Five students from Kings River School in Kingsburg recently won top honors at the state History Day competition. They now head to the national competition in June. This year's theme: “Conflict and Compromise in History.”

Crystal Pacheco, Amanda Smith and Kimberly Saesee won the junior group performance category for their project, "A Chain That Cannot Be Broken: The Ultimate Compromise of Anne Frank and her step-sister, Eva Geringer-Schloss."

Amanda Jost and Holly Wilson took top honors in the junior group exhibit category for "Exposing Manzanar Inside and Out: Ansel Adams and Toyo Miyatake."

The weeklong national competition begins June 15. The event will be held at the University of Maryland.

-- Susie Pakoua Vang