Jennie Crownson

Morton East’s winning history fair projects attended UIC’s Chicago regional history fair competition in February.

Six Morton East juniors are heading to the Illinois State History Fair competition in Springfield on April 24. 

This is the third stage of the National History Day competition.  First, students competed against other Morton East students at a schoolwide History Fair.  Teachers judged and identified 12 projects that would go onto the next regional round at UIC.  35 students qualified for the Chicagoland regional competition that was held on Saturday, March 2 at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).  Their projects included free-standing exhibits, websites, documentaries, and a research paper.   This year’s theme is “Turning Points in History.”   Regional qualifiers included the following:   

1. Jocelyn Gonzalez
2. Nicolle Mejia
3. Emmanuel Mora
4. Yaneli Ortega
5. Gissel Posada
6. Magaly Vargas
7. Ramon Villarreal
8. Angelly Zepeda
9. Diego Galvez
10. Hugo Montano
11. Jorsy Paredes
12. Kenneth Ramos
13. Uriel Rangel
14. Harlem Reglas
15. Alejandro Rodriguez
16. Joseph Salcedo
17. Geovanny Solis
18. Jesus Torres
19. Bangely Perez
20. Joselyn Casas
21. Kimberly Estrada
22. Yacxzaira Sanchez
23. Yareth Urbina
24. Dilan Malaver
25. Arisbeldy Padilla
26. Antonia Zavalam
27. Annette (Sage) Villalba Gonzalez
28. Rubi Andrade
29. Edgar Ramirez
30. Christian Miranda Canchola
31. Edieth Rangel
32. Dezina Lucero
33. Leslie Sandoval
34. Desaray Gonzalez
35. Edith Torres

A virtual awards ceremony was held on Wednesday, March 20.  Moton East’s regional participants got together to support each other and eat pizza.  4 Morton East projects will be going onto the State Competition in Springfield this April.