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2023 Virginia District 5 National History Day Competition Winners

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Congratulations to all the students who participated in the 2023 Virginia District 5 National History Day competition on March 5th! 

First, Second, and Third prize winners will represent District 5 at this year's Virginia State History Day Competition in April. 

Historical Paper

SENIOR HISTORICAL PAPER

First Place: The Oxford English Dictionary: A Landmark in Language by Anna Bronwyn Turney of Alexandria City High School
Second Place: The Titanic and the Dawn of New Frontiers by Jason Shin of Oakton High School
Third Place: The Modern American Research Multiversity: Prussian Universities Trailblazed American Exceptionalism and Ushered in the Nuclear Era by Brian Zhou of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology


JUNIOR HISTORICAL PAPER

First Place: Monkey Talk, Human Walk: Exploring the Frontier of Maternal Love and Affection by Mina Liu of Haycock Elementary
Second Place: Decoding the Gene’s Structure: Expanding Frontiers in Molecular Biology by Ashley Yan of Haycock Elementary
Third Place: The National Weather Service and the Advancement of Weather Forecasting Technologies Have Reduced Loss Of Life and Property from Severe Weather, Improved Economic Conditions and Made American Citizens’ Lives Easier by Sarah Lytowski of Whitman Middle School

 

Individual Exhibit

SENIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT

First Place: Out of the Blue: The Untold Story of Vivien Thomas by Megana Kumar of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Second Place: Honor without Ships: The Rise and Fall of the Spanish Navy 1860-1900 by Jeremiah Velazquez of Woodbridge High School
Third Place: Gunpowder and its Impact on the Evolution of Military Warfare by Efe Yilmaz of Langley High School

JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT

First Place: And The Wall Came Tumbling Down by Beatrice Dikow of Haycock Elementary School 
Second Place: Samuel Tucker's 1939 Alexandria Library Sit-in by Sophie Whelan of George Washington Middle School 
Third Place: And No Birds Sing, Thus A Silent Spring by Arabella Horton of Harmony Middle School

YOUTH/ELEMENTARY INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT

First Place: Genius Einstein by Chase Brabrook of Dranesville Elementary School

Group Exhibit

SENIOR GROUP EXHIBIT

First Place: Sputnik: The Pioneer of The Space Race, Claire Berardino and Isabella Gibson of Fredericksburg Academy
Second Place: HeLa: A Double-Edged Medical Revolution by Nicholas Barr, Emily Chen, and Evan Residori of West Springfield High School
Third Place: The World’s Most Revolutionary Machine in Human History: A Frontier in Literature - The Gutenberg Press by Bryan Choe and Isabella Suma of Langley High School

JUNIOR GROUP EXHIBIT

First Place: Dear Kitty: How One Diary Expanded Holocaust Awareness by Marin McManus and Lucy Parrish of Haycock Elementary School
Second Place: The Congo Holocaust: A Devastating Frontier by Frida Nassar and Elaina Wang of Haycock Elementary School  
Third Place: Mount Rushmore - Crossing the Geographical Frontier by Madeleine Hamiel and Ameera Singh of Haycock Elementary School

 

YOUTH/ELEMENTARY GROUP EXHIBIT


First Place: Forging her Dream of the Stars by Mache Leask and Keira Weatherton of Dranesville Elementary School
Second Place: Thomas Edison's Creation of the First Light Bulb by Naya Kwitoswski and Jenna Swinton of Dranesville Elementary School

 

Individual Performance

SENIOR INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE

First Place: Victoria Woodhull: Pushing Boundaries as an Unconventional Woman by Charlie McClurken-Orr of West Springfield High School
Second Place: The Life and Legacy of Harvey Milk: A True Frontier by Charlotte Fletcher of H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program

Third Place:  Her Vote: Emmeline Pankhurst’s Battle on the Suffrage Frontier by Sierra Page of Langley High School

JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE

First Place: The Manhattan Project: How it Affected the Frontier of Women in Science by Molly Hill of Haycock Elementary School
Second Place: Educated Necessary Independent Advanced Computers and the ENIAC: the Women of the World's First Modern Computer by Genevieve Dalton of George Washington Middle School

Group Performance

JUNIOR GROUP PERFORMANCE

First Place: The Match Girls Strike of 1888 by Hope Keber and Page Vogel of George Washington Middle School

Second Place: A Comfortable Frontier; Coco Chanel’s Fashion Revolution by Alice Halloran and Claire Walsh of George Washington Middle School

Third Place: The Ghost Girls: Expanding Scientific and Workplace Safety Frontiers by Jinisha Jain and Cara Zemelman of Haycock Elementary School

Individual Website

SENIOR INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE

First Place: The Women's Rights Movement: How One Female Physician Evolutionized Society in the Medical Field by Sydney Banks of West Springfield High School

Second Place: Twin Transplantation: The Operation that Shaped the Future of Medicine by Cole Daigle of West Springfield High School

Third Place: The Czechoslovakian Velvet Revolution by Katherine Sestak of West Springfield High School

JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE

First Place: The Irony of the "Irish Bridget:" ​​​​​​​Facing Frontiers and Forging Pathways for ​​​​​​​ Female Empowerment by Anne Sophie Li of Haycock Elementary

Second Place: The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Exploring a New Frontier by Luniva Desar of Francis C. Hammond Middle School

Third Place: The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965: Expanding the Frontier of Immigration by Anne Sophie Li of Haycock Elementary

Group Website

SENIOR GROUP WEBSITE

First Place: With Ada: The Programming Frontier by Lani Le and Sophea Soeun of West Springfield High School
Second Place: Revolutionizing Surgery: Ether Anesthesia by Matthew Kidd and Shriya Seshadri of Westfield High School
Third Place: History of the Vaccine: The First Vaccine Development by Rohan Kalahasty, Omkar Kovvali, and Saisreekar Mendu of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

 

JUNIOR GROUP WEBSITE

First Place: Frontiers in Environmental Justice: Love Canal by Glenda Lu and Julianna Sun of Haycock Elementary School
Second Place: Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution: A Frontier in Evolutionary Biology by George Chen and Andrew Tao of Haycock Elementary
Third Place: Harvey Milk-The First Homosexual in Office by Kate Callahan and Zoey Joyce of Loudoun Country Day School

Individual Documentary

SENIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY

First Place: The Cuyahoga River Fire: The Environmental Movement and a Solution to Water Pollution by Miranda Baptiste of West Springfield High School
Second Place: The Jazz Frontier by Samantha Merrell of West Springfield High School
Third Place: Earth's Greatest Hits: Voyager and the Golden Record by Violet Planey of Alexandria City High School

JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY

First Place: Anna May Wong: Expanding the Frontier for Asian Americans on the Big Screen by Lillian Xu of Haycock Elementary
Second Place: The White Rose Movement: Expanding the Frontiers of Peaceful Resistance by Alina Shah Mohammed of Haycock Elementary of West Springfield High School
Third Place: Battle of Bull Run by Lily Regler of Francis C. Hammond Middle School

Group Documentary

SENIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARY

First Place: The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Beyond the Boundaries of Macon County by Alyssa Hughes, Christina Nguyen, and David Petros of West Springfield High School
Second Place: Joan Jett the Pioneer of Female Rock and Roll by Ashley Arana, Sofia Begazo-Nunez, and Natali Runles of Fredericksburg Academy
Third Place: Energy in the Tiniest Atom by Dylan Cheng, Shreyan Dey, Alec Riso, and Karthik Thyagarajan of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

 

JUNIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARY

First Place: Drawing the Line along the 38th Parallel: The Korean Armistice Agreement by Ariana Choi and Chaemin Kim of Haycock Elementary School
Second Place: John Muir: A New Frontier in Conservation Efforts by Owen Deutsch and Colin Li of Haycock Elementary School
Third Place: Marie Curie and the Discovery of Radiation by Maya Garcia and Eva Hartley of Loudoun Country Day School

 

Special Awards

The George Washington Leadership Prize sponsored by George Washington's Mount Vernon and the George Washington Presidential Library

Mohandis Gandhi and the Salt March by Cyrus Bajoghli of Langly High School (Senior Group Website)

Shirley Chisholm, a Frontier in History by Lorien Coon and Shajanae Jenkins of Francis C. Hammond Middle School (Junior Group Exhibit)

National Museum of the Marine Corps Award sponsored by the National Museum of the Marine Corps in partnership with the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation

The Birth of Military Amphibiousness: The Continental Marines, The Battle of Nassau, and the British Bahamas by Pratheek Tangirala of Chantilly High School (Senior Paper)

 

 

 

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