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Entry List Information Provided by Student Online Registration and Does Not Reflect Last Minute Changes National History Day 2016 Jr Entry List Entry List Information Provided by Student Online Registration and Does Not Reflect Last Minute Changes National History Day 2016 Jr. First Round Competition Schedule for Junior Paper - 3114 (Engineering (Glenn L. Martin Hall)) Time Entry State Students School, Teacher(s) Title 10:00 10001 AK Olivia McFadden Ben Eielson Junior/Senior High School Charles Drew: Rejecting Racism and Pioneering Plasma Eileen Julian 10:15 10002 MD Sara Jarboe Piccowaxen Middle School Exploritis Roy Chapman Andrews - Leader of the Central Asiatic Expeditions Daniel Hoefert 10:30 10003 KS Tyler Hausthor Washburn Rural Middle School From Barnstormer to Land Surveyor: The Exploration of Aviator Elrey Alice Bertels Jeppesen 10:45 10004 NC Andrew Gallagher St. Peter's Catholic School Eugenics in North Carolina: A Dark Encounter with Darwinism Joe Hughes 11:00 10005 FL Flora Ranis American Heritage School Plantation From Hopeless to Heroic: The Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette Leslie Porges 11:15 10006 DC Ella Pearlman-Chang Deal Middle School Exploration of the Land of Opportunity and Encounters with Xenophobia: The Megan Huber Chinese Immigrant Experience and The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 11:30 10007 TN Muadth Malley Pleasant View School Islam in America: Encounters and Exchanges that Forged an American Ashir Kirk Muslim Identity 11:45 10008 UT Ella Sjoblom Olympus Junior We Can Do It!: American Women and Their Unforgettable Encounter with the Brittani Murray Military and Workforce in WWII 1:00 10009 OR Shamamah Khan Stoller Middle Exploring the Western Seas: The Cultural Exchange and Foreign Encounters Colleen Medlock of the Ming Treasure Fleet 1:15 10010 NE Anna Rose Bushman St Cecilia Cathedral Elementary The Transcontinental Railroad and Its Impact on America Jillian Roger National History Day 2016 Jr. First Round Competition Schedule for Junior Paper - 1201 (LeFrak) Time Entry State Students School, Teacher(s) Title 10:00 10011 VT Abigail Effron Browns River Middle School Ben & Jerry's: Exploration of the Ice Cream Industry Joyce Babbitt 10:15 10012 IL Peter Baffoe Mead Junior High The Eastland Disaster Cheryl Hinchey 10:30 10013 OR Abe Luedtke Oak Hill School Electronic Music: Technology and Musical Innovation Tyler Hartanov 10:45 10014 ME Alec Jansujwicz James F. Doughty School Exploration into Atlantic Sturgeon Population Kathryn Kennedy 11:00 10015 NE Megan Snow St Robert Bellarmine Elementary Vikings: Blood Thirsty Barbarians or Talented Traders and Excellent Explorers Chris Dziadus 11:15 10016 HI Owen Barr Kailua Intermediate School The European Organization for Nuclear Research: Exploration, Encounter Leslie Ringuette and Exchange Through Nuclear Physics 11:30 10017 MA Sam Clancy Clancy Homeschool An English Lady's Curiosity and What Came of It Chris Clancy 11:45 10018 DE Michael Corrigan Towle Institute Lives Lost, Lives Changed: Encountering a People, Exchanging the Gospel Sara Chick 1:00 10019 TX Abigail Fritz Elgin Middle School It's A Mad World Crystal Attinger National History Day 2016 Jr. First Round Competition Schedule for Junior Paper - 1221 (LeFrak) Time Entry State Students School, Teacher(s) Title 10:00 10021 IN Jack Rogers Central Catholic Jr/Sr High School The Legacy of Apollo 11 Victoria Hart 10:15 10022 NY Grace Sayward North Country Home Educators Marjorie Lansing Porter Melissa Sayward 10:30 10023 WY Li Platz Lander Middle School A Monumental Task: Art Conservationist George Stout's Exploration of WWII Gayla Hammer Europe and His Encounters with Hitler's Cultural Plunder 10:45 10024 KY Madison Lumpkins Royal Spring Middle School HMS Challenger: Taking Things to a New Depth Kristen Chilcote 11:00 10025 OK Ariana Brisco-Schofield Csas NASA's Impact on the World Laradius Stephens 11:15 10026 GU Isabella Rodriguez Anderson Middle School Father Diego Luis de San Vitores: Changing the Destiny of an Island Mary Williams 11:30 10027 WA Daniel Ng Northshore Junior High Wernher von Braun: From Hitler To Huntsville Bill Boniface 11:45 10028 SC Kaitlyn Rielly Ocean Bay Middle School Eliza Lucas Pinckney: Indigo Woman Changes the Color of South Carolina Jae Anderson, Billy Gainus & Marion Touzel 1:00 10029 MO Nian Wheeler South Middle School The Exploration, Encounters, and Exchanges of Captain James Cook: The Ivan Obert Explorer of the Pacific 1:15 10030 PA Jacob Roth Springhouse Middle School Franklin D. Roosevelt's Fireside Chats Exploring the Use of Radio to convey Joshua Abrams information to the American People National History Day 2016 Jr. First Round Competition Schedule for Junior Paper - 1222 (LeFrak) Time Entry State Students School, Teacher(s) Title 10:00 10031 DC Ryan Cheney Deal Middle School Harnessing the Power of Sports Caitlin Daniels 10:15 10032 DE Katrice Wasgatt Towle Institute Liberty Preserved Behind the Iron Curtain Sara Chick 10:30 10033 NH Lee Palaima Paul School The Final Solution? The Eugenics Movement Chris Soule 10:45 10034 TX Benjamin Warford-Johnston Gentry Junior High American Colonial Committees of Correspondence: Encountering Tara Fountain Oppression, Exploring Unity, and Exchanging Visions of the Future 11:00 10035 AL Blake Howard Phenix City Intermediate School King Leopold II and the Congo "Free" State John Brock 11:15 10036 NV Grace Wang Sig Rogich Middle School The Political Rebirth of Germany: Five Decades of Exchanges and Lori Figgins Encounters Preceding German Unification 11:30 10037 WY Maleah Tuttle-Armajo Jackson Hole Middle School Gandhi's Life and Legacy: Exploring a New Way of Belief, Exchanging the David Wells & Karla Swiggum Philosophy of Nonviolent Protest, Encountering Peace in a Time of Great Chaos 11:45 10038 IA Cheryl Blackmer Ballard Junior High School Combating Smallpox: Edward Jenner's Exploration Into Immunization Christi Ersland & Heather Dabney 1:00 10039 WI Anika Sanyal Eagle School Sidney Farber: Pioneering Chemotherapy to Cure Chuck Price 1:15 10040 CA Aadam Awad Francis Parker School The Arab Encounter with Imperialism: From Empire to Statehood Mary Ong-Dean & Rob Campbell National History Day 2016 Jr. First Round Competition Schedule for Junior Paper - 1112 (Skinner) Time Entry State Students School, Teacher(s) Title 10:00 10041 LA Khai Lejeune Math Science & Arts Academy-West The Exploration, Encounter, and Exchange of Smallpox Through History Karen Olivier 10:15 10042 VA Thomas McKenna McKenna Homeschool The Path to the Sugar Mill or the Path to Millions: The MLB Baseball Elizabeth McKenna Academy's Effect on the Dominican Republic 10:30 10043 NC William Maurer Central Middle School Charles Darwin: Exploring Evolution in the Galapagos Janet McElfresh 10:45 10044 AR Griffin Roton Prairie Grove Middle School "Could You Patent the Sun?" Jonas Salk Exploring Polio, Encountering Fear Dustin Seaton, Melanie Nations, Anne from the Public, and Exchanging Ideas in Vaccination Debates Minton & Lynn Johnson 11:00 10045 IS-SA Celestine Wenardy British School Jakarta The Forgotten War: The Encounter Of Democracy and Communism in Korea Kate Petty & James Cox 11:15 10046 MT Aubrey Halverson Bigfork Middle School Ludwig van Beethoven Cynthia Wilondek 11:30 10047 MN Gabriel Chang-Deutsch Barton Open School Native People in a Pacific World: The Native Alaskan Encounter and Chuck Nelson Exchange with Native People of the Pacific Coast 11:45 10048 AZ Gentry Webb Heritage Academy Irena Sendler - Champion of Children Christie Higgins & Amanda Smith 1:00 10049 NM Amber Begay Hermosa Middle School Alice Paul: The Fight for Women's Rights Susan Boyles 1:15 10050 FL Elizabeth McCluskey Gulf Breeze Middle School Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: First Encounter in Space Grace Freeman National History Day 2016 Jr. First Round Competition Schedule for Junior Paper - Edgar Allen Poe (Stamp Student Union) Time Entry State Students School, Teacher(s) Title 10:00 10051 RI Charlotte Macneal Narragansett Pier School Ocean Mapping Vanessa Miller, Michelle Holmes & Joan Mouradjian 10:15 10052 PA Vanessa Abraham Eagle View Middle School The Paxton Boys: Exploring Issues, Encountering Opposition, and Stacey Maus Exchanging Media 10:30 10053 WI Julia Votava Eagle School Frank Lloyd Wright: Exploring the Limits of Architecture Janice Lacock 10:45 10054 WA Natalie Keys Northshore Junior High The Significance of San Juan Island's "Pig War" Alan Plummer 11:00 10055 OK Taylor Dowell Canton High School From Rocket Boy to Rocket Scientist: Homer Hickam and Space Exploration Penny Heath 11:15 10056 MS Hank Yang Armstrong Middle School The Unifcation of America: The Chinese Workers of the Transcontinental Craig Wood, Maggie Wood & Joshua Railroad Pankey 11:30 10057 GA Avery Sutherland St. Luke School Fanny Kemble: How a Forgotten Actress' Encounter with Slavery Changed Chris Shelnutt the World 11:45 10058 ID Elisa Reece Lone Star Middle School How Sigmund Freud's Exploration of the Human Mind Led to the Kris Benson Development of Psychoanalysis 1:00 10059 OH Ema Rennie Genoa Middle School- Westerville Nellie Bly: Exploration and Encounter in the Field of Investigative Journalism Deanna McDaniel 1:15 10060 MI Daniela Castillo Traverse City West Middle School Rosario Castellanos: A Journey to Equality Through Self-Expression - An Brett Graham Essay on Exploration, Encounter and Exchange National History Day 2016 Jr. First Round Competition Schedule for Junior Paper - Harriett Tubman (Stamp Student Union) Time Entry State Students School, Teacher(s) Title 10:00 10061 AL Sierra Robertson Drew Middle School Apollo 13: Exploration Into Space Mickey Jones 10:15 10062 AR Alex Edmiston Prairie Grove Middle
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