MORENO VALLEY – Large exhibit boards, performance props, website pages, and documentary videos, were just a few of the categories of student projects honored at the 2024 Riverside County National History Day competition held at Canyon Springs High School on Saturday, February 24, 2024.
Featuring the 2024 theme of “Turning Points in History”, the competition featured students in grades 4-5 who participated in the poster and podcast categories, and junior division (grades 6-8) and senior division (grades 9-12) students who competed in the following individual and group categories:
- Documentary
- Performance
- Exhibit
- Website
- Podcast
“Learning from history is a powerful tool to prepare students for understanding their world and exploring how to influence the future,” said Riverside County Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Edwin Gomez. “We look forward to seeing how our county winners will shine at the state competition in April.”
Immediately following the day of competition and judging, students and families participated in an awards ceremony. The top three finishers in each category in the junior and senior division, and the top four finishers in the poster and podcast competition for 4th and 5th grade students, advance to the National History Day-California State Competition to be held April 19-21, 2024, at California State University, Sacramento. Winners at the state level advance to the National History Day Competition, June 9-13, 2024, at the University of Maryland, College Park.
View 2024 Awards Ceremony Photo Gallery
Students from the following Riverside County school districts and private schools participated:
- Alvord USD
- Banning USD
- Corona-Norco USD
- Moreno Valley USD
- Riverside USD
- Romoland SD
- Val Verde USD
- St. Jeanne de Lestonnac School
- Springs Charter School
The following students/projects are advancing to the National History Day-California State Competition:
Elementary Individual Podcast
The Monumental Deal
Anchali Srirajan
Lincoln Fundamental Elementary School, Corona-Norco USD
Jane Goodall: A Turning Point For the Environment
Karis LeDuc
Benjamin Franklin Elementary, Riverside USD
Advancing Communication During The Vietnam War
Shane Almeida
Boulder Ridge Elementary School, Romoland SD
Galileo Galilei
Seyon Sivakulam
Lincoln Fundamental Elementary School, Corona-Norco USD
Elementary Individual Poster
Horace Mann: Turning the American Public Education
Abbie Lu
Temescal Valley Elementary School, Corona-Norco USD
Alcatraz: A Turning Point In Prisons
Rhys Van Liere
Temescal Valley Elementary School, Corona-Norco USD
Israel Becomes a State
Natalya Benor
Clara Barton Elementary, Corona-Norco USD
The World Wide Web Innovated Our Lives
Mason Lee
Benjamin Franklin Elementary, Riverside USD
Elementary Group Poster
People Power Revolution
Farrah Lynn Cabildo
Kayla Safai
Riley Villaescusa
Garretson Elementary School, Corona-Norco USD
The Louisiana Purchase
Melanie Avila
Gracie Gastulem
Hemmerling Elementary School, Banning USD
The Mexican-American War
Victoria Delgado
Laiila Popoca Palomares
Armada Elementary School, Moreno Valley USD
Victoria Woodhull
Izabella Almeida
Heidy Franco
Aylin Magallon
Diana Panduro
Armada Elementary School, Moreno Valley USD
Junior Individual Documentary
The Game Changer: Marvin Miller Turning Point in Labor Management Relations
Vincent Tang
El Cerrito Middle School, Corona-Norco USD
Toy Story, To Infinity And Beyond: A Turning Point in the World of Film
Nathaniel Firetag
Matthew Gage Middle School, Riverside USD
Al Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe
Marya Ibrahim
Amelia Earhart Middle School, Riverside USD
Junior Group Documentary
The Columbine Massacre: Transforming School Safety Nationwide
Ayden DeLaTorre
Alan Goc-ong
Joaquin Lopez
Jacob Rodgers
Vista Verde Middle School, Val Verde USD
America's Boom or Bane: The Interstate Highway System
Jah Lovinus
Shankar Pradeep Nair
Corona Fundamental Intermediate School, Corona-Norco USD
The Battle of Vicksburg - A Siege that Turned the Course of American History as We Know it
Sophia Ayers
Lauren Bostock
Benjamin Franklin Elementary, Riverside USD
Junior Individual Exhibit
Internment of the Japanese Americans
Lea Ladehoff
Lincoln Fundamental Elementary School, Corona-Norco USD
The Smallpox Vaccine
Vidhi Vora
El Cerrito Middle School, Corona-Norco USD
“Si Se Puede!”: The Delano Grape Strike of 1965
Marina Loza
Chemawa Middle School, Riverside USD
Junior Group Exhibit
The Manhattan Project: The Bomb that Changed the World
Orion Baroi
Noah Doney
Christian Eusebio
Jayden Quintana
Vista Verde Middle School, Val Verde USD
Turning Points in History: 1960's Women's Fashion
Jaycee Cunanan
Aviana Lopez
Temescal Valley Elementary School, Corona-Norco USD
War of the Barbary Pirates: A Turning Point in American Military Power
Ethan Lundberg
Diego Morfin
Vista Heights Middle School, Moreno Valley USD
Junior Individual Performance
Florence Nightingale: The Woman Who Turned Nursing Toward the Point of Perfection
Bridget Caverly
El Cerrito Middle School, Corona-Norco USD
X-rays: X-posing the Invisible
Akshita Saravana
Lincoln Fundamental Elementary School, Corona-Norco USD
Pesticide Free, Finally
Dina Bakir
Garretson Elementary School, Corona-Norco USD
Junior Group Performance
Freeing the Mind: Shifting the Means of Mental Treatments
Alisha Alam
Sophia Chavez
Vista Verde Middle School, Val Verde USD
Making a Change: Ancient Trade Routes
Riley Craig
Layla Deal
Elizabeth Ly
Evelyn Smith
Garretson Elementary School, Corona-Norco USD
The Scopes Monkey Trial: Turning Point for Voices, Values, and Public Opinion
Serina Cabrera
Xavier Carrillo
Kimiko Kitayama
Julio Zelaya
Vista Heights Middle School, Moreno Valley USD
Junior Individual Podcast
The Americans With Disabilities Act: A Turning Point In Employment Of Disabled People
Norah Rose Sachs
Matthew Gage Middle School, Riverside USD
Muslim Conquest of Spain
Muzammil Khan
Vista Heights Middle School, Moreno Valley USD
WWll & 50's Pop Culture: A Turning Point in Juvenile Delinquency
Presley Tarango
Sierra Middle School, Riverside USD
Junior Group Podcast
The Soundtrack of Equality: Music, Repression, Protest, and the Civil Rights Movement
Caitlin Buensuceso
Brayden Goytia
Letha Raney Intermediate, Corona-Norco USD
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Maya Amador
Aly Hernandez
Lincoln Fundamental Elementary School, Corona-Norco USD
A New Era of Safety: The 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and Its Impact on Consumer Protection
Lilyana Covington
Elijah Holm
Vista Heights Middle School, Riverside USD
Junior Individual Website
The Rise and Fall of Lobotomy: A Turning Point in Psychiatry
Kayla Nguyen
Prado View Elementary School, Corona-Norco USD
The Abolition of Segregation in Schools: How Brown v. Board of Education shaped the Civil Rights Movement
Hannah Palardy
Riverside STEM Academy, Riverside USD
The Discovery of Penicillin - Humanity's First "Miracle Drug"
Evan Guerrero
Riverside STEM Academy, Riverside USD
Junior Group Website
Inventing Vaccines: Flipping the Switch of Medicine
Alex Beran
Lucas Sugarman
Riverside STEM Academy, Riverside USD
Loving V. Virginia: A Turning Point for Free Marriage
Shivam Dhar
Nicolas Olivares-Banegas
Emiliano Osuna
Sierra Middle School, Riverside USD
The Scientific Revolution: How it Developed and Changed the World
Rebecca Li
Wilson Nguyen
Riverside STEM Academy, Riverside USD
Senior Individual Documentary
In A Heartbeat: The Rogu
Lauren Ho
Centennial High School, Corona-Norco USD
Christine Jorgensen: A Forgotten Turning Point in Transgender History
Felix Potter
Martin Luther King High School, Riverside USD
Ada Lovelace: A Love For Changing History, One Algorithm at a Time
Natalie Park
St. Jeanne de Lestonnac School
Senior Group Documentary
Punch Cards to PCs: The Tabulating Machine's Impact on Modern Technology
Phoebe Heng
Saanvi Nukala
Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Corona-Norco USD
The Divided Legacy of the Partition of India and Pakistan
Rumaisa Husain
Thashi Kiran
Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Corona-Norco USD
Beyond Religious Debate: Unveiling the Turning Point in Engle vs. Vitale
Atika Anjum
Safayat Hossain
Canyon Springs High School, Moreno Valley USD
Senior Individual Exhibit
Prohibition: A Turning Point in Organized Crime in the United States
Tristan Langston
Rancho Verde High School, Val Verde USD
Eugenics: How It Turned Evolution Theory to Scientific Racism
Emily Shin
Centennial High School, Corona-Norco USD
Impressionism: Turning Society to Modern Life One Brushstroke at a Time
Warda Khan
Canyon Springs High School, Moreno Valley USD
Senior Group Exhibit
The San Francisco Conference of 1945: A Turning Point in Global Governance and the Birth of the United Nations
Corinne Kalogonis
Joselyn Lopez
Canyon Springs High School, Moreno Valley USD
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: A Turning Point in the Evolution of American Labor Fire Safety
Emma Goodman
Sarah Goodman
Liliana Slagle
Martin Luther King High School, Riverside USD
Making Life Sweeter, One Orange at a Time
Samuel Bonzoumet
Arianna Soto
Isabella Soto
Michael Viene
Jack Wasserman
Polytechnic High School, Riverside USD
Senior Individual Performance
Beyond Couture: Chanel’s Influence on Fashion, Feminism, and Functionality
Ava George
Centennial High School, Corona-Norco USD
Harmony Unleashed: Multi-tracking and Music Innovation.
Amiya Davis
Canyon Springs High School, Moreno Valley USD
Rapper's Delight: Building Bridges With Bridges
Gregory Logan Tan
Martin Luther King High School, Riverside USD
Senior Group Performance
Personal vs. Political: 1968 Miss America Pageant Protest Advancing Women’s Liberation
Amanda Acosta
Angelina Encarnacion
Laura Omiwade
Vianca Villena
Rancho Verde High School, Val Verde USD
The Stock Market Crash: A Turning Point in Financial Oversight.
Vivian Freire
Chloë Sanchez-Boo
Sienna Wesolowski
Martin Luther King High School, Riverside USD
Pearl Harbor's Wake Up Call: A Turning Point That Thrust The US Into WWII
Sophie-Rose Hoeppner
Jackson Hornsby
Morgan Owens
Rudi Rubio
Canyon Springs High School, Moreno Valley USD
Senior Individual Podcast
The Sons of Liberty: A Turning Point In The American Revolution
Natalie Castro
Canyon Springs High School, Moreno Valley USD
Radios: The Technological Turning Point for Communication
Aubrey Garcia
Martin Luther King High School, Riverside USD
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: The Catalyst for Labor Reformation for Women in the US
Sean Howard
Martin Luther King High School, Riverside USD
Senior Group Podcast
Rosenwald Schools: A Turning Point In Educational Equality
Danni Brasher
Zachary Brasher
Chloe Chun
Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Corona-Norco USD
I Love Lucy: A Turning Point for Women in Television
Devyn Garber
Victoria Saenz
Martin Luther King High School, Riverside USD
Breaking Barriers in Athletics: The Impact of Title IX on Women's Sports
Jennavieve Covington
Noah Holm
Moreno Valley High School, Moreno Valley USD
Senior Individual Website
Nikola Tesla: A Turning Point in Shocking Discoveries
Patrick Moon
Martin Luther King High School, Riverside USD
How a Script Builds the Nation: Vietnam from Quốc Ngữ
Hannah Pham
Valley View High School, Moreno Valley USD
Cooling the Future: Turning Points through the Birth of the Air Conditioner
Dale Ivan Singh
Canyon Springs High School, Moreno Valley USD
Senior Group Website
The ‘33 Act: Revolutionizing Securities Regulation in Financial Markets
Ishaan Gupta
Dev Raturi
Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Corona-Norco USD
Wagner Act: The American Workers' Revolution
Isaac Julian
Jonathan Viene
Owen Weems
Polytechnic High School, Riverside USD
The Roaring Twenties Unveiled: Unrest, Reform, and the Inception of the FBI
Dielmel Carrasco
Johnson Hoang
Christian Lopez
Israel Osio
Moreno Valley High School, Moreno Valley USD