HoCo Students Advance To Virtual National History Day Competition

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — Seventeen Howard County Public School System students have advanced to the virtual National History Day Competition to be held June 14-18. These students already have won first or second place in competitions at the school and county level.

Two of the students advancing to national also won special awards and Oakland Mills Middle School Media Specialist Jennifer Hamiliton was honored as Howard County’s History Day Teacher of the Year.

HCPSS students advancing to National History Day include:

Junior Group Exhibit
Title: Virginia Hall: An Unconventional Woman During Unconventional Times
Students: Lucy Choe, Menna Hassan
School: Burleigh Manor Middle School
Teacher: Geordie Paulus

Title: Clara Barton: Search for Soldiers
Students: Helen Nguyen, Rithma Premarathne
School: Thomas Viaduct Middle School
Teacher: Laura Attridge

Senior Group Exhibit
Title: A Stand for Students: Tinker V. Des Moines
Students: Anna Chalupa, Gitanjali Raghava
School: Howard High School
Teacher: Leah Foran

Junior Individual Exhibit
Title: Elizabeth Blackwell: Breaking Barriers for Women in the Medical Field
Student: Kendall Madison
School: Mayfield Woods Middle School
Teacher: Elizabeth Singleton

Junior Group Performance
Title: The Book that Affected Millions of Hearts
Students: Raji Shah, Samara Rahman
School: Bonnie Branch Middle School
Teacher: Janine Sharbaugh

Senior Individual Performance
Title: New York Times vs. United States: Breaking Barriers in Free Speech
Student: Laura Jia
School: Marriotts Ridge High School
Teacher: Lynn Rashid

Title: Josephine Baker: Civil Rights Activist
Student: Lauren Carr
School: Long Reach High School
Teacher: Lisa Milak

Junior Individual Website
Title: Defeating Odds: Jonas Salk’s Polio Vaccine
Student: Seth Markey
School: Bonnie Branch Middle School
Teacher: Janine Sharbaugh

Senior Individual Website
Title: George Perkins Marsh: Revolutionary Conservationist and Pioneer
Student: Colin Wang
School: Marriotts Ridge High School
Teacher: Lynn Rashid

Title: The Undying Legacy of Henrietta Lacks
Student: Caris Easton
School: Reservoir High School
Teacher: Jan Edlowitz

Junior Group Documentary
Title: The First School for the Deaf
Students: Caitlin Bossie, Haley Ko, Kevin Sisk
School: Lime Kiln Middle School
Teacher: Tracy Ganey

Special Prizes:
The George Washington Leadership Prize, sponsored by George Washington’s Mount Vernon
Title: Breaking into the Modern Economy: Hamilton’s Financial Plan
Category: Junior Individual Performance
Student: Lily Granai
School: Bonnie Branch Middle School
Teacher: Janine Sharbaugh

Special Prize in Legal & Constitutional, sponsored by Cynthia Raposo and Joseph Furey
Title: Roe v. Wade: Breaking Barriers Beyond Abortion Rights
Category: Junior Paper
Student: Molly Ross
School: Mayfield Woods Middle School
Teacher: Kathleen Quinn