JCS is proud to recognize students from Harpers Ferry Middle, Shepherdstown Middle, and Jefferson High Schools who competed in the District Social Studies Fair on February 18! The following first-place winners will now advance to the Region VIII Social Studies Fair on March 18 at Musselman High School:
- 1st Place, State & Local: "The Battle of Blair Mountain" by Louisa Pate (JHS)
- 1st Place, U.S. History: "To Drop or Not to Drop" by Aiden Bauer (HFMS)
- 1st Place, U.S. History: "Evolution of U.S. Flags" by Derek Burgess (SMS)
- 1st Place, World History: "The Fatal Rivalry: The Virgin Queen vs. The Queen of Scots" by Allie Hickman and Anne-Lise Bauer (JHS)
- 1st Place, World History: "Hatshepsut: The Forgotten Pharaoh by Aurora Jackson (HFMS)
- 1st Place, World History: "The Life and Reign of Queen Elizabeth" by Molly Lassen (JHS)
Other winners include:
- 2nd place, Sociology: "The Cart of No Return" by Brody Shepard and Rylin Shepard (SMS)
- 3rd Place, Anthropology: "Bast and Anubis" by Charlotte Pate (SMS)
- 3rd Place, Anthropology: "Nessie Explained" by Edie Wilkinson (SMS)
- 3rd Place, World History: "Irish Potato Famine" by Jose Velasquez-Laura, Emily Gorham, and Ava McClain (HFMS)
Congratulations to all on a job well done!