Winners of the annual Region VIII Social Studies Fair, hosted March 18 by Southeastern Louisiana University, have been announced.

Grand prize winners for individual and group projects were chosen in three divisions, Division I (grades 4-6), Division II (grades 7-8) and Division III (grades 9-12). They will advance to the state Social Studies Fair at Louisiana State University.

Winners were: Division I, Individual, grand prize, Jamie Owens, Lake Harbor Middle School, “The Lord God Bird: Ghostof the Big Woods;” runner-up: Nathan Arendall, LHMS, “Confusion 101;” group, grand prize: Lauren St. Romain and Dani Schillace, Holy Ghost School, Louisiana’s Jewelry Box;” Runner-up: Sarah Ellen Carrere and Hallie Braud, Cedarwood Elementary School, “Hurricane Hunters: Aviators of the Storm.”

Students from St. Tammany Parish were among the winners in the annual Region VIII Social Studies Fair, hosted March 18 by Southeastern Louisiana University. Pictured are, from left, first row: Sarah Ellen Carrere and Hallie Braud, Cedarwood Elementary, runner-up, Division I Group; Delaney Sheehan, Cedarwood Elementary, grand prize, Division II Individual; Nathan Arendall, Lake Harbor Middle School, runner-up, Division I Individual; Jamie Owens, Lake Harbor Middle School, grand prize, Division I Individual; back, Tyler Thompson, Madisonville Junior High School, runner-up, Division II Individual; John Bayer, St. Paul School, runner-up, Division III Individual; Cade Varnado, St. Paul School, grand prize, Division III Group.

Divison II, Individual, grand prize, Delaney Sheehan, Cedarwood, “Darwin or Divine: Creationism versus Evolution;” runner-up, Tyler Thompson, Madisonville Junior High School, “Brave Heart: Fact or Fictio;” group, grand prize, Kalie Beckers and Sarah Vales, Southeastern Lab School, “All About Eventing.”

Division III, Individual, grand prize, Nicole Pierce, Ponchatoula High School, “La Cosa Nostra;” runner-up, John Bayer, St. Paul School, “Lyudmila Pavlichenko: The Lady Sniper;” group, grand prize, Adam Vanek and Cade Varnado, SPS, “Back to Nature: Neopaganism;” runner-up, Sean Collins, Ryan Branson, Kirstie Jiles, Pearl River High School, “Child Soldiers in Uganda.”

Additional Social Studies Fair winners, listed by school, were:

Bonne Ecole Elementary School, Logan Courtney, fourth, Division I anthropology;

Cedarwood, Zoe Gaber, first, DivisionI political science; Emily Gibbons, second, Division I political science; Cole Ballas, third, Division II geography; Daniel Hajjar, third, Division II history;

Florida Avenue Elementary School, Travis Orlando, Salem Morelli, third, Division I sociology;

Fontainebleau Junior High School, Courtney Cole, fourth, Division II sociology.;

LHMS, Ashley Ducote, third, Division I economics;

Madisonville Junior, Matthew Kennedy, second, Division II anthropology; Reese Lemane, third, Division II sociology; Holly Falgoust, fourth, Division II anthropology; Cheyenne Dawn Coleman, fourth Division II geography;

Mandeville Junior High School, Nathanial Von Horn, first, Division II sociology; Natalie Zimmer, second, Division II economics;

Mandeville Middle School, Stephanie Niemiec, first, Division I anthropology; Johnny Papa, third, Division I geography; Skylar Pepper, fourth, Division I geography; Mary Queen of Peace, Helene Tavormina, second, Division I history;

Monteleone Junior High School, Clint Woods, second, Division II geography; Robin Spiess, second, Division II history;

Northlake Christian School, Garrett Buras, fourth, Division I political science; Gabe Hundley, fourth, division I sociology;

Our Lady of the Lake, Abby Caruso, Rachel Pecoraro, Kate Gutterman, Brooke Vinturella, Emily Daigle, third, Division I economics; Grant Connolly, Austin Burgess, third, Division I geography; Christopher Mire, Thomas Ruli, Michael Stewart, fourth, Division I history;

Pearl River High, Joshua James, Meaghan Ballantyne, Anna Ebert, second, Division III political science; Melissa Cantrell, Katie Hebert, third, Division III sociology;

SPS, Stuart Miller, Graham Smart, first, Division III history; Thomas Boudreaux, Jared Schick, first, Division III political science; Adam Vanek, Cade Varnado, first, Division III sociology; Josh Pereira, Chris McGraw, second, Division III sociology; John Harlan, second, Division III economics; Britton Beatrous, second Division III history; Winston Capps, fourth, Division III history;

St. Tammany Junior High School, Brandi Woods, fourth, Division II history;

Tchefuncte Middle School, Olivia Toups, Kailyn Avery, first, Division I sociology; Cullen Walsh, first, Division I economics; Claire-Marie Maillot, second, Division I anthropology; Gabrielle Domangue, second, Division I economics; Jack Mierl, fourth, Division I economics.