Cherokee County Students Win Best in History at State Social Studies Fair

Two Cherokee County School District students won a top prize at the statewide 2024 Georgia Social Studies Fair, the district announced.

The Georgia Council for the Social Studies organization presents the annual competition that offers participating students in grades 5-12 the opportunity to research and complete a project, individually or as part of a team. Project categories are anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science and sociology/psychology.

Mountain Road Elementary School fifth-graders Rachael Crachi and Aubrey Quinn earned the top prize of Best of Discipline honors in the History category for their “Apollo 13” project. Their teacher advisor for the competition is Anna Jurnack.

Their entry was among CCSD’s top-scoring projects that advanced to regionals for the opportunity to move on to the state competition. CCSD students earned half of the Northwest Georgia Region’s spots to advance to state.