Regional Social Studies Fair winners announced

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Contact: Tonya Lowentritt

3/9/12


1) St. Tammany Parish winners2) Tangipahoa Parish winners3) Livingston Parish winners

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 7 by Southeastern Louisiana University. Front row from left, are Lucas Lawlor and Christine Braun from Tchefuncte Middle School, Gwynneth LeBlanc of Cedarwood School, Brandon Gallego, Claire Schmitt and Nolan Taylor, all from Our Lady of the Lake; back row from left are David Englehardt, Trent Pouey, Michael Sitarz, John Lynch, Tyler Murphy, and William O’Roarke all of St. Paul’s School.

2) SOCIAL STUDIES FAIR WINNERS FROM TANGIPAHOA Students from Tangipahoa Parish were among the winners at the annual Region VIII Social Studies Fair, hosted March 7 by Southeastern Louisiana University. Division II grand prize group winners were Shawn Collins, left, and Jarvis Crockerham of the Southeastern Laboratory School.

3) SOCIAL STUDIES FAIR WINNERS FROM LIVINGSTON Students from Livingston Parish were among the winners at the annual Region VIII Social Studies Fair, hosted March 7 by Southeastern Louisiana University. Division I grand prize group winners were Payton Clouatre, left, and Izzibelle Manuel of French Settlement Elementary.

     HAMMOND Michael Sitarz of St. Paul’s School in Covington took first place in the Division III individual category, while Trent Pouey and David Englehardt, also of St. Paul’s School, claimed the top award in the division’s group category in the 2012 Region 8 Social Studies Fair held at Southeastern Louisiana University March 7.
     Sitarz’s winning sociology project was “The Mad Among Us.” Pouey and Englehardt’s group project focused on “History of America’s Moonshine.”
     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 Brandon Gallego of Our Lady of the Lake for his history project “The Brooklyn Bridge: A People’s Bridge;” in the division’s group category Shawn Collins and Jarvis Crockerham of the Southeastern Laboratory School in Hammond claimed the top prize for their history project “Fight for the Right to Fight.”
     In Division I (grades 4-5) Christina Braun of Tchefuncte Middle School claimed the grand prize for her anthropology project “Daily Life in Ancient Athens;” Payton Clouatre and Izzibelle Manuel of French Settlement Elementary School got the division’s group grand prize for their project “The Battle of Baton Rouge.”
     Other winners by parish and school announced at the event are:

LIVINGSTON PARISH
     FRENCH SETTLEMENT ELEMENTARY: Gabrielle Blanchard, Division I, fourth place, anthropology; and Mia Tranchina, Division I, fourth place, Louisiana history.

ST. TAMMANY PARISH
     ABITA SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL: Laken Adcox, Division I, first place, Louisiana history.
     BAYOU LACOMBE: Kaylee Bech, Division I, first place, economics; Seth Hardesty, Division I, third place, political science; Taylor Torregano, Division I, third place, sociology; Joshua Hays, Division II, third place, political science; Iriel Laurent, Division I, fourth place, political science; and Madison Cousin, Division II, fourth place, political science.
     CEDARWOOD SCHOOL (MANDEVILLE): Gwynneth LeBlanc, Division II, grand prize runner up, sociology; Muhammad Alwan and Marc Costa, Division II, first place, economics; Elizabeth Whitworth, Division II, first place, political science; and Rebekah Kocsis, Division II, second place, political science.
     FLORIDA AVENUE ELEMENTARY: Collin Aupied, Division I, second place, anthropology; and Tanner Harvey, Division II, fourth place, geography.
     LAKE HARBOR MIDDLE (MANDEVILLE): Julian Thompson, Division II, second place, history.
     LEE ROAD JUNIOR HIGH: Richard Martinez, Division II, third place, economics.
     MANDEVILLE JUNIOR: Margaret Larson, Division II, second place, economics; Alexandra Lawler, Division II, second place, sociology; Harrison Williams, Division II, third place, sociology; and Lindsey Licciardi, Division II, fourth place, sociology.
     MANDEVILLE MIDDLE: Hannah Helms, Division II, first place, geography; Evan Mayer, Division I, second place, economics; Luke Pocorello, Division II, third place, history; and Rachel Kitchen, Division II, third place, Louisiana history.
     MARY QUEEN OF PEACE (MANDEVILLE): Emily Simons, Division II, third place, geography; and Brandon Nicotri, Division II, fourth place, history.
     NORTHLAKE CHRISTIAN (COVINGTON): Caroline Ellzey, Division I, first place, political science; Harry Fontenoy, Division I, second place, political science; Daniel O’Connor, Division I, second place, sociology; Garrett Acosta, Division I, third place, Louisiana history; Colby Desselles, Division I, fourth place, sociology.
     OUR LADY OF THE LAKE (MANDEVILLE): Claire Schmitt and Nolan Taylor, Division II, grand prize runner up, sociology; Lauren Hanley and Caroline Knepper, Division II, third place, anthropology; and Tyler Fair, Division II, fourth place, economics.
     PEARL RIVER HIGH: Colleen Noel Seeley, Division III, second place, sociology; and Matalyn Stark, Division III, fourth place, history.
     ST. PAUL (COVINGTON): William O’Rourke and Tyler Murphy, Division III, grand prize runner up, political science; Jack Lynch, Division III, grand prize runner up, history; Grant Connoly, Division III, first place, political science; Dylan Monies, Division III, second place, history; Sean Lavin, Division III, third place, economics; and Max Morvant, Division III, third place, history.
     ST. SCHOLASTICA (COVINGTON): Shelby C. Bryan, Division III, third place, sociology.
     TCHEFUNCTE MIDDLE: Lucas Lawler, Division I, grand prize runner up, geography; Andrew Ward, Division I, first place, history; Matthew Larsen, Division I, first place sociology; Hanzala Hussain, Division I, first place, anthropology; Catherine Rockwell, Division I, first place, economics; Manal Malik, Division I, second place, geography; Caleb McKay, Division I, second place, history; Ellen Breaux, Division I, second place, Louisiana history; William Tusa, Division I, third place, economics; Michael Pettigrew, Division I, third place geography; and Olivia Christopher, Division I, third place, history.

TANGIPAHOA PARISH
     MARTHA VINYARD: Kyle Ward, Division II, first place, geography; Kendall Vining, Division II, second place, anthropology; Paul Johnson, Division II, second place, Louisiana history; Savannah Phillips and Jordan Louvere, Division I, third place, anthropology; Whitney Newman and Hannah Nucio, Division I, third place, history; Elizabeth McCrae, Division I, third place anthropology; Hannah Bordelon and Alaina Randazzo, Division II, third place, history; Perla Rodriquez, Division II, third place, anthropology; Aiden and Breyson Dettwiller, Division I, fourth place, history; and Brandon King, Division I, fourth place, geography.
     NEWSOM MIDDLE: Danielle Hampton and Jonathan Anthony, Division II, second, history.

SOUTHEASTERN LAB: Andrew Bordelon, Division II, first place, Louisiana history; Abby Wright and Beth Dowdy, Division II, third place, sociology; Jada Bezue, Division I, fourth place, history; and Samantha Messina, Division II, fourth place, sociology.



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