Longfellow Spanish Immersion 8th grade students Abegail H. and Malia L. will represent San Diego at the National History Day California competition in Rocklin, CA on May 10-12, 2019. They won at National History Day San Diego (NHDSD) on March 2, 2019 with their portrayals of Alexander Hamilton and Abigail Adams in the Individual Performance category. The students each researched their chosen historical figure throughout the fall semester, using both primary and secondary sources. They wrote and on NHDSD, they performed a first-person narrative as that figure, and connected it to the National History Day theme, “Triumph and Tragedy.” Since students are in a Spanish Immersion program, they first wrote and performed their skit in Spanish at Longfellow, and later reworked their presentations for performance at the County and now State levels.
These students also participated in NHDSD: Laura P. (Nancy Ward), Simone H. (Ann Bates), Tatiana B. (Benjamin Franklin), Avery R. (who received honorable mention and is a runner-up for her performance as Deborah Champion), Rosette K. (George Wythe), Lisbon Z. (Hercules Mulligan), Chloe J. (Mercy Otis Warren), Abigail C. (Peggy Shippen), Maya J. (Margaret Corbin). Congratulations to Longfellow 8th graders and their history-social science SLIM (Spanish Language Immersion) teacher, Kimberly DeBerzunza!!
