HISTORY THROUGH THE AGES

Close to 300 students displayed inquiry-based research projects at Hauppauge School District’s Third Annual History Fair. Exploration, Encounter and Exchange in History was the theme for the 2016 National History Day (NHD) competition in which students participated on both the Middle and High School level. The projects presented included historical papers, individual and group exhibits, documentaries, websites and performances on a diverse variety of interesting topics.

The top three projects recognized in each category at the High School Level will represent Hauppauge School District at the 2016 NHD Long Island Regional Competition at Hofstra University on March 6, 2016. “We are pleased to congratulate all of the District’s History Fair participants,” stated Doreen Gordon, director of social studies and business. “We wish those students who are continuing on to compete in the Long Island Regional Competition the best of luck.”

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS

1st Place, Sara Drake, Ellis Island: Gateway to a New Life

2nd place, Aisha Mamoor, Sexual Slavery and Comfort Women

3rd place, Erin Nugent, Tesla: Exchanging Energy, Exploring Electricity & Encounter of Radio Waves

GROUP EXHIBITS

1st Place, Emma Casey & Jack Casey, The Hubble Telescope

2nd Place, Ursula Choi & Megan Le, Pablo Picasso

3rd Place, Victoria Bublin & Sarah Meirs, Salt

HISTORICAL PAPERS

1st Place, Reah Vasilakopoulos, The Golden Girl of Genetics: Barbara McClintock

2nd Place, Jillian Ortiz, The Encounter of Blackness: Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance

3rd Place, Victoria Arancio, Exploration, Encounter and Exchange of Politics, Current Events, and American Society Through Satire on Saturday Night Live

INDIVIDUAL WEBSITES

1st Place, Madison Wahl, Britain’s Exchanges in Palestine

2nd Place, Danny Claps, The Industrial Revolution: The Exploration, Encounter and Exchange of a New Way of Life and the Transformation of America

3rd Place, Amy Petrocelli, The Kings Park Psychiatric Center: Explorations of the Human Mind

GROUP WEBSITES

1st Place, Samantha Rothman, Hailey Quinn, & Sonia Ikram, Encounter in Little Rock: Desegregating Central High School

2nd Place, Stephanie Galante, Nicole Lin & Yamini Kathuroju, Rosalind Franklin: The Ninja Contributor

3rd Place, Jessica Cuzzi & Sharon Dang, The Conflicting Views of US Modernism in the 1920’s and its Reflection in Architecture”

INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY

1st Place, Frank Hufnagel, 1960 Presidential Debate: Exploring the Political Usefulness of Television

2nd Place, Matthew Robbins, America Encounters a New Phenomenon in Sports: The NFL Superbowl

3rd Place, Antonia Dickson, The Exploration and Encounter of Mount Everest

GROUP DOCUMENTARY

1st Place, Brittany Lewis & Jee Won Oh, The United Nations: Peaceful Global Exchange in Response to Encounters with Global Conflicts

2nd Place, Evelyn Beltrani & Justin Grunthal, The Exploration of Evolution and its Encounter with Creationism: Change in the Modern World

3rd Place, Katie Murphy, Eunice Kim, The Framework behind the Human Blueprint

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE

1st Place, Rebecca Proscia, How the Exploration, Encounter & Exchange of HIV and AIDS Affected the Response to the Epidemic

HS GROUP PERFORMANCE

1st Place, Kevin Bie, Alexandra Shkoditch & Meghan Smith, The Cultural Encounter and Exchange Between British War Brides and American Soldiers of World War II