National History Day Winners 2016
Parkland High School
INDIVIDUAL WINNERS
Adam Stout-Individual Exhibit
Kaitlin Shaul-Individual Exhibit
Rhea Kadakia-Individual Paper
Jack Blizard-Individual Paper
Prachi Soni-Individual Documentary
Sriyaa Suresh-Individual Website
Francis Russin-Individual Performance
GROUP WINNERS
Taylor Faust, Rachel Sloan, Trevor Kickliter, Shika Veera, and Kristen Hickey-Group
Documentary
Sai Mallepaphi, Ojas Patel, Teng Lin, Joshua Yang and Yuri Guanowsky-Group
Documentary
Alex Fry and Katrina Olenwine-Group Website
Roy Ghosh, Vikram Pandian, Alex Son, Habeeb Salau and Aryaman Khandelwal-Group
Website
Mark Freeman, Varun Sivakumar, Will Campbell, Jacob Miller-Group Exhibit
Lisa Stein and Brittany Gelb-Group Performance
Orefield Middle School
INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE:
"Exploring the World in 72 Days: Nellie Bly" by Tanya Mehta
"To Infinity and Beyond: Satellites in Exploration, Encounter, and Exchange" by Sahas
Veera
GROUP WEBSITE- Honorable Mention:
"The Exploration, Encounter, & Exchange of the Ideals of the Suffragettes Movement:
by Anam Ali, Kaitlyn Tarantino, Aashika Shah, & Meaghan Crites
HISTORICAL PAPER:
"The Theory of Evolution: Charles Darwin's Exploration of the Galapagos and His
Encounter with the Transmutation of Finches" by Anya Pant
"Exploring the Salem Witch Trials: Encountering Executions Resulting in New Legal
Concepts to Protect Citizens" by Vivian Schiffert
INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY:
"Jonas Salk, Leader in Modern Medicine" by Hayya Khan
"Finding the Right Frequency" by Robert Moore
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT:
"The Panda Exchange" by Kyleigh Duff
"The Race Into Space" by Grace Smith
GROUP EXHIBIT:
"Pushing Too Hard Too Young" by Kyle Schantz & Taylor Fasnacht
"Exploring Women's Suffrage" by Kaitlyn David & Treya Deutsch
Springhouse Middle School
INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE
“Steven Hawking” by Farid Shahid
“Charles Babbage: The Father of Computing and Mathematical Visionary” by Kavish
Senthilkumar
GROUP WEBSITE
“Cuban Missile Crisis” by Emma Prehl and Sophia Gumina
“Ellis Island: Land of Joy and Tears” Ankhitha Manjunatha and Akshatha Manjunatha
PAPER
“Political War Waged on the Battlefront of Outer Space: Exploration, Encounter, and
Exchange During the Space Race” by Benjamin Esquieres
“Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Fireside Chats Exploring the Use of Radio to convey
information to the American People” by Jacob Roth
INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY
“The Mariel Boatlift: A Cuban Exodus” by Maggie Gareca
“Exploration, Encounter, and Exchange with a New Technology: The Wire Rope” by
Alexis Weaver
GROUP DOCUMENTARY
“Vasco Da Gama” by Ee-Ning Ooi and Rahul Inaganti
“Silk Road” by Humza Imam Jacob Felker
INDIVIDUAL DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE
“Mary Ann Shadd Cary and the Obstacles she Encounter in Starting a Change in the
World." by Cora Hochstetler
“Florence Nightingale and the Evolution of Modern Nursing” by Kelly McMahan
GROUP DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE
“Helen Keller” by Maxine Ma, Ava Bendetti
“Immigration: Now and Then” by Meghna Sequira and Abigail Dunn
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT
“From Russia to North America: Mennonite Migrations of 1870-1880” by Ronak Singh
“Title Nine: The Exchange of Equity on Today’s Females” by Olivia Happel
GROUP EXHIBIT
“The Berlin Wall” by Grady Davis and Ania Dudek
“Rosalie Edge: Activist, Pioneer, Conservationist” by Maya Halma and Arti Dhareshwar