History Day 2017 Results
Thanks to all who competed in History Day on March 4, 2017, on the campus of 鶹ý. Here are the results:
Next competition date: March 3, 2018
Previous results: 2016
Below are the 2017 State qualifiers (state results are in bold).
Documentaries
Youth Individual Documentary
- "Ruby Bridges Goes to School" (1st Place)
by: Elizabeth Rzepka; Gagie School, Kalamazoo - “GԻ”&Բ; (3rd Place)
by: Veer Singh; Gagie School, Kalamazoo - “Queen Nzinga”
by: Cole Graber; Marshall
Youth Group Documentary
- "The History about Jacqueline Cochran" (2nd Place)
by: Olivia Crippin, Sydney Daugherty; South Haven - "Mother Jones Taking a Stand Against Child Labor" (3rd Place)
by: Mya Panse, Ava Storteboom; South Haven - "Jesse Owens" (1st Place)
by: Giovanni Brosco, Henry Gauthier, Jack Schnur, Andrew Williams; Gagie School, Kalamazoo
Junior Individual Documentary
- "Malala Yousafzai"
by: Romy Ransom; South Haven - “Nicolas Winton: Guardian of the Children” (National Alternate)
by: Tabby Newberry; South Haven - “Beauty is Therapy” (National Finalist)
by: David Harn; Gagie School, Kalamazoo
Junior Group Documentary
- "Are You Ready? Let's Roll"
by: Avery Daugherty, Jessee Ford; South Haven - "Muhammad Ali Used His Voice…"
by: Annie Betts, Ian Woodruff; Kazoo School, Kalamazoo - "Taking a Stand in the Community: The Van Avery Drugstore Boycott" (National Finalist)
by: Genevieve Shade, Amiri Sykes; Kazoo School, Kalamazoo
Senior Individual Documentary
- “Alexander Hamilton”
by: Luke VanZweden; Providence Christian, Kalamazoo
Senior Group Documentary
- “Jackie Robinson”
by: Maggie Clancy, Emma Kellam; Gull Lake - "Seneca Falls Convention: Paving the Path for Women's Rights" (National Finalist)
by: Rachel Randall, Carley Wyman; Gull Lake - "Standing in the Hiding Place"
by: Melissa Bakker, Ryanne Kieboom; Providence Christian, Kalamazoo
Exhibits
Youth Individual Exhibits
- "Revolutionary War" (2nd Place)
by: Luke Hodulik; Marshall - “Betty Friedan” (3rd Place)
by: Lauren Rekis; Gagie School, Kalamazoo - “Rachel Carson: Taking a Stand for the Natural World” (1st Place) & (Best Entry in Use of Newspaper - Sponsored by the Clarke Historical Library)
by: Keegan Hammond; Gagie School, Kalamazoo
Youth Group Exhibits
- “I Have a Dream”
by: Caroline Bocock, Kayley Gorham, Makenzi Schewe; South Haven - “Justice for the Yellow Flowers” (1st Place)
by: Chloe Rathbun, Ellen Terzino, Adeline Ulmer; Winchell, Kalamazoo - “Billie Jean King and the Battle for the Sexes”
by: Cash Karney, Etsu Rogers; Kazoo School, Kalamazoo
Junior Individual Exhibits
- “The Greensboro Sit-In: Taking a Stand by sitting down” (National Alternate)
by: Lauren Konopacki; Upton Middle, South Haven - “Jacob Riis: Standing for the Other Half” (National Finalist)
by: Samuel Nieuwenhuis; Providence Christian, Kalamazoo - “Amazing Grace Hopper...”
by: Isabella Dacoba; Gagie School, Kalamazoo
Junior Group Exhibits
- “GԻ”
by: Jalyn Dubois, Liam Fagan; Gagie, Kalamazoo - “Taking a Stand with the Written Word”
by: Reese Kerschner, Caden McKinley; Gagie, Kalamazoo - “Etta Wheeler and Mary Ellen Wilson; Taking a Stand in the First Child Abuse Case” (Best Entry in Use of Newspaper - Sponsored by the Clarke Historical Library)
by: Kalee Henderson, Vivian Marshall; Kazoo School, Kalamazoo
Senior Individual Exhibits
- “The Kalamazoo Gals: Standing with Gibson During the War” (Elly Peterson Award for Michigan Women's History- Sponsored by the Michigan Women's Studies Association)
by: Leanne Thorn; Gull Lake High School - "Kronstadt"
by: Noah Kitzman; Heritage Christian, Kalamazoo - "Hidden Stars"
by: Clara Nieuwenhuis; Providence Christian, Kalamazoo
Senior Group Exhibits
- “The Life of Irena Sendler” (National Finalist)
by: Allyson Bishop, Lauren Miller, Alicia Nagel, Linda Palella; Heritage Christian, Kalamazoo - “Susan B. Anthony”
by: Elena Chrisman, Rylee Meints, Sophie Novak; Gull Lake High School - “Nanjing's Nazi Hero”
by: Gabriella Tiedemann, Diana Whitmore; Loy Norrix, Kalamazoo
Papers
Youth Papers
- “The Great Congolese Propaganda War” (2nd Place)
by: Bryce Henderson; Gagie School, Kalamazoo
Junior Papers
- "The Lady with a Lamp Who Lit the Way"
by: Sophie Markus; Providence Christian, Kalamazoo - "Her Fight, Her Right" (National Finalist)
by: Cassandra DeVries; Providence Christian, Kalamazoo - "William Lloyd Garrison..."
by: Genevieve Kim; Gagie School, Kalamazoo
Senior Papers
- “To Rid Society of Imbeciles"
by: Elizabeth Stout; Gull Lake - "Emma Goldman"
by: Aelita Klausmeier; Gull Lake High School
Performances
Youth Individual Performances
- “Indira Gandhi - Taking a Stand For Poverty” (1st Place)
by: Ishwari Bhatt; Gagie School, Kalamazoo - "From Little to Red to X" (2nd Place) & (Best Entry in Use of Primary Sources - Sponsored by the Michigan Archival Association)
by: Taye Bradford; Kazoo School, Kalamazoo
Youth Group Performances
- “Taking a Stand Against the Nazis: The Battle of the Bulge” (2nd Place)
by: Roan Borton, Andrew Curvelo, Henry Doan, Payden Murray; Gagie School, Kalamazoo - “Black Walls, But Not Forever” (3rd Place)
by: Hannah DeVries, Katelyn Foley, Hannah Kaczmarek, Lily Marovec; South Haven - “Suffering to Stand Up” (1st Place)
by: Sydney Bettis, Shannon Dopp, Teagan Pleasant; South Haven
Junior Individual Performances
- “T”
by: Emerson Wesselhoff; Gagie School, Kalamazoo - “Music Unites Us to Take a Stand” (National Finalist)
by: Ashley Woytal; Gagie School, Kalamazoo - “Taxation without Representation"
by: Samantha Bocock; South Haven
Junior Group Performances
- “Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan…”
by: Elle Ahrens, Sloan Markin; Gagie School, Kalamazoo - “We Will Not Give Up Our Land” (National Finalist) & (Best Entry in Michigan History - Sponsored by Meijer)
by: Ross Beatty, Kennedy Brooks, Anna Leach, Keith Porter, Jadin Wolfe; Cassopolis
Senior Group Performances
- “The Dutch Resistance” (National Finalist)
by: Elizabeth Carpenter, Nolani Schnable; Heritage Christian, Kalamazoo - "Amelia Bloomer"
by: Alexandra Gonzales-Krugalex, Athena Osburn; Gull Lake High School
Websites
Youth Individual Websites
- "Sally Yates Stood for Good"
by: Spencer Betke; Winchell, Kalamazoo
Youth Group Websites
- "Elizabeth Blackwell: First Woman Doctor" (1st Place)
by: Alexis Crouch, Emily Hanna, Violet Kaplan-Neumann, Ellie Reeves; Gagie School, Kalamazoo - "Life of Sitting Bull" (3rd Place)
by: Blake Chadwick, Mason Ray; Gagie School, Kalamazoo - Rachel Carson: Nature Explorer"
by: Zara Pirbhai, Abagail Sutton; Gagie School, Kalamazoo
Junior Individual Websites
- John Muir's Stand…
by: James Harn; Gagie School, Kalamazoo - “Elon Musk Helping to Change...”
by: Casey Murray; Gagie School, Kalamazoo - “William Booth”
by: Tyler DeVries; Providence Christian, Kalamazoo
Junior Group Websites
- “Betty Friedan: Taking a Stand through Literature” (National Finalist)
by: Ava Apolo, Simone Marshall; Kazoo School, Kalamazoo - “Martin Luther King Jr.”
by: Joshua Rose, Benjamin Thies; Providence Christian, Kalamazoo - "The Times They Are a Changing..."
by: Gus Crothers, Elliott Russell, Liam Smith; Kazoo School, Kalamazoo
Senior Individual Websites
- "Pastor's Influence on the American Revolution"
by: Bailey Weiss; Heritage Christian, Kalamazoo - "The Boys Who Stood..."
by: Riley Carlson; Portage Northern - "The Boston Tea Party"
by: Elena Taylor; Heritage Christian, Kalamazoo
Senior Group Websites
- “Father's Rights”
by: Alma Almonacid, Grace Dykgraff, Alexis Norton, Danielle Porter; Heritage Christian, Kalamazoo - "The Antitrust Movement”
by: Abigail Holtan, Mia Tucci; Gull Lake High School - "The Integration of Women into the 鶹ý” (National Finalist)
by: Kaleigh Belz, Cassidy Burr; Gull Lake High School