Students Compete at Connecticut History Day
Results from Connecticut History
Day State Competition
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TOPIC
SCHOOL
STUDENT
FIRST
Yung Wing: A Man Caught between
Two Worlds
Academy of Information
Technology & Engineering,
Stamford, CT
Rita Newman
SECOND
Operation Ajax: A Failure in Diplomacy
Wilbur Cross High School,
New Haven, CT
David Elkin-Ginnetti
THIRD
True Diplomacy at Yalta
Wilbur Cross High School,
New Haven, CT
Lily Engbith
FIRST
Congressional debate about
the Indian Removal Act of 1830
East Hartford High School,
East Hartford, CT
Jessica Murdzek
SECOND
Title IX: Helping Women or
Handicapping Men?
Torrington High School,
Torrington, CT
Megan Calabrese
THIRD
The Pardon of Lt. William Calley
Torrington High School,
Torrington, CT
Alyssa Otis
FIRST
A Law Just for Prudence:
Education for all Debated
Bell Family Homeschool,
Killingworth, CT
Rebekah Bell,
Tabitha Bell
Immigration Quotas of 1924
Greater Hartford Classical
Magnet School, Hartford, CT
Lashawn Tennant,
Zachary Cunningham,
Isaac Fluker
KKK v. NAACP
Greater Hartford Classical
Magnet School, Hartford, CT
Alex Levesque,
AndreWalker, Sean
Hunt
SENIORS
PAPERS
EXHIBITSIndividual
EXHIBITSGroups
SECOND
THIRD
PERFORMANCEIndividual
PERFORMANCEGroup
FIRST
Historical Preservation:
the Fight to Save Yesterday
Torrington High School,
Torrington, CT
Rachel Traub
SECOND
Barbara Henry: the Desegregation
Debate
Praise, Power, & Prayer
Christian School, Windsor,
CT
Abigail McMahon
THIRD
John Cuzner, a Connecticut prisoner of
Andersonville:
A debate on a Dipolmatic Decision
Manchester High School,
Manchester, CT
Joseph Maggiore
FIRST
The Treaty of Versailes: a Dictated
Peace
Torrington High School,
Torrington, CT
Brianna Cole, Christina
Hammer, Kyle Hogan
Greater Hartford Classical
Magnet School, Hartford, CT
Aleksandra Tymura,
Haley Troy, Brianna
Dau, Henry Sinnock,
Alexa Esposito
SECOND
DOCUMENTARYIndividual
Debate Over Radio Censorship: The
FRC
THIRD
Reconstruction in Retrospect
Torrington High School,
Torrington, CT
Coe Gavetter, Nicole
Currier, Katrina
Spriggs, Tiana Delorge,
Amanda Graham
FIRST
UN Dipomacy: The South African
Apartheid
Pomperaug High School,
Southbury, CT
Rebecca Hill
SECOND
Equality in Education
Hall High School,
West Hartford, CT
Chinedum Uche
THIRD
Roger Sherman and the
Great Compromise
Francis T. Maloney High
School, Meriden, CT
Riley Bartolomeo
DOCUMENTARYGroup
WEBSITEIndividual
WEBSITEGroup
FIRST
The Kitchen Debates Today
Wilbur Cross High School,
New Haven, CT
Tarpley Hitt, Henry
Ayres-Brown
SECOND
The Facts are Irrelevant:
The New Haven Nine Puts Justice on
Trial
Wilbur Cross High School,
New Haven, CT
Sophie Dillon,
Alessandra Hogan
THIRD
The Devil's Music:
The controversary Rock and Roll Music
created
Pomperaug High School,
Southbury, CT
Mathew Roper, Niko
Kotsaftis
FIRST
The SS St. Louis Tragedy
Wilbur Cross High School,
New Haven, CT
Maya Levine-Ritterman
SECOND
The Pure Food and Drug Act
Greater Hartford Classical
Magnet School, Hartford, CT
Deborah Butler
THIRD
Women's Suffrage: A Right or Custom?
Torrington High School,
Torrington, CT
Jonathan Theriault
FIRST
Paris Peace Conference of 1919
Xavier High School,
Middletown, CT
Mario Chris, Rowan
Lucey,
Miraj Rahematpura,
Mohamed
Eldirany
SECOND
The Cuban Missile Crisis:
Avoiding Catastrophe
Torrington High School,
Torrington, CT
Patrick Baker, Razina
Rintharamy, Evan
Reynolds
The Scopes Trial
Metropolitan Learning
Center,
Bloomfield, CT
Ravi Patel, Alex
Bodian,
Sam Williams, Kenneth
Plante
THIRD
JUNIORS
PAPERS
EXHIBITSIndividual
EXHIBITSGroups
FIRST
Munich Agreement 1938
Montauk Academy,
Stonington, CT
Jamie Mackillop
SECOND
Constitution Making in the New Nation:
Success, Failure & Consequences
Captain Nathan Hale Middle
School, Coventry, CT
Adam Grace
THIRD
Internment of Japanese-Americans
During WWII: The Debate Between
Protecting Civil Liberties and Preserving
National History
Woodstock Middle School,
Woodstock, CT
Roosevelt Sowka
FIRST
The Black Hills Debate: Land Grab or
Diplomacy?
Sedgwick Middle School,
West Hartford, CT
Sam Porcello
SECOND
The Scopes Trial: Evolutionists vs.
Creationists
Memorial Middle School,
Middlebury, CT
Timonthy Cohn
THIRD
The Seneca Falls Convention and the
Debate
over Women's Rights
Hall Memorial School,
Willington, CT
Ana Wasielewski
Voting Rights for African Americans
Thomas Edison Middle
School,
Meriden, CT
Saket Pandit, Terrance
Newman, Derick
Madrid
Turn of the River Middle
School, Stamford, CT
Szczepan Misiak,
Taylor
Bernatchez, Nicole
Skorvanek
FIRST
SECOND
What Will Happen to the Gray Wolf:
The Struggle to Survive
PERFORMANCEIndividual
PERFORMANCEGroup
DOCUMENTARYIndividual
THIRD
It's a Jungle Out There
Memorial Middle School,
Middlebury, CT
Christian Santa Maria,
Eirinn Duley, Heather
Weber, Gabrialla
Battaglia,
Alison Iaiennaro
FIRST
Tinker v. Des Moines: The Great
Freedom of Expession Debate
King Philip Middle School,
West Hartford, CT
Remony Perlman
SECOND
The Debate over Prohibition: Success,
Failure & Consequences
Captain Nathan Hale Middle
School, Coventry, CT
Gina Wiese
THIRD
Jan Berris: A First Hand Look Into the
Ping-Pong Diplomacy
Talcott Mountain Academy,
Avon, CT
Mallory Kievman
FIRST
Cuban Missile Crisis
Rippowam Middle School,
Stamford, CT
Zoe Usowski,
Savannah Viggiano,
Sydney Bennett,
Maddie Hohmeister
SECOND
When Freedom Hadn't Come at Last:
The Heated Debate of Slavery in the
U.S.
Tyl Middle School, Oakdale,
Ct
Abigail Baukus, Shaun
Radgowski, Katelyn
Banta
THIRD
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Mansfield Middle School,
Storrs, CT
Vida Javidi, Emily
Kaufman
FIRST
Title IX: Fair Play for College Women
Hall Memorial School,
Willington, CT
Eliza Baker
SECOND
The Olympics Argument: Political Clash
of the 1980 Moscow Games
Hall Memorial School,
Willington, CT
Hannah Makuch
DOCUMENTARYGroup
WEBSITEIndividual
WEBSITE-Group
THIRD
Prague Spring Inspires a Symphony
Sedgwick Middle School,
West Hartford, CT
Alanna Uthgenannt
FIRST
The Space Race
Memorial Middle School,
Middlebury, CT
Robert Bickley, Chris
DiCorpo
SECOND
Play for Pay?
Turn of the River Middle
School, Stamford, CT
Jacob Schwartz, Will
Herrmann
THIRD
Only 49 Stars?
Turn of the River Middle
School, Stamford, CT
Casey Benzaken, Liam
Daly, Natalie Skigen,
Abhi Patni
FIRST
Successful Mutiny: Debate and
Diplomacy of The Amistad
Bell Family Homeschool,
Killingworth, CT
Jared Bell
SECOND
Conflicts of the Constitutional
Convention
Newtown Middle School,
Newtown, CT
Hunter James
THIRD
President Nixon's 1972 Visit to China
Depaolo Middle School,
Southington, CT
Ryan Carter
FIRST
Deceitful Diplomats: The British Policy
of Appeasement and its Modern Day
Consequences
Pequot Homeschool,
Southport, Ct
Jaden Esse, Pierce
Barry, Quinn Barry,
Annabel Barry, Isabella
Altherr
SECOND
The Dark Side of Diplomacy: Lies,
Secrets, and Propaganda of WWII
Mansfield Middle School,
Storrs, CT
Bryan Rote, Chris
Briere
Memorial Middle School,
Middlebury, CT
Jonathan Bedosky,
Christopher Horn,
Brendon hessler, Javier
Isham
Bill Brayfield Award for First Place Junior Group Documentary
Memorial Middle School,
Middlebury, CT
Robert Bickley, Chris
DiCorpo
Outstanding Entry in Civics, Government, or Citizenship
Turn of the River Middle
School, Stamford, CT
Kate Greenberg &
Jamie Eimbinder
Torrington High School,
Torrington, CT
Patrick Baker & Razina
Rintharamy & Evan
Reynolds
Wilbur Cross High School,
New Haven, CT
Sophie Dillion &
Alessandra Hogan
Thurgood Marshall Middle
School for Social Justice,
Bridgeport, CT
John Hewitt & David
Hewitt & Ann Hewitt
Manchester High School,
Manchester, CT
Paul Maloney & Logan
Welch & Chris Parla &
Jesse Robinson
Hall Memorial School,
Willington, CT
Lucas McLean
THIRD
The Atomic Bomb: Was Truman Right
or Wrong?
AWARD WINNERS
Outstanding Entry in Connecticut History
Outstanding Entry in Early American History (through 1812)
Outstanding Entry in Legal History
Metropolitan Learning
Center, Bloomfield, CT
Ravi Patel & Alex
Bodian & Sam Williams
& Kenneth Plante
Outstanding Entry in the Arts
Hall High School, West
Hartford, Ct
Xandra Falcon
King Philip Middle School,
West Hartford, CT
Mikayla Gordon Wexler
Academy of Information
Technology & Engineering,
Stamford, CT
Rebecca Johnstone
Captain Nathan Hale Middle
School, Coventry, CT
Gina Wiese
Hall Memorial School,
Willington, CT
Graham Frassinelli
Bell Family Homeschool,
Killingworth, CT
Jared Bell
Wilbur Cross High School,
New Haven, CT
Maya Levine-Ritterman
Mansfield Middle School,
Storrs, CT
Vida Javidi & Emily
Kaufman
Praise, Power, & Prayer
Christian School, Windsor,
CT
Abigail McMahon
Outstanding Entry in Women's History
Outstanding Entry Related to Maritime History
Outstanding Entry Related to Slavery or Abolition
Outstanding Use of Primary Sources
Memorial Middle School,
Middlebury, CT
Christian Santa Maria
& Eirinn Duley &
Heather Weber &
Gabriella Battaglia &
Alison Iaiennaro
Pomperaug High School,
Southbury, CT
Rebecca Hill