Students garner hardware at Wyoming History Days

The first- and second-place winners in each category advance to the National Competition at the University of Maryland-College Park in June.

• First place, group documentary category: Lauren Jones and Camille Kainer, PHS, for “Malcolm X: A New Frontier for Freedom.”

• First place, individual exhibit category: Wyatt Griffin, PHS, for “Ford’s Formidable Frontier.”

• First place, historical paper category: Kelsey Cooper, PHS, for “The Stanford Prison Experiment: Changing the Future of Psychology.”

• Second place, Bradie Gilmore and Hannah Kaiser, PMS, for “Lewis Hine and the Camera.”

Special awards

• Folklore, Myths and Legends in History Award – Wyatt Griffin

• William H. Barton Award for outstanding use of oral histories – Kristian Ruch, PMS, for “The Ed Sullivan Show, a Musical Frontier.”

• Jurisprudence Award for outstanding entry dealing with legal issues – Bradie Gilmore and Hannah Kaiser.

• Camille Kainer and Lauren Jones both received the Wyoming State Historical Society Scholarship. Kelsey Cooper earned the Gerald and Jessie Chambers Scholarship.

• PHS social studies teacher Rose Robertson garnered the Dr. Robert Campbell Teacher Award for “promoting marginalized stories and communities through education.”

Contestants from Pinedale also included Pinedale Middle School students Teagan Fildey, Makenna Hansen, Bobbee Hooper, Charlie Irrgang, Oz Koci, Daviel Sterna and Taylor Wickham.