Maryland Honorees at National History Day

Students: Lillian Merrill, Saniya Pearson, and Aliyah Smith
Topic: Debate and Diplomacy on Education of the Deaf
School: Accokeek Academy
County: Prince George’s
Teacher: Leslie Armstrong

Student: Sabrina Wang
Topic: The Kanagawa Treaty: Unlocking Japan through Gunboat Diplomacy
School: Burleigh Manor Middle School
County: Howard
Teachers: Beth Berkeley, Robyn Page, and Geordie Paulus

 

Student: Abe Stolbach
Category: Junior Individual Website, Second Place
Topic: Power, Prejudice, and Paradise: Debate, Diplomacy, and the Annexation of Hawaiʻi
School: Thomas Johnson Elementary/Middle School
County: Baltimore City
Teacher: Cathy Brock

Student: Helen Zhu
Category: Junior Individual Website, Third Place
Topic: Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: The Power of Environmental Debate
School: Burleigh Manor Middle School
County: Howard
Teachers: Carl Bell and Robyn Page

Student: Stephen Albert
Prize: Irish or Irish-American History, Sponsored by Ancient Order of Hibernians and Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians
Category: Junior Individual Documentary
Topic: The Anglo-Irish Treaty
School: Kenmoor Middle School
County: Prince George’s
Teacher: Carol Carter

Student: Marshall Civin
Prize: Lee Allen History of Baseball Award, Sponsored by Society for American Baseball Research
Category: Junior Paper
Topic: Baltimore’s Ballpark Debates and Their Legacy: The Orioles’ Relocation from Memorial Stadium to Camden Yards
School: Roland Park Elementary/Middle School
County: Baltimore City
Teacher: Allisun Thompson

Students: Anonymous
Category: Junior Individual Documentary
Topic: Racing Towards Disaster: The Debate and Failed Diplomacy of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Boycott
School: Eastern Middle School
County: Montgomery 
Teacher: Ryan Flynn

Student: Dresden Benke
Category: Senior Individual Website
Topic: Dams, Disagreements, and Diplomacy: The Nile River Dilemma
School: Walt Whitman High School
County: Montgomery
Teacher: Collin O’Brien

Students: Parim Shah and Nimay Sharma
Category: Junior Group Website
Topic: The Iran Hostage Crisis: A Diplomatic Standoff
School: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School
County: Montgomery
Teachers: James Dempsey and Ruth Ebinama

Student: Sakshi Tirodkar
Category: Junior Paper
Topic: Relief, Recovery, and Reform: Debate and Diplomacy in the New Deal and FDR’s Court-Packing Plan
School: Mayfield Woods Middle School
County: Howard
Teacher: Daniel Stone

 

Students: Grant Burthey and Dermott Foley
Showcase: The National Museum of African American History and Culture Student Documentary Showcase
Category: Junior Group Documentary
Topic: Dissenting Opinion: The Question of Race in the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Absence of African-American Voices in the Debate
School: Eastern Middle School
County: Montgomery
Teacher: Ryan Flynn

Students: Simrah Khan and Charlotte Tettelin
Showcase: National Museum of American History Virtual Exhibit Showcase
Category: Junior Group Exhibit
Topic: “Too Strong for a Woman”: How Bernice Sandler Sparked Title IX
School: Burleigh Manor Middle School
County: Howard
Teachers: Carl Bell, Beth Berkeley, Robyn Page, and Geordie Paulus

Student: Helen Zhu
Showcase: Planet Word Virtual Website Showcase
Category: Junior Individual Website
Topic: Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: The Power of Environmental Debate
School: Burleigh Manor Middle School
County: Howard
Teachers: Carl Bell and Robyn Page

Students: Ryan Tehrani and Ryan Zhou
Showcase: The National Museum of African American History and Culture Student Documentary Showcase
Category: Senior Group Documentary
Topic: Changing the United States Through Debate: The Story of Yick Wo v. Hopkins
School: Howard High School
County: Howard
Teacher: Danelle Brennan

Finalist for the Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Award, Junior Division
Teacher: Devin Page
School: Northern Middle School
District: Calvert

Naval Historical Foundation Teacher of Distinction Award
Teachers: Beth Berkeley, Robyn Page, and Geordie Paulus
School: Burleigh Manor Middle School
County: Howard