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Students advance to state
History Day competition
More than 270 students competed in the 2013 Charles County
History Day competition held March 23 at Maurice J. McDonough
High School. First- and second-place category winners advance
to the state competition on April 27 at the University of
Maryland, Baltimore County.
The following students placed at the Charles County History
Day competition.
Winners in the Individual Documentary, junior division, are
Dean Fronck, seventh grade, first place, Matthew Henson
Middle School, A Computer for the Common People;
Garrett Cooksey, seventh grade, second place, Piccowaxen
Middle School, Nikola Tesla: The Greatest Inventor
Nobody Knows; and
Sean Leydon, eighth grade, third place, Milton M. Somers
Middle School, Nuclear Weapons: Revolutionizing Military
Strategy.
Winners in the Individual Documentary, senior division, are
Ryan Burton, sophomore, first place, La Plata High
School, The Titanic Disaster: A Turning Point in
Maritime Safety;
Adrienne Minor, junior, second place, Westlake High
School, The Industrial Revolution; and
Marsha Forson, junior, third place, Westlake, Berliner
Mauer: How the Berlin Wall Came Tumbling Down.
Winners in the Group Documentary, junior division, are
Christina Tiller and Sophia Tiller; seventh graders,
first place, John Hanson Middle School, The Red Tails;
Stephen Crews, Andrew Kret and Joey Patterson; eighth
graders, second place, Piccowaxen, The Effect of
Computers on World War II; and
Julia Bowie and Jessica Dressler; seventh graders,
Piccowaxen, The Prohibition.
Winner in the Group Documentary, senior division, is
Byron Flynn and Michael Rowley; juniors, first place,
Westlake, The History of the Internet.
Winners in the Individual Exhibit, junior division, are
Sufyan Ansari, seventh grade, first place, Mattawoman
Middle School, An Eye for an Eye: A Turning Point in
Criminal and Civil Law;
Lauren Standish, second place, St. Mary’s Bryantown
School, Women in the Workforce in World War II; and
Sarah Gough, eighth grade, third place, Somers, A Point
of No Return.
Winners in the Individual Exhibit, senior division, are
Eva Fialkowski, sophomore, first place, Maurice J.
McDonough High School, The Discovery of Penicillin: A
Turning Point in History;
Taylor Julius, sophomore, second place, Westlake,
September 11, 2001; and
Ronald Miller, sophomore, third place, Thomas Stone High
School, September 11, 2001.
Winners in the Group Exhibit, junior division, are
David Aliff and Jacob James; seventh graders, first
place, Somers, The Battle of Little Bighorn;
Alyssa Ader and Riley Hines; seventh graders, second
place, Somers, Articles of Association; and
Florida Pacano and Jazzmyn Pilkerton; third place, St.
Mary’s Bryantown, Rosa Parks: Mother of the Civil Rights
Movement.
Winners in the Group Exhibit, senior division, are
John Snee, sophomore, and Katherine Snee, junior; first
place, La Plata, How IED’s Changed the World;
Samantha Grant and Madison Webb; juniors, second place,
Westlake, Midway; and
Kaitlyn Cave and Dana Crittenden; juniors, third place,
La Plata, Bubonic Plaque.
Winners in the Historical Paper, junior division, are
Madison Simon, eighth grade, first place, Somers, Stamp
Act of 1765: Putting America on the Path of Independence
and Influencing the Articles of America’s Constitution;
John Downing, eighth grade, second place, General
Smallwood Middle School, The Sinking of the Royal Mail
Ship Titantic and the Effects the Disaster Had on
Maritime Laws; and
Nathanyal Lyon, sixth grade, third place, Smallwood, The
Fall of the Berlin Wall.
Winners in the Historical Paper, senior division, are
Nicholas Laco, sophomore, first place, McDonough, The
Louisiana Purchase: A Turning Point in United States
History;
Anthony Fontaine, junior, second place, Westlake, The
Mexican Revolution; and
Camille Harris, sophomore, third place, Westlake, Write
the Right!.
Winners in the Individual Performance, junior division, are
Teddy Hoxie, seventh grade, first place, Somers, The
Cherokee Removal; and
Elizabeth Nesbit, eighth grade, second place,
Piccowaxen, The Trial and Execution of Mary Surratt.
Winners in the Group Performance, junior division, are
Aree Hill, Destiny Liddle and Kendallee Walker; eighth
graders, first place, Smallwood, The Golden Age of
Television: How the 1950’s Affects Today’s Television.
Winners in the Individual Web page category, junior division,
are
Eleora Bartsch, eighth grade, first place, John Hanson
Middle School, Wernher von Braun: The Man Who Dreamed of
Space;
Stephen Duranske, sixth grade, second place, Hanson,
Light Speed; and
Jared Nenno, seventh grade, third place, Mattawoman
Middle School, The Great American Oil Boom: A Turning
Point.
Winners in the Individual Web page category, senior division,
are
Stephanie Patterson, sophomore, first place, Westlake,
Apollo 11: The Race for Peace;
Thomas Callahan, sophomore, second place, Stone, The
Culper Spy Ring; and
Desiree Sutton, sophomore, third place, Westlake, One of
the First Women on Stage.
The following students received special awards
Quentin Richards, seventh grade, Mattawoman, The
Freedmen’s Bureau, award from The African-American
Heritage Society of Charles County;
Asja Bard, junior, Westlake, The Haitian Slave Revolt,
award from The African-American Heritage Society of
Charles County;
Leo Watson, eighth grade, Hanson, Antietam: The Battle
that Changes a War, award from the Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority;
Christina Tiller and Sophia Tiller, seventh graders;
Hanson, The Red Tails, award from the Charles County
Antique Arts Association;
Sufyan Ansari, seventh grade, Mattawoman, An Eye for an
Eye: A Turning Point in Criminal and Civil Law, award
from the Charles County Archeological Society of
Maryland;
Nicholas Laco, sophomore, McDonough, The Louisiana
Purchase: Turning Point in United States History, award
from the Charles County Genealogical Society;
Tyler Ulmschneider, sixth grade, Mattwoman, Linking 13
Great States with the Nation, award from the Charles
County Heritage Commission;
Megan Czapp, seventh grade, Piccowaxen, Desegregation in
Charles County Schools, award from The Charles County
Heritage Commission;
Lauren Standish, St. Mary’s Bryantown, Women in the
Workforce in World War II, award from the Charles County
Historic Trust;
Ryan Burton, sophomore, La Plata, The Titanic Disaster:
Turning Point in Maritime Safety, award from the
Friendship House Foundation;
Sean Leydon, eighth grade, Somers, Nuclear Weapons:
Revolutionizing Military Strategy,
Friendship House Foundation;
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Liam Vienneau, eighth grade, Piccowaxen, Two Bombs: One
Turning Point, award from The Friendship House
Foundation;
Jacob Bramell, seventh grade, Hanson, The Rifled Musket:
Revolutionizing Warfare, award from The Historical
Society of Charles County;
Frank Bohne and John Gorman, juniors; La Plata, The
Battle of Gettysburg, award from The Historical Society
of Charles County;
Nakhyla A. Ligonde, sixth grade, Benjamin Stoddert
Middle School, Saint Dominique: A Journey to Haiti,
award from the Historical Society of Charles County;
Lexi Crozier, St. Mary’s Bryantown, The First Man in
Space, award from the Historical Society of Charles
County;
Aaron Washington, sixth grade, Mattawoman, Malcolm X:
Revolutionary Ideas, award from the Historical Society
of Charles County;
Ariel White, seventh grade, Hanson, Suffrage: Women’s
Right to Vote, award from the Ella Virginia Houck
Holloway Chapter, United States Daughters of 1812;
Madison Simon, eighth grade, Somers, Stamp Act of 1775:
Putting America on the Path of Independence, award from
the Port Tobacco Chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution;
Christina Alvarez, sixth grade, Hanson, Mary Surratt:
Guilty or Innocent, award from The Port Tobacco Players;
Sarah Gough, eighth grade, Somers, A Point of No Return,
award from the Port Tobacco Players;
David Aliff and Jacob James; Somers, The Battle of
Little Bighorn, the Reta Kay Hoke Award;
Jacob Altman, Henson, September 11, 2001, the Reta Kay
Hoke Award;
Kenedy Patterson, sophomore, Westlake, We Won and
Britain is Done: Battle of Saratoga, award from Thomas
Stone Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution;
Camille Harris, sophomore, Westlake, Write the Right!,
award from Society for the Restoration of Port Tobacco;
Katelyn Kluh, seventh grade, Somers, Johannes
Gutenberg’s Invention of the Printing Press with
Moveable Type, award from the Society for the
Restoration of Port Tobacco;
Varanika Sharma, seventh grade, Mattawoman, The New
Normal: Prosthetic Limbs Bring Normal Back to the Lives
of Amputees: The Reaction to Pearl Harbor, award from
the Southern Maryland Resource Conservation and
Development; and
Stephen Duranske, sixth grade, Hanson, Light Speed,
award from the National Society of Colonial Dames XVII
Century.
Charles County Public Schools provides 26,700 students in
grades prekindergarten through 12 with an academically
challenging education. Located in Southern Maryland, Charles
County Public Schools has 35 caring community schools that
offer a technologically advanced, progressive and high quality
education that builds character, equips for leadership and
prepares students for life, careers and higher education.