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2006 New York State History Day Winners

Junior Historical Paper
Third Place
Ida B Wells- Writer, Activist, Reformer; Precursor to Civil Rights - Jessica Fessler, Victor Junior High School, Victor
Second Place

A Survivor Takes a Stand Against Genocide: Elie Wiesel Challenges Ronald Reagan's Visit to Bitburg - Davida Herschkopf, Ramaz Middle School, New York City
First Place

A Good Defense - Randall Tesser, Felix V. Festa Middle School, West Nyack

Junior Web Site
Third Place
Black Holes: Three Theories in Physics - James Buckland, Hunter College Campus Schools, New York City
Second Place

Bankruptcy Reform: Past and Present - Adam Brodheim, Hunter College Campus Schools, New York City
First Place

Jake Burton: Taking a Stand - Charlie Lasswell, Hunter College Campus Schools, New York City

Junior Individual Documentary

Third Place
Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Taking a Stand by Pioneering the Fight for Women's Rights - Arielle Friehling, Felix V. Festa Middle School, West Nyack
Second Place

Joseph McCarthy's Stand on Communism - Simon Turkel, Felix V. Festa Middle School, West Nyack
First Place

The Greatest Battle of the Cold War: The Cuban Missile Crisis - Eric Brooks, Woodmere Middle School, Hewlett

Junior Group Documentary

Third Place
A Divided Nation: Rwanda - Anika Jain & Sophie Feng, Herricks Middle School, New Hyde Park
Second Place:

People Power: The 1986 EDSA Revolution - Leah Rice, Hardeep Kaur & Gabriel Gonzalvez, Liverpool Middle School, Liverpool
First Place

The March on Washington: Stand Up for Freedom - Kathryn Wells, Sohee Rho & Casey Gerety, Farnsworth Middle School, Guilderland

Junior Individual Performance
Third Place
Fair Play: Actor's Equity Association Strike of 1919
- Adam Rothenberg, Liverpool Middle School, Liverpool
Second Place

Flowers are Better than Bullets - Allegra Kuney, Felix V. Festa Middle School, West Nyack
First Place

Taking a Stand: The Fight to Veteranize the WASP: Women Airforce Service Pilots - Caitlin Palumbo, Gensis at Xaverian, Brookolyn

Junior Group Performance
Third Place
Judith Jamison - Jasmine Norman & Lauren Williams, Stimson Middle School
Second Place

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony - Rachel Macaluso & Cara Lamberson, Liverpool Middle School, Liverpool
First Place

John Brown's Body - Samuel Ritholtz, Malika Samuel & Daniel Schwartz, Felix V. Festa Middle School, West Nyack

Junior Individual Exhibit

Third Place
My God What Have We Done - Victoria Anania, Cooperstown Middle School, Cooperstown
Second Place

Taking a Stand for Democracy: Tiananmen Lives On - Dieter August Nelson Ulken, Cooperstown Middle School, Cooperstown
First Place

Soldier for Peace: Anwar Sadat's Brave Stand for Accord with Israel - Margaret Buff, Genesis at Xaverian, Brooklyn

Junior Group Exhibit

Third Place
Paul Rusesabagina and the Silent Genocide of Rwanda - John Albrechtsen, Justin Nabors & Joseph Charalel, Felix V. Festa Middle School, West Nyack
Second Place

Larry Doby: Crossing the Line - Josh Raines & James Hodgens, Felix Festa Middle School, West Nyack
First Place

Terror in the Tenements: Jacob Riis Takes a Stand Against Dreadful Conditions on the Lower East Side - Carl Barreto, Patrick Coleman, Kaitlyn Coleman & Kristie Coleman, Genesis at Xaverian, Brooklyn

Senior Historical Paper
Third Place
Chief Justice Earl Warren: Taking A Stand for the Promise of Equality - Jacob Korder, Herricks High School, New Hyde Park
Second Place
Jane Addams: Mother of Social Work - Anna Grasza, Bronx High School of Science, Bronx
First Place:

Taking a Stand is at the End of a Long Path: Gandhi's Struggle in South Africa - Zagreb Mukerjee, Guilderland High School, Guilderland

Senior Web Site
Second Place
Asoka: Taking a Stand in War and Peace - Samantha Rothberg, Scarsdale Senior High School, Scarsdale
First Place

Battle of the Falkland Islands: Small Islands, Big Stand in History - Matthew Lordahl, Commack High School, Commack

Senior Individual Documentary

Third Place
Standing Up As Witnesses - Emilio Melendez, Franklin K. Lane High School
Second Place

Women Workers Stand United Against Unfair Labor - Alejandro Varona, Monsignor McClancey Memorial High School, New York City
First Place

The Whole World Was Watching - Charlotte Burger, Massapequa High School, Massapequa

Senior Group Documentary

Third Place
Standing Up Where They Fell: Kent State - Steven Wang, Kristina Norris, Jacob Norris, Bryce Gray & Allison Belgiovine, Voorheesville Central School District, Voorheesville
Second Place

Rachel Carson- Mother of the Environmental Movement - Miles Johnson, Time Hamlin, Cameron Sinsheimer & Ben Stone, Ethical Culture The Fieldston School, Bronx
First Place

A Woman's Place: Taking A Stand Against Gender Stereotypes in Politics - Sara Lipshutz, Sondra Lipshutz, Andrea Gewirtzman & Alexander Weisler, Clarkstown South Senior High School, West Nyack

Senior Individual Performance

Third Place
Dorothea Dix: Fighting for the Mentally Ill - Fayrisa Greenwald, Massapequa High School, Massapequa
Second Place
Aung San Sun Kyi: The Lady of Conviction - Natalie Ho, Herricks High School, New Hyde Park
First Place

Superman Fights the Klan - Andre Kuney, Clarkstown South Senior High School, West Nyack

Senior Group Performance
Third Place
Fight of Honor: Britain Takes a Stand Against Nazi Germany - Jin Park, Leena Jube, Jina John, Ankur Mohan & Jonathan Hudson, Clarkstown South Senior High School, West Nyack
Second Place
NYC Newsboy Strike of 1899 - Prerana Baranwal, Vasuda Nandu & Laura Ferro, Clarkstown North Senior High School, New City
First Place
Now & Then: The Evolution of Evolution - Tyler Feinerman, Jessica Chamish, Erica Skurnik, Jenna Goldberg & Alexandra Brody, Jericho Senior High School, Jericho

Senior Individual Exhibit

Third Place
Taking a Stand in History: Katherine Switzer - Jillian King, Scotia-Glenville Senior High School
Second Place

Cultural Genocide Mao Zedong and the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution: Taking a Stand Against History - Kristen Kopunek, Clarkstown South Senior High School, West Nyack
First Place
Who Stands Firm? The Martyrdom of Dietrich Bonhoeffer - Rebecca Gravenstede, Honeoye Falls-Lima High School, Honeoye Falls

Senior Group Exhibit

Third Place
Crusader with a Camera: Lewis Hine Takes a Stand Against Child Labor - Andolika Mohan & Anuradha Lingala, Clarkstown South Senior High School, West Nyack
Second Place

Ben Shahn: Using Art to Take a Stand for Social Justice and Human Rights - Joseph Tarantelli & Michael Tarantelli, Honeoye Falls-Lima High School, Honeoye Falls
First Place

The Kindertransport: A Stand Towards Hope After the Night of Broken Dreams - Marissa Teitelbaum, Jamie Rubin, Arielle Katz & Sara Lenowitz, Herricks High School, New Hyde Park
 
2006 Special Award Winners

Abner Doubleday Civil War Roundtable - Thomas W Malone Award
NYC Draft Riots of 1863 - James Matson, Cooperstown Middle School

Ancient Order of Hibernians Award

Thomas Sweeny: Irish Patriot, American Patriot - Jason Perlman, Hunter College Campus Schools, New York City

Bassett Healthcare Award
A Moment That Found Itself: Clifford W. Beers - Victoria Atzl, Felix V. Festa Middle School, West Nyack

Folk and Jablonka Award

Miep Gies Remembered - Nada Gaber & Haleema Osmani, An Nur Islamic School, Schenectady

Freeman's Journal Award
Loving V. Virginia Takes a Stand by Legalizing Interracial Marriage in the United States - Mattie Kahn, Ramaz Middle School, New York City

National Archives and Records Administration Awards

Junior Historical Paper
Taking a Stand: Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Jean Kang, Farnsworth Middle School, Guilderland
Senior Historical Paper

Linus Pauling: Taking a Stand Against Nuclear Fallout - Jimmy Hom, Syossett Senior High School, Syossett
Junior Individual Documentary

Player, Not Property: Curt Flood's Stand Against Baseball's Reserve Clause - Julia Buff, Genesis at Xaverian, Brooklyn
Senior Individual Documentary

Taking a Stand: Fighting to Preserve the Right to Privacy - Randy Simon, George W Hewlett High School, Hewlett
Junior Group Documentary

Student Protest During the Vietnam War Era - Jonathan Studwell & Josh Housman, Felix V. Festa Middle School, West Nyack
Senior Group Documentary

Disaster at Kent State: Protest Ends in Tragedy - Rachel Grobman, Rachel Serwetz & Robert Spiro, George W Hewlett High School, Hewlett
Junior Individual Performance

We Hold These Truths to be Self Evident: That All Men and Women Are Created Equal - Virginia Ofer, Cooperstown Middle School, Cooperstown
Senior Individual Performance

Eighteen Today, Dead Tomorrow: Americans Take a Stand Against the Vietnam War - Cassandra Guevara, Clarkstown South Senior High School
Junior Group Performance

The Woodstock Story: American Anti-War - Anna Sams & Samantha Borgstrom, Cooperstown Middle School
Senior Group Performance

Standing Up For Students Right - Marianne Jacob, Nandini Venkatswaren, Preeti Kohli, Herricks High School, New Hyde Park
Junior Individual Exhibit

Tarnished Badges, Broken Dreams - Bobby Ruggles, Farnsworth Middle School, Guilderland
Junior Group Exhibit
George Washington Carver: Overcoming Segregation Through Agriculture and Education - Ethan Kent, Matthew Graham & Nicole Lindstrom, Sherman Central School DistrictSenior Group Exhibit
The Race for Perfection: The Story of Jesse Owens - Andrew Green, Austin Lewis, Peter Kearns & Quinn Bernegger, Cooperstown High School, Cooperstown

National Baseball Hall of Fame Award

Larry Doby: Crossing the Line - Josh Raines & James Hodgens, Felix V. Festa Middle School, West Nyack

New York State Historical Association Award

Junior Division
The Underground Railroad in New York State - Keaton Armao, Brandy Rowe, Brendon Ralph, Daisy Doherty & Karli Pochkar, Worcester Central School District, WorcesterSenior Division
The Battles of Saratoga - Melanie Shank, Jack Lewis, Tom Gallant, Kevin Chapel & Tammy Chow, Scotia-Glenville Senior High School

SUNY-Fredonia Ethnic and Minority Studies Award
Junior Division
The Bielski Partisans - Catherine Anania & Kimberly Leon, Cooperstown Middle School, Cooperstown
Senior Division

Vows of Equality - Anne Park, Hajin Hanna Jun & Vidya Viswanathan, Herricks High School, New Hyde ParkHonorable Mentions:
Loving v. Virginia Takes a Stand by Legalizing Interracial Marriage in the United States - Mattie Kahn, Ramaz Middle School, New York CityThe Kindertransport: A Stand towards Hope after the Night of Broken Dreams - Arielle Katz, Jamie Rubin, Marissa Teitelbaum & Sara Lenowitz, Herricks High School, New Hyde ParkTeaching Tolerance through Unsegregated Education: Brown v. Board of Education Takes on Injustice - Emma Leavy and Jennifer Kadenkavil, Clarkstown North Senior High School, New City

Women's History Award

The Woman's Rights Convention - Marissa Baughman & Kaitlyn Murphy, Victor Junior High School, Victor