HAGERSTOWN, MD (April 11, 2006) – The winners of the first History Day Competition involving WCPS high school Advanced Placement U.S. History students and merit level middle school students have been announced by Dr. Clyde Harrell, Supervisor of Secondary Social Studies. The high school competition was held on Friday, March 31, 2006 at South Hagerstown High School and the middle school competition was held at Hagerstown Community College’s Classroom Building on Saturday, April 1, 2006. Students worked individually and in groups doing historical investigations, using the theme, “Taking a Stand in History: People, Ideas and Events.” Works and presentations were judged by local historians, history professors and history teachers.
High School Winners
Individual Documentaries: Never Had So Much Been Owed So Many to So Few: Battle of Britain – Nick Smith – Clear Spring High School
Group Documentaries: To Live is to Die, To Die is to Live: John Brown the Freedom Fighter – Nikki Hanshaw, Kiana Denlinger, Chris Watkins, T.J. Wallech, Tim Young – Washington County Technical High School
For What It’s Worth: Protest Music in the Anti-Vietnam War Movement – Jennifer Young, Lindsay Steiner, Katie Branch, Karen Wiltrout – South Hagerstown High School
Al Capone: Modern Day Robin Hood – Michael Schubel, Theresa Ruland, Matt Oliver, Scott Mummert, Gio Perez – Williamsport High School
Performance: The Feminine Fantastic Four – Heather Andrews, Taylor Cole – Washington County Technical High School
Individual Exhibit: The Little Rock Nine – Tyree Burnett – North Hagerstown High School
Group Exhibits: The Fight for Evolution in Schools: The Monkey Trial – Allie Snyder, Matt Amalfitano, Mark Dattilio – North Hagerstown High School
Dalton Trumbo and the Hollywood Ten – Jessica Sclosser, Paige Harrison, Jarett Logsdon – North Hagerstown High School
The War Hawks and the War of 1812: A Flawed Foreign Policy – Emily Myers, Jesse Schultz, Brenna House, Erica Hernandez – Clear Spring High School
Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment – Amy Tark, Tara Goff – South Hagerstown High School
Malcolm X: Militant, Radical or Pacifist – Tri Ofosu, Jamil Castillo, Kiki Bryant, Kashana Patton, Sarah Miller – South Hagerstown High School
Historical Research Paper: The Independence of Turkmenistan – Madina Alieva – Williamsport High School
Middle School Winners
Individual Performance: A Portrayal of Harriet Tubman – Erin Gaines – Springfield Middle School
Group Performance: Dolly Madison – Emma Conlon, Hannah Nichols – Smithsburg High School
Individual Documentary: William O. Douglas and the C & O Canal – Evan Dennis – Smithsburg Middle School
Reaching the Moon – David Wilson – Smithsburg Middle School
A Crusade for Civil Rights: MLK, Jr. – Andrew Grove – Western Heights Middle School
The Crusades – Abdul Latif – Smithsburg Middle School
Group Documentaries: Askar Shindler – Devon Little, Brenton Wagaman – Smithsburg Middle School
Susan B. Anthony – Lorraine Viar, Olivia Montgomery, Rachel Dealy, Dannielle Gessford – Northern Middle School
Mother Teresa – Kelsey Mannix, Madison Nittinger – Boonsboro Middle School
Individual Exhibit: Born a Slave: Remembered as Moses – Kristin Myers – Hancock Middle/Senior High School
Hung As Witches – Tiffany Geist – Hancock Middle/Senior High School
Mother Teresa: Humanitarian – Melody Kight – E. Russell Hicks Middle School
Group Exhibit: Clara Barton – Nora Crossin, Heather Johnson, Kayla Walsh – Boonsboro Middle School
Ruby Bridges – Vanessa Abrahams, Madison Brooks – Northern Middle School
Doolittle Raiders – Zach Gilbert, Patrick Creighton, Max Robinson, Andrew Barnhart, D.J. Jobe – Northern Middle School
Historic Paper: Amelia Earhart: A Woman with Wings – Erin Artz – Springfield Middle School
Rosa Parks – Allison Atkins – Boonsboro Middle School
Special prizes were awarded by the Washington County Historical Society to Evan Dennis from Smithsburg Middle School for his William Douglas and the C & O Canal presentation, and to Nikki Hanshaw, Kiana Denlinger, Chris Watkins, T.J. Wallech, and Tim Young from Washington County Technical High School for their John Brown presentation. Hagerstown Community College Scholar Prizes were awarded to Erin Artz from Springfield Middle School for her Amelia Earhart presentation, and to Emily Myers, Jesse Schultz, Brenna House, and Erica Hernandez from Clear Spring High School for their presentation of the War Hawks of 1812.
The State of Maryland History Day Competition is scheduled on April 22, 2006 in Montgomery County.
