Complete list of winners: 2012 Delaware "National History Day" Contest
Junior Division:
Paper:
1st; Nathan Rose, “Revolution: Penicillin” Towle Institute
2nd: Kailyn Kampert, “Bullets buzzing, Bricks plummeting and Smoke Everywhere: The Riots of Wilmington” Ursuline Academy
3rd: Christine Ford, “Japanese Internment: A Reaction to Pearl Harbor” Ursuline Academy
Individual Exhibits:
1st: Chris Kramedas, “The Wright Brothers” Pike Creek Christian
2nd: Lauren Adamek-Dean, “Elizabeth Blackwell” Red Lion Christian Academy
3rd: Alexandra Coletta, “America’s Race to the Moon” Pike Creek Christian
Group Exhibits:
1st: Alex Maddams, Zacchary Maddams, “James Watt: A Revolutionary Engineer” Talley Middle School
2nd: Lydia Deaton, Annika Roberts, “Child Labor in History” Wilmington Christian School
3rd: Sydney Baffone, Jenny Kurlej, “The Revolutionary Journey to Freedom” Wilmington Christian School
Individual Documentary:
3rd: Abdul Ogembe, “The American Revolution: The Paul Revere Story” Nativity Prep School
Group Documentary:
1st: Janice Scott, Lauren Handerson, Maymuna Siddequea, “War of the Currents” Talley Middle School
2nd: Elizabeth McCole, Nicole Boylan, Michelle Ley, “Citizens of Germany: Before During and After WWII” Talley Middle School
3rd: Isadora Weinfeld, Nycere Walker, Elizabeth Sprague, “Segregation into Integration” Talley Middle School
Individual Performance:
1st: Matthew Cohen, “Thomas Jefferson and the Effects of the Declaration of Independence” Talley Middle School
Individual Websites:
1st: Jonathan Chick, “Cold War: America’s Revolution” Towle Institute
2nd: Samuel Ogunwande, “Microsoft: The Operating System That Changed Our World” Red Lion Christian School
3rd: Delaney Strange, “Tibetan Rebellion” Talley Middle School
Group Websites:
1st: Andrew Volz, Connor Pitmen “Revolution, Reaction and Reform: The Space Race” Wilmington Christian School
2nd: Phoebe Fowler, Rebecca Oberschmidt, “Royalty of the French Revolution” Talley Middle School
3rd: Elliot Miller, Ben Blatchford, “Ben Carson Revolutionizes Neurosurgery” Wilmington Christian School
Senior Division:
Paper:
1st: Isabel Nilson, “Mercy Otis Warren: Foremost Female Patriot of the American Revolution” Padua Academy
2nd: Cheyenne DeShields, “The Milford Desegregation Crisis of 1954: A Reform in Delaware’s Education System” Padua Academy
3rd: Jeremy Shatley, “Josiah Henson: A Man in Bondage Who Reacts to Slavery and is Instrumental in Its Reform” Towle Institute
Individual Exhibits:
1st: Madelyn Ray, “World War II Rationing” Padua Academy
2nd: Kenneth Robinette, “The Heliocentric Theory” Towle Institute
3rd: Hailey Curtis, “The Atomic Bomb” Campus Community School
Group Exhibits:
1st: Anna Smith, Julia Stratten, Jennifer Frazier, “Secrets Beneath the Sand”, Padua Academy
2nd: Sophie McCarthy, Emily Freebery, “Theoni V. Aldredge” Padua Academy
3rd: Carly Block, Clare Blessington, “The Reform of the Insane Asylums” Padua Academy
Individual Documentary:
2nd: Ella Flores, “Activists, Advocates and Agitators” Padua Academy
3rd: Hassan Henderson, “Racism and Discrimination within Current America” Newark High School
Group Documentary:
1st: Haley Schweizer, Mary White, Jaclyn Harkins, Tara Zdziech, “Revolution, Reaction and Reform of Communication with the Telephone” St. Mark’s High School
2nd: Max Sanders, Alec Ciarrocchi, Nate Foggy, Nathan Hickman, Matthew Piscitell, “Revolution, Reaction and Reform in Cinema” Wilmington Christian School
3rd: Katie Kempski, Carly Krajewski, Annie Reidinger, Shaina Sutten, “Prohibition” St. Mark’s High School
Individual Performance:
1st: Megan Julian, “The One Woman Show: Fanny Kemble and Her Revolution” Padua Academy
Individual Websites:
1st: Natalie Roddy, “Music of the Civil Rights Movement” Padua Academy Padua Academy
2nd: Devin Soliwoda, “The Greensboro Four” Towle Institute
3rd: Jordyn Buckingham, “Lewis Hine and the Child Labor Reforms” Towle Institute
Group Websites:
1st: Jasmine Camaclang, Justin Johnson, “Martin Luther and the Reformation” Campus Community School
2nd: Clare Nester, Bridget Novielli, “Italian Immigration” Padua Academy
3rd: Caitlin Wojcik, Paige Hearn, “The Asylum Movement” Campus Community School
University of Delaware Special Prizes:
American History:
Senior Division Hassan Henderson, Newark High School: Racism and Discrimination within Current America”
Junior Division winner: Alexandra Coletta, “America’s Race to the Moon” Pike Creek Christian School
World Studies/Area Studies Award:
Senior Division winner: Junior Division winner: Delaney Strange, “The Tibetan Revolution” Talley Middle School
Hagley Museum and Library Special Prizes:
Senior Division winners:
Haley Schweizer, Mary White, Jaclyn Harkins, Tara Zdziech, “Revolution, Reaction and Reform of Communication with the Telephone” St. Mark’s High School
Junior Division winner:
Alex Hantman “How the Assembly Line Revolutionized the Auto Industry” Pike Creek Christian School
Delaware Historical Society Special Prizes:
Senior Division winner: Luke McFadden, “Occupy Wilmington” Towle Institute
Junior Division winner: Maddie Smith, “Next Stop Freedom: The Delaware Underground Railroad” Towle Institute
Founder’s Award:
Raymundo Escobar, “Leonardo DaVinci: The Revolutionary Man” Nativity Preparatory School