Five Calexico high school students awarded for history project

CALEXICO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - Five high school students in Calexico were awarded by law enforcement for completing a project for their class.

The same project also helped a student get into his dream school.

Calexico Police Chief Armando Orozco recognized five Calexico High School students last Tuesday for finishing a project that started at the beginning of the school year.

Mike Davis, the Calexico High School law enforcement teacher, says the project was to find the history of every police chief in Calexico.

One student, Andre Cota, says the project was a challenge, but it helped him get into his dream school: UCLA.

"We all can contribute to this community in many ways and right now, contributing to my community this way was by giving them a piece of reliable information...because reliable information is not often found and we put in a lot of effort...everyone in my team," said Cota.

Davis says the project helped the students connect with previous leaders of Calexico. He also says he will continue to assign this project every year.