Posted on Friday, May 23, 2014
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Students from area middle and senior high schools and home schools competed in the regional History Day competition at ¾¨Ó㴫ý in April.
This year's theme was "Rights and Responsibilities in History." Students investigated the theme through competing in one of five categories: documentaries, exhibits, papers, performances, and websites.
Regional winners in each category advanced to the state contest, May 12-13, at Millersville University. State winners will advance to the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest at the University of Maryland at College Park in June.
The regional winners are:
Junior Individual Paper:
First place - "The Defoliant that Ruined Millions of Lives" - Cassie Hockett --St. Michael School (Greenville)
Second place - "Desegregation of a Race: The Rights of the African Americans in the United States" - Abram Shannon --St. Michael School
Third place - "The Judge, the Jury, and You" - Justin Osborne -- St. Michael School
Senior Individual Paper:
First place - "Rights and Responsibilities of Occupying Armies: Do the Rights and Responsibilities of the Geneva Convention Prevent War from Working?" - Michael Sutton - Mars Area High School
Second place - "Homestead: The Bloody Battle for Reform" - Sam Govan - Knoch High School
Third place - "From Peasants to Emperors: How the Aztec Empire Worked" - Michael Long -- Seneca Valley High School
Junior Individual Exhibit:
First place - "Japanese-Americans: Prisoners of War" - Matthew Guy -- St. Michael School
Second place - "An Era to Recall" - Hannah Primm -- Mars Area Centennial School
Third place - "Tax that Changed Lives" - Caroline Hoovler - St. Michael School
Junior Group Exhibit:
First place - "Blazing Protest" - David Cianci and Trey Groleau - St. Michael School
Senior Individual Exhibit:
First place - "Fall of the President's Men" - Nathaniel Pettit - Knoch High School
Second place - "Preserving Our National Parks: American Rights and Responsibilities" - Delaney Lisco - Seneca Valley Intermediate High School
Senior Group Exhibit:
First place - "Women of the WWII Era" - Callie Ritchie, Delaney Baumis, Marley Parish, Hailey Tammaro, and Makayla Dupont -- Laurel High School
Junior Group Documentary:
First place - "The Fight to Fight" - Madison Murphy and Katie Addison -- St. Michael School
Second place - "Guns and Government" - John-Michael Yusiric and Hannah Brewer - St. Michael School
Junior Individual Website:
First place - "Tea and Taxes" - Jacob Johnson - St. Michael School
Second place - "Will It Come True?" - Shai Hargrove -- St. Michael School
Third place - "Slavery: The Right to Freedom" - Logan Stanfa - St. Michael School
Junior Group Website:
First place - "Hippie Hippie Shake" - Gina Maloney and Leah Mariacher - St. Michael SchoolÂ
Second place - "Women's Property Rights" - Kathryn Leonard and Jaclyn Toth -- St. Michael School
Third place - "The Declaration of Independence: The Rights of Our Nation" - Sarah DelMaramo and Annamarie Berger - St. Michael School
Senior Individual Website:
First place - "Agronomy and Apiculture: Rights and Responsibility" - Natalie Shimo - Homeschooled
Second place: "The Right to Bear Arms: America's Shifting Position" Â- Daniel Greathouse - Homeschooled
Junior Group Performance:
First place: "Two Strong Believers" - Rachel Carl, Ashley Proper, Grace Messer, and Jaclyn Nichols - Grove City Christian Academy
Second place: "Children's Bureau: Protecting the Children" - Kathy Williams, Alexandra Suhar, Makayla Utlak, and Noah Guy -- St. Michael School
Regional winners at the state contest were: Nathaniel Pettit (Knoch High School), first place, Senior Individual Exhibit; Madison Murphy and Katie Addison (St. Michael School), fifth place, Junior Group Documentary; and Abram Shannon (St. Michael School), sixth place, Junior Individual Paper. Pettit will advance to the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest.
Click for a list of all of the winners.
Contact Dr. Patricia Clark, ¾¨Ó㴫ý associate professor of history, at 724- 946-7248 or email for more information. Â
