Maryland Student Makes History at National History Day Competition!

Congratulations to all of our student scholars

The Maryland Humanities Council is proud of all of our students who participated in History Day competitions around the state and congratulates our students who represented our state at Nationals. 

MARYLAND WINNERS AND HONOREES AT NATIONAL HISTORY DAY 2011

MEDALISTS

Gold Medal, First Place & National Endowment for the Humanities Scholars Award recipient

Student:    Ethan McComb
Category:   Junior Individual Exhibit
Topic:      The Marshall Plan:  America’s Soft Power Diplomacy Saves Europe from Economic and Political Chaos Following World War II
School:     Plum Point Middle School          
County:     Calvert County
Teacher:    Merry Ellen Fallica

Bronze Medal, Third Place

Student:    Michael Keen
Category:   Senior Paper
Topic:      Lost Opportunities for Peace:  Vietnam, 1945 -1950
School:     Homeschooler                     
County:     Montgomery County
Teacher:    Christine Keen

AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING STATE ENTRY

Junior Division

Student:    Maria Viera
Category:  Junior Individual Web Site
Topic:      The Cuban Missile Crisis
School:     Mayfield Woods Middle School     
County:     Howard County
Teachers:  James McVey, Charla Phillips, and Tim Grafton

Senior Division

Student:    Emily Galik
Category:   Senior Individual Exhibit
Topic:      Patients or Prisoners? Dorothea Dix and the Debate Surrounding the American Asylum Movement
School:     Marriotts Ridge High School       
County:     Howard County
Teacher:    Richard Malt

SCHOLARSHIP TO CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY, HONOLULU, HAWAII

Student:    Camila Uechi
Category:   Senior Individual Web Site
Topic:      The Bay of Pigs: A Diplomatic Turning Point
School:     Bullis School                     
County:     Montgomery County
Teacher:    Sara Romeyn

FINALISTS

Student:    Emily Galik
Category:   Senior Individual Exhibit
Topic:      Patients or Prisoners? Dorothea Dix and the Debate Surrounding the American Asylum Movement
School:     Marriotts Ridge High School 
County:     Howard County
Teacher:    Richard Malt

Student:    Kane Herrick
Category:   Senior Individual Web Site
Topic:      Iran Hostage Crisis: America’s Failed Diplomacy
School:     Bullis School                     
County:     Montgomery County
Teacher:    Sara Romeyn

Student:    Michael Keen
Category:   Senior Paper
Topic:      Lost Opportunities for Peace:  Vietnam, 1945 -1950
School:     Homeschool                  
County:     Montgomery County
Teacher:    Christine Keen

Student:    Ethan McComb
Category:   Junior Individual Exhibit
Topic:      The Marshall Plan:  America’s Soft Power Diplomacy Saves Europe from Economic and Political Chaos Following
World War II
School:     Plum Point Middle School          
County:     Calvert County
Teacher:    Merry Ellen Fallica

Student:    Duncan Rheingans-Yoo
Category:   Junior Paper
Topic:      Post War Korea: Negotiations, Impact, and Korea Today
School:     Oakland Mills Middle School       
County:     Howard County
Teachers:   Karen Saunderson and Kathleen Quinn

Student:    Maria Viera
Category:   Junior Individual Web Site
Topic:      The Cuban Missile Crisis
School:     Mayfield Woods Middle School      
County:     Howard County
Teachers:  James McVey, Charla Phillips, and Tim Grafton

PROJECT SELECTED FOR DISPLAY AT THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY

Student:    Alexandra La Pierre
Category:   Senior Individual Exhibit
Topic:      Diplomacy of Appeasement:  The Munich Agreement of 1938
School:     Broadneck High School             
County:     Anne Arundel County
Teacher:    Traci Anderson

PATRICIA BEHRING MIDDLE SCHOOL HISTORY DAY TEACHER OF THE YEAR: 

Rebecca Castle, Isaac Gourdine Middle School, Prince George’s County

PATRICIA BEHRING HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY DAY TEACHER OF THE YEAR: 

Amie Sanner, Calvert High School, Calvert County