History Day

Each year Lyon College serves as host for Arkansas’s District II History Day, which is part of a yearlong education program that culminates in a national contest every June. Lyon has been hosting History Day for teachers and students around north central and northeastern Arkansas since 1982.

National History Day engages students in grades 6 – 12 in the process of discovery and interpretation of historical topics. Students produce dramatic performances, imaginative exhibits, multimedia documentaries, and research papers based on research related to an annual theme. These projects are then evaluated at local competitions, such as the one at Lyon. The top three entries from each division and category then advance to the state competition in Conway. The state’s top finishers continue on to the National History Day competition in Washington, D.C.

Grant McChesney of Batesville High School won first place in the senior group documentaries division with "The Integration of the Hoxie." His partner Daniel Roettger is not pictured	Cushman High School students Chelsea Harmon, Nicole Morris, Kilee Reynolds, Taylor Lewis and Winter Bishop took home second place in the senior group documentaries category with their film "All About the Tinker Case."	Batesville High School students Tory Thompson, Briley Burden, Shea Wilkerson and Maggie Hance won third place in the senior group documentaries division with the documentary "Rock n' Roll."
Halli Taylor and Tiffany Thatch earned first place in the senior group exhibits for their display "Parental Advisory."	Izard County Consolidated High School students Kaylee Cooper, Hillary Brooks, Jovannah Marie Preston and Sarah Taylor wom second place in the senior group exhibits division with "Salem Witch Trials."	Izard County Consolidated High School students Courtney Bookout, Chatel Smith, Rachel Harmon and Kiley Mettler took home third place in the senior group exhibits category with "Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott."
Charlene Smith of Izard County Consolidated High School won first place in the senior individual exhibits division with her display "Indian Removal Act of 1830."	Krystal Cantu-2nd place individual exhibit winner for "Tinker Case 1969"	Shana Stark of Batesville High School earned third place in the senior individual exhibits division with her display "Terrorism in the United States."
Summer George, a Batesville High School student, won first place in the senior papers category for her paper "Japanese Internment Camps."	Batesville High School student Megan Holifield took home second place in the senior papers division with her paper "Cultural Conflict in the Stitching."	Izard County student Kailey Moss wrapped up third place with "Women in the Military."
Izard County Middle School students Deborah Kenny, Statler Nelson and Nakai Fuller won first place in the junior group exhibits for "The War of 1812."	Cave City Middle School students Coty Roland and Trenton Coles won second place in the junior group exhibits for "Zimmerman Telegram."	Izard County Middle School students Preston Harmon, Isaac Blakenship and Jake Dockins won third place for "Conflict and Compromise of World Ward II."