Students Recognized at 51st Annual History Day Competition

Please help us to congratulate all of our students who competed in the 51st  Annual History Day competition, started right here in 1974! More than 100 students from Shaker Heights High School and five Shaker Heights Middle School students recently competed at Regionals for the National History Day competition. Student projects covered a diverse array of topics, including integration, labor rights, and the judicial system! 

Nearly 40 Shaker students earned the opportunity to compete at Ohio’s National History Day competition in April, and 11 additional students won Special Prizes for their work illuminating diverse topics of both national and local importance. Advancing to States, we have 13 projects from Shaker Heights High School and two from Shaker Heights Middle School. High School students work with Individuals and Societies teachers Sarah Davis and Joseph Konopinski, as well as Jessica O’Brien, and Middle School students work with David Saluga. 

The Regional National History Day competition is hosted by the Cleveland History Center at University Circle. State level History Day competitions will be Saturday, April 26, at Capital University near Columbus. In addition to thanking our students for their efforts, please help us recognize Librarian Robin Sweigert, who works with our students weekly for the National History Day club. Also, our students have worked with the Shaker Writing Center as well as numerous juniors and seniors in our school as they prepared their projects — thank you all!

SPECIAL PRIZES

Shaker Library Research Award

The Open Door Policy: Exploited Rights, Stolen Responsibilities
Julia Koops
Category: Junior Individual Documentary

Cleveland Grays Armory Award

A Movement Through Music: How The Hutchinson Family Singers Fought For Abolition
Lila Brinkley, Tabitha Dina, Elinor Gillespie, Maja Tadic
Category: Senior Group Performance

Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve Award

Larry Doby: Knocking Racism Out of the Park
Andrew Berglund, Ezra Epstein, Gabriel Moulthrop, Leo Pevnick 
Category: Senior Group Documentary

Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve Award

The Shaker Plan: Integration through Bussing
Megan Fraser, Madeline Holmes, Teagan Karlowicz, Zachary Moskowitz
Category: Senior Group Exhibit

Friends of the Maltz Museum Award

The Rosenberg File 
Noah Mayan, Andrew Mullen, Gideon Polster
Category: Senior Group Exhibit

 

CATEGORY RESULTS & State Qualifiers

Junior Individual Documentary

Second Place
Mother Jones - The Fight for Labor Rights
Charlotte Newquist

First Place
The Open Door Policy: Exploited Rights, Stolen Responsibilities
Julia Koops

Senior Group Individual Documentary

First Place
Beyond the Diamond: How Roberto Clemente Inspired the Next Generation
Thomas Worley

Senior Group Documentary

First Place
Unpaid and Unheard: How Jo Carol Lafleur Changed the Lives of Pregnant Working Woman in America
Mollie Brem, Emilia Chevraux, Lola Coutelen

Senior Individual Exhibit

Second Place
Billie Jean King: The Right to Equity in the Sport of Tennis
Gabe Polanco

Senior Group Exhibit

Honorable Mention
Men Advocating For Women's Right to Vote
Bailey Brown, Noa Hollander, Elizabeth Wilson, Nina Yacovone

Honorable Mention
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: How Forty Years of Ethical Misconduct Changed Human-Based Studies
Eden Cohen, Sophia Federici, Mollie Klein, Reena Srivastava

Third Place
The Shaker Plan: Integration through Bussing
Megan Fraser, Madeline Holmes, Teagan Karlowicz, Zachary Moskowitz

Second Place
Plyler V Doe Education Without Borders
Bridget Barragate, Demi Burke, Zoeya Chowdry, Ellie White

Senior Group Performance

Second Place
I Speak as an American
Nan Auten, Penda Gassama, Aadya Padmanaban

Senior Individual Website

Third Place
Tinker v. Des Moines: Fighting for Rights and Taking Responsibility
Alexander Padilla

First Place
From Legislation to Lifeline: The Story of CHIP
Layla Wolf

Senior Group Website

Third Place
Workers' Rights, Companies' Responsibilities: The Fight for a Stable Work Environment during the General Steel Strike of 1919
Isaac Breitzmann, Hendrik Mayer, Adam Stuart

Second Place
Miranda v. Arizona: Balancing Rights and Responsibilities in the Judicial System
Nathaniel Confino, Isaac Laytin, Luke Murray, Aaron Nieman

First Place
A Voice for the Voiceless: Frederick Douglass's Rights and Responsibilities
Alex Friedman, Wesley Lewis, Asher Sullivan, David Wang