HCPSSHCPSS Students Advance to 2021 National History Day Competition
May 7th, 2021
After winning first or second place at the recent virtual Maryland History Day competition, eight HCPSS students will advance to the virtual National History Day competition, from June 13-17, 2021. Four HCPSS students were also honored with special awards at the state contest. These students have already won competitions at the school and county level, and were competing against hundreds of students from school systems across the state.
Lynn Rashid, media specialist at Marriott Ridge High School, was named the Maryland History Day High School Teacher of the Year and senior division nominee from Maryland for the Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year award in the senior division of the National History Day National Contest. She was honored at the April 29, 2021 HCPSS Board of Education meeting, and the national winner and nominees will be recognized at the virtual National History Day National Contest Awards Ceremony on June 19, 2021.
HCPSS students presented entries in one of five categories: exhibit, performance, multimedia documentary, research paper and website. The process started at the beginning of the school year as students conducted historical research on a self-selected topic that related to this year’s National History Day theme of Communication in History. The students will be recognized at the May 27, 2021 HCPSS Board of Education meeting.
Maryland History Day is a program of Maryland Humanities. For more information on National History Day, visit the National History Day website.
HCPSS Students Advancing to National History Day:
Junior Group Exhibit
Unlocking Women’s Political Potential: How Female Voices Communicated for Prohibition and Repeal
Violet Kucler and Wren Kucler
Burleigh Manor Middle School
Teachers: Robyn Page and Barbara Randolph
Junior Group Website
Technological Communication During WWI
Sebastien Spencer and Samuel Yoon
Folly Quarter Middle School
Teacher: Vincente D’Antuono
Senior Group Exhibit
The Attica Prison Riot of 1971: Truth from Behind the Bars
Anna Chalupa, Gitanjali Raghava
Howard High School
Teacher: Mary Saha
Senior Group Website
The Music of Dmitri Shostakovich: Communication Under Soviet Suppression
Allison Faith Comising, Joshua Strohmayer
Reservoir High School
Teacher: Jan Edlowitz
Special Prizes:
Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. Award for Excellence in Government History
Naturalization Act of 1906: Written Communication over the Naturalization of Immigrants
Category: Junior Group Exhibit
Cate Lee, Pat Steil
Clarksville Middle School
Teacher: Margaret Brothman
Award for Excellence in Civic Action and Engagement, sponsored by the Maryland Council for Social Studies
How Jacob Riis Illuminated the Nation’s Darkest Corners
Category: Senior Individual Documentary
Nadia Ghaicepour
Marriotts Ridge High School
Teacher: Lynn Rashid
The Barry A. Lanman Award for Oral History, sponsored by Barry Lanman
Communication During the Southern Freedom Movement: Through the Eyes of Ruby Sales
Category: Junior Individual Website
Ariella Schulterbrandt
Clarksville Middle School
Teacher: Margaret Brothman