8 HCPSS Students Advance To Virtual National History Day Contest

Columbia MD

13 May, 2021

1:46 PM

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HOWARD COUNTY, MD — After winning first or second place at the recently held virtual Maryland History Day competition, eight Howard County Public School System students will advance to the virtual National History Day competition planned for June 13-17. Four HCPSS students were honored with special awards at the state contest, too. These students have already won competitions at the school and county level, and were competing against hundreds of students from school systems across the state. HCPSS students presented entries in one of five categories: exhibit, performance, multimedia documentary, research paper and website. The process started at the beginning of the school year as students conducted historical research on a self-selected topic that related to this year's National History Day theme of "communication in history." The students will be recognized at the May 27 HCPSS board of education meeting. HCPSS Students Advancing to National History Day: Junior Group Exhibit Unlocking Women's Political Potential: How Female Voices Communicated for Prohibition and RepealViolet Kucler and Wren KuclerBurleigh Manor Middle SchoolTeachers: Robyn Page and Barbara Randolph Junior Group Website Technological Communication During WWISebastien Spencer and Samuel YoonFolly Quarter Middle SchoolTeacher: Vincente D'Antuono Senior Group Exhibit The Attica Prison Riot of 1971: Truth from Behind the BarsAnna Chalupa, Gitanjali RaghavaHoward High SchoolTeacher: Mary Saha Senior Group Website The Music of Dmitri Shostakovich: Communication Under Soviet SuppressionAllison Faith Comising, Joshua StrohmayerReservoir High SchoolTeacher: Jan Edlowitz Special Prizes Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. Award for Excellence in Government History Naturalization Act of 1906: Written Communication over the Naturalization of ImmigrantsCategory: Junior Group ExhibitCate Lee, Pat SteilClarksville Middle SchoolTeacher: Margaret Brothman Award for Excellence in Civic Action and Engagement, sponsored by the Maryland Council for Social Studies How Jacob Riis Illuminated the Nation's Darkest CornersCategory: Senior Individual DocumentaryNadia GhaicepourMarriotts Ridge High SchoolTeacher: Lynn Rashid The Barry A. Lanman Award for Oral History, sponsored by Barry Lanman Communication During the Southern Freedom Movement: Through the Eyes of Ruby SalesCategory: Junior Individual WebsiteAriella SchulterbrandtClarksville Middle SchoolTeacher: Margaret Brothman