Students from all over West Virginia competed in the WV State Social Studies Fair at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center on Monday, April 28.

A total of 500 students from 44 counties took part in the competition. In order to participate at the state level, students must have received a first-place award at both the county and regional levels.

Morgan County Schools was represented at the state fair by Isaiah Clegg and Alex White from Paw Paw High School; Rylan McCusker and Ethan Stewart from Warm Springs Middle School; and Corali Johnson, Kendall Risinger, Joshua Lucas, Rhaina Botticher, and Alexander Sage from Berkeley Springs High School.

Out of the nine Morgan County Schools’ students who presented, eight received top honors.

In Division II, Isaiah Clegg received 2nd place for his Geography group project (with T.J. Ginevan), “The Geographic Effect of the Black Plague,” and Rylan McCusker and Ethan Stewart received 2nd place for their U.S. History group project, “Disney Pins.”

In Division III, Corali Johnson and Kendall Risinger received 3rd place for their Economics group project, “Debt, Dollars, and Decisions”; Joshua Lucas received 3rd place for his Geography project, “Life Between the Ridges”; and Rhaina Botticher and Alexander Sage received 2nd place for their Special Topic: American 250 group project, “Alexander Hamilton vs. Thomas Jefferson.”