Colorado State University - Pueblo announces local Colorado State History Day winners

Pueblo-  Ten students from The Connect School and one student from Pueblo County High School qualified for national competition by winning first- or second-place at the Colorado State History Day competition held last Saturday on the Auraria campus of the University of Colorado-Denver. Four additional Connect students won third-place and earned alternate status. Connect qualified more entries than any other middle school in the state. The national contest will be held June 15-19 at the University of Maryland.

These 11 students led a contingent of 83 middle- and high-school students who qualified for the state competition at the Pueblo Regional Contest held at Colorado State University-Pueblo in February. More than 400 students from Pueblo District 70, Pueblo City Schools, La Junta, Manzanola, and Canon City schools participated in the regional event, which CSU-Pueblo hosted for the 13th consecutive year.

Two entries won first-place. Anthony Settiponi and Matthew Kiselevach, Connect, won the Junior Group Documentary category with “Blood in the Sand,” and Lindsey Buxman, Connect, won the Junior Individual Performance category with “Typhoid Mary: Civil Rights vs. Public Health.”

Five area entries were runners-up: Jackson Valenzuela, Connect, for “Tear Down That Wall: A Cold War Symbol Falls”; Erin Aldag, Connect, for “Salem Witch Trials: How Social and Economic Conflict Fueled Mass Hysteria”; Marli Imes, Alexis O’Neil, Leigha Summers, and Desiree Martin, Connect, for “The Bhopal Disaster: Compromising Safety for Economic Gain”; Samantha Divelbiss, Connect, for “Galileo and the Vatican: The Ongoing Conflict”; and Pueblo County High School’s Aspen Williams for “The Uncompromising Hellion Grace O’Malley.” Williams earned a trip to nationals two years ago in the Junior Division while she was attending Connect.

A list of complete national qualifier from the area follows:
 

Category	Rank	Entry Title	Student 1	Student 2	Student 3	Student 4	School	Teacher
Jr Ind Docu	2	"Tear Down That Wall": A Cold War Symbol Falls	Jackson Valenzuela				Connect	Lauren Gonzales
Jr Grp Docu	1	Blood in the Sand	Anthony Settiponi				Connect	Andrea Bacino
Jr Ind Exhibit	2	Salem Witch Trials: How Social and Economic Conflict Fueled Mass Hysteria	Erin Aldag				Connect	Amanda Trujillo
Jr Grp Exhibit	2	The Bhopal Disaster: Compromising Safety for Economic Gain	Marli Imes	Alexis O'Neil	Leigha Summers	Desiree Martin	Connect	Amanda Trujillo
Jr Grp Exhibit	3	Japanese Internment Camps	Reagan Compton	Alexis Trevizo	Alec Pannunzio	Jeremiah Bundy	Connect	Brian Repola
Jr Ind Perform	1	Typhoid Mary: Civil Rights vs. Public Health	Lindsey Buxman				Connect	Tamara Wiley
Jr Website	2	Galileo and the Vatican: The Ongoing Conflict	Samantha Divelbiss				Connect	Brian Repola
Sr Ind Perform	2	The Uncompromising Hellion Grace O'Malley	Aspen Williams				Pueblo County HS	Dana Ferguson

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