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Greetings from the State Coordinator
Greetings!
We did it! We made it through another History Day year with flying colors.
New York State History Day was held on Friday, May 1, and 425 students from the across the state competed for a chance to represent New York at the National History Day competition in Maryland in June. Check out the winners list below.
Whether or not you or your students won a medal or a special award, I hope you know what an absolute honor it was to showcase your scholarship and hard work again this year at NYSHA, The Farmers' Museum, the Otesaga Resort and Hotel, and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Thank you for teaching me, the judges, and the general public about your amazing individuals in history.
I hope to see you all next year at regional contests around the state. The annual theme is Innovation in History: Impact and Change. In case you are already thinking about your topics for next year, you can download the theme sheet right now from our web site: http://ny.nhd.org/Theme.htm. Congratulations again to all History Day participants. Have a great month of history!
Best wishes,
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2009 New York State History Day Winners
 We are pleased to announce the 2009 New York State History Day Contest Winners!
Junior Historical Paper
- Third Place: Elizabeth Blackwell: Opening the Door of the Medical Career to Women by Joan Lee - Felix V. Festa Middle School
- Second Place: Ray Kroc's Supersize Impact on America Culture by Jamie Keenan - Commack Middle School
- First Place: Chiune Sugihara by Erica Schutzman - Felix V. Festa Middle School
Junior Web Sites
- Third Place: Richard Nixon by Adam Lipke, Evan Kornblatt and Jason Ziegler - Woodmere Middle School
- Second Place: Bucky for Kids/Buckminster Fuller: Profit for an Age of Connectivity by Jeremiah Milbauer - Hunter College Campus Schools
- First Place: Stephen Van Rensslelaer by Stephanie Duggan - Felix V. Festa Middle School
Junior Individual Documentary
- Third Place: Orson Welles: Genius and Innovator of the American Cinema by David La Rosa - Woodmere Middle School
- Second Place: Rich, Respected and Ruthless: The Life of John D. Rockefeller Sr. by Steven Tenzer - Felix V. Festa Middle School
- First Place: Anthony Wayne Brigadier General of a New Nation by Lee Allen - Felix V. Festa Middle School
Junior Group Documentary
- Third Place: Jacob Riis - Muckraker Photojournalist by James Gunkle and Neil Carousso - Sacred Heart
- Second Place: Simon Wiesenthal: In the Pursuit of Justice by Sam Askenas, Greg Bricker and David Krouskoff - Felix V. Festa Middle School
- First Place: Lillian Wald: Heroine of Henry Street by Amelia Goodman and Kate Mallinson - Stimson Middle School
Junior Individual Performance
- Third Place: "It Behooves Us to Prepare" The Clara Barton Story by Allison Hendrick - Bemus Point Middle School
- Second Place: Maimonides: An Everlasting Modernist by David Schwerdt - Ramaz Middle School
- First Place: Christopher Reeve: A Superhero on Screen and in Real Life by Effie Landau - Ramaz Middle School
Junior Group Performance
- Third Place: Walt Disney - The Animated Man by Michael Schumer, Maxwell Strauss, Cooper Paston, Jonathan Serota and Marisa Joachim - Jericho Middle School
- Second Place: John Jay: The Unsung Hero of the American Revolution by Edward Colombo and Willam Kindschuh - Genesis at Xaverian
- First Place: Douglas MacArthur by Gabi Im and Lauren Lee - Felix V. Festa Middle School
Junior Individual Exhibit
- Third Place: Lillian Wald: American Urban Reformer by Sean Coleman - Genesis at Xaverian\
- Second Place: Geraldine Ferraro by Katie Dalton - Felix V. Festa Middle School
- First Place: What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? by Andrew Willis - Genesis at Xaverian
Junior Group Exhibit
- Third Place: David Ben-Gurion: Father of Isreal by Thomas Beauchemin and Dan Weiner - Felix V. Festa Middle School
- Second Place: Building New York City: The Guilded Age Immigrant by John Giambrone and Ryan McEvoy - Genesis at Xaverian
- First Place: Jim Bowie: The Making of an American Legend by Stephanie Guz and Elky Melohn - Manhattan Day School
Senior Historical Paper
- Third Place: Her Fury and Her Friendliness by Julia Schlesinger - Hunter College Campus Schools
- Second Place: Robert Moses by Oliver Friedfeld - Clarkstown South High School
- First Place: Diego Velazquez and Realism by Mariko Azis - Ithaca Senior High School
Senior Web Sites
- Third Place: Thurgood Marshall: Architect of Equality by Jason Brooks - George W. Hewlett High School
- Second Place: J. Robert Oppenheimer: A Legacy of Change and Controversy by Matthew Weiss, Nikko Price, Harrison Tract - Jericho Senior High School
- First Place: Thelonius Monk: A Sphere of His Own by James Thompson - Stuyvesant High School
Senior Individual Documentary
- Third Place: George Orwell - A Modern Muckraker by Justine Shani - Hauppauge High School
- Second Place: Ariel Sharon: The Lion of God by Blake Fleisher - Suffern Senior High School
- First Place: Charles Darwin: Revolutionary Thinker by Eric Brooks - George W. Hewlett High School
Senior Group Documentary
- Third Place: Crooked by Ricky Arietta, Michael Kraus, Bradley Silverman and Erik Hinrichsen - Tappan Zee High School
- Second Place: Florenz Ziegfeld: Father of the Modern Musical by Carolyn Lehman, Rebecca Temkin and Eddie Cytryn - Stuyvesant High School
- First Place: Bearing Witness: Elie Wiesel by Anika Jain, Sophie Feng, Tim Cu, Harrison Okin and Nabil Ahmen - Herricks High School
Senior Individual Performance
- Third Place: Ida Tarbell: The Woman Who Stood up to Standard Oil by Allison Schlissel - George W. Hewlett High School
- Second Place: People Power: The EDSA Revolution by Rachel Mae Aguilar, Clarkstown North High School
- First Place: Deborah Lipstadt: Defender of History by Lily Shoretz, Ramaz School
Senior Group Performance
- Third Place: Emmett Louis Till: The Death of Silence by Koeun Choi, Rachel Refkin and Rachel Webber - Clarkstown South High School
- Second Place: One for All and Wall for One by Lauren Altman, Ankur Mohan, Alexandre Guevara, Randall Tesser and Cassandra Guevara - Clarkstown South High School
- First Place: Charles Dickens by Brian Groudan and Reshama Patel - Herricks High School
Senior Individual Exhibit
- Third Place: Woman of Action: Caroline Lexow, Suffrage's Unsung Hero by Valerie Champeau - Clarkstown North High School
- Second Place: The Man Who Won the War by Lauren Reisig - Massapequa High School - Ames Campus
- First Place: Captain Walter Farmer and the Wiesbaden Manifesto by Michael Tarantelli - Honeoye Falls-Lima High School
Senior Group Exhibit
- Third Place: Andrew Carnegie by Christine Ibrahim and Grace Oh - Herricks High School
- Second Place: Ayotolla Khomini by Stacy Jacob, Abhiraj Mathur, Daniel Cohanpour, Hewon Park, Meena Yoo - Herricks High School
- First Place: Spreading Hope for a Better World by Anne Rodenbach, Shannon Kopunek and Allison Kopunek
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2009 Special Award Winners
Abner Doubleday Civil War Roundtable - Thomas W. Malone Award
- Junior Individual Performance: Clara Barton: An Angel's Actions and Legacies by Nicole Heneveld, Berner Middle School
- Senior Group Exhibit: Robert Smalls: History's Hidden Hero by Rebecca Chandler and Alyssa Bosso, Clarkstown South High School
Ancient Order of Hibernians Award
- Senior Individual Exhibit: John Carr by Rosie Mazzarella, Ithaca High School
Bassett Healthcare Award
- Junior Group Exhibit: Marie Curie: Changing the World Through Discovery of Radioactivity by Alexandra Capellini and Linnea Magsuci, Genesis at Xaverian
The Farmers' Museum Award
- Senior Historical Paper: Iosif Averbach: Enterprising Reformer of the Soviet Collective Farm by Jane Cotler, Stuyvesant High School
Kalmar and Folk Family Award
- Senior Group Documentary: A Man in History: Elie Wiesel by Jordan Naft, Bruce Rubin and Matt Kigler, Clarkstown North High School
National Archives and Records Administration Award
- Junior Group Performance: Earl Warren by Rachel Kim, Riddhi Patel, Jackie Yi and Hia Chawala, Felix V. Festa Middle School
- Senior Individual Documentary: Alan Lomax: Saga of a Folksong Hunter by Brendan Blendell, The Doane Stuart School
National Baseball Hall of Fame Award
- Senior Individual Exhibit: Queen of the Diamond: Effa Manlet and the Newark Eagles by Maronel Stewart, Preston High School
New York State Archives Partnership Trust Award
- Senior Individual Exhibit: Thomas Nast: The Man Who Changed Politics with His Pencil by Zoe Wu, Stuyvesant High School
New York State Historical Association Award
- Senior Individual Documentary: Fiorello LaGuardia - An Individual Who Made Modern New York by Rennie Meyers, Ethical Culture The Fieldston School
SUNY-Fredonia Ethnic and Minority Studies Award
- Junior Group Exhibit: Building New York City: The Gilded Age Immigrant by John Biambrone and Ryan McEvoy, Genesis at Xaverian
- Senior Group Exhibit: Robert Smalls: History's Hidden Hero by Rebecca Chandler and Alyssa Bosso, Clarkstown South High School
Upstate History Alliance Award
- Junior Group Exhibit: Mary Talbert by Taisha St. Jean and Alexis Rivera, Buffalo City School District
West Kortright Centre Award
- Senior Individual Exhibit: Martha Graham: Liberating the Language of the Soul by Haleigh Hoebener, Westfield Central School
Women's History Award
- Junior Individual Exhibit: Lillian Wald: American Urban Reformer by Sean Coleman, Genesis at Xaverian
Teacher of the Year Award
- Samantha Gerantabee, Herricks High School
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