Sophomore Kaitlyn Arst impressed the judges when she displayed her exhibit for Los Angeles County National History Day (NHD) and earned
a ribbon as one of the finalists.
“It feels great to get something for my work,” Arst said.
Arst worked on her NHD project over the course of about a month. Her exhibit featured Louise Arner Boyd, the first woman to fly to the Arctic.
The judges decided to have Arst’s project displayed in the NHD California state competition (NHD-CA) in Sacramento on May 6 and 7.
This isn’t the first time that Arst entered a project in for NHD. She won first place in her category of senior solo website about Indira Gandhi, the first woman Prime Minister of India from 1966-1977, for NHD in 2015. She then moved on to the NHD-CA state competition where she received an
honorable mention.
Arst also won many awards in various science fairs, including a Stockholm Junior Regional Water Prize Award of Excellence for her water-related science research project in the Los Angeles State Fair. She received the award the week after she displayed her project for NHD.
“I feel so proud of her; she works hard,” said sophomore Sandra Ortega, who is a friend of Arst’s.
Since the NHD-CA state competitions take place in May, Arst has time to prepare her project, looking over it to check for any errors.
“I have to read it over a million times so I don’t forget anything,” Arst said.