By: Kristyn Hunt Cathey, APR – Director of Communications
The Texas History Fair was held on April 15th at the University of Texas at Austin. This year’s theme was, “Frontiers in History: People, Places and Ideas.” Goose Creek CISD had 32 students compete, with 15 students placing at state. Six students received special awards and seven students will move forward to compete on the national level in June in Washington, D.C.
Junior Individual Exhibit: Ava Flood; Project: National Association Opposed to Women Suffrage; Campus: Cedar Bayou Junior School; Sponsor: Mary McNeil
Junior Group Exhibit: Annali Ramirez, Gabriel Ramirez, Jonathan Lewis, and Yashvir Singh Gill; Project: Got Safe Milk?; Campus: EF Green Junior School; Sponsor: Claude Garrison
Junior Historical Paper: Maahi Singh; Project: Booker T. Washington v. W.E.B. DuBois: Frontiers in Black Upward Mobility, Civil Rights, and Economic Stability Challenging Conventional Thinking in America; Campus: E.F. Green Junior School; Sponsor: Jennie McBunch
Junior Individual Website: Anay Gupta; Project: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Uniting as a New Frontier; Campus: EF Green Junior School; Sponsor: Claude Garrison
Junior Historical Paper: Frederick de la Rosa; Project: Harsh Frontier: How African American Explorer Matthew Henson Made Reaching the North Pole Possible; Campus: Cedar Bayou Junior School; Sponsor: Mary McNeil, Ronald Garrett
Junior Individual Documentary: Ainsley Benoit; Project: Instant Messaging: America’s First On-line Service; Campus: Cedar Bayou Junior School; Sponsor: Joanne Bell
Junior Group Documentary: Kenzie Pinkerton and Kollin Pinkerton; Project: The WASP: Flying Through the Glass Ceiling; Campus: Gentry Junior School; Sponsor: Patricia Authement
Junior Group Website: Khloe Campa and Sadvi Koora; Project: Project Gemini: Bridge to the Moon; Campus: EF Green Junior School; Sponsor: Allison Alvarez
Senior Individual Documentary: Riley Bloom; Project: The Willing, Working Women of WWII; Campus: Goose Creek Memorial HS; Sponsor: Stephanie Schrull
Senior Individual Performance: Anushka Shukla; Project: Labor Laws: The New Frontier in Working Conditions; Campus: Sterling High School; Sponsor: Roxolyn Anson
Colonial Dames Award – Papers dealing with the impact of innovative ideas embodied in the U.S. Declaration of Independence and/or the Constitution
Ruth Winegarten Award – presented for excellence in research and writing about Texas Women’s History
Junior Group Documentary: Advita Shinde and Miley Ondap; Project: Project Mercury: The First Manned Mission to Space; Campus: EF Green Junior School; Sponsor: Allison Alvarez
Junior Individual Documentary: Nikita Gupta; Project Title: Revolutionizing a Frontier with Ford; School: E.F. Green Junior School; Sponsor: Courtney Rice
Junior Group Website: Arianna Ramsingh, Eliana Salazar, and Tania Vazquez; Project Title: 1st Amendment; School: EF Green Junior School; Sponsor: Courtney Rice
Junior Individual Exhibit: Michelle Garza; Project Title: Juliette Gordon Low: Breaking Boundaries and Forming Future Leaders; School: Cedar Bayou Junior School; Sponsor: Kristen Ortiz
Senior Historical Paper: Karima Sedtal; Project Title: The First Female Pioneer in the Modern Medical Frontier – Elizabeth Blackwell; School: Goose Creek Memorial; Sponsor: Keesha Luna
Senior Group Documentary: Tina Chen and Khyati Singh; Project Title: The Baby Boom and Bust: Pushing Ethical Frontiers with China’s Family Planning Policies; School: Goose Creek Memorial HS; Sponsor: Stephanie Schrull
Senior Group Website: Laksh Naikele, Manthan More, and Aayush Koora; Project Title: Black Gold: How Spindletop Changes Texas Forever; School: Goose Creek Memorial HS; Sponsor: Stephanie Schrull
Senior Individual Exhibit: Yaletzy Pulido; Project Title: Surrealism: The Art Form that Opened Eyes; School: Goose Creek Memorial HS; Sponsor: Stephanie Schrull
Senior Group Exhibit: Rebecca Currie and Diego Moreno; Project Title: “They Let You Dream Just To Watch ‘Em Shatter”: Settling a New Frontier Through the Workplace Feminism of the 9-5 Movement; School: Impact Early College HS; Sponsor: Ilija Milovanovic