… South Dakota students excel at 2023 National History Day Contest Fifty students from nine South Dakota school districts recently competed in the National History Day Contest, held in College Park, Maryland, June 10-15. The students who participated in the national contest were the top entries from the state contest held April 5 at South Dakota State University in Brookings. The 2023 contest theme was “Frontiers in History: People, Places, Ideas.” Participants joined more than half a million students globally who completed projects in one of five … Turbiville from Harding County Middle School in Buffalo were awarded the Junior Outstanding Affiliate Award for South Dakota. Their group exhibit was “The Evolution of the Telescope: Opening the Frontier of Space.” • Ethan Johnson, Max Mazela, Abilene McGuire, Chance Smith and Lane Stuwe from Hoven High School showcased their senior group exhibit, “How Barbed Wire …