Piner High students grabbed 13 spots in the statewide National History Day competition in Pasadena next month.

Five of the 13 Prospectors have decided to commit to the competition, which means revamping and updating the award-winning project which earned their spot in the state contest, said teacher coordinator Nicole Housh.

“It’s a great opportunity to bring social studies alive,” she said.

“If they wanted to, this thing could be archived in the Library of Congress. It’s happened to other students at other schools,” she said. “I’m hoping that my students try to make it as authentic as possible.”

Juniors Marlyn Gonzalez, Jasmit Metla, Deanna Rafla-Yuan and Denise Rodriguez created a documentary on how the camera has changed people’s perspective of war.

Among other elements, the “Camera Crew” interviewed  Piner teacher Sharon Stevens who lived in Japan during World War II, Housh said, but are still looking for others to take part.

If interesting blog readers have a story to tell about how cameras, photo and films of war have changed their perspective on war and would like to be interviewed, contact Housh at 535-7736 or nhoush@srcs.k12.ca.us

Sophomore Cathrina Lloyd created a website on the origins of the World Wide Web. She too, will head to Pasadena to compete for Piner.