Pelham Students Advance To NY State National History Day Competition

From Pelham Middle School: Ten Pelham Middle School students and five students from PMHS have advanced to the New York State National History Day competition to be held on April 24.

Earlier this school year, 8th and 11th grade students created projects based on this year’s National History Day theme: “Taking a Stand in History.”

The students, working individually or in groups, conducted primary and secondary research to create an exhibit, historical paper, live performance, documentary or website about a specific historical event or person who either took a stand, or decided not to. Through their work, the students analyze and interpret their sources and draw conclusions about the significance of their chosen topic.

Members of Pelham’s grade 6-12 social studies department chose school winners, who then advanced to the regional competition. The students who placed either 1st or 2nd in their categories at the regional tournament now move on to states with the chance to then advance to the national competition.

Pelham Middle School Eighth Grade Winners

Historical Paper

• FIRST PLACE: “Katherine Johnson: The Woman Computer Who Significantly Altered the Space
• Race” - Emily Kalyvas
• SECOND PLACE: “Booker T. Washington: Taking a Stand” - Jack D’Angelo

Individual Live Performance

• FIRST PLACE: “The Salem Witch Trials” - Ella Burns
• SECOND PLACE: “Gettysburg” - Colin Healy

Individual Documentary

• FIRST PLACE: “The Photography of Ansel Adams: Japanese Internment Camps” - Katherine
• D’Adamo
• SECOND PLACE: “The Cuban Missile Crisis” - Juan Carlos Matos

Group Documentary

• SECOND PLACE: “The Red Scare” - Chapman Jones and Nevan Malwana

Individual Website

• FIRST PLACE: “Susan B. Anthony and the Journey to Women’s Rights” - Caroline Spana

Individual Exhibit

• SECOND PLACE: “Julius and Ethel Rosenberg: Cold War Casualties” - Sara Almo

Pelham Memorial High School Winners

Historical Papers

• 1st Place - Emily Xue - "Step High, Stoop Low, Leave Your Dignity Outside & Chicago's Dill

Pickle Club

• 2nd Place - Saul Glist - The Sound and Fury of the Imprisoned
• 3rd Place - Samantha Tsang - Ralph L. Carr: The Lone Political Opponent of Japanese

Internment

Individual Documentary

• 1st Place - Helen Meyerson - Beatrix Potter: Taking a Stand For the Appreciation and

Preservation of Wildlife

Group Exhibit

• 1st Place - Karla Pennetta & Natalie Todaro - Jane Addams: Taking a Stand for Society's

Outcasts

Images Courtesy Of Pelham Middle School