History’s turning points
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Heron Creek Middle School sixth-grader Rachael Fulmer, 11, presents her history fair project to HCMS literacy specialist Rob Manoogian Wednesday at the North Port school. About 60 HCMS students have compiled history projects based on the theme "Turning Points in History."
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Heron Creek Middle School sixth-grade social studies teacher Holly Fisher, left, talks with sixth-grader Sara August, 11, about her history fair project, "The Turning Point of the Peloponnesian War."
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Belle Ward-Gregorek, 18, a Heron Creek eighth-grader, discusses her project on the Salem Witch Trials with University of South Florida student Emily Afonso, a teaching intern at HCMS who was helping to judge the projects Wednesday.
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Rafik Doujar, 12, a Heron Creek sixth-grade student, describes armor worn by Japanese soldiers who fought in the Battle of Sekigahara, which took place in 1600, to HCMS social studies teacher Holly Fisher.
NORTH PORT — Standing in front of her backboard, 11-year-old Sara August was very, very nervous.
“I’ve never been judged before,” the Heron Creek Middle School sixth-grader said Tuesday afternoon while waiting for teachers to come and view her history fair project.
