Regional History Day
Olympic College, Monday 3/23
Dear parents and History Day Competitors,
Next Monday is the Regional History Day Competition. This letter is intended to give you some of the necessary details. Students will all compete between 9AM and Noon. There may be some who compete during finals a little bit later. We won’t likely know the competition times until we arrive at O.C.
For performances and documentaries, the competition is open to the public. I encourage the students to watch each other and parents are invited as well. Students w/ exhibits are judged in a closed room. However, there is a time around lunch where the exhibit rooms are open to the public. The awards assembly is in the gym and is scheduled at 2:30. Students who take 1st-3rd earn the right to compete at the State level in Auburn on April 25th.
Fundraiser--When not competing, students stay in the Bremer Student Union building. They open the cafeteria at lunch time to sell food to the students. They need to bring lunch or buy lunch. We are doing a History Day fundraiser, on the chance that students qualify for Nationals (2 did last year). We will be selling bottled water and chips at a table in the Bremer building to other competitors. I will need help from the students and maybe an occasional parent to sit at the table collecting money, as I will be judging during the morning and so therefore not available to help with this fundraiser. The students can run the table when not being judged or watching others from KSS. I will bring Costco chip boxes and cases of Costco water bottles that are left over from the DI Regional fundraiser. The water will be in a cooler and I will have a cash box & change.
Transportation—Students can meet at OC. They should be there by 8:30 in order to find rooms and get set up. I will be leaving from KSS at 7:15 with my personal van. I can take up to 6 students w/ me. If students need a ride, they need to contact me. Otherwise, I will assume they will meet me at OC. Older students who have gone to Regionals before will be available to help people find rooms. If students will be leaving from OC (for lunch or to leave early) must check out with me and will only be allowed to leave with a parent/guardian or other designated people with an appropriate note given to Mr. Kreifels (e.g—suzee will be leaving campus w/ aunt Jane …).
We are to park in lot S-4 at the north end of campus near the Warren Ave. bridge. I hope you will be able to come with your son/daughter.
Students—Please bring at least 4 copies of your paperwork (Title page, process paper, works cited). If you bring a copy (draft) to me by Thursday 3/19, I will look it over and return it to you by the end of the day on Friday 3/20. This will give you the weekend to revise. Additionally, if you arrive at school by 7AM on Monday, I can make the copies for you at school—otherwise you are on your own to get enough copies of you paperwork.
Jeff Kreifels
History Day Advisor
Regional History Day 2009
Klahowya Secondary School
Student Division Category Title
Emily Kreifels Sr. Ind Performance The Legacy of Walt Woodward: Defending
The Constitution and Preserving Justice
Ruthie Hawley Sr. Ind Documentary Dare to be Different: The Life and Legacy
Of Jackson Pollock
Boyd Wolking Sr Webpage—group Dwight D. Eisenhower and D-Day:
Jared Sell Sr. Webpage—group How his affect on one moment in
history changed the world
Carly Whetsel Sr Ind. Exhibit Johann Guttenberg: his legacy
Alyson Kreifels Jr. Ind Performance Anne Mansfield Sullivan’s Legacy: The
Backbone behind Helen Keller
Drew Fagan Jr. Ind. Exhibit Meriwether Lewis: The Explorer that
Changed America
James Davies Jr. Ind. Exhibit Ray Charles: an Individual who changed
Music and Racial Relations
Andrew Walters Jr. Ind. Documentary Dwight Eisenhower: A Military
and Political Legacy
John Howley Jr. Ind. Documentary Walt Disney’s Legacy