For the first time ever, all of the top five maps in the Nebraska state challenge are from Pius X High School!

Sophomore Jonah Meduna was the state champion and will go on to the national competition. His map was about Droughts in Nebraska. Other topics included music in Nebraska, Killers of Nebraska, Authors of Nebraska, and the Ponca Trail of Tears.

The students are in Sheila Sievert’s AP Human Geography class. They research a topic and use GIS (Geographic Information Systems) technology to create their map. Teams could work alone or in pairs.