Four SSFUSD Students Capture State Honors

South San Francisco, CA   May 21, 2015   Submitted by John Horgan SSFUSD

Four South San Francisco Unified School District students have won prestigious California State National History Day awards.

Three South San Francisco High School pupils; James Fong, Alexander Wong and Jesse Angelo Pangilinan  captured their award in the Documentary Category. Jerrod Yee of El Camino High School received his honor in the Historical Paper Category.

The District is one of the few in the state with two senior entries moving on to national judging. The District youngsters were competing this month in Rocklin against more than 1,000 students from 220 schools.

National History Day competition will be held in Maryland June 12 to 14. A fund-raising effort to send the three South San Francisco High pupils to the East Coast next month has begun. The “gofundme” link can be found at CLICK HERE.

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From the Go Fund Me page:

Dear Friends of South City Students,

South San Francisco Unified School District has state History Day champions from both South San Francisco High School and El Camino that are trying to raise funds to represent the state of California at the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest at the University of Maryland June 14 – June 18. James Fong, Alexander Wong and Jesse Angelo Pangilinan are representing SSFHS for their award-winning documentary JCR Licklider: Linking the World. Jarrod Yee is representing El Camino for his award winning paper on JFK. Students competed against competitiors from over 220 different schools.

Your generous and tax deductible donation (Tax ID 94-3083861) will help pay for airfare, lodging and travel expenses for these four amazing students. Because our need is large and immediate, we ask that you give what you can to help our amazing students compete at this prestigious competition. If you your company offers matching funds, our campaign should qualify.  Our deadline is May 31st.

We thank you for your support!
Ms. Clements, James, Jesse, Alex and Jarrod