Three Lawrence High School National History Day Club project entries were award-winning winners at the N.J. State History Day on May 6 at William Paterson University. This year’s NHD theme was Frontiers in History: People, Places, Ideas. Winners were:
Sophomore Jiyaa Revankar, who was a national Qualifier and gold medalist in the Senior Individual Documentary category for, “The Matchgirls Strike: Sparking a Frontier of Unions to Reform Working Conditions.” Revankar will represent New Jersey at NHD Nationals, June 11-15, at the University of Maryland. This is the 11th consecutive year that LTPS students will represent New Jersey at the national contest.
Junior Julia Ciccone, NHD Club co-president, who was the recipient of two awards—the N.J. Civil War Roundtable Award for Best Civil War Project and the National Maritime Historical Society’s Best in State award for her senior individual documentary, “A Floating Frontier: The USS Monitor and the Advancement of Naval Technology.” Ciccone will present her documentary online to a national meeting of Civil War association members. She also will be recognized in the National Maritime Historical Society’s magazine, Sea History.
Freshman Roshni Anarkat and sophomore Rishi Anarkat were alternate/third place medal winners, Senior Group Exhibit for, “Margaret Sanger: A Pioneer in Women’s Contraceptive and Reproductive Rights.”