Forty-one middle school and high school students from WW-P competed at the New Jersey History Day competition “Rights and Responsibilities.” Twenty-two students were honored with special prizes and as qualifiers to the upcoming national competition.
Virginia Jiang of High School South received a special prize for her senior paper, “Freedom Fighters and Founding Financiers: An American Revolution between Economic Rights and Governmental Responsibilities.”
Ethan Glattfelder of High School South received a special prize for his senior paper, “The Man and His Mission: How Francis Liever and General Order No. 100 Altered the Course of the American Civil War.”
Qualifiers and alternates include:
Alexander Li, Community Middle School, junior paper. “Fighting for Their Rights: Chinese American Organizations During the Chinese Exclusion Era (1882-1943).”
Giovanni DiRusso, High School South, senior paper. “A Nation Against One Man: The French Government Used Military Responsibility as a Cover to Crush the Civil Rights of Alfred Dreyfus.”
Anika Prakash, Grover Middle School, junior individual website. “On the Assembly Line: Unionization at the Ford Motor Company and the Fight for Workers’ Rights.”
William Jiao, High School South, senior individual website. “Operation Moonlight Sonata: Pitting Government Responsibility Against Citizen Rights.”
Rishab Bhandari, High School South, alternate senior individual website. “Modern Money: The People’s Rights and Government’s Responsibility.”
Ashrita Raman, Amy Jian, Kimberly Ding, and Kriti Devasenpathy, High School North, senior group website. “Proprietary Rights vs Government Responsibilities: The Displacement in Shenandoah National Park.”
Elizabeth Johnson, Grover Middle School, junior individual performance. “The Doctor Will See You Now: The Evolution of Rights and Responsibilities in Medical Care.”
Suntharam Soli, High School North, senior individual performance. “Linguicide: The Rights and Responsibilities of Cultural Imperialism.”
Sara Gostomski, Sara Duane, Alexandra Burke, and Caroline Charles, High School North, senior group performance. “Hypocrisy or Democracy: Japanese Internment During WW II.”
Liam Knox, High School North, senior individual documentary. “A Felony for Freedom: The Citizens Commission to Investigate the FBI.”
Allison Chen, High School South. senior individual documentary. “Clear and Present Danger: Schenck v. United States and the Rights and Responsibilities of Free Speech in Wartime.”
Ronald Wang, Roger Jin, and Varun Subbiah, High School North, alternate senior group exhibit. “The Vietnam War Draft: National Responsibility or Involuntary Servitude.”
National History Day advisors are Karen Rosnick, Community Middle School; Debra Cohen, Grover Middle School; Mike Garzio, High School South; and Chris Bond, High School North.
Joan Ruddiman, WW-P’s G&T resource specialist K-12, received the Educator of the Year award for her efforts on behalf of New Jersey History Day.
Sally Jiao, a senior at High School South, debuted a 10-minute documentary film she produced during the opening ceremonies. The film, “What is National History Day?” will be a resource for teachers, students, and parents interested in learning about the program.
