suess - Adessa Dumeng, Gateway High School
Second Place - Changing Rights of Muslim Women - Keishla Vazquez, Gateway
High School
Group Exhibit: Junior Division Awards
First Place – Joseph Kony - Kimberly Tyler and Kayla Blackwood, Neptune Middle
School
Second Place - Ignaz Semmelweis: One Man's Quest to Save Mothers' Lives Jenna Curtis and Emily Froehlich, Osceola County School for the Arts
Third Place - Bessie Coleman - Zariah Brawner and Najeera Williams, Osceola
County School for the Arts
Individual Website: Junior Division Awards
First Place – Olaudah Equiano: Exposing the Horrors of the Middle Passage Ruben Hernandez, Osceola County School for the Arts
Second Place - Elizabeth Blackwell, the First Female Physician - Abigail Willis, Denn
John Middle School
Third Place - Leadership and Legacy of Theodor Seuss Geisel - Katelyn Warga, St.
Cloud Middle School
Individual Website: Senior Division Awards
First Place – Mamie & Emmett Till: Sacrificial Lamb of the Civil - Erick Louis,
Osceola County School for the Arts
Individual Website: Senior Division Awards
First Place – Lift Ev'ry Voice - Cavasio Validum, Jose Garcia, Rhedacia Hardee,
Fabiana Serat, and Roldor Opont, Osceola County School for the Arts
Second Place - Leading the Fight to Eradicate Communicable Disease - Nicolas
Tamayo and Branden Joseph, Gateway High School
Group Website: Junior Division Awards
First Place – Little Rock: School Integration - Melissa Gutierrez and Christian De
Jesus, Osceola County School for the Arts
Second Place - Alice Paul: Leading the Movement for Equal Rights - Mariah
Cochran and Etana Sissoko, Osceola County School for the Arts
Third Place - John Glenn: The History - Craig Zurewich, Jake Parsons, and Eli
Kersey, Neptune Middle School
Individual Documentary: Junior Division Awards
First Place – Steve Jobs: Journey to Success - Melina Samnang, Osceola County
School for the Arts
Second Place - Pablo Escobar - Kaley Arboleda, Osceola County School for the Arts
Third Place - Robert Oppenheimer and His Leadership and the Legacy of the Atomic
Bomb - Alejandro Gomez, Denn John Middle School
Group Documentary: Junior Division Awards
First Place – John Adams: An Unlike Yet Powerful Leader - Joscelyn Rivera and
Melanie Rivera, Denn John Middle School
Second Place - The Leadership and Legacy of Pearl Harbor and Yamamoto - Justin
Pena and Peter Hoang, Denn John Middle School
Third Place - Alfred Nobel - Ethan Janicki, Manahil Khan, Anastasia Trejo, Luc
Duval, and Savannah Yon, Osceola County School for the Arts
Individual Performance: Junior Division Awards
First Place – The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: President Chester Alan Arthur's
New Beginning of a New America - Sophia Gannaoui, Denn John Middle School
Second Place - Thomas Jeffersons' Leadership & Legacy - Athena Vuncannon,
Denn John Middle School
Group Performance: Junior Division Awards
First Place – The Father of Organized Crime - Lucky Luciano - Yasmin Khan, Dena
Luttig, Gianna Renteria, Hailey Alise, and Alexandra Nieves, Denn John Middle
School
Second Place - Alice Paul and the Women Suffragists - Sarah Khan, Areeba Usami,
Lemuel Rexath, and Juliana Dominguez, Denn John Middle School
Individual Performance: Senior Division Awards
First Place – Mother Theresa - On the Road to Sainthood - Karina Amalbert,
Gateway High School
Second Place - Lana Del Rey: The Unknown Legend - Juan Escudero, Gateway
High School
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