April 29, 2021—Twenty-eight Shaker Heights High School students one student from Shaker Heights Middle School have been recognized and awarded prizes at the National History Day State of Ohio Competition held virtually Saturday, April 24, 2021.
Four student projects won special prizes and five projects involving 14 Shaker students will compete at the national contest virtually the week of June 14. Two of these projects earned First Place in their category. We are extremely proud of all of our Shaker students who participated this year! Their history teachers are Sarah Davis and Joseph Konopinski at the High School and David Saluga at the Middle School.
Special Prizes:
African American History Award (from the History Department at the Ohio State University)
National Maritime Historical Award Senior Division 1st Place
The Primary Sources Award (from the Ohio Council of the Social Studies)
Lowell Thomas the Forgotten Man Who Changed Communication Documentary by Andrew Farkas, Parker Roeder, Bryan Pogel, and Jackson Fowler
The Society of Ohio Archivists Award Senior Division
National Finalists are the first and second place holders in each category:
Senior Group Documentaries
Senior Group Performances:
Honorable Mention: The Emancipation Proclamation: Causes, Reactions and Effects by Ziad Alharbi, Tariq Nicholson, Angel Rosales and Luis Rosales
National Finalist, Second Place: Tinker v. Des Moines: The Student Led Fight for Free Speech by Mary Basilion, Zara Braun, and Brendan Zbanek
National Finalist, First Place: I am not a Weakling: How the Pentagon Papers Altered Communication Between the United States Government and Its People by Maria Krouse and Anna Welsh
Senior Group Websites:
National Finalist, Second Place: Publishing Political Perspectives by Owen Tolbert, Dylan Lamb, Nick Luther, Antoine Staten
National Finalist, First Place: Influenza: The Failed Coverup of 1918 by Jonathan Jacques, Ahmed Lasheen, William Lang and Nicolo Moulthrop
Senior Individual Documentaries:
Senior Individual Websites:
Junior Division Historical Papers: