Regional Social Studies Fair winners announced
Contact: Tonya Lowentritt
Date: March 20, 2013
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1) SOCIAL STUDIES FAIR WINNERS FROM ST. TAMMANY PARISH – Students from St. Tammany Parish were among the winners at the annual Region VIII Social Studies Fair, hosted March 13 by Southeastern Louisiana University. From left, are Grant Gordon of Cedarwood School, Ben Brodt and Griffen Clements of Lake Harbor Middle School, Catherine Rockwell of Mandeville Jr. High, Ben Hundley of Northlake Christian, and Matalyn Stark and Dominique Ketchens of Pearl River High.
2) SOCIAL STUDIES FAIR WINNERS FROM TANGIPAHOA PARISH – Students from Tangipahoa Parish were among the winners at the annual Region VIII
Social Studies Fair, hosted March 13 by Southeastern Louisiana University. From left
are Daniel Acosta, Division I grand prize winner from the Southeastern Laboratory
School, and Aleigh Sanders and Marlie Smith Martha, Division II grand prize winners
of Martha Vinyard School.
HAMMOND – Matalyn Stark of Pearl River High School was the grand prize winner in the Division
III individual category in the 2013 Region 8 Social Studies Fair held at Southeastern
Louisiana University March 13.
Stark's winning Louisiana history project was "Brick by Brick."
All grand prize winners will advance to the state Social Studies Fair to be held
at Louisiana State University later this spring.
Grand prize individual winner in Division II (grades 6-8) was Catherine Rockwell
of Mandeville Jr. High for her economics project "The Federal Reserve System;" in
the division's group category Aleigh Sanders and Marlie Smith of Martha Vinyard in
Ponchatoula claimed the top prize for their geography project "Aurora Borealis: 'The
Northern Lights'."
In Division I (grades 4-5) Daniel Acosta of Southeastern Laboratory School claimed
the grand prize for his history project "Who Remembers the Armenians."
Other winners by parish and school announced at the event are:
LIVINGSTON PARISH
DOYLE ELEMENTARY: Braedon Gray, Division II, fourth place, sociology
FRENCH SETTLEMENT ELEMENTARY: Payton Clouatre and Samantha Lewis, Division II, third place, history.
ST. TAMMANY PARISH
ABITA SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL: Konrad Barrack, Division I, first place, economics; Lilly
Bellas, Division I, first place, Louisiana history; and Jonathan Scholl, Division
I, second place, history.
BAYOU LACOMBE MIDDLE: Anthony Dumas, Division I, first place, anthropology; Maci Losch, Division I, third place, anthropology; Alana Batiste, Division I, fourth place, anthropology; Matthew Laurent, Division I, fourth place, anthropology; and Eric Kieper, Division II, fourth place, Louisiana history.
CEDARWOOD SCHOOL (MANDEVILLE): Grant Gorden, Division II, grand prize runner up, anthropology; Andy Smith, Division II, first place, political science; Camille Pierce, Division II, second place, anthropology; Emma Flucke, Division II, second place, economics; Ryan Purvis, Division II, third place, political science; and Andrew Wuertzel, Division II, fourth place, history.
LAKE HARBOR MIDDLE (MANDEVILLE): Brenden Williams, Logan Brown, and Brian Bates, Division II, first place, history; and Benjamin Brodt and Griffin Clements, Division II, grand prize runner-up, political science.
MANDEVILLE JUNIOR: Adam Moeller, Division II, first place, Louisiana history; Kyle Currie, Division II, first place, political science; Anna Landry, Division II, third place, geography; and Rachel Butz, Division II, third place, sociology.
MANDEVILLE MIDDLE: Chris Marquez, Division II, second place, political science; Hayden Goertz, Division II, third place, anthropology; and Stephen Baudier, Division II, fourth place, anthropology.
NORTHLAKE CHRISTIAN (COVINGTON): Becca Preston, Division I, first place, geography; Ben Hundley, Division I, grand prize runner-up, political science; Adrianna Williams, Division I, second place, anthropology; Diego Davie, Division I, second place, economics; Hamp Shorter, Division I, second place, Louisiana history; Malia Cazalot, Division I, second place, political science; Bailey Desselles, Division I, third place, geography; Regan Barousse, Division I, third place, Louisiana history; Joshua Jones, Division I, third place, political science; Halle McKenzie, Division I, fourth place, economics; and Michael Foley, Division I, fourth place, geography.
OUR LADY OF THE LAKE (MANDEVILLE): Caera Taylor and Nolan Taylor, Division II, first place, sociology; Sarah Dufour, Division II, third place, economics; and Jose' Mario Zelaya, Division II, third place, history.
PEARL RIVER HIGH: Dominique Ketchens, Division III, grand prize runner-up, history.
ST. TAMMANY JUNIOR: Noah Glass, Division II, first place, geography;
Ian Kelly, Division II, first place, sociology; Gabby Ignacio, Division II, second
place, sociology; Nathan Laug, Division II, second place geography; Bernel Davis III,
Division II, fourth place, economics; and Tristan Johnson, Division II, fourth place,
geography.
ST. HELENA PARISH
ST. HELENA CENTRAL HIGH: Iris Travis, Division III, first place, history; Meisha Melton
and Da' Veichia Taylor, Division III, second place, history; and Amber Parnell and
Randi Wall, Division III, third place, history.
TANGIPAHOA PARISH
MARTHA VINYARD: Arinanah Sultana, Division I, first place, sociology; Lucas Drake and William Drake, Division II, first place, anthropology; Savannah Babin, Division I, second place, geography; Savannah Harris, Division I, second place, sociology; Aiden and Breysen Dettwiller, Division II, second place, sociology; and Zachary Larkin, Division II, second place, Louisiana history; Abby Harper, Division I, third place, sociology; Joseph Louviere, Division II, third place, Louisiana history; Maygen O'Mally, Division I, fourth place, history; and Madison Saucier, Division I, fourth place, sociology.
NEWSOM MIDDLE: Danielle Hampton and Christopher Durbin, Division II, second place, history.
SOUTHEASTERN LAB: Jessica Kerber, Division II, first place, history; Amber Ashton, Division II, second place, history; Leah Benfield, Division I, third place, economics; and Holly Elizabeth Bordelon, Division I, third place, history.
