Southeastern Louisiana University

Regional Social Studies Fair winners announced

Contact: Rene Abadie

3/29/11

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     HAMMOND – John Villarubbia of St. Paul’s School in Covington took first place in the Division III individual category while Jack Murphy and Evan Heitzman of Mandeville Junior High School claimed the top award in the division’s group category in the 2011 Region 8 Social Studies Fair held at Southeastern Louisiana University March 16. 
     Villarubbia’s winning sociology project was “Distracted or Connected: Wired 2 It.” Murphy and Heitzman’s group project focused on Igor Stravinsky in the history discipline.
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 7-8) was Michael Seenappa of Mandeville Junior High for his sociology project “Does Big Brother See Too Much;” in the division’s group category Jamie Downie and Walt Kelly of Cedarwood School in Mandeville claimed the top prize for their sociology project “Combating Modern Piracy.”
     In Division I (grades 4-6), Sarah Kate Casey of Cedarwood claimed the grand prize for her anthropology project “Ils Sont Partis!” Celeste Mire and Laural Mire of Our Lady of the Lake School in Mandeville got the division’s group grand prize for their project “Mardi Gras Indians in New Orleans Culture.”
     Other winners by parish and school announced at the event are:
LIVINGSTON PARISH
DOYLE ELEMENTARY: Keri Hunt, third, Division I, geography.

TANGIPAHOA PARISH
HAMMOND WESTSIDE UPPER: Mollie Hebert, Division I, third place, political science; Londyn Hines, Division I, fourth place, geography.

HOLY GHOST: Rachael Knaps and Payton Ramsey, grand prize runner up, Division I, sociology; Maggie Boynton, grand prize runner up, Division I, history; Cullen Sellers and Tyler Leblanc, first place, Division II, geography; Grace Amar and Bobbi Amar, first place, Division II, history; Paige Kastner and Cassidy Cornes, first place, Division II, anthropology; Ally Inman, first place, Division II, political science; Jennifer Dettwiller, first place, Division II, geography; Laura Huggett, first place, Division II, anthropology; Haley Magliolo and Carly Drude, Division I, second place, sociology; Taylor Thornhill and Alyce Sims Plunkett, Division I, second place, history; Bennett Faust, Division I, second place, political science; Christopher Threeton, Division I, second place, geography; Ellen Gambel, Division I, second place, history; Jamie Kiral and Emily DePaula, Division II, second place, sociology; Jessica Camelo and Bailey Barker, Division II, second place, history; Sadie Daugereaux, Division II, third place, sociology.

MARTHA VINYARD: Alexis Madron and Shansis James, Division I, first place, history; Leslie Alvarez and Maricela Barrera, Division III, third place, sociology.

SOUTHEASTERN LAB: Olivia Bates and Anna Parker, Division II, grand prize runner up, economics; Weston Arnold, Division II, second place, political science; Elise O’Connell and Brittany Lofaso, Division II, third place, sociology;

ST. TAMMANY PARISH
BAYOU LACOMBE: Morgan Authement, Division I, fourth place, political science.

CEDARWOOD (MANDEVILLE): Jack Statton, Division II, first place, economics; Maddi Pierce and Eva Royer, Division II, second place, anthropology; Muhammad Alwan and Marc Costa, Division I, third place, history; Abigail Smith, Division II, third place, anthropology; Devi McCrory, Division I, fourth place, anthropology; Rebekah Downie, Division I, fourth place, history.

LAKE HARBOR MIDDLE (MANDEVILLE): Lauren Ducote, Division I, second place, sociology; Jamie Wetekamm, Division I, third place, history.

MADISONVILLE JUNIOR: Paige Ogle, Division I, first place, economics; Abby Covington, Division II, second place, economics; Brierre Breaux, Division II, second place, anthropology; Patricia McDaniel, Division II, fourth place, anthropology; Victoria Grieco, Division II, fourth place, geography.

MANDEVILLE JUNIOR: Mary Frances Unger, Division II, second place, history; Shalin Bhatt, Division II, second place, sociology; Mia Provenzano, Division II, third place, history; Damon Koukoutchos, Division II, fourth place, sociology; Robert Burbank, Division II, fourth place, history.

MANDEVILLE MIDDLE: Blayne Hetro, Division I, first place, political science; Shelby White, Division I, second place, economics; Clay Pantell, Division I, second place, anthropology; Sarah English, Division I, third place, anthropology; Olivia Morales, Division I, fourth place, economics.

MARY QUEEN OF PEACE (MANDEVILLE): Marissa Gandolfo Muller, Division I, fourth place, sociology.

MONTELEONE JUNIOR (MANDEVILLE): Christopher B. Zimmer, Division II, second place, geography; Allie Moore, Division II, third place, geography.

NORTHLAKE CHRISTIAN (COVINGTON): Cassidy Cunningham, Division I, third place, economics; Catherine Craighead, Division I, third place, sociology.

OUR LADY OF THE LAKE (MANDEVILLE): Caroline Cantrelle, Division I, first place, geography.

PEARL RIVER HIGH: Danielle Koster and Megin Revon, Division III, grand prize runner up, history; Stefania Irigoyen, Division III, first prize, anthropology; Kendra Woods, Renecia Kelly and Alexis Taylor, Division III, second place, sociology.

ST. PAUL (COVINGTON): Jack Lynch, Division III, grand prize runner up, history; Andrew Mullet, Division III, first place, political science; Blake Tudela, Division III, second place, history; Bobby Bayer, Division III, third place, sociology; Nicholas Brennan, Division III, third place, history; Nick Johnson, Division III, fourth place, sociology.

ST. SCHOLASTICA (COVINGTON): Shelby C. Bryan, Division III, second place, sociology.

ST. TAMMANY JUNIOR (SLIDELL): Tristan Barco, Division II, grand prize runner up, history; Ian Kelly, Division I, first place, sociology; Brianna Navarre, Division II, third place, economics; Macauly McGee, Division II, third place, political science.

CUTLINES
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1) SOCIAL STUDIES FAIR INDIVIDUAL GRAND PRIZE WINNER DIVISION III – Division III Grand Prize Individual winner at the annual Region VIII Social Studies Fair, hosted March 16 by Southeastern Louisiana University was John Villarubbia, left, of St. Paul’s School. Runner up was Jack Lynch, also of St. Paul’s School.

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2) SOCIAL STUDIES FAIR GROUP WINNERS DIVISION III – Division III Grand Prize Group winners in the annual Region VIII Social Studies Fair at Southeastern Louisiana University were, from left, Jack Murphy and Evan Heitzmann of St. Paul’s School. Runners up were, from right, Megin Revon and Danielle Koster of Pearl River High.

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3) SOCIAL STUDIES FAIR GROUP WINNERS DIVISION II – Grand Prize Group winners in the annual Region VIII Social Studies Fair at Southeastern Louisiana University were, from left, Jamie Downie and Walt Kelly of Cedarwood School. Runners up were, from right, Anna Parker and Olivia Bates of the Southeastern Laboratory School.

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4) SOCIAL STUDIES FAIR INDIVIDUAL WINNERS DIVISION II – Grand Prize Individual winner in the annual Region VIII Social Studies Fair at Southeastern Louisiana University was Michael Seenappa, left, of Mandeville Jr. High. Runner up was Tristan Barco of St. Tammany Jr. High.

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5) SOCIAL STUDIES FAIR GROUP WINNER DIVISION I – Division I Grand Prize Group winners of the annual Region VIII Social Studies Fair at Southeastern Louisiana University were, from left, Celest Mire and Laurel Mire of Our Lady of the Lake.

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6) SOCIAL STUDIES GROUP RUNNER UP DIVISION I – Division I Group Runners up of the annual Region VIII Social Studies Fair at Southeastern Louisiana University were, from left, Rachael Knaps and Payton Ramsey of Holy Ghost Catholic School.

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7) SOCIAL STUDIES INDIVIDUAL WINNER DIVISION I – Division I Individual winner of the annual Region VIII Social Studies Fair at Southeastern Louisiana University was Sarah Kate Casey, left, of Cedarwood School. Runner up was Maggie Boynton of Holy Ghost Catholic School.