Back row: Robert Nachnani, Jordyn Youngblood, Aidan Kwelberg, Micaya Koenig,Carmela Dangale; Middle: Aidan Connors, Annetta Sheriff, Asiyah Khan, Jaya Nachnani; Front: Destiny Lawrence, Diana Binette, Will McCarthy, and Haley McKenzie. (Not pictured: Deric Quincy Allen, Yara Ammar, Rachel Baker, and Emma Fisher.) Photo contributed
Seventeen seventh grade students from Walt Whitman Middle School will be moving on to the National History Day regional competition at Mount Vernon High School on Saturday, March 4. These students researched and created projects highlighting historical figures and events exemplifying the theme of this year’s competition, “Take a Stand.”
Whitman’s social studies and English teachers collaborated to teach students about the national competition’s theme and the research process. Students could choose how to present their research in the form of an exhibit, performance, documentary, or website. Their work was judged by school system and community volunteers here at Whitman on Feb. 1 and 2 to determine who would advance to the regional competition.
The following students will represent Walt Whitman Middle School:
Individual Documentary: Deric Quincy Allen (John Lewis), Rachel Baker (Joan Baez), Aidan Connors (Osceola)
Group Documentary: Aidan Kwelberg and Robert Nachnani (Doolittle Raid)
Individual Website: Diana Binette (Birch Bayh), Will McCarthy (Robert Morris), Jaya Nachnani (Katherine Johnson)
Group Website: Micaya Koenig and Haley McKenzie (Marie Curie)
Individual Display: Yara Ammar (Brown vs. Board of Education), Asiyah Khan (Cuban Missile Crisis), Destiny Lawrence (Ida B. Wells)
Group Display: Carmela Dangale and Annetta Sherriff (Alexander Hamilton)
Individual Performance: Emma Fisher (Sophie Scholl), Jordyn Youngblood (Harriet Ross Tubman).