Each year Maryland students advance to the Maryland History Day state competition.
See which teachers were honored, who walked away with special prizes, and which projects were selected to advance to the 2025 National History Day® competition in College Park, MD.
Maryland History Day 2025 National History Day National Qualifiers (written in order of first and second place)
- Junior Individual Documentaries
Student: Roman Jackson
Title: Seconds Save Lives: Rights and Responsibilities When Dialing 9-1-1
School: Frederick Homeschoolers, Frederick County
Teacher: Christine Pritt
Student: Navya Dwivedi
Title: Within the Shadows of Inequality: How Women Fought for Justice in American Spy Organizations
School: Clarksville Middle School, Howard County
Teachers: Beth Ceglia, Margaret Brothman, and Cass Mairs
- Junior Group Documentaries
Students: Leena Rajkotia and Kavya Rajkotia
Title: Democracy’s Crucible: Rights Reborn, Responsibilities Reclaimed
School: Rajkotia Homeschool, Montgomery County
Teacher: Yogesh Rajkotia
Students: Jack Topel, Jas Shandilya, and Aryan Patel
Title: Voices Against Tyranny: The White Rose
School: Bonnie Branch Middle School, Howard County
Teachers: Steven Boone, Kara Nanni, and Sarah Russo
- Junior Individual Exhibits
Student: Nicolette Peters
Title: Bread and Roses Strike – Fight for Economic and Social Rights
School: Plum Point Middle School, Calvert County
Teacher: Amber Mullins
Student: Ava Johnson
Title: Women’s Suffrage in Maryland
School: Middletown Middle School, Frederick County
Teacher: Magdalene Monahan
- Junior Group Exhibits
Students: Lillian Matragrano and Keira Oie
Title: Bloody Sunday: Death on the Streets of Derry
School: Silver Spring International Middle School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Kevin Grimsland
Students: Genevieve Lichtenberger and Lydia Garside
Title: Women’s Right to Vote: Before and After the 19th Amendment
School: Sligo Middle School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Jason Smith
- Junior Individual Performance
Student: Maya Mourshed
Title: Hello, Dolly!: How a Sheep Provoked Debate About the Implications of Breakthrough Scientific Advancements on Society
School: Francis Scott Key Middle School
Teachers: Steve O’Shaughnessy
Student: Franka Hebisch
Title: Corporate Tyranny: Upholding Worker’s and Women’s’ Rights and Owners Responsibilities During the Match Girls Strike of 1888
School: Eastern Middle School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Abigail Petit
- Junior Group Performance
Student: Maya Hassenplug, Madeline Massey, and Delina Birhan
Title: Silenced Voices: How Italian Fascism Caused a Delay in Italian Women’s Voting Rights
School: Eastern Middle School, Montgomery County
Teachers: Abigail Petit
Student: Elena Hamilton, Charlotte Conley, and Elle McRae
Title: Take A Stand: The Lowell Girls’ Strike of 1836
School: Patuxent Valley Middle School, Howard County
Teacher: Monica Chelidona
- Junior Individual Website
Student: Laila Asamoah
Title: The Price of Silence: How the Pentagon Papers changed America’s Right to Know
School: Middletown Middle School, Frederick County
Teacher: Magdalene Monahan
Student: Harlan Christensen
Title: Japanese Internment: Balancing Individual Rights and Wartime Responsibilities
School: Plum Point Middle School, Calvert County
Teacher: Amber Mullins
- Junior Group Website
Student: Jordan Badger and Amani Jones
Title: Uprooted and Imprisoned: Executive Order 9066 and its Aftermath
School: Kenmoor Middle School, Prince George’s County
Teacher: Carol Carter
Student: Riley Chan and Saarah Pirbhai
Title: Death by DuPont: A Story of Corporate Neglect
School: Bonnie Branch Middle School, Howard County
Teacher: Steven Boone, Kara Nanni, and Sarah Russo
- Junior Papers
Student: Chaitra Maddineni
Title: National Security vs. Freedom of The Press: The Legacy of The Pentagon Papers
School: Clarksville Middle School, Howard County
Teachers: Beth Ceglia, Cass Mairs, and Margaret Brothman
Student: Owen Miller
Title: Prohibition in Maryland: How Mencken and Ritchie Kept the State Wet for the Rights of the People
School: Hampden Elementary/Middle School, Baltimore City
Teacher: Christopher Drexel
- Senior Individual Documentary
Students: Christopher Hill
Title: The Fight for The Right of Flight: The Tuskegee Airmen
School: Oxon Hill High School, Prince George’s County
Teacher: Adam Thomas
Students: Alma Naghedi
Title: “Many Called Salvageable”: Crownsville State Hospital and America’s Struggle with Race and Mental Health
School: Crofton High School, Anne Arundel County
Teacher: Daniel Collins
- Senior Group Documentary
Students: Jordan Salkeld, Ava Mulligan, Benjamin Kasofsky, Michael Atika, and Sophie Vijayan
Title: Evacuated and Erased: The History of Japanese Internment
School: Towson High School, Baltimore County
Teacher: Jeffrey Carter
Students: Vihaan Jain and Neal Shandilya
Title: The Controversy Behind the First Amendment: New York Times Co. vs. United States
School: Howard High School, Howard County
Teacher: Leah Foran and Danelle Brennan
- Senior Individual Exhibit
Students: Hemant Kantheti
Title: Stamp of Silence: How the Comics Code Authority of 1954 Redefined Rights and Responsibilities in Pop Culture
School: Howard High School, Howard County
Teacher: Danelle Brennan
Students: Skylar Dash
Title: The 1985 Bombing of Osage Avenue
School: Poolesville High School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Stephanie Gomer
- Senior Group Exhibit
Students: Selena Zhang, Melanie Guo, and Honna Trinkl
Title: The Holmesburg Experiments
School: Poolesville High School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Stephanie Gomer
Students: Shiven Trambadia and Justin Wang
Title: Blood Behind Bars: The Attica Prison Riot
School: Howard High School, Howard County
Teacher: Danelle Brennan
- Senior Individual Performance
Students: Sravya Annappareddy
Title: Autonomy Under Attack: Rights and Responsibilities in Roe
School: Guilford Park High School, Howard County
Teacher: Allison Miller
Students: Imani Lovelace
Title: 2Pac, 2 Legacies: The Complex Impacts of Tupac Shakur
School: Poolesville High School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Stephanie Gomer
- Senior Group Performance
Students: Surie Zhang, Annabelle Wu, and Tirzah Chan
Title: The Lasting Impact of Forever Chemicals: How the DuPont Case Altered Corporate Responsibility and Consumer Rights
School: River Hill High School, Howard County
Teacher: Callie Casper
Students: Aidan McGuire, Tommy Layi-Ojo, and Pierce Eatough
Title: Miranda Rights and Legal Responsibilities: Balancing Justice in America
School: Long Reach High School, Howard County
Teacher: Lisa Milak
- Senior Individual Website
Students: Ava Bergersen
Title: Loving v. Virginia: A Landmark for Love and Equality
School: Reservoir High School, Howard County
Teacher: Jennifer Coker
Students: Chloe Chang
Title: Making WAVES: The First Women’s Reserve in the Navy
School: Poolesville High School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Stephanie Gomer
- Senior Group Website
Students: Jacob Frias, Nikhil Pandey, Nuaimaan Tewfik, and Emmanuel Getahun
Title: The Salute that Changed the World: The 1968 Black Power Salute
School: Poolesville High School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Stephanie Gomer
Students: Mira Kalirai and Suriya Kalirai
Title: The Outer Space Treaty: Rights and Responsibilities in the Cosmos
School: River Hill High School, Howard County
Teacher: Callie Casper
- Senior Paper
Students: Ishita Singh
Title: The Radium Girls: The Undead Fight for Worker Rights
School: Poolesville High School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Andy Ward
Students: Jackson Rubin
Title: The Crises of the Forgotten Child
School: Annapolis High School, Anne Arundel County
Teacher: Jessica Pantazis
- Maryland History Day Statewide Middle School Teacher of the Year
Lindsay Matthews
Easton Middle School
Talbot County
- Maryland History Day Statewide High School Teacher of the Year
Sam Manelski
Loyola Blakefield
Baltimore County
- Anne Arundel County
Jennifer Roman
Virtual Academy, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
- Baltimore City
Allisun Thompson
Roland Park Elementary Middle School
- Calvert County
Dr. Jessica Western
Calvert Middle School
- Caroline County
Linda Echternach
Lockerman Middle School
- Carroll County
Joyce Abbott
Oklahoma Roads Middle School and Sykesville Middle School
- Cecil County
Ray Costello
The Tome School
- Charles County
Allen G. Hopkins
Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building
- Frederick County
Katelyn Bishop
Crestwood Middle School
- Garrett County
Amanda Wilburn
Northern Garrett Middle School
- Howard County
Jennifer Coker
Reservoir High School
- Juvenile Services Education Program
Sheila Leatherbury
Victor Cullen Center
- Montgomery County
Rachel Lunsford
North Bethesda Middle School
- Prince George’s County
Victoria Patch
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
- Queen Anne’s County
Thomas Hayman
Centreville Middle School
- St. Mary’s County
Leif Liberg
St. Mary’s Ryken
- Excellence in Latine History Award, Sponsored by Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman
Students: Marla Fullen, Rosemary Murcia Sanchez
Title: The Chicano Civil Rights Movement
Category: Junior Group Exhibit
School: Sykesville Middle School, Carroll County
Teacher: Mary Mullinix
Student: Emerson Vivrette
Title: El Movimiento: Chicano Identity and the Fight for Mexican American Civil Rights
Category: Junior Individual Website
School: Elkridge Landing Middle School, Howard County
Teacher: Felicia O’Meara
- Marilyn Hatza Award for Excellence in African American History, Sponsored by the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture
Student: Jalene Hailu
Title: A Monumental March: Selma to Montgomery
Category: Junior Individual Documentary
School: Milton M. Somers Middle School, Charles County
Teacher: Kristen Barrett
Student: Alma Naghedi
Title: “Many Called Salvageable”: Crownsville State Hospital and America’s Struggle with Race and Mental Health
Category: Senior Individual Documentary
School: Crofton High School, Anne Arundel County
Teacher: Daniel Collins
- Award for Excellence In Indigenous History, Sponsored by The Baltimore Reservation Project
Student: Max Moayedi
Title: The Cost of Colonization: Indigenous Rights in Jamestown
Category: Junior Individual Performance
School: Elkridge Landing Middle School, Howard County
Teacher: Felicia O’Meara
- Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. Award for Excellence in Government History
Students: Kimberly Mueth and Sanjay Shenoy
Title: Patriot or Traitor: The Release of the Pentagon Papers
Category: Junior Group Documentary
School: Patapsco Middle School, Howard County
Teacher: Matthew Dymek
Students: Amelia Lancaster and Lauren Miller
Title: Lives in Balance
Category: Senior Group Documentary
School: Poolesville High School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Stephanie Gomer
- Award for Excellence in Asian History, Sponsored by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County History Department
Students: River Skeen and Rowan Chang
Title: The Chinese Exclusion Act
Category: Junior Group Website
School: Roland Park Elementary/Middle School, Baltimore City
Teacher: Allisun Thompson
- Award for Excellence in Civic Engagement and Action, Sponsored by the Maryland Council for the Social Studies
Student: Annette Clougherty
Title: Cow Wars
Category: Junior Individual Exhibit
School: Easton Middle School, Talbot County
Teacher: Lindsay Matthews
Student: Eleanor Hotchkiss
Title: “The Face Behind the Photo” Lewis Hine and his Impact on the Child Labor Industry
Category: Senior Individual Performance
School: Annapolis High School, Anne Arundel County
Teacher: Jessica Pantazis
- The Barry A. Lanman Award for Excellence in Oral History, Sponsored by Barry A. Lanman
Students: Kamaal Aaron, Kenson Okah, and Michael Ayodeji
Title: The Disguised Genocide
Category: Senior Group Documentary
School: Oxon Hill High School, Prince George’s County
Teachers: Paul Mock and Elexis Brooks
- Award for Excellence in Labor History, Sponsored by Bill Barry and Friends
Student: Caroline Shaw
Title: Exposing Injustices: Muckrakers in the Progressive Era
Category: Junior Individual Exhibit
School: Centreville Middle School, Queen Anne’s County
Teacher: Andy Anders
Student: Ishita Singh
Title: The Radium Girls: The Undead Fight for Worker Rights
Category: Senior Paper
School: Poolesville High School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Andy Ward
- Eugene J. Becker Award for Excellence in Cybersecurity and Cryptology, Sponsored by National Cryptologic Foundation
Student: Anna Hao
Title: Code Girls: The American Women Who Broke Codes in World War II
Category: Junior Individual Exhibit
School: The Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore City
Teacher: Matthew Hetrick
Student: Chloe Chang
Title: Making WAVES: The First Women’s Reserve in the Navy
Category: Senior Individual Website
School: Poolesville High School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Stephanie Gomer
- The George Washington Leadership Prize, Sponsored by George Washington’s Mount Vernon
Student: McKenna Stockman-Quade
Title: Forge Ahead! How Washington’s Army Overcame Adversity, 1777-1778
Category: Senior Individual Exhibit
School: Homeschool, St. Mary’s County
Teacher: Carol Stockman-Quade
Student: Aidan Bossle
Title: Republicanism in the Federal Convention of 1787
Category: Senior Paper
School: Loyola Blakefield, Baltimore County
Teacher: Samuel Manelski
- The Major General John E. Morrison Award for Excellence in STEM Education and Innovation, Sponsored by the National Cryptologic Foundation
Student: Levi Golt
Title: A Need for Nothing: A History of the Greatest Mathematical Discovery
Category: Junior Paper
School: The Tome School, Cecil County
Teacher: Raymond Costello
Student: Jasper Benke
Title: Balancing Safety and Security: Lessons from the 1979 Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident on US Energy Policy and Government Responsibility
Category: Senior Individual Website
School: Walt Whitman High School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Peter Kenah
- Award for Excellence in Maryland History, Sponsored by the Maryland Center for History and Culture
Student: Owen Miller
Title: Prohibition in Maryland: How Mencken and Ritchie Kept the State Wet for the Rights of the People
Category: Junior Paper
School: Hampden Elementary/Middle School, Baltimore City
Teacher: Christopher Drexel
Student: McLuhan Conway
Title: Smallwood and Torrey: Renegades for Rights
Category: Senior Individual Documentary
School: Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Baltimore City
Teacher: Patrice Frasier
- Michael E. Patten Memorial History Award for Best Use of Primary Sources, Sponsored by the Frank Patten Family
Students: Dalya Lippmann, Grace Kepka, and Lydia Tucker
Title: Balancing Rights and Responsibilities: Cigarette Advertising in the Late 20th Century
Category: Senior Group Exhibit
School: Montgomery Blair High School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Marc Grossman
- Award for Excellence in History of Science and Technology, Sponsored by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County History Department
Student: Liliana Katz
Title: The Birth of Bioethics
Category: Senior Individual Documentary
School: The Bullis School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Sara Romeyn
- Special Prize for Excellence in Women’s History, Sponsored by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County History Department
Student: Yashaswini Kunati
Title: Silenced Voices: The Dark Era of Eugenics that Haunts Our World
Category: Junior Individual Website
School: Windsor Knolls Middle School, Frederick County
Teacher: Rebecca Clark
- Special Prize for Excellence in Women’s History, Sponsored by the Maryland Women’s Heritage Center
Student: Arianie Dey
Title: Breaking The Bar
Category: Senior Paper
School: Urbana High School, Frederick County
Teacher: Erin Spahr
- Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation, Sponsored by the Maryland Historical Trust
Students: Garrett Savage and Owen Rowe
Title: Frostburg Preservation: Museum Leading Generations
Category: Junior Group Exhibit
School: Northern Middle School, Garrett County
Teacher: Amanda Wilburn
Student: A Juvenile Services Education Program Student
Title: Tangier Island
Category: Senior Individual Exhibit
School: Victor Cullen Center
Teacher: Sheila Leatherbury
- Award for Excellence in Legal and Constitutional History, Sponsored by Cynthia Raposo and Joseph Furey
Students: Mary Thrush and Violet Taylor
Title: The Nuremberg Trials: Serving Justice by Creating International Law while Protecting Human Rights
Category: Junior Group Website
School: Northern Middle School, Garrett County
Teacher: Amanda Wilburn
Student: Brett Sheranko
Title: Corporate Personhood: When Speech Comes with a Price Tag
Category: Senior Individual Documentary
School: Patuxent High School, Calvert County
Teacher: Jacqueline Hall
- Award for Excellence in LGBTQ+ History, Sponsored by Jeanne M. Marcus and Friends
Student: Noah Burd
Title: “Our Last Oppressed National Minority”: The Lavender Scare’s War on Queer Lives
Category: Junior Individual Performance
School: Thomas Johnson Elementary/Middle School, Baltimore City
Teacher: Julie Ruff
Students: Clara Park, Hadley Miller, and Olivia Lawrence
Title: Frank Kameny’s Fight: Forging Gay Equality in the Government
Category: Senior Group Website
School: Poolesville High School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Stephanie Gomer
- Excellence in White House History, Sponsored by the White House Historical Association
Student: Sloan Willey
Title: The Founding of Shenandoah
Category: Junior Individual Exhibit
School: Lockerman Middle School, Caroline County
Teacher: Linda Echternach
Student: Grace Stine
Title: The Burning of Washington/The Rights and Responsibilities of The White House Legacy
Category: Senior Individual Exhibit
School: Francis Scott Key High School, Caroll County
Teacher: Rebecca Bell
- The Award for Excellence in United States Military History, Sponsored by the Maryland Military Monuments Commission
Student: Liam Carsia
Title: Atomic Veterans: The Fight for Rights, Government Responsibility, and Recognition
Category: Junior Individual Documentary
School: Milton M. Somers Middle School, Charles County
Teacher: Kristen Barrett
Student: Christopher Hill
Title: The Fight for The Right of Flight: The Tuskegee Airmen
Category: Senior Individual Documentary
School: Oxon Hill High School, Prince George’s County
Teacher: Adam Thomas
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