Congrats to Stuy students and Mr. Mordecai Moore on the New York State History Day competition! Below are the winners and their project titles. Stuy had three 1st place winners!!
Moving to nationals:
- 1st Place individual performance - Anna Lyzhyn for "The Miss America Protest of 1968: the Restriction of Women's Rights in a Patriarchal Society"
- 1st Place Group website - Zachary Gao, Brian Lu, and Andrew Montes for "How the Other Half Lives-A Dive into Jacob Riis' Exposition of Tenement Homes"
- 1st Place individual documentary - Noa Salas for "The Right to Know and the Responsibility to Tell: The Story of the Pentagon Papers"
- 2nd Place group performance - Madeleine Villamil, Carina Jia Wen Lin, and Margaret Castiglia for "We Are One: The Fight for Garment Worker's Rights and the Responsibilities of Chinese Entrepreneurs in the 1982 Chinatown Strike"
- Other Winners
- 3rd Place Group performance - Gavin Frank, Allyson Win, Elizabeth Burnell, Daniella Handari, and Ethan Go for "Lenny Bruce "You're Right, They're Wrong." The Charismatic Comedian Responsible for Upholding Rights to Freedom of Speech"
- Best in NY State Project Sponsored by the New York State 250th Commission - Hayley Geoghagen for "The American Birth Control League: Upholding the Responsibility to Ensure Reproductive Rights" by Margaret Sanger individual exhibit
- Outstanding Entry Related to Issues of Social Justice Sponsored by the King Manor Museum - Yuna Lee and Annie Li for group exhibit for "The Kaho'olawe Bombings: Post Colonial America's Responsibilities in Rediscovering Hawaiian Sovereignty"
See a full size photo collage here.