April 28, 2022 - Over 23 students from Shaker Heights High School and Middle School have won recognition and awards at the Ohio State History Day competition. Five Shaker Heights High School projects, representing 13 students, will advance to the National Competition, taking place in June of this year. Overall, 10 projects won top prizes in the State contest, with five High School and one Middle School project winning special awards for their work. High School students work with Individuals and Societies teachers Sarah Davis and Joseph Konopinski, and Middle School students work with David Saluga.
Special Prizes:
The History of Education Award Senior Division
Margaret Sanger: Changing the Lives of Women Around the World Through Debate
Beatrice Augustine, Amelia Raymond
African American History Award from The Ohio State University
John Lewis in Selma: A Legacy of Debate and Diplomacy in Civil Rights by Jack Geisler
Ohio Academy of History Award from the Ohio State University
Negotiating Change: France Under Louis Philippe and the July Monarchy from 1830 to 1845 By Ari Feinberg
Shaker Heights Middle School
The Ohio Local History Alliance Award Senior Division
Abolition in Ohio: Plymouth Church by Matthew Huang, Josie Mayhew, Vivian Auten
The Ohio Women in Government Award Senior Division
Second Place: Saloon Smashers to Suffrage by Julia Filby
The Pro Football Hall of Fame History Award
Score! The Athletic Goals of Women Played Out Through Title IX Samantha Jalics, Caroline Harrison
Category Results and National Qualifiers:
Senior Group Documentary:
First Place and National Qualifiers
Liberty Through Diplomacy: The Iran Hostage Crisis by Shawn Yu, Henry York, Taye Ziv
Senior Group Exhibit:
Honorable Mention
The Anti-Apartheid Movement in the US by Charlotte Smyers, Alexis Glinzler
Third Place
Score! The Athletic Goals of Women Played Out Through Title IX by Samantha Jalics, Caroline Harrison
Second Place and National Qualifiers
Concert of the Century: A First Lady's Diplomatic Fight for Social Justice
By Linnea Koops, Julia Babic, Eilidh Horn, Madeleine Fraser
First Place and National Qualifiers
Integral Integration: Story of the Little Rock Nine by Annabel Coxon, Shelby McBee
Senior Group Performance:
Third Place
Margaret Sanger: Changing the Lives of Women Around the World Through Debate by Beatrice Augustine, Amelia Raymond
Second Place and National Qualifiers
Abolition in Ohio: Plymouth Church by Matthew Huang, Josie Mayhew, Vivian Auten
Senior Group Website:
Honorable Mention
The Iran Hostage Crisis: A Failure of Negotiation by Jamie Jack, Ruben Rippner
Senior Individual Exhibit:
Third Place
John Lewis in Selma: A Legacy of Debate and Diplomacy in Civil Rights by Jack Geisler
Second Place and National Qualifier
Saloon Smashers to Suffrage by Julia Filby