On Tuesday March 5th, Clay County Schools held the County Social Studies Fair. Students from Clay Elementary and Big Otter Elementary competed for a chance to move on the Regional Social Studies Fair. Below are those individuals and groups who placed either 1st, 2nd or 3rd. Those students who placed first will travel to the Regional Social Studies Fair on March 17th at the Cultural Center in Charleston.

Clay County Social Studies Fair Winners

 

Political Science

• First Place- Benzley Champ, “I Dissent”
• Second Place- Cheyenne Bays, “Who was Theodore Roosevelt?”

 

U.S. History-

(Individual)

• First Place- Kinsley Duffield, “Life on the Oregon Trail”
• Second Place- Adalyn Boggs, “Our 23rd President”
• Third Place- Abbigail Shamblin, “FDR-32nd President”

(Group)

• Second Place- Amara Ramsy and Nevaeh Hall, “What were the Important events of the Civil War?”

 

Anthropology

• First Place- River Schoolcraft, “How did One of America’s Favorite Sports evolve?”
• Second Place- Ayva Holcomb, “Why were the Great Pyramids of Giza Built?”
• Third Place- Noah Garvin, “Why Native Americans Named the Moons”

 

World History

• First Place- Kathryn Hanshaw, “Who was Julius Caesar?”
• Second Place- Israel Holcomb, “What were the WWII Medical Advances?”
• Third Place- Owen Paxten, “The Rise and Fall of the Titans”

 

Sociology (Group)

• First Place- Macy Bodkins and Emmie VanMeter, “How did Social Class affect the Survival Rate on the Titanic?”

 

America 250 (Group)

• Third Place- Austin Taylor and Gage Lucero, “What was Freedom in 1775?”

 

Economics

• First Place- Harper Falkner, “How Does WV Healthright Impact Healthcare in WV?”
• Second Place- Caleb Tomblin, “Evolution of Tractors”

 

 

State and Local Studies

• First Place- Lyla Titus, “Nutty about the Black Walnut Festival”
• Second Place- Josie Frame, “The Town of Clay, Then vs Now”
• Third Place- Emma Stephens, “The Legendary Terry King”

 

 

Geography

(Individual)

• First Place- Rylee Deel, “South Carolina”
• Second Place- MaKenna Morton, “Tennessee”

 

(Group

• Second Place- Allison Holcomb and Maisie Poore, “Mount Everest: What’s the Big Deal?”
• Third Place- Khaleesi Belt and Elsie Elswick, “Wolf Habitats”