Round Rock Students Advance To Finals In Historians Competition

ROUND ROCK, TX -- Young historians at Hopewell Middle School have advanced to the state finals following a recent competition where they placed second.

The historians earned second place at the CEN-TEX History Day competition. They competed against middle school historians from across Central Texas, snagging second place among all entrants.

The competition required students to create a three-dimensional exhibit that captured a seminal moment in history related to the this year's theme: "Exploration, Encounter, Exchange."

As their project, the middle schoolers based their presentation on the first successful prosecution of the Ku Klux Klan, which happened to have occurred in Williamson County in the early 1920s..

Students also were required to submit a process paper recording their research and steps taken to complete the project. Students were judged on all three pieces, with only the first and second place winners advancing to the state-wide meet.

They're now set to compete at the National History Day state finals at the Bob Bullock Museum, scheduled April 30 in Austin.