A journey through time has netted several GCHS students top honors at the state National History Day (NHD) event hosted at the University of Kentucky.
Corbin Logsdon and Max Matthews earned 2nd place in the Group Presentation category for their performance titled "Womans Rights Movement." They advance to the national competition this June in Washington, DC.
The team of Kennedy Miller, Ella Narvaez, Hunter Parks, and Emmaleigh Pennington took 3rd place in Group Documentary for "The March to Montgomery". They were also runners-up for the Outstanding African American History Award.
Daniel Ratley earned a 3rd place finish for his paper, "Billboard Regulation and the Highway Beautification Act: A Turning Point in History Navigating Aesthetics, Safety, and the First Amendment."
Coach/sponsors are GCHS teachers Dustin Cannon through his AP US History class and Melinda Baum with the Junior Historical Society club. Students competed at regionals to earn a berth at state, and have now either advanced to nationals outright or as potential alternates. Nationals placement brings the opportunity to earn scholarship money and/or cash prizes.
When creating a project, students must select one of five National History Day competition categories: documentary, exhibit, historical paper, performance, or website.
Each year NHD has a different theme that the students must tie their topics to and this year's theme was "Turning Point". Next school year, the competition's theme will be "Rights and Responsibilities". This year marks the 50th anniversary of NHD.