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2010 National Contest Winners
New York State is proud of its students who competed at the 2010 National History Day competition, held June 13-17 at the University of Maryland in College Park.  New York sent 60 students to the competition, and all placed well above average in their categories. Eight entries qualified for the finals, which narrowed the hundreds of entries to the top 14 in each category. Three New York entries won top honors:

Top Honors
  • High school sophomore Lauren Reisig from Massapequa won the first place gold medal for her Senior Individual Exhibit, Portioning off the American Dream
  • Elisheva Blas, from Ramaz Middle School in Manhattan, won the first place gold medal for her Junior Historical Paper entitled The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways.
  • High school student Leora Mincer from Ramaz School in Manhattan won the second place silver medal for her Senior Historical Paper, "No Right to Be Born": The Eugenics Movement of the Early 20th Century.
Top Rankings
Five additional New York History Day projects placed within the top 14 in the world for their respective categories. This is an impressive accomplishment, and we express our hearty congratluations to the following students:
  • 5th place: Senior Group Documentary: "A Radical Innovation": The Impact of the 1960s Great Debates on Televised Politics by Michelle Roter, Amanda Villani, Hadas Werman and Jordan Friedman, George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett
  • 7th place: Junior Individual Exhibit: Nylon: Changing the Fabric of our Lives by Jessie Kurz, Woodmere Middle School, Hewlett
  • 11th place: Senior Individual Performance: The Blalock-Thomas-Taussig Shunt: The Innovation Opening the Field of Cardiac Surgery by Lily Shoretz, Ramaz School, Manhattan
  • 13th place: Senior Historical Paper: Tesla's Legacy: The Age of Alternating Current by Daniel Kramer, Lynbrook Senior High School, Lynbrook
  • 14th place: Senior Web Site: The First Amendment: Creating a More Democratic Society by Josh Berg and Robert Duggan, Clarkstown North Senior High School, New City
Outstanding State Entry
National History Day also awards a prize to one Junior and one Senior Division entry in each state. The students receive a medal. New York State's 2010 NHD Outstanding State Entries are:
  • Junior Division: Junior Individual Exhibit: Nylon: Changing the Fabric of our Lives by Jessie Kurz, Woodmere Middle School, Hewlett
  • Senior Division: Senior Group Documentary: "A Radical Innovation": The Impact of the 1960s Great Debates on Televised Politics by Michelle Roter, Amanda Villani, Hadas Werman and Jordan Friedman, George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett
Congratulations to all of New York Students for your amazing work! The state office staff could not be more pleased! 
 
2010 State Contest Winners
We are pleased to announce the 2010 New York State History Day Contest and Special Award Winners.

State Contest Winners

Junior Historical Paper
  • First Place: The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways: The Road to Success? by Elisheva Blas, Ramaz Middle School, New York City
     
  • Second Place: The Barcode: Initial Resistance, Ultimate Acceptance by Margaret Thomann, Genesis At Xaverian, Brooklyn
     
  • Third Place: The Cell Phone Call that Changed America by Meaghan Mahoney, Commack Middle School, Commack

Junior Web Sites
  • First Place: Internet: Symbol of the Digital Age by Miskat Rahman, Felix Festa Middle School, West Nyack
     
  • Second Place: NASA Innovation: Changing the World by Elena Musteata, Farnsworth Middle School, Guilderland
     
  • Third Place: The Hip Hop Culture by Sydney Pigott, Mylz Wilson, Taylor Grant & Tyler Warner, Baldwin Middle School, Baldwin

Junior Individual Documentary
  • First Place: Recycling the World: Impact and Change by Michelle Kang, Farnsworth Middle School, Guilderland
     
  • Second Place: Lowell Mill Girls: Spinning Out Rights by Hannah Levin, Felix Festa Middle School, West Nyack
     
  • Third Place: Water By Design: Clinton's Ditch by Megan Bellinger, Victor Junior High School, Victor

Junior Group Documentary
  • First Place: CNN: The Innovative Beginning of a News Revolution by Madison Deming, Taylor Hughes & Shelby Hougui, Felix Festa Middle School, west Nyack
     
  • Second Place: The Innovation of Cryptology: An Enigma of History by Shivkrish Lingala and Jake Gogats, Felix Festa Middle School, West Nyack
     
  • Third Place: Peace Corps: Changing the World One Person at a Time by Noam Barazani & Elijah Corwin, The Brandeis School, Lawrence

Junior Individual Performance
  • First Place: The Innovation of Nuclear Power: For Bomb or Boon? by Jack Cahn, Ramaz Middle School, New York City
     
  • Second Place: Insulin Pump: Closer to a Cure by Thomas Witkowski, Genesis at Xaverian, Brooklyn
     
  • Third Place: Happiness, Hate and the Evolution of Radio by Allison Hendrick, Bemus Point Middle School, Bemus Point

Junior Group Performance
  • First Place: Braille: Constellations for the Blind by Max Ofer, Renee Friedman & Sarah Siegel, Cooperstown Middle School, Cooperstown
     
  • Second Place: John Roebling's Steel Wire Cable: Suspended in Time by Harrison Jamin & Mark Kindschuh, Genesis at Xaverian, Brooklyn
     
  • Third Place: Tour of the Subway: Innovation that Transformed NYC by Anisah Allen, Erik Colon, Thalia Montalvo, Jennifer Rodriguez & Dianna Torres, School 23, Yonkers

Junior Individual Exhibit
  • First Place: Nylon: Changing the Fabric of Our Lives by Jessie Kurz, Woodmere Middle School, Hewlett
     
  • Second Place: How the Tank Changed War by Aaron Vit, Canandaigua Middle School, Canandaigua
     
  • Third Place: The Dream of Steam: From Imagination to Innovation by Stephen Wong, Liverpool Middle School, Liverpool 

Junior Group Exhibit
  • First Place:  DNA Evidence - The Key to our Future by Shan Jafri, Giovanni Vittozzi, Matthew Grillo, Seamus Scaring, & Vincent Devenoge, St Mary's - Manhasset
     
  • Second Place:  Vauban Fortifications by Natasha Lafrance & Rachel White, St Mary's School - Ticonderoga
     
  • Third Place: BRAILLE: The Key to Education for the Blind by Avigayil Karasick & Avital Goldstein, Manhattan Day School, New York City

Senior Historical Paper
  • First Place: "No Right to Be Born": The Eugenics Movement in Early Twentieth Century America by Leora Mincer, Ramaz School, New York City
     
  • Second Place: Nikola Tesla by Daniel Kramer, Lynbrook Senior High School, Lynbrook
     
  • Third Place: Moving the Masses- How Underground Transport Transformed the City Above by Jordyn Iger, Massapequa High School, Massapequa

Senior Web Sites
  • First Place: Fiber Optics by Rohan Patel, Tom Safran, Dhruv Ragunathan, Alvin Mathew & Zac Ringer, Clarkstown South High School, West Nyack
     
  • Second Place: The First Amendment: Creating a More Democratic Society by Robert Duggan & Joshua Berg, Clarkstown North High School, New City
     
  • Third Place: New York City Subway: An Underground Innovation by Damanpreet Pelia, Natasha Masub, Sarah Elsheryie & Sindhu Darisi, Herricks High School, New Hyde Park

Senior Individual Documentary
  • First Place: Photojournalism: Shaken Out of Indifference by Greg Briker, Clarkstown North High School, New City
     
  • Second Place: Fireside Chats: An Innovation in Communication by Anisha Chava, Herricks High School, New Hyde Park
     
  • Third Place: The Assembly Line: The Process That Changed Production by Nicholas Quinn, Shenendehowa High School, Clifton Park

Senior Group Documentary
  • First Place: "A Radical Innovation:" The Impact of the 1960 Great Debates on Televised Politics by Michelle Roter, Amanda Villani, Hadas Werman & Jordan Friedman, George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett
     
  • Second Place: 40 Years of Sesame Street by Erica Carchichabla, Ashly Elias, Julia Chin, Clarkstown South High School, West Nyack
     
  • Third Place: Jazz: A People, A Passion, A Revolution by Foram Parikh, Sophie Feng & Anika Jain, Herricks High School, New Hyde Park

Senior Individual Performance
  • First Place: The Blalock-Thomas-Taussig Shunt: The Innovation Opening the Field of Cardiac Surgery by Lily Shoretz, Ramaz School, New York City
     
  • Second Place: Hedy Lamarr and Frequency Hopping: The Brains Behind the Beauty by Allison Schlissel, George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett
     
  • Third Place: Radiation in History by Nicole Heneveld, Massapequa High School, Massapequa

Senior Group Performance
  • First Place: The First Ammendment by Nick Elias, Warren Lin, Mickey Dibattista & Minkyung Shinn, Herrichs High School, New Hyde Park
     
  • Second Place: Casting Her Ballot: Innovation, Impact, and Change by Rachel Weber & Olga Zubashko, Clarkstown South High School, West Nyack
     
  • Third Place: Innovations in Advertising by Katie Muller & Kendra Mapierala, Fayetteville-Manlius High School, Manlius

Senior Individual Exhibit
  • First Place: Portioning off the American Dream by Lauren Reisig, Massapequa High School, Massapequa
     
  • Second Place: Television: Turning on America by Haleigh Hoebener, Westfield High school, Westfield
     
  • Third Place: Frame by Frame: The Camera's Impact on Depicting the Reality of War by Ellina Nektalova, High School of Economics and Finance, New York City

Senior Group Exhibit
  • First Place: Anesthesia: From Agony to Ecstasy by Rebecca Loring & Rebecca Chandler, Clarkstown South High School, West Nyack
     
  • Second Place: Splitting of the Atom by Tanni Rahman, Sanya Pesic & Chee Yung Kong, High School of Economics and Finance, New York City
     
  • Third Place: The Telegraph: The Cornerstone of Modern Telecommunications by Ilana Porges, Samantha Sokol & Matthew Marber, Jericho Senior High School, Jericho

Special Award Winners

Abner Doubleday Civil War Roundtable - Thomas W. Malone Award
Junior Historical Paper: Innovations in Military Medicine by Sarah Payne, Victor Junior High School, Victor

Ancient Order of Hibernians Award
Senior Group Performance: The Innovation of Tap by Brittany Holloway, Nina Franza, Jacqueline Schrage and Dara Coppolone, Connetquot High School, Bohemia

AWAIR's Arab or Islamic History Award
Junior Group Performance: Fatima's Path to Knowledge by Habibah Hossain, Maymunah Sarujamohaden, Safiyyah Stewart, Fatimah Ikram and Saffura Ahmad, An Nur Islamic School, Schenectady

Bassett Healthcare Award
Junior Web Site: Kidney Dialysis Machine: The First Artificial Organ by Katherine James, Honeoye Falls-Lima Middle School, Honeoye Falls

Cooperstown Graduate Program Award
Junior Individual Exhibit: The Innovation of the Milking Machine by Cody Sears, Cherry Valley-Springfield Junior High School, Cherry Valley

Kalmar and Folk Family Award
Junior Web Site: The Nuremberg Trials: A Revolution in Legal Thought by Noah Amsel, Hunter Elementary School, New York City

Museumwise Award of Excellence
Junior Individual Documentary: Labrynth of Iron: Innovation of the Subway by Anthony Torres, School 23, Yonkers

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Award
Senior Individual Documentary: The Prosthetic Leg: Running into the Future by Josh Solomon, Townsend Harris High School, New York City

New York State Archives Partnership Trust Award
Junior Individual Performance: The Flexner's Report: Innovation in Medical Education by Meghana Rao, Berner Middle School, Massapequa

New York State Historical Association Award
Junior Group Documentary: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words by Sage Hussein, Nora Yousef, Idris Naeem, Amena Abdalla and Tia Hussein, An Nur Islamic School, Schenectady

The Farmers' Museum Award
Senior Individual Exhibit: Agricultural Innovation: The Cooperative Extension by Rachel Lee, C. A. Bouton High School, Voorheesville

SUNY-Fredonia Ethnic and Minority Studies Award
Junior Division:
  • Junior Individual Exhibit: The Declaration of Human Rights by Alexandra Moreno, Baldwin Middle School, Baldwin
  • Junior Group Exhibit: BRAILLE: The Key to Education for the Blind by Avigayil Karasick and Avital Goldstein
Senior Division:
  • Senior Historical Paper: Non-violence: A Pragmatic Approach to Activism by Kunal Sangani, Fayetteville-Manlius High School, Manlius
  • Senior Group Exhibit: Braille: Touching is a Way of Seeing by Taisha St. Jean and Alexis Rivera, Leonardo Da Vinci High School, Buffalo
Honorable Mentions:
  • Junior Group Web Site: Innovation of Hip Hop by Sydney Pigott, Mylz Wilson, Taylor Grant and Tyler Warner, Baldwin Middle School, Baldwin
  • Senior Historical Paper: "No Right to be Born:" The Eugenics Movement by Leora Mincer, Ramaz School, New York City
  • Junior Group Exhibit: Bone Wars: NAGPRA's Innovative Laws by Nathaniel Morgan and Alex Kingsbury, Worcester Central School, Worcester
  • Senior Individual Exhibit: Impact of the Special Olympics by Rachel Nash, Shenendehowa High School, Clifton Park

West Kortright Centre Award
Junior Group Performance: Refrigeration by Emily Irwin and Daniel Little, Jefferson Central School, Jefferson

Women's History Award
Senior Group Documentary: Women in Baseball by Barry Adams, Sean Williams and Ryan Nardi, Ethical Culture-The Fieldston School, Bronx

Teacher of the Year Award
Dr. Barbara Kalmar, Felix V. Festa Middle School, West Nyack

 
2010 Regional Contest Winners
Select your region:
Capital Region
Catskill Region
Central New York
Finger Lakes
Genesee Valley
Long Island
Lower Hudson
New York City
North Country
Southern Tier
Western New York
Western Southern Tier


Capital History Day

Junior Historical Paper

  1. Panama Canal: Connecting the World - Influence and Impacts by Heidi Smith - Granville Junior High School, Granville
  2. Gutenberg's Printing Press and How it Changed the World by Marc Billow - Granville Junior High School, Granville

Junior Individual Documentary

  1. Road Trip: The American Interstate by Sean Quinn - Farnsworth Middle School, Guilderland
  2. Recycling the World: Impact and Change by Michelle Kang - Farnsworth Middle School, Guilderland

Junior Group Documentary

  1. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Stories by Tia Hussein, Amena Abdalla, Idris Naeem, Nora Yousef and Sage Hussein - An Nur Islamic School, Schenectady
  2. Home Sweet Home by Salah Muhiddin, Umar Rivers, Omer Osman, and Abu Horayra Hossain - An Nur Islamic School, Schenectady

Junior Individual Performance

  1. Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama: Impact and Change in American Society by Cody Ingraham - Farnsworth Middle School, Guilderland
  2. Change in Journalism: The Impact of Hunter S. Thompson by Andrew Fedorov - Farnsworth Middle School, Guilderland

Junior Group Performance

  1. Fatima's Path to Knowledge by Habibah Hossain, Maymunah Sarujamohaden, Safiyyah Stewart, Fatimah Ikran and Saffura Ahmad - An Nur Islamic School, Schenectady
  2. Helen Keller's Voice by Farhat Ahmed, Mahnoor Nasir, Shadeh Din and Tooba Jamil - An Nur Islamic School, Schenectady

Junior Individual Exhibit

  1. Model T: Forerunner of a New Age by Diana Tian - Christ the King School, Albany
  2. Sewer Systems by Catherine Vivian - Christ the King School, Albany

Junior Group Exhibit

  1. Deconstructing Skyscrapers by Fizza Chaudhry, Arzoo Nusrat, Hanifa Khatibi, Cemile Antal and Nitalia Naeem - An Nur Islamic School, Schenectady
  2. Ice Cream Cone by Juliana Klein and Amanda Averill - Acadia Middle School, Clifton Park
  3. Should I Stay or Should I Go? by Mahmoud Shohatee, Azzam Muhiddin and Ali Elsheikah - An Nur Islamic School, Schenectady

Junior Web Sites

  1. NASA Innovation: Changing the World by Elena Musteata - Farnsworth Middle School, Guilderland
  2. The Computer: How it Changed our World by Kevin Albagli - Acadia Middle School, Clifton Park

Senior Historical Paper

  1. The Geopolitical and Societal Impact of Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War by Zubin Mukerjee - Guilderland High School, Guilderland
  2. Influences on the Development of Canning by Alicia Clark - Granville Senior High School, Granville

Senior Individual Documentary

  1. The Assembly Line and Mass Production by Nicholas Quinn - Shenendehowa High School, Clifton Park
  2. Baseball and Its Impact on the World by Chris Proctor - Shenendehowa High School, Clifton Park

Senior Individual Exhibit

  1. The Impact of the Special Olympics by Rachel Nash - Shenendehowa High School, Clifton Park
  2. Agricultural Innovation: The Cooperative Extension - Rachel Lee, C.A. Bouton High School, Voorheesville

Senior Web Sites

  1. The Curtis Steam Turbine: A case Study of American Innovation in Engineering by Nate Costello and Mike Gao - Shenendehowa High School, Clifton Park
  2. Penicillin: From a Petri Dish to Mass Production by Leah Finkelmeier - Shenendehowa High School, Clifton Park

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Catskill History Day

Junior Historical Paper

  • The Invention of Braille: A Leading Guide for the Blind by Louis Bubko - Jefferson Central School, Jefferson
  • Gutenberg's Printing Press and How it Changed the World by Lane Anson - Unadilla Valley Central School, New Berlin

Junior Individual Documentary

  • The Impact of Computers by Marielle Perkins - Unadilla Valley Central School, New Berlin

Junior Group Documentary

  • Got Milking Machine? by Jackie Hutchinson, Corrine Izzard, Lucas Lyons - Unadilla Valley Central School, New Berlin
  • Diving Deep in to History: The Amazing Innovations of Jacques Cousteau by Brigid Kennison, Aurora LaTourett, Alice Spina - Worcester Central School, Worcester

Junior Individual Performance

  • Entrenched in Combat by Jacob Russell - Cooperstown Central School, Cooperstown
Junior Group Performance
  • Refrigeration by Emily Irwin and Danial Little - Jefferson Central School, Jefferson

Junior Individual Exhibit

  • Satellites and the Race for Space by Emma Harnett - Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School, Cherry Valley
  • The Innovation of the Milking Machine by Cody John Sears - Cherry Valley-Springfiend Central School, Cherry Valley
  • Wind Energy by Ashley Morgan - Unadilla Valley Central School, New Berlin

Junior Group Exhibit

  • Bone Wars: NAGPRA's Innovative Laws by Michael Fredette, Nathanael Morgan, Alex Kingsbury - Worcester Central School, Worcester
  • Breaking News - Yellow Journalism by Keira Higgins and Natasha Skillins - Milford Central School, Milford
Junior Web Site
  • The Montessori Method: A New Light on Teaching by Emily Greenburg - Cooperstown Central School, Cooperstown

Senior Historical Paper

  • Innovations in History: Computer Concoctions by Akshar Shastri - Oneonta High School, Oneonta
Senior Individual Documentary
  • Andy Warhol and the Creation of Pop by Olivia Kennison - Worcester Central School, Worcester
Senior Group Documentary
  • Advancing Communications: A Time of Innovation by Lindsay Avolio, Emily Hutchinson and Alex Morgan - Unadilla Valley Central School, New Berlin
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Central New York History Day

Junior Papers
  1. Solar Energy – Lighting Up the World by Ian Burns – Liverpool Middle School, Liverpool
  2. Anesthetics: Making the World Pain Free by Areya Muraca – Liverpool Middle School, Liverpool
Junior Individual Documentary
  1. The Acoustic Guitar: An Innovative Instrument by Joseph Esce – Liverpool Middle School, Liverpool
  2. Democraxy: A Government for All by Joseph Smith – Liverpool Middle Schoo, Liverpool
Junior Group Documentary
  1. Matches – Sparking an Innovation by Alexander William Moore and Anthony James Palumbo – Liverpool Middle School, Liverpool
Junior Individual Performance
  1. Baseball: The American Dream by Ricky Sisto – Liverpool Middle School, Liverpool
Junior Individual Exhibit
  1. The Mayan Calenders by Jenna Caluwe - Liverpool Middle School, Liverpool
  2. The Dream of Steam: From Imagination to Innovations by Stephen Wong – Liverpool Middle School, Liverpool
  3. The Piano: Instrumental Innovation by Robert Desimone – Liverpool Middle School, Liverpool
Junior Group Exhibit
  1. A New Form of Election by Vika Tubolino and Sarah Piraino - Liverpool Middle School, Liverpool
  2. The Secrets of the Meat Packing Industry by Bridget Pierce and Missy Whiting – Liverpool Middle School, Liverpool
  3. Penicillin: Saving Millions of Lives by Katie Krafft and Jessica Kalahar - Liverpool Middle School, Liverpool
Junior Web Sites
  1. The Transistor as Innovation by Garnett Clark – Soule Road Middle School, Liverpool
  2. The Printing Press: The Change of the Written Word by Terri-Lee Bixby – Soule Road Middle School, Liverpool
  3. The Gutenberg Printing Press – Literacy Lives Forever! by Jason Schuld – Soule Road Middle School, Liverpool
Senior Papers
  1. Non-violence: A Pragmatic Approach to Activism by Kunal Sangani – Fayetteville-Manlius Senior High School, Manlius
  2. The Affec of Marxism on the Feminist Movements of the World by Abigail Boduch – Fayetteville-Manlius Senior High School, Manlius
  3. Civil Disobedience by Conor Krupke - Cicero-North Syracuse High School, North Syracuse
Senior Individual Documentary
  1. Music Television by Sean Steele - Fayetteville-Manlius High School, Manlius
  2. The Telescope: The Impact on Society by Philip Pinto – Liverpool High School, Liverpool
  3. Aqueducts by Raj Patel - Liverpool High School, Liverpool
Senior Group Documentary
  1. Here's to Hope: Chemotherapy by Daniela Vitale, Aine Evangelista and Ann Bruzgulis – Cicero-North Syracuse High School, North Syracuse
  2. Nuclear Power by Collin Hotchkiss, James Coon, Brandon Allard, Steven Cusmano and Mike Cavallo – Cicero-North Syracuse High School, North Syracuse
  3. China's Great Wall: The Impact on China's Society by Giang Lam and Kaitlin Lanzatella - Liverpool High School, Liverpool
Senior Group Performance
  1. Innovations in Advertising by Kendra Napierala and Katie Nuller – Fayetteville-Manlius High School, Manlius
  2. The Silk Road by Cassandra Dailey and Amy Austin - Liverpool High School, Liverpoool
Senior Individual Exhibit
  1. The Sport of the World by Alyx Fried - Liverpool High School, Liverpool
  2. Which Way is North? by Kevin Zalewski - Liverpool High School, Liverpool
  3. Necessity is the MOTHER of Invention by Stephanie Breed - Fayetteville-Manlius High School, Manlius
Senior Group Exhibit
  1. Silk: The Social and Economic Impact of the Silk Road by Zach Monaghan and Cecil Martin – Liverpool High School, Liverpool
  2. Democracy: Impacting Athens Citiziens by Mike Teixeira and Chris Kelsey - Liverpool High School, Liverpool
  3. The Atlatl: The Innovation of Early Man by Bryan Radder, Jessica DeForest and Jennifer Lau - Fayetteville-Malius High School, Manlius
Senior Web Site
  1. The Heliocentric Theory: Its Impact on the Church by Cherish Furcinito - Liverpool High School, Liverpool
  2. Development of the Alphabet by Corey Payne - Liverpool High School, Liverpool
  3. Mongol Warfare by Jackson Hobble – Liverpool High School, Liverpool
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Genesee Valley History Day

Junior Papers
  1. The Manhattan Project by Brian Stottler – Honeoye Falls-Lima Middle School, Honeoye Falls
  2. Radio: A Broadcast Revolution by Jeriann Beiter - Honeoye Falls-Lima Middle School, Honeoye Falls
Junior Individual Documentary
  1. Unbounded Aspirations and the American Experience by Salvador Barragon - Siena Catholic Academy, Rochester
Junior Group Documentary
  1. Hydroelectricity: A Clear, Renewable Energy Resource by Ellie Gaylord, Sonja Cotton, Acadia Fairchild and Sarah Gaylord - Honeoye Falls-Lima Middle School, Honeoye Falls
  2. Atom Bomb by JEric Veltre and Eddie Miller - Siena Catholic Academy, Rochester
  3. Raising the Bar: Bar Codes and Their Journey to Today by Paige Hargrave, Lauren DePoint, Katie Boyce and Makayla Roof – Honeoye Falls-Lima Middle School, Honeoye Falls
Junior Group Performance
  1. Eastman's Brownie by Lauren Czolgosz and Allie Konzel - Siena Catholic Academy, Rochester
Junior Individual Exhibit
  1. Sew What? by Sarah Blejwas - Siena catholic Academy, Rochester
  2. George Eastman's Innovation fo the Camera by Samantha Solomon – Siena Catholic Academy, Rochester
  3. The Internal Combustion Engine: Engine of Change by Morgan Seielstad - Albion Middle School, Albion
Junior Group Exhibit
  1. The Brownie Camera by Emma DiMarco, Margret Smith, Gillian Wangur and Maeve Hournihan - Siena Catholic Academy, Rochester
  2. The Gatling Gun by Zach Miller, Andrew Wager and Kevin LeFevre - Honeoye Falls-Lima Middle School, Honeoye Falls
  3. Froze Food: An Ice Breaker for a Whole New Era by Matt Zizelman and Eric Micari - Honeoye Falls-Lima Middle School, Honeoye Falls
Junior Web Sites
  1. Cameras: A Pictre is Worth a Thousand Words by Solomiya Vysochanska and Kayla Hansen - Honeoye Falls-Lima Middle School, Honeoye Falls
  2. Kidney Dialysis Machine: The First Artificial Organ by Katie James - Honeoye Falls-Lima Middle School, Honeoye Falls
Senior Historical Paper
  1. The Medical History of Cannabis Sativa by Marissa Rice - Livonia High School, Livonia
  2. The Green Revolution and Poverty by Gillian Carll - Livonia High School, Livonia
  3. Who Invented the Steam Engine? by Matt Linsner - Livonia High School, Livonia
Senior Individual Documentary
  1. Integration of Major League Baseball by Timothy Fairhead - Livonia High School, Livonia
  2. Computers in the Filming Industry by James Morrison - Livonia High School, Livonia
Senior Group Documentary
  1. Who Invented Electricty? by Samantha Finster - Livonia High School, Livonia
Senior Group Performance
  1. Bio-Mimicry: Agricultural Change by David Messner and Devon Foster - Livonia High School, Livonia
Senior Individual Exhibit
  1. Development of the Telescope by Cassandra Tkaczow - Livonia High School, Livonia
  2. What Makes a Piano Grand? by Alexandra Shipman - Livonia High School, Livonia
  3. Greek Comedy with a Shakespearian Twist by Alexandria Minarik - Livonia High School, Livonia
Senior Group Exhibit
  1. The Sun, the Church, the Astronomers & the Innovations by Jin-Si Over and Alexis Losey - Livonia High School, Livonia
  2. Anesthesia by Derek Bischopp and Meghan Sessler - Livonia High School, Livonia
  3. Gatling Gun by Justin Swift, Jeff Kosakowski, Colby Wright and Sean Kidder - Livonia High School, Livonia
Senior Web Sites
  1. The Integration of Vaccinations by Alyssa Urband, Paige Marsland and Kaedynne Wilson - Livonia High School, Livonia
  2. The M1 Garand by Patrick Clarke - Livonia High School, Livonia

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Finger Lakes History Day

Junior Historical Paper
  1. Innovations in Military Medicine by Sarah Payne - Victor Junior High School, Victor
  2. The Miracle of In Vitro Fertilization by Aaron Schaible - Victor Junior High School, Victor
  3. DNA Testing by Emma Orlando - Victor Junior High School, Victor
Junior Individual Documentary
  1. Water by Design: Clinton's Big Ditch by Megan Bellinger - Victor Junior High School, Victor
  2. Fast Food and its Effects on Family Connections by Tyler Boseck - Canandaigua Central School, Canandaigua
  3. The Greatest Weapon of WWII by Lauren Eckermann - Victor Junior High School, Victor
Junior Group Documentaries
  1. Blue Jeans: Innovation to American Legend by Jillian Bailey, Celest Hartsough and Zoe Spiendlehoff - Victor Junior High School, Victor
  2. Titanic Inspired Innovations by Alyssa Baker, Abigail Sullivan, Elizabeth Renshaw and Kennedy Jensen - Canandaigua Central School, Canandaigua
  3. Penicillin: Innovation in History by Pete Sobraske and Hunter Meismer - Victor Junior High School, Victor
Junior Individual Performance
  1. The Pen: Something that We Use Everyday Changed Society by Courtney Walker - Victor Junior High School, Victor
  2. The Beatles Impact on History by Deanna Murphy - Canandaigua Central School, Canandaigua
Junior Group Performances
  1. Wilhelm Wrongten and His Amaxing Ray by Alyson Cragle and Hali Shepherd - Victor Junior High School, Victor
  2. Changes in Fashion throughout the Years by Kathryn Franch, Claudia Santos and Cyndi Mattick - Victor Junior High School, Victor
Junior Individual Exhibits
  1. How the Tank Changed War by Aaron Vit - canandaigua Central School, Canandaigua
  2. Innovation of Fashio and Fashion Design in History by Margo Maybeck - Victor Junior High School, Victor
  3. Spencer Repeating Rifle by Adam Spindler - Independent
Junior Group Exhibits
  1. The Innovation of Aircraft Carriers by Ross Tawil and Jack Garnaat - Victor Junior High School, Victor
  2. Innovation of Jazz by Noah Brown and Daniel Hawk - Victor Junior High School, Victor
  3. Innovation of Handheld Weapons by Trevor Kroon, Ryan Blowers, Graham Love, David Wall and Anders Namestrom - Canandaigua Central School, Canandaigua
Junior Web Sites
  1. Integration in Baseball by Jamie Campbell - Victor Junior High School, Victor
  2. Impact and Change of the Computer by Alex Gyles - Victor Junior High School, Victor
  3. Music Players by Adam Spindler - Victor Junior High School, Victor
Senior Individual Exhibits
  1. Satellites: Sputnik to Starwars - By David Derby - Finger Lakes 2nd BOCES
Senior Group Exhibits
  1. Innovation of the Plow by James Kromer, Austin Lamb and August Gardner - Canangaigua High School, Canandaigua

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Long Island History Day

Junior Papers
  1. The Cell Phone call that Changed America by Meaghan Mahoney - Commack Middle School, Commack
  2. Aqueducts: The Elixir of Life by Timothy Hannan - St. Mary's Elementary School, Manhasset
  3. Telescope: Beyong Perception by Brandan Lawrence - Berner Middle School, Massapequa
Junior Individual Documentary
  1. Photography and Its Impact on Recording History by Emma Boykin - Woodmere Middle School, Hewlett
  2. How Computer Generated Imagery Revolutionized the Film Industry by Brian Koch - South Woods Middle School, Syosset
  3. Wind Power by Erin Palumbo - Woodmere Middle School, Hewlett
Junior Group Documentary
  1. Baseball: A Social Innovation by Josh Goldberg and Ross Finkelstein - - Woodmere Middle School, Hewlett
  2. Peace Corps: Impact on Society by Elijah Corwin and Noam Barazani - The Brandeis School, Lawrence
  3. Changing the World One Song at a Time by Ifrah Ansari, Samantha DiSalvo, Allyson Geiger and Daryl Last - Woodmere Middle School, Hewlett
Junior Individual Performance
  1. The Flexner's Report: The Innovation that Changed Med School Education by Meghana Rao - Berner Middle School, Massapequa
  2. The camera by Cheyenne Sussman - Baldwin Middle School, Baldwin
Junior Group Performance
  1. The Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance by Jessica Ferrara, Xavier Thomas, Aaron Sha-Betha, Brianna Goode and Aramis Sostre - North Middle School
  2. The Telephone: A Great Call for Innovation by Max Strauss, Marissa Joachim and Jonathan Serota - Jericho Middle School, Jericho
  3. Hybrid Car: A Drive for Innovation by Ethan Susser, Zachary Blitz - Jericho Middle School, Jericho
Junior Individual Exhibit
  1. Nylon: Changing the Fabric of Our World by Jessie Kurz - Woodmere Middle School, Hewlett
  2. The Declaration of Human Rights by Alexandra Moreno - Baldwin Middle School, Baldwin
  3. Transistor by Nicole Leon - Commack Middle School, Commack
  4. Submarine Technology by Adam Cebulski - East Hampton Middle School, East Hampton
Junior Group Exhibit
  1. DNA Evidience - The Key to Our Futures by Vincent deVenoge, Matthew Grillo, [name withheld for privacy] and Shan Jafri - St. Mary's Elementary School, Manhasset
  2. Transcontinental Railroad: Uniting the Nation by SCarly Greemberg, Elissa Candiotti and Sarah Green - Woodmere Middle School, Hewlett
  3. Fighter Planes by Noah Cohen and Dylan Isaacs - Woodmere Middle School, Hewlett
  4. The Internet: Shrinking the World by Julie Korin and Matthew Goldstein - The Brandeis School, Lawrence
Junior Website
  1. Drones and UAV by Brian O'Sullivan and Tom Tetro - Berner Middle School, Massapequa
  2. The Hip-Hop Culture by Sydney Pigott, Mylz Wilson, Taylor Grant, Tyler Warner - Baldwin Middle School, Baldwin
  3. All Hail the Mighty Braille! by Jacqueline Manginelli and Jacqueline Pollina - Woodmere Middle School, Hewlett
Senior Papers
  1. Tesla's Legacy: The Age of Alternating Current by Daniel Kramer - Lynbrook High School, Lynbrook
  2. Moving the Masses - How Underground Transport Transformed the City Above by Jordyn Iger - Massapequa High School, Massapequa
  3. The Armory Show by Amy Eisen - Huntington High School, Huntington
Senior Individual Documentary
  1. Beatles Innovations in Music Recording by Emily Kline - Hauppauge High School, Hauppauge
  2. The Great Depression & Fireside Chats by Anisha Chava - Herricks High School, New Hyde Park
  3. The Beatles: Breaking Down Marriers by Madison Biernacki - Huntington High School, Huntington
Senior Group Documentary
  1. "A Radical Innovation:" The Impacy of the 1960 Great Debates on Televised Politics by Jordan Friedman, Michelle Roter, Amanda Villani and Hadas Werman - Hewlett High School, Hewlett
  2. All That Jazz ... and More! by Sophie Feng, Foram Parikh and Anika Jain - Herricks High School, New Hyde Park
  3. Food, Feed, & Fuel: The Lasting Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops by Alizain Tejani and Hunter Rosenblume - Syosset High School, Syosset
  4. Stolen Secrets: International Espionage of a New Age by Parth Patel, Rohit Jain, Michael Cohanpour and Gillian Slavit - Herricks High School, New Hyde Park
Senior Individual Performance
  1. Radiation in History by Nicole Heneveld - Ames Campus of Massapequa High School, Massapequa
  2. Hedy Lamar and Frequency Hopping: The Brains Behind the Beauty by Allison Schlissel - Hewlett High School, Hewlett
  3. The Mistress of Picasso by Anjali Agarwalla - Herricks High School, New Hyde Park
Senior Group Performance
  1. The First Amendment by Michael DiBattista, Nick Elais, Warren Lin and Minkyung Shinn - Herricks High School, New Hyde Park
  2. Factories: Stitches in Time by Jenn Bard, Jeanie Gribben and Rachel Feir - Hewlett High School, Hewlett
  3. Evolution of Tap Dance by Jacquie Schrage, Dara Coppolone, Nina Franza and Brittany Holloway - Connetquot High School, Bohemia
Senior Individual Exhibit
  1. Portioning Off the American Dream by Lauren Reisig - Massapequa High School, Massapequa
  2. From Innovation to Legislation: The Impact of Earth Day 1970 by Brooke Gottlieb - Hewlett High School, Hewlett
  3. Facebook: Cultural Innovation by Tom Strang-Grinsell - Massapequa High School, Massapequa
  4. Werner Van Braun by Elizabeth Kamlet - Hewlett High School, Hewlett
Senior Group Exhibit
  1. The Suburban Sprawl: Impact, Innovation, and Interracial Divide by Abhiraj Mathur, Meena Yoo, Hewan Park, Stacy Jacon and Daniel Cohanpour - Herricks High School, New Hyde Park
  2. Telegraph by Samantha Sokol, Matthew Marber and Ilanna Porges - Jericho High School, Jericho
  3. Plastic: Molding a Choesive Society by Devki Bhatt, Ruju Mehta, Yesha Maniar, Subrena Shah and Christina Neroth - Herricks High School, New Yde Park
  4. The Whaling Industry by Bradley Dwyer and Brielle Blatt - Huntington High School, Huntington
Senior Website
  1. New York City Subway: An Underground Empire by Sarah Elsheryie, Natasha Masub, Damanpreet Pelia and Sandhu Dansi - Herricks High School, New Hyde Park
  2. A Historical Analysis of Alternating Current and Its Uses By Ryan Silber, Brandon Dorman and Myles Novick - Jericho High School, Jericho
  3. Fire Prevention: We Didn't Start the Fire by Robert Southerland - Farmingdale High School, Farmingdale

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Lower Hudson History Day

Junior Historical Paper

  1. DNA Fingerprinting: Identities Revealed and Justice for All by William Atzl - Felix Festa Middle School, West Nyack
  2. ESPN: Shaping Society by Alex Montag - Felix Festa Middle School, West Nyack
  3. The Bass Guitar by Marco Chan - Pearls Hawthorne, Yonkers

Junior Individual Documentary

  1. Lowell Mill Girls by Hannah Levin - Felix Festa Middle School, West Nyack
  2. Labyrinth of Iron: Innovation of the Subway by Anthony Torres - School 23, Yonkers
  3. The Social Security Act by Lauren Davila - - Felix Festa Middle School, West Nyack

Junior Group Documentary

  1. CNN: 24 Hour News by Madison Deming, Taylor Hughes and Shelby Hougui - Felix Festa Middle School, West Nyack
  2. Cryptology: An Innovation by Jake Gogats and Shiukrish Lingala - Felix Festa Middle School, West Nyack
  3. Civil Rights - The Journey to Equality by Timmy Ward and Julien Johnson - Pelham Middle School, Pelham

Junior Individual Performance

  1. The Battle of the Ballets: Ballet as Propaganda by Mara Koss - - Felix Festa Middle School, West Nyack

Junior Group Performance

  1. Tour of the Subway: Innovation that Transformed NYC by Anisah Allen, Erik Colon, Thalia Montalvo, Alexis Morris and Jennifer Rodriguez - School 23, Yonkers
  2. Submarines: An In-depth Discovery by Krista Ramiah, Katie Zhu and Wendy You - Felix Festa Middle School, West Nyack
  3. Environmental Changes to the Automobile Industry by Hunter Goodin, Peter O'Malley, James Kaufman and Roshen Varughese - Yonkers Middle School, Yonkers

Junior Individual Exhibit

  1. Denim Jeans: Stitches in Time by Emma Fridley - Felix Festa Middle School, West Nyack
  2. Photography: Impact on America by Jake Amorelli - Pelham Middle School, Pelham
  3. Jeans: A Fashion Icon by Klaudia Trashani - Pearls Hawthorne, Yonkers

Junior Group Exhibit

  1. Cryptology - Decoding the Past by Aaron Cherian and Jacob Kuhn - Felix Festa Middle School, West Nyack
  2. The Innovation of Plastic: The Molding of a Synthetic Century by Kevin Ryu, Christopher Yoon, Alosh Alex and Saarthak Sarup - Felix Festa Middle School, West Nyack
  3. Canned Food: preserving History by Jerry Tang, Rathna Ramanathan, Irina Huang and Sarah Panicker - Felix Festa Middle School, West Nyack

Junior Web Sites

  1. Transistor by Mitchell Abrams - Felix Festa Middle School, West Nyack
  2. Internet by Miskat Rahman - Felix Festa Middle School, West Nyack
  3. Defining Search by Miranda Chao - Pelham Middle School, Pelham

Senior Historical Paper

  1. A Country Doctor's Fight Against Smallpox by Joan Lee - Clarkstown High School North, New City
  2. The Shopping Cart: Wheeling Through the Future by Meaghan McGoldrick - Pelham Memorial High School, Pelham
  3. Innovation in Warfare: Development of the Tank by Cody Nager - North Salem High School, North Salem

Senior Individual Documentary

  1. Photojournalism: Shaken out of Indifference by Greg Briker - Clarkstown High School North, New City
  2. The Birth of the Pill: The History of the Birth Control by Cassandra Alfred - Nanuet High School, Nanuet
  3. Vaccinations: An Innovation in History by Ari Rudess - Clarkstown High School South, West Nyack

Senior Group Documentary

  1. Human Genome Map: Pathway to the Future by Jared Olsen, Julien Klein, Eric Gioe, Alan Held and Thomas Krasulik - Warwick Valley High School, Warwick Valley
  2. 40 Years of Sesame Street by Julia Chun, Ashley Elias, Erica Carchichabla - - Clarkstown High School South, West Nyack
  3. The Hoover Dam: The Jewel of the Desert by Alex Sadler and Pranil Vora - Clarkstown High School South, West Nyack

Senior Group Performance

  1. Women's Suffrage by Olga Zubashko and Rachel Weber - Clarkstown High School South, West Nyack
  2. Bigger than Jesus: Innovation and The Beatles by Allegra Kuney, Emilie Fruman and Alyssa Bosso - Clarkstown High School South, West Nyack
  3. Anesthesia by Casey Lassaw and Rodhika Parikh - Clarkstown High School South, West Nyack

Senior Individual Exhibit

  1. George mason: An Innovative Founder Helps for a More Perfect Union by Valerie Champeau - Clarkstown High School North, New City
  2. Capturing History: Photography by Amanda Lawney - Nanuet High School, Nanuet
  3. Innovation of Film by AJ Ranzato - Suffern High School, Suffern

Senior Group Exhibit

  1. Anesthesia: From Agony to Ecstasy by Rebecca Chandler and Rebecca Loring - Clarkstown High School South, West Nyack
  2. Photography by Anne Rodenbach, Shannon Kopunek and Allison Kopunek - Clarkstown High School South, West Nyack
  3. Tea Time: The Growth and Expansion of the Tea Trade by Linda Dantico, Chris Veraja, Emily Smith and Celeste Mattiaccio - Suffern High School, Suffern

Senior Web Sites

  1. Fiber Optics by Zac Ringer, Alvin Matthew, Dhruv Ragunathan, Tom Safran and Rohan Patel - Clarkstown High School South, West Nyack
  2. The First Amendment: Creating a Democratic Society bu Robert Duggan and Joshua Berg - Clarkstown High School North, New City
  3. It's in the Jeans by Emily Yankowitz - Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale

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New York City History Day

Junior Historical Paper
  1. The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways: The Road to Success? by Elisheva Blas, Ramaz Middle School, Manhattan
  2. The barcode: Initial Resistance, Ultimate Acceptance by Margaret Thomann, Genesis at Xaverian, Brooklyn
  3. Laying Down the Tracke: The Transcontinental Railroad by Amber Officer-Narvasa - Red Wagon Home School, Manhattan
Junior Individual Documentary
  1. Motion Picture Documentations: A View into History by Sofie Somoroff - Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy, Bronx
  2. The Atomic Bomb by Luke Kyriazi - Hunter College Campus Schools, Manhattan
  3. The telephone: Revolutionizing Communication by Stephanie Banat - Genesis at Xaverian, Brooklyn
Junior Group Documentary
  1. Radiation Therapy: Irradication of Abnormal Cells by Amanda Santana and Jonathan Romero - Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Manhattan
  2. The Cochlear Implant: Do You Hear What I Hear? by Caitlin Whelan and Arianna Sartzetakis - Genesis at Xaverian, Brooklyn
  3. The Impact of Anesthesia by Aaron Liberman, Anna Peterman and Arielle Tannin - Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy, Bronx
Junior Individual Performance
  1. The Innovation of Nuclear Power: For Bomb or Boon? by Jack Cahn - Ramaz Middle School, Manhattan
  2. Insulin Pump: Closer to a Cure by Thomas Witkowski - Genesis at Xaverian, Brooklyn
  3. The American Factory System by Deana Casanas - Sacred Heart - Bayside, Queens
Junior Group Performance
  1. John Roebling's Steel Wire Cable: Suspended in Time by Mark Kindschuh and Harrison Jamin - Genesis At Xaverian, Brooklyn
  2. Slum Clearance by Meredith Pong, Sandra Etuk, Robert Berk and Anna Schoenfeld - Hunter College Campus Schools, Manhattan
  3. The Machine Gun: Brilliant Innovation or Killing Machine? by Jane Oberman and Margaret Hom - Genesis at Xaverian, Brooklyn
Junior Individual Exhibit
  1. The Holland Submarine: An Undersea Legacy by Sean Coleman - Genesis At Xaverian, Brooklyn
  2. Radar: Tracking a Way to Victory by Micheal Tuffey - Genesis at Xaverian, Brooklyn
  3. Radar: World War II's Silent Weapon by Daniel McLaren - Genesis At Xaverian, Brooklyn
Junior Group Exhibit
  1. Rock 'N' Roll: A Voice for The People by Jillian Scanio and Caitlin Ecock - Genesis At Xaverian, Brooklyn
  2. BRAILLE: The Key to Education for the Blind by Avital Goldstein and Avigayil Karasick - Manhattan Day School, Manhattan
  3. Anesthesia by Shamsa Derrick and Jamie Shapiro - Hunter College Campus Schools, Manhattan
Junior Web Site
  1. The Nuremberg Trials: A Revolution in Legal Thought by Noah Amsel - Hunter College Campus Schools, Manhattan
  2. The Wonderful World of the Web: E-Life and the Internet by David Cahn - Ramaz Middle School, Manhattan
  3. Computer: Byte-Sized Information by Patrick Cheiban and Randy Antoun - Genesis at Xaverian, Brooklyn
Senior Historical Paper
  1. "No Right to Be Born": The Eugenics Movement in Early Twentieth Century America by Leora Micner - Ramaz School, Manhattan
  2. Currents of Change: The Panama Canal Story by Maximilian Peralta - High School of Economics and Finance, Manhattan
  3. The race to the Skies by Anna Gasha - Hunter College Campus Schools, Manhattan
Senior Individual Documentary
  1. The Prosthtic Leg: Running into the Future by Josh Solomon - Townsend Harris High School, Flushing - Queens
  2. Competition is a Sin: John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company by Fatima Rodriguez - Preston High School, Bronx
  3. Snapshots in the Corner of My Mind: Ansel Adams and the Capturing of the American Landscape by Jordan Cruz - Preston High School, Bronx
Senior Group Documentary
  1. NYSE by Torin Collier-Mark, Nick Fehrman and Danny Siegel - Ethic Culture The Fieldston School, Bronx
  2. Women in Baseball by Ryan Nardi, Sean Williams and Barry Adams - Ethical Culture The Fieldston School, Bronx
  3. The MOtion Picture: Coloring Economic America During the Great Depression by Erica Yu, May Lim, Teresa Thong and Donna Chung - Townsend Harris High School, Flushing - Queens
Senior Individual Performance
  1. The Rising of the Sun by Dan Rubins - Ethical Culture The Fieldston School, Bronx
  2. The Blalock-Thomas-Taussig Shunt: The Innovation Opening the Field of Cardiac Surgery by Lily Shoretz - Ramaz School, Manhattan
  3. From Clogs to Chucks by JoNella Queen Ellerbe - Young Women's Leadership School, Manhattan
Senior Group Performance
  1. Once Upon a Midnight Dreary: Edgar Allan Poe and the Sleuthing of a Legend by Samantha Gomez, Jenna Bagcal and Stephanie Henry - Preston High School, Bronx
  2. Gaining Control of Our Bodies: Margaret Sanger and the Birth of Birth Control by Francine Pinnock and Dhanlleline Vargas - High School of Economics and Finance, Manhattan
  3. Cosmetic Surgery: Beauty or Beast by Imani Stevenson and Danielle Khan - Townsend Harris High School, Flushing - Queens
Senior Individual Exhibit
  1. Frame by Frame: The camera's Impact on Depicting the Reality of War by Ellina Nektalova - High School of Econimcs and Finance, Manhattan
  2. The Little Engine that Could: The Steam Engine in the Industrial Revolution by William Li - High School of Economics and Finance, Manhattan
  3. Eye of the Streets: Graffiti a Cultural Phenomenon by Christina Dunn - Townsend Harris High School, Flushing - Queens
Senior Group Exhibit
  1. Splitting of the Atom by Chee Yung Kong, Sanya Pesic and Tanni Rahman - High School of Economics and Finance, Manhattan
  2. Instant Noodles: Saving Lives One Bowl at a Time by Bilbo Talkdar, Logan Moy, Jennifer Yoo and Elaine Wang - Townsend Harris High School, Flushing - Queens
  3. Revolution of the Printing Press: Impact on European Society by Kabrina Lee and Danielle Preziosi - Townsend Harris High School, Flushing - Queens
Senior Web Site
  1. Canned Foods and Its Impact on Women During WWII by Nawar Talukder, Brian Tan and Samier Trabilsy - Townsend Harris High School, Flushing - Quuens
  2. The Gramophone: The First Step in Extending Music to the Battlefields in WWI by Rebecca Enis, Liudi Yang, Sharon Kang, Courtney Utsey and Catherine Perrone - Townsend Harris High School, Flushing - Queens
  3. Johannes Gutenberg: Revolutionizing the World through Print by Dashawn Walker - High School of Economics and Finance, Manhattan
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North Country History Day

Junior Historical Paper
  1. The History of the Camera by Kyle Gifaldi - Moriah Central School, Port Henry
  2. The Gatling Gun by Dylan Scozzafava - Moriah Central School, Port Henry
Junior Group Performance
  1. Tectonic Theory by Cole Gaddor and Colby Harvish - Moriah Central School, Port Henry
Junior Individual Exhibit
  1. History of the Sewing Machine by Emily Powers - Ticonderoga Middle School, Ticonderoga
  2. The Champlain Bridge by Shonna Provoncha - Moriah central School, Port Henry
  3. The First Multi-Purpose Computer by Colin Brace - Moriah Central School, Prot Henry
Junior Group Exhibit
  1. Vauban Fortifications by Rachel White and Natasha LaFrance - St. Mary's School, Ticonderoga
  2. How the Phonograph Changed Music History by Mackenzie Strum, Colvin Chapman, Samuel Shelmidine and Susan Ward - Ticonderoga Middle School, Ticonderoga
Junior Web Sites
  1. The Joubert and White Buckboard Wagon by Magdalena Riordan - Greater Glens Falls Homeschoolers
  2. The Erie Canal by Hannah Lankford and Josh Lankford - Greater Glens Falls Homeschoolers
  3. George Eastman and the Kodak Camera by Sophia Barber - Great Glens Falls Homeschoolers
Senior Individual Documentary
  1. Caterpillar Tracks by Colin Down - Glens Falls High School, Glens Falls
Senior Individual Exhibit
  1. Seat Belts: Saving Lives by Ryan Labita - Glens Falls High School, Glens Falls
Senior Group Exhibits
  1. Refrigerator by Chloe Knapp, Kayla Brown and Molly Kunst - Glens Falls High School, Glens Falls
  2. Photography: Then and Now by Rachel DeMaris and Sara Rancour - Moriah Central School, Port Henry

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Southern Tier History Day

Senior Historical Paper

  1. Robert Rogers and His Contribution to the Armed Forced of the World by Teryn Rynone - Newfield Central School, Newfield
  2. The Cotton Gin's Effect Towards Tearing Apart America by Jacob Cobb - Newfield Central School, Newfield
  3. The Creation and Impact of the Erie Canal by Stefan Diemecke

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Western New York History Day

Junior Individual Exhibit

  • Bicycles by Emily Sembert - Lewiston-Porter Middle School, Lewiston

Junior Group Exhibit

  • Penicillin by Laura Kowalski and Cresley Lederhouse - Lewiston-Porter Middle School, Lewiston
  • Braille by Tyler Sherven, Mackenzie Hadaway and Derek Baker - Hoover Middle School, Buffalo
Senior Group Exhibit
  • Braille: Touching is a Way of Seeing by Taisha St. Jean and Alexis Rivera, Leonardo Da Vinci High School, Buffalo

Senior Web Sites

  • Erie Canal and Buffalo's Connections by Paul Wie, Jr - Grover Cleveland High School, Buffalo

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Western Southern Tier History Day

Junior Individual Performance

  1. Happiness, Hate - The Evolution of Radio by Allison Hendrick, Bemus Point Elementary School, Bemus Point
Junior Group Documentary
  1. Cartooning: A new Way of Entertainment by Olivia Berenson and caitlin Riley - Springville Middle School, Springville
Junior Group Exhibit
  1. Invention of the Camera by Chelsea Slippy and Alicia Rinard - Springville Griffith Institute Middle School, Springville
  2. Yankees: Years of Innovation by Mackenzi Habig and Rachel Allen - Westfiled Academy and central School, Westfield
Junior Web Sites
  1. The Beatles: Innovation in Rock and Roll by Claire Corwin – Westfield Academy and Central School, Westfield
Senior Historical Paper
  1. The New World Order: An Innovative Conspiracy by Leisha Kolstee – Jamestown High School, Jamestown
Senior Group Documentary
  1. Women Warriors by Kayla March, Kaitlyn Derrick, Cindy Humphrey, Paige Demick and Lindsey Kamrowski - Genesee Valley School District, Belmont
  2. Innovations of the Supreme Court: Civil Rights by Emily Musingo, Adam Dean Salyer, Adam Hand, Tad Johnson and Bradley Palmer - Genesee Valley School District, Belmont
Senior Individual Exhibit
  1. Television: Turning On America by Haleigh Hoebner – Westfield Academy Central School, Westfield
Senior Group Exhibit
  1. Changes of Entertainment Over Time by Julian Perez and Shannon Gregory – Dunkirk High School, Dunkirk
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