BCHS show choirs honored
In their last competition of the season, the Brown County High School show choirs and their In Blue band received several awards.
Jaden Minor in Rhapsody choir and Isa Fogg in Serenade were named Best Performers.
The Rhapsody choir won first runner-up in the Festival Mixed Division and Best Costumes. In Blue was named Best Band.
Serenade won second runner-up in the women’s division and Best Tech Crew.
Color guard wins silver
Brown County High School’s Winter Guard earned a silver rating at the Indiana High School Color Guard Association divisional finals at Center Grove High School on March 9.
JAG students win awards
Three Brown County High School JAG (Jobs for America’s Graduates) students competed in the state career development conference competition in Indianapolis in March and placed third in the state for their entrepreneurship plan. Participants were Cailey VanArsdale, Hailey Mayo, Hailey Hash and teacher Roscoe Baugh.
Aislinn Cassiday
Van Buren Elementary School third-grader Aislinn Cassiday competed in the “I am Strong” 2019 Indiana USA Gymnastics Xcel State Meet on March 22 and qualified for nationals in June. She scored a 9.35 on vault (8th), 9.325 on bars (tied for 21st), 9.1 on beam (tied for 16th), 9.05 on floor (tied for 12the) and tied for 16th all around.
Katianna Richardson, Tristen Shields
On March 30, two Brown County High School students competed in the state Hoosier Science and Engineering Fair.
Katianna Richardson‘s project was “The Impact of Learning on the Elecrophysiological Response of Mimosa pudica.”
Tristen Shields‘ project was “Optics: The Distortion of Light With Lasers.”
National History Day medalists
INDIANAPOLIS — Eight local students took top honors at the 2019 National History Day in Indiana state contest, with five of those students qualifying for the national contest. More than 500 Indiana students participated in the competition April 13 at the University of Indianapolis.
All first- and second-place state finishers in each junior and senior category are now eligible to compete in the National Contest for National History Day June 9-13 at the University of Maryland’s campus in College Park, Maryland. Third-place finishers serve as alternates.
Students in Grades 4 through 12 begin their National History Day journey by exploring a historical subject and using their research to create a documentary, exhibit, paper, performance or website.
This year, two Brown County High School students received special prizes. Chloee Robison was awarded the National History Day in Indiana Career Award for her exhibit, “Yu Gwan Sun and the March First Movement: The Triumph and Tragedy of Peaceful Resistance.” The $500 cash prize is given to a student who has participated in NHDI multiple years and shown growth as a result.
In addition, Lille DeLoach received the Kennedy King Memorial Initiative Award for her documentary, “Robert F. Kennedy in Indianapolis: Triumph in a Time of Tragedy.” The $500 cash prize was awarded to a student with an outstanding project about the April 4, 1968, Indianapolis speech given by Sen. Robert F. Kennedy announcing the death of Martin Luther King Jr.
State contest medalists were:
Alayna Jacobus, first place, youth individual exhibit, Brown County Intermediate School, “Michigan: From Cold to Scorching: The Great Thumb Fire”
Kendra Earnshaw, second place, youth individual exhibit, BCIS, “The USS Forrestal: An Embarrassment to Learn From”
Natalie Suding and Emelia Koester, second place, senior group documentary, Brown County High School, “The Hoosier Tornado that Swept through the Nation.” This group is a national contest qualifier.
Robison, first place, senior individual exhibit, BCHS, “Yu Gwan Sun and the March First Movement: The Triumph and Tragedy of Peaceful Resistance.” Robison is a national contest qualifier.
Abigail Angebrandt, second place, senior individual website, BCHS, “‘United in this Determination and with Unshakeable Faith…’ The Story of the Battle of the Bulge.” Angebrandt is a national contest qualifier.
Josephine Fields, first place, senior paper, BCHS, “The Triumphs and Tragedy of Ernie Pyle, America´s Eyewitness to WWII.” Fields is a national contest qualifier.
Cassidy Davis, third place, senior paper, BCHS, “Rhoda Coffin and the Reformation of Indiana’s Women’s Prisons.” Davis is a national contest alternate.
