Coastal Bend Regional History Fair, 2013 Announces Winners
On Saturday, March 2nd, the John E. Conner Museum hosted the 32nd annual Coastal Bend Regional
History Fair at the Texas A&M University-Kingsville Memorial Student Union Building. Students
from Alice ISD, Aransas County ISD (Rockport-Fulton), Banquete ISD, Ben Bolt Palito Blanco ISD,
Brooks County (Falfurrias) ISD, Corpus Christi ISD, Flour Bluff ISD, Riviera ISD, Santa Gertrudis
School ISD, and Incarnate Word Middle Level Academy (Diocese of Corpus Christi) showcased their
research entries based on the National History Day theme, Turning Point in History: Ideas, Events &
People.
The National History Day program is devoted to encouraging the active study of history through
research and the analysis of student selected topics. After selecting their topic, students gathered and
analyzed their findings. Original entries were judged in the following divisions, Senior (grades 9-12)
and Junior (grades 6-8), and in the following categories: documentary, exhibit, performance,
interpretative website and research paper. State Qualifiers earned the opportunity to represent our area
at the Texas History Day competition in Austin on May 3-4, 2013
The Winners included:
Junior Individual Historical Paper:
State Qualifiers:
“Watergate and the Weakening of a President”
Justin Cavazos
Incarnate Word Academy Middle Level
“The Annexation of Hawaii”
Sheridan Steen
Incarnate Word Academy Middle Level
State Alternate:
“The Fall of the Berlin Wall”
Noah Garcia
Incarnate Word Academy Middle Level
Junior Individual Interpretive Web Site:
State Qualifiers:
“The Changed the Law, But Has It Changed the Outcome?
Kendra Johnson
Riviera Secondary/High School (Riviera ISD)
“The Berlin Wall is Falling Down, Falling Down, Falling Down…”
Caroline Downes
William Adams Middle School (Alice ISD)
State Alternate:
“Helicopters: A Medical POV”
Zachary Lopez
William Adams Middle School (Alice ISD)
Junior Group Interpretive Web Site:
State Qualifiers:
“The Berlin Wall”
Gabrielle Nunez & Kayla Gonzalez
William Adams Middle School (Alice ISD)
“Effects of Women Serving in the Military during World War II”
Ryley Priddy & Sarah L. Munoz
William Adams Middle School (Alice ISD)
State Alternate:
“Henry Ford: Changing the Reproduction Model”
Nicole Rivera & Bernardo Mendoza
William Adams Middle School (Alice ISD)
Junior Individual Exhibits:
State Qualifiers:
“George B. Parr & the Infamous Box 13”
Holden White-Farrell
Dubose Intermediate (Alice ISD)
“Establishing the Place for Women in the Military: The Army Nurses Corps”
Brynn Grover
Rockport-Fulton Middle School
State Alternate:
“ George Washington: The First President”
Meagan Harrington
Incarnate Word Academy Middle Level
Junior Group Exhibits:
State Qualifiers:
“American G.I. Forum”
Brandy Pena, Brianna Pena, Mariah Castaneda & Kimberly Chapa
Banquete Jr High
“The Irish Potato Famine”
Paris Hanna, Danielle Harrel, Jackie Rodriquez & Helena Van Maren
Incarnate Word Academy Middle Level
State Alternate:
“Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse: A Cultural Transformation”
Ashley Montgomery & Mary Ann Fergie
Incarnate Word Academy Middle Level
Junior Individual Performances:
State Qualifiers:
“Jeep: The Army’s Favorite Four Letter Word”
Jake Manlove
Rockport-Fulton Middle School
“Secretes of Gallows Hill”
Esai Cordova
William Adams Middle School (Alice ISD)
State Alternate:
“Title IX: Leveling Out the Playing Field”
Gabriela Ceja
William Adams Middle School (Alice ISD)
Junior Group Performances:
State Qualifiers:
“Television: A Miraculous Invention”
Elizabeth Gutierrez & Autumn Flores
William Adams Middle School (Alice ISD)
“The Wright Brothers: Their First Flight”
Elena Kamaunu & Elena Barraza
William Adams Middle School (Alice ISD)
State Alternate:
“The Great Fire of London 1666”
Kyrstin Garcia, Rose Torres, Megan Munoz & Jayleen Sanchez
William Adams Middle School (Alice ISD)
Junior Individual Documentary:
State Qualifiers:
“The Internet”
Julio Ramos
Incarnate Word Academy Middle Level
“Walt Disney: A Cultural Transformation”
Caitlyn Martinez
Incarnate Word Academy Middle Level
Junior Group Documentary:
State Qualifiers:
“Alexander Graham Bell: Invention of the Telephone”
Chloe Carpentier & Celeste Campos
William Adams Middle School (Alice ISD)
“The Boll Weevil: A Little Insect with a Big Impact”
Devyn Hamblin & Kyle Bunger
Riviera Secondary/High School (Riviera ISD)
State Alternate:
“NAFTA”
Jule Moya & Trevor Creamean
Incarnate Word Academy Middle Level
Senior Individual Historical Paper
State Qualifiers:
“Fire and Ice” How One Handshake Shifted Cold War Agendas From Competition to Cooperation”
Kacey Manlove
Rockport-Fulton High School
“The Proclamation of the Quran: A Transformation of Islam”
Sara Surani
Carroll High School (Corpus Christi ISD)
Senior Individual Interpretive Web Site:
State Qualifiers:
“The Road to Justice”
Jacqueline Bolden
Carroll High School (Corpus Christi ISD)
“Sobibor: The Revolt That Changed History”
Rachel Johnson
Riviera Secondary/High School (Riviera ISD)
State Alternate:
“The French Revolution”
Jorge Zamora
Alice High School
Senior Group Interpretive Web Site:
State Qualifiers:
“The Space Race: The Turning Point in American Science”
Sierra Flores & Jaden Gallegos
Alice High School
“The Russian Revolution of 1917: Communism in Practice”
Jesus Carrasco & Michael Pakebusch
Alice High School
State Alternate:
“Women’s Rights: The Suffrage Movement”
Jayme Reyna & Victoria Vicente
Alice High School
Senior Individual Exhibits:
State Qualifiers:
“What Can Brown Do for You?: The Story of James E. Casey Founder of UPS”
Frank Leal
Alice High School
“Battle of Midway”
Jack Smith
Santa Gertrudis Academy High School
State Alternate:
“The First Crusade: A Meeting of Two Worlds”
Charles Lemon
Alice High School
Senior Group Exhibits:
State Qualifiers:
“Marie Curie’s Pioneering Research in Radioactivity”
Diane Montez, Anthony Montez, Andrew Remelius & Carlos Wallace
Santa Gertrudis Academy High School
“Graveyard Votes Empower a Civil Right Reform”
Alexandria Guerra, D’Andrea Escobar, Dominic Escobar & Alex Barrera
Falfurrias High School (Brooks County ISD)
State Alternate:
“Mathew Brady: The Paradigm of War Photography”
Miguel Gutierrez & Joshua Perez
Alice High School
Senior Individual Performances:
State Qualifier:
“Activism During the Great Depression
Guadalupe Ceja
Alice High School
Senior Group Performances:
State Qualifiers:
“The New London School Explosion: A Turning Point in History”
Kelly Keiper, Samantha Mahler, Cheyenne Unterbrink & Gabrielle Jimenez
Riviera Secondary/High School (Riviera ISD)
“Ana Palova & the Spread of the Russian Ballet”
Cecilia Eberhard, Alainya Eberhard, Elisia Paiz Kristen Franki
Alice High School
Senior Individual Documentary:
State Qualifiers:
“Stirring the Hornets Nest: How the USS Hornet Paved the Way to Victory at Midway”
Zakary Piwetz
Rockport-Fulton High School
Senior Group Documentary:
State Qualifiers:
“Typhoon of Steel”
Sarita Damaraju, Frances Williamson, Robert Williamson & Dustin Tan
Ray High School (Corpus Christi ISD)
“The Great Space Race”
Arianna Perez & Rudy Rodriguez
Alice High School
State Alternate:
“Mikhail Gorbachev’s Reforms
Jose Perez & Sydney Priddy
Alice High School