Congratulations to all our amazing students who went to the NY State History Day Competition last weekend! The list of winners is below. 1st and 2nd place winners advance to the national competition, and 3rd place serves as the alternate. Congratulations as well to their teachers: Mr. Mordecai Moore and Mr. Robert Sandler!
Senior Individual Performances 2nd Place, National Qualifier: Abolition: Douglass and Garrison’s Philosophical Frontiers by Tobias Oyaniran
Senior Group Performances 1st Place, National Qualifier:David Sarnoff: The Visionary of the Television Frontier by Carol Hon, Dylan Ma, Lucas McGarvey, Vanessa Chen, William Tang
3rd Place, Alternate: The Chinese Experience on Angel Island: The Frontier That Makes or Breaks One’s Life by Genevieve Gorain(LGHS), Ziyue Wang
Senior Group Documentaries 3rd Place, Alternate:The Little Rock Nine: Pioneers in Desegregation By Amanda Cisse, Ashley Yang, Eva Blyakherov, Zoe Grossman
Senior Individual Exhibits 2nd Place, National Qualifier:Mendez v. Westminster: Challenging Latino Segregation in the U.S.by Benjamin Goihman
3rd Place, Alternate:The Legacy of Upton Sinclair: Navigating the Frontier of Industrial America by Kikyo Makino-Siller
Senior Group Exhibits 2nd Place, National Qualifier:Crossing the Bridge to Brooklyn, Innovation, Prosperity, and Freedom by Daniel Murdoch, Giles El-Assal, Kaeden Ruparel
3rd Place, Alternate:The Kellogg Company: Revolutionizing the Breakfast Table Through Cereal Advertising by Abigail Jin, Alan Chan, Cindy Ye, Zoe Chan
Senior Individual Websites State Finalist: The World of Tomorrow: Welcoming a New Era of Peace, Progress, and Prosperity by Chloe Wong
Senior Group Websites 2nd Place, National Qualifier: Sojourner, the First Planetary Rover: Changing the Face and Conduct of Space Exploration by Jowita Walkup,Mary Lee, Mehjabin Rahman, Sophia Zheng
3rd Place, Alternate: The Bay of Pigs Invasion: A New Frontier of Hostility Between the United States and Cuba by Alan Chen, Christopher Wong
(Photos courtesy of Mr. Wisotsky) See a full size collage here.
