2017 New York State History Day Winners Winners will advance to compete in the National Contest for History Day in Washington, DC June 11- 15, 2017
Junior Historical Paper
2nd Place: “Bessie Coleman – The First African American Woman Aviator’s Stand Against Racism” Jericho Middle School Student: Allison Lee
Senior Historical Paper
1st Place: “Larry Flynt: An Unlikely Hero Takes a Stand Against Censorship” Huntington High School Student: Aidan Forbes
2nd Place: “Olivia de Haviland: The Battle for Actors’ Rights in the Golden Age of Hollywood” George W. Hewlett High School Student: Brianna Kovit
Junior Individual Performance
2nd Place: “Power of Voice: Sojourner Truth Taking a Stand for African Americans and Women” The Wheatley School Student: Emma Melnikov
Senior Group Performance
2nd Place: “Capturing Their Plight: The Stand of Lewis Hine” Herricks High School Student: Felisha Ma, Esme Chen, Aiza Bhuiyan
Junior Individual Documentary
2nd Place: “John Lewis: Sitting Down to take a Stand: The Fight Against Jim Crow and African American Inequality” North Shore Middle School Student: Greg Cantwell
Junior Group Documentary
1st Place: “Lewis Hine and His Stand Against Child Labor in America” The Wheatley School Students: Joseph Doria, Neil Shah, Jack Keys
2nd Place: “Mathatma Ghandi: Taking a March to Take a Stand” Herricks Middle School Students: Prameet Shah, Aarya Agarwal, Abhinav Goyal, Aditya Lodha
Senior Individual Documentary
1st Place: “The Stonewall Uprising: Taking A Stand Against LGBT Inequality” Huntington High School Student: Alyssa Befumo
2nd Place: “Betty Ford: Candidly Standing Strong” Herricks High School Student: Prerna Chaudhary
Senior Group Documentary
1st Place: “The Man in the Glass Booth: The Capture and Trial of Adolf Eichmann” George W. Hewlett High School Rachel Miller and Jonny Miller
2nd Place: “Arthur Ashe: Defiance Till The End” Herricks High School Students: Kunal Suri, Rushikesh Patel, Shivesh Patel
Senior Individual Exhibit
2nd Place: “The Three Stooges: Taking a Stand Using Comedy as a Weapon” Hauppauge High School Student: Emma Clapps
Junior Individual Exhibit
2nd Place: “Taking A Stand for Women’s Suffrage: The Declaration the Launched the Radical Revolution” Jericho Middle School Student: Sara Chan
Junior Group Exhibit
1st Place: “Alice Paul: Suffering for Suffrage” Woodmere Middle School Students: Arilla Ziarno, Julia Klayman
Senior Group Exhibit
2nd Place: “Making Schools ‘Common’ Horace Mann: The Father of Public Education” Herricks High School Students: Amanda Chiang, Alisa Liu, Eunice Oh, Siri Kavuri, Caitlin Chou
Junior Individual Website
1st Place: “Go For Broke: The Fight for Liberty and Justice For All” Jericho Middle School Naomi Yu
2nd Place: “Mother Jones: Taking a Stand for the Rights of Workers” Jericho Middle School Student: Catherine Kim
Junior Group Website
1st Place: “Breaking the Silence: Ryan White and the AIDS Epidemic” Hauppauge Middle School Students: Alex Vasilakopoulos, Jalaj Mehta