TCS Middle School Students Compete in the Great History Challenge

TCS Middle School Students Compete

in the Great History Challenge

By Samantha DePriest

(pictured l to r) Ian Stewart, Kai Szopa, and Nicholas Litzenberger pictured with Mr. Eric Huff, Founder and Executive Director of the Great History Challenge. 

Trinity Christian School students traveled this past Memorial Day weekend all the way up to Chicago to compete in the 2024 Great History Challenge National Championship. TCS middle school students Nicholas Litzenberger, Ian Stewart, and Kai Szopa represent the top 1% of the 40,000 participants from across the US.

TCS Middle School student Kai Szopa at the Great History Challenge.

TCS Middle School English teacher Mrs. Huddleston shared “The Great History Challenge is a competition that creates questions from national Social Studies curriculum standards. All middle school students at TCS, grades 6-8, competed individually in an online interactive quiz to test their history knowledge. About 25 students were then invited to a regional event in Atlanta where they competed in a buzzer-style round. Several students from regional were then invited to the national event.”

The Great History Challenge website states, “Students enjoyed meeting Abraham Lincoln and an excursion to Millennium Park, but the main event of the weekend was the over 300 games that pitted students' knowledge of history against each other. Two days and more than 7000 questions later, the top nine students faced off on the big stage!”

TCS Middle School students Nicholas Litzenberger and Ian Stewart at the Great History Challenge.

TCS Mom Laura Litzenberger shared “The kids competed in multiple quiz style rounds and received 1, 2 or 3 points depending on how many “clues” it took to answer. The top 30 from each grade level moved on to finals. They also enjoyed eating their way around Chicago and hanging out during “downtime” between their rounds. Many other TCS students qualified for Nationals as well but were not able to make it up to Chicago that weekend.” 

What an incredible opportunity for these stand out Lions! We celebrate their academic achievements and look forward to what God has in store for them this coming school year.

Top 30: Nicholas Litzenberger placed 14th and Ian Stewart placed 28th.

“The moment you and your buddy realize you made the top 30.” Image submitted by Melissa Stewart

The Great History Challenge National Championship

Trinity Middle School students qualify and compete in

THE GREAT HISTORY CHALLENGE National Championship

By Adam Vinson

Great History Challenge TCS Middle School students

Kai Szopa, Caleb Walls, and Mia Pettersson (pictured l to r)

(Image by Alicia Pettersson)

Last weekend, four of our Middle School students Caleb Walls, Mia Pettersson, Kai Szopa, & Will Lambert were invited to participate in the The Great History Challenge National Championship, a nationwide academic competition that offers scholarships to winners and is an excellent opportunity for students to highlight their knowledge in history.

The four students who attended Saturday’s competition first completed an online quiz here at Trinity last fall. Their scores qualified them to attend a Regional event in Atlanta earlier this Spring. After receiving high marks at the Regional event, they were invited to attend The Great History Challenge National Competition, which also took place in Atlanta. Click the link to learn more about the Great History Challenge.

We are so proud of our four participants who competed individually against students from all over the country! We are further thrilled to announce that Caleb Walls (8th Grade) was the 8th Grade National Champion! What an incredible accomplishment! Way to go Lions!