Student Avery Williamson accepts her first-place certificate from Haines Sheldon Museum staff Regina Johanos and Helen Alten Monday for her paper titled “Racing Against Racism: The Conflict and Compromise of the 1936 Nazi Olympics” written for Haines School History Day. Natalie Helms photo.

Teddy Roosevelt, Monsanto and witch hunts were only a few of the topics covered in projects for this year’s Haines School History Day.

Middle school students in Lisa Andriesen’s social studies classes…