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Weatherford student takes top honor with website in National History Day competition
A Weatherford student earned first place earlier this month in a National History Day competition held at the University of Maryland.
Cassidy McCarthy, daughter of Amber Hutchison of Weatherford, was one of some 3,000 students from across the country to attend the competition June 5-9.
McCarthy, 12, took the top spot for Junior Division Website with her exhaustive online history of the struggle of coal miners in the early 20th century West Virginia Mine Wars.
Her entry, 'The West Virginia Mine Wars: Justice in the Coal Field,' is reached at:
The entry was tailored to the theme of the event, 'Rights and Responsibilities in History.' McCarthy reached the national competition from among more than a half million middle school and high school students vying in local, regional and state brackets.
'The theme of rights and responsibilities has never been more relevant, and these students tackled it with passion and depth,' National History Day Executive Director Cathy Gorn said in a news release. 'Their work continues to inspire all of us who believe in the power of historical thinking.'
McCarthy, who will enter eighth grade at the virtual iUniversity Prep through Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, is set to study college freshman math and science in the fall.
She aspires to a career in medicine.
'She wants to be a dermatologist,' Hutchison said.
McCarthy also plays club volleyball for Peak.
