More than 100 students from six school systems participated in the Northeast Tennessee District National History Day on March 20 at Tusculum College.<\/p>\n
Students created exhibits, documentaries and websites, wrote papers and wrote and performed plays on a topic that related to this year\u2019s theme, \u201cRevolution, Reaction, Reform in History.\u201d The top winners in each category advance to the state competition on April 21 in Nashville.<\/p>\n
Schools participating included Chuckey-Doak High School, Chuckey-Doak Middle School, McDonald Elementary School, Mosheim Middle School and South Greene High School from the Greene County School System; Cosby High School from the Cocke County School System; Greeneville Middle School from the Greeneville School System; Happy Valley Middle School from the Carter County School System; John Sevier Middle School from the Kingsport School System, and Sullivan Central High School from the Sullivan County School System. A home schooled student also participated.<\/p>\n
This is the first year for a district National History Day event in Northeast Tennessee. Previously, students from this area participated in the East Tennessee District competition in Knoxville.<\/p>\n
District National History Day in Northeast Tennessee was funded by the Andrew Johnson Heritage Association with support from the Niswonger Foundation. Nikki Niswonger, representing the foundation and association, presented the awards. Additional support was provided by Tusculum College as the event\u2019s host.<\/p>\n
Sponsors and donors for the event included the Center for Appalachian Studies and Services at East Tennessee State University, Plus Mark \u2013 American Greetings, McDonald\u2019s, Pal\u2019s, Taco Bell and Zaxby\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Darlene McCleish, National History Day resource coordinator for the Northeast Tennessee district, worked in the schools to help students and teachers as the projects were prepared throughout the school year. Helping coordinate the event and providing guidance to the judges and volunteers was George Collins of the Andrew Johnson Heritage Association.<\/p>\n
Overall medal winners in the junior division, grades 6-8, and in the senior division, grades 9-12, advance to the state competition.<\/p>\n
Junior Division<\/strong><\/p>\n Junior division individual winners included:<\/p>\n Junior division group winners included:<\/p>\n Senior Division<\/strong><\/p>\n Senior division individual winners included:<\/p>\n In the group category for documentaries, first place was won by Sierra Holder, Cody Morgan and Ashley Ruess, eleventh graders from South Greene, with their project about integration of public schools; Jonathan Burchell, William Etter, Hunter Henry, Tyler Showman and Patrick Vance, tenth graders also from South Greene, won second with their documentary about Julius Caesar, and Caley Williamson and Lindsey Williamson, students at Cosby High School, won third place with their project, \u201cRevolution Over the Mountain.\u201d<\/p>\n Awards were also presented in relation to research and topics. These awards include cash prizes provided by the award sponsors. Jacob Taylor received the \u201cBest Use of Primary Resources\u201d award sponsored by Lois Smith of Century 21 Legacy. \u201cBest Entry related to African-American or Native American History\u201d was presented to Sierra Holder, Cody Morgan and Ashley Reuss. This award was also sponsored by Smith.<\/p>\n Hana Auchterlonie, Brittany Everhart, Ashley Moore and Maddux Southerland received the awards for \u201cBest Entry Related to Women\u2019s History\u201d and \u201cBest Bibliography.\u201d \u00a0The women\u2019s history award was sponsored by the Andrew Johnson Heritage Association from gifts given in honor of the late Lillian Taylor, a former president of the organization. The bibliography award was sponsored by Mapes Piano String Company.<\/p>\n Luke Douthat, Whittney Heaton, Will Melton, Ashton Pierce and Allen Tolliver received the award for \u201cBest Entry Related to Tennessee History.\u201d This award was sponsored by Copies Unlimited.<\/p>\n Grade level awards were also presented.<\/p>\n The sixth grade awards included: documentaries-individual, Dustin Ottinger from Greeneville Middle (GMS), first place, and J.T. Pierce from Chuckey-Doak Middle (CDMS), second; documentaries-group: Madison Wilder and Tiffany Walker from GMS, first; Elijah Deyton and Matthew Fisher from GMS, second, and Nathanel Moon and Jacob Willett from CDMS, third; exhibits-individual, first place, Taylor Craft from CDMS; exhibits-groups, Darli Alshie and Violet Boss, GMS, first place; Haven Humphreys, Syndney Humphreys, Drew Ripley, CDMS, second; and Courtney Jessie, Kaitlyn Robinette and Abbee Swatzell from Mosheim, third, and papers, Allison Chudina from GMS, first place; James Duer from GMS, second, and Nathaniel Ashley from GMS, third.<\/p>\n The seventh grade winners included: documentaries-individuals, Ezra Skwarka from Mosheim, first place; Sam McNeese from GMS, second; documentaries-groups, Addie Leonard and Ali Shepherd from GMS, first place; Drew Daugherty, Dawson Martin and Brandon Waddell from GMS, second place, and Savannah Hawkins and Sarah Troy from GMS, third; exhibits-individuals, Hayley Willett from Mosheim, first, and papers, Riley Alexander from GMS, first place.<\/p>\n Eighth grader winners included: documentaries-group, Sahley Babb, Jamie Lee Clark and Kaylee Johnson from Happy Valley, first place, and Courtney Adams, Samantha Mungwira and Kenzie Richardson from Happy Valley, second; exhibits-individual, Vanessa Dykes from Happy Valley, first; Colby McKeehan from Happy Valley, second, and Jessica Rosenbalm from McDonald, third; exhibits-groups, Joseph Byrum and Christian Durocher from Happy Valley, first; Morgan Hudson and Signe Mikkelson of John Sevier Middle, second, and Dylan Kirk and Spencer Lawson from McDonald, third; performances, Hana Auchterlonie, Brittany Everhart, Ashley Moore and Maddux Southerland from Mosheim, first place; Luke Douthat, Whittney Heaton, Will Melton, Ashton Pierce and Allen Tolliver from McDonald, second place, and Sarah Beets, Joey Chandler, Alicia Dyer and Racheal Kirk from McDonald, third, and papers, Ryne Tipton from John Sevier, first place, and Jade Stout from Happy Valley, second.<\/p>\n Ninth grade winners included Jacob Maine from Sullivan Central, first place in individual exhibits, and Luke Martin and Zach Wise from Sullivan Central, second place in group exhibits.<\/p>\n Tenth grade winners included first place in documentaries, Jonathan Burchnell, William Etter, Henry Hunter, Tyler Showman and Patrick Vance from South Greene, and first place in papers, Jacob Taylor, a home-schooled student.<\/p>\n Eleventh grade winners included: group documentaries, Sierra Holder, Cody Morgan and Ashley Reuss from South Greene, first place, and Caley Williamson and Lindsey Williams from Cosby, second place; individual exhibits, Courtney Smith from South Greene, first place, and group exhibits, Lillie Blazer and Zullybeth Mazares from Chuckey-Doak, second place and Brittany Acree, Jasmine Ricks and Tiffany Smeler from Cosby, third place.<\/p>\n Judges for the competition included educators and those involved in heritage organizations and agencies. The judges included Dr. George Blanks, president of the Greene County Heritage Trust; Debra Jo Boles, K-8 instructional supervisor for Greene County Schools; Amy Collins, director of the Archives of Appalachia in the Center for Appalachian Studies and Services at ETSU; Judy Collins, a retired elementary school teacher; Joyce Doughty, president of the Andrew Johnson Heritage Association; Marilyn duBrisk, artist-in-residence and director of Tusculum College Arts Outreach; Dr. Paul Fox, interim director of the School of Education at Tusculum; Carolyn Gregg, retired elementary school teacher and professor of education at Tusculum; Barbara Holt, costume director of Tusculum Arts Outreach; Angelelia Johnson, technology specialist at Chuckey Elementary School; Yhona Jones, K-8 instructional supervisor for the Greene County Schools; Ruth Kross, adjunct professor of history at Tusculum; Kathryn Mitchell, education park ranger at the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site; Garry Renfro, graphic arts and pre-press specialist at American Greetings; Randy Sanders, managing editor of Now and Then, the magazine of ETSU\u2019s Center for Appalachian Studies and Services; Amy Saxonmeyer, artist and musician; Dr. Don Sexton,\u00a0 professor emeritus-history at Tusculum, and Chris Small from the Lincoln Project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" More than 100 students from six school systems participated in the Northeast Tennessee District National History Day on March 20 at Tusculum College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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